Anthony Davis vs. Dwyane Wade Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwyane Wade and Anthony Davis, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Anthony Davis played 13 years in the NBA, 3 less than Dwyane Wade, who played 16. Anthony Davis had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Dwyane Wade had his rookie season in 2003-04. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers

Player
Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Anthony Davis 13 6 2012-13 to 2024-25
Dwyane Wade 16 13 2003-04 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Anthony Davis Dwyane Wade
Season 2012-132003-04
Team New Orleans HornetsMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First TeamAchievement All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs Did Not PlayHeat Lost East Conf Semis
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis 64 28.8 13.5 2.6 5.6 8.2 1.0 1.2 1.8 1.4 2.5 5.5 10.6 .516 0.0 0.1 .000 2.6 3.5 .751
difference:+3+6.1+2.7+1.2+2.9+4.2+3.5+0.2+1.2-1.8-0.2+0.6+2.5+.051+0.3+0.8+.302+1.2+1.6+.004
Dwyane Wade 61 34.9 16.2 1.4 2.7 4.0 4.5 1.4 0.6 3.2 2.3 6.1 13.1 .465 0.3 0.9 .302 3.8 5.1 .747
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis DNP------ --- ----------
Dwyane Wade 13 39.5 18.0 1.2 2.8 4.0 5.6 1.3 0.3 4.2 3.5 6.6 14.5 .455 0.2 0.6 .375 4.5 5.8 .787

Season 2

Anthony Davis Dwyane Wade
Season 2013-142004-05
Team New Orleans PelicansMiami Heat
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Second Team
-Achievement All-Defensive Second Team
Achievement Blocks Leader-
Achievement All-Star GameAchievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayHeat Lost East Conf Finals
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis 67 35.2 20.8 3.1 7.0 10.0 1.6 1.3 2.8 1.6 3.0 7.8 15.0 .519 0.0 0.1 .222 5.2 6.6 .791
difference:+10+3.4+3.3+1.7+3.3+4.8+5.2+0.3+1.7-2.6+0.4+2.1+.041+0.2+0.5+.067+2.3+3.3+.029
Dwyane Wade 77 38.6 24.1 1.4 3.7 5.2 6.8 1.6 1.1 4.2 3.0 8.2 17.1 .478 0.2 0.6 .289 7.5 9.9 .762
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis DNP------ --- ----------
Dwyane Wade 14 41.0 27.4 1.6 4.1 5.7 6.6 1.6 1.1 4.4 3.1 9.7 20.1 .484 0.1 0.7 .100 7.9 9.9 .799

Season 3

Anthony Davis Dwyane Wade
Season 2014-152005-06
Team New Orleans PelicansMiami Heat
Honors & Awards -Achievement Finals MVP
Achievement All-NBA First Team-
-Achievement All-NBA Second Team
Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Achievement Blocks Leader-
Achievement All-Star GameAchievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st RdNBA Champion NBA Champion
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis 68 36.1 24.4 2.5 7.7 10.2 2.2 1.5 2.9 1.4 2.1 9.4 17.6 .535 0.0 0.2 .083 5.5 6.8 .805
difference:+7+2.5+2.8+1.1+3.4+4.5+4.5+0.4+2.1-2.2-0.8+0.1+1.2+.040+0.2+0.8+.088+2.9+3.9+.022
Dwyane Wade 75 38.6 27.2 1.4 4.3 5.7 6.7 1.9 0.8 3.6 2.9 9.3 18.8 .495 0.2 1.0 .171 8.4 10.7 .783
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis 4 43.0 31.5 2.3 8.8 11.0 2.0 1.3 3.0 3.3 3.0 11.8 21.8 .540 0.0 0.5 .000 8.0 9.0 .889
difference:+19+1.3+3.1+1.1+4.1+5.1+3.7+0.9+1.9-0.6-0.1+2.3+2.6+.043+0.6+1.1+.378+0.8+1.9+.081
Dwyane Wade 23 41.7 28.4 1.2 4.7 5.9 5.7 2.2 1.1 3.9 3.1 9.5 19.2 .497 0.6 1.6 .378 8.8 10.9 .808

Season 4

Anthony Davis Dwyane Wade
Season 2015-162006-07
Team New Orleans PelicansMiami Heat
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Third Team
Achievement All-Star GameAchievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayHeat Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis 61 35.5 24.3 2.1 8.1 10.3 1.9 1.3 2.0 2.0 2.4 9.2 18.6 .493 0.6 1.8 .324 5.3 7.0 .758
difference:+10+2.4+3.1+1.1+4.4+5.6+5.6+0.8+0.8-2.2-0.1+0.1+0.3+.002+0.2+0.3+.058+3.2+3.5+.049
Dwyane Wade 51 37.9 27.4 1.0 3.7 4.7 7.5 2.1 1.2 4.2 2.3 9.3 18.9 .491 0.4 1.5 .266 8.5 10.5 .807
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis DNP------ --- ----------
Dwyane Wade 4 40.5 23.5 1.8 3.0 4.8 6.3 1.3 0.5 5.8 3.3 9.0 21.0 .429 0.0 1.3 .000 5.5 8.0 .688

Season 5

Anthony Davis Dwyane Wade
Season 2016-172007-08
Team New Orleans PelicansMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Achievement All-Star GameAchievement All-Star Game
Achievement All-Star Game MVP-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis 75 36.1 28.0 2.3 9.5 11.8 2.1 1.3 2.2 2.4 2.2 10.3 20.3 .505 0.5 1.8 .299 6.9 8.6 .802
difference:+24+2.2+3.4+1.4+6.2+7.6+4.8+0.4+1.5-2.0-0.5+1.7+1.9+.036+0.1+0.3+.013+0.6+.044
Dwyane Wade 51 38.3 24.6 0.9 3.3 4.2 6.9 1.7 0.7 4.4 2.7 8.6 18.4 .469 0.4 1.5 .286 6.9 9.2 .758
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Dwyane Wade played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6

Anthony Davis Dwyane Wade
Season 2017-182008-09
Team New Orleans PelicansMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First TeamAchievement All-NBA First Team
Achievement All-Defensive First Team-
-Achievement All-Defensive Second Team
-Achievement Scoring Leader
Achievement Blocks Leader-
Achievement All-Star GameAchievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Pelicans Lost West Conf SemisHeat Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis 75 36.4 28.1 2.5 8.6 11.1 2.3 1.5 2.6 2.2 2.1 10.4 19.5 .534 0.7 2.2 .340 6.6 8.0 .828
difference:+4+2.2+2.1+1.4+4.7+6.1+5.2+0.7+1.3-1.2-0.2+0.4+2.5+.043+0.4+1.3+.023+0.9+1.8+.063
Dwyane Wade 79 38.6 30.2 1.1 3.9 5.0 7.5 2.2 1.3 3.4 2.3 10.8 22.0 .491 1.1 3.5 .317 7.5 9.8 .765
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis 9 39.8 30.1 2.7 10.8 13.4 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.6 3.3 11.8 22.7 .520 0.7 2.4 .273 5.9 7.1 .828
difference:+2+0.9+1.0+2.1+6.4+8.4+3.6+1.1+0.7-1.0-0.4+2.1+0.6+.081+1.9+4.7+.087+1.2+1.2+.034
Dwyane Wade 7 40.7 29.1 0.6 4.4 5.0 5.3 0.9 1.6 3.6 2.9 9.7 22.1 .439 2.6 7.1 .360 7.1 8.3 .862

Season 7

Anthony Davis Dwyane Wade
Season 2018-192009-10
Team New Orleans PelicansMiami Heat
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA First Team
-Achievement All-Defensive Second Team
Achievement All-Star GameAchievement All-Star Game
-Achievement All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs Did Not PlayHeat Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis 56 33.0 25.9 3.1 8.9 12.0 3.9 1.6 2.4 2.0 2.4 9.5 18.3 .517 0.9 2.6 .331 6.1 7.7 .794
difference:+21+3.3+0.7+1.7+5.4+7.2+2.6+0.2+1.3-1.3+0.2+1.3+.041+0.6+.031+0.8+1.4+.033
Dwyane Wade 77 36.3 26.6 1.4 3.5 4.8 6.5 1.8 1.1 3.3 2.4 9.3 19.6 .476 0.9 3.2 .300 6.9 9.1 .761
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis DNP------ --- ----------
Dwyane Wade 5 42.0 33.2 1.2 4.4 5.6 6.8 1.6 1.6 5.2 3.2 12.4 22.0 .564 3.0 7.4 .405 5.4 8.0 .675

Season 8

Anthony Davis Dwyane Wade
Season 2019-202010-11
Team Los Angeles LakersMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
-Achievement All-NBA Second Team
Achievement All-Defensive First Team-
Achievement All-Star GameAchievement All-Star Game
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionHeat Lost NBA Finals
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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis 62 34.4 26.1 2.3 7.0 9.3 3.2 1.5 2.3 2.5 2.5 8.9 17.7 .503 1.2 3.5 .330 7.2 8.5 .846
difference:+14+2.7+0.6+0.7+2.2+2.9+1.4+1.2-0.6-0.1+0.2+0.5+.003+0.4+0.8+.024+0.7+0.1+.088
Dwyane Wade 76 37.1 25.5 1.6 4.8 6.4 4.6 1.5 1.1 3.1 2.6 9.1 18.2 .500 0.8 2.7 .306 6.5 8.6 .758
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis 21 36.6 27.7 2.6 7.1 9.7 3.5 1.2 1.4 2.5 2.7 9.8 17.1 .571 1.1 2.9 .383 7.1 8.5 .832
difference:+2.8+3.2+0.6+2.0+2.6+0.9+0.4+0.1-0.5-0.2+1.2+0.7+.086+0.4+0.4+.114+0.5+.055
Dwyane Wade 21 39.4 24.5 2.0 5.1 7.1 4.4 1.6 1.3 3.0 2.5 8.6 17.8 .485 0.7 2.5 .269 6.6 8.5 .777

Season 9

Anthony Davis Dwyane Wade
Season 2020-212011-12
Team Los Angeles LakersMiami Heat
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Third Team
Achievement All-Star GameAchievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Lakers Lost West Conf 1st RdNBA Champion NBA Champion
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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis 36 32.3 21.8 1.7 6.2 7.9 3.1 1.3 1.6 2.1 1.7 8.4 17.0 .491 0.7 2.8 .260 4.4 5.9 .738
difference:+13+0.9+0.3+0.2+2.9+3.1+1.5+0.4+0.3-0.5-0.5+0.1+0.1+.006+0.4+1.7+.008+0.4+0.2+.053
Dwyane Wade 49 33.2 22.1 1.5 3.3 4.8 4.6 1.7 1.3 2.6 2.2 8.5 17.1 .497 0.3 1.1 .268 4.8 6.1 .791
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis 5 28.8 17.4 1.4 5.2 6.6 2.6 0.6 1.6 1.2 1.8 5.0 12.4 .403 0.4 2.2 .182 7.0 8.4 .833
difference:+18+10.6+5.4+1.4+1.4+1.7+1.1+0.3-1.8-1.0+3.6+6.1+.059+0.7+.112+1.7+1.2+.104
Dwyane Wade 23 39.4 22.8 1.4 3.8 5.2 4.3 1.7 1.3 3.0 2.8 8.6 18.5 .462 0.4 1.5 .294 5.3 7.2 .729

Season 10

Anthony Davis Dwyane Wade
Season 2021-222012-13
Team Los Angeles LakersMiami Heat
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Third Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayNBA Champion NBA Champion
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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis 40 35.1 23.2 2.7 7.2 9.9 3.1 1.2 2.3 2.1 2.4 9.3 17.4 .532 0.3 1.8 .186 4.4 6.1 .713
difference:+29+0.4+2.0+1.5+3.5+4.9+2.0+0.7+1.5-0.7-0.4+1.1+1.6+.011+0.1+0.8+.072+0.1+0.1+.012
Dwyane Wade 69 34.7 21.2 1.2 3.7 5.0 5.1 1.9 0.8 2.8 2.0 8.2 15.8 .521 0.2 1.0 .258 4.5 6.2 .725
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis DNP------ --- ----------
Dwyane Wade 22 35.5 15.9 1.7 2.9 4.6 4.8 1.7 1.0 2.6 2.0 6.5 14.3 .457 0.0 0.2 .250 2.7 3.6 .750

Season 11

Anthony Davis Dwyane Wade
Season 2022-232013-14
Team Los Angeles LakersMiami Heat
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Lakers Lost West Conf FinalsHeat Lost NBA Finals
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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis 56 34.0 25.9 3.5 9.1 12.5 2.6 1.1 2.0 2.2 2.6 9.7 17.2 .563 0.3 1.3 .257 6.2 7.9 .784
difference:+2+1.1+6.9+2.4+5.7+8.0+2.1+0.4+1.5-0.8-0.6+2.0+3.1+.018+0.1+0.7+.024+2.7+3.1+.051
Dwyane Wade 54 32.9 19.0 1.1 3.4 4.5 4.7 1.5 0.5 3.0 2.0 7.7 14.1 .545 0.2 0.6 .281 3.5 4.8 .733
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis 16 38.0 22.6 2.4 11.7 14.1 2.6 1.4 3.1 2.1 2.9 8.3 15.9 .520 0.3 0.9 .333 5.8 6.8 .852
difference:+4+3.3+4.8+1.6+8.6+10.2+1.3+0.1+2.8-0.6-0.1+1.3+2.0+.020+0.2+0.3+.042+2.3+2.3+.085
Dwyane Wade 20 34.7 17.8 0.8 3.1 3.9 3.9 1.5 0.3 2.7 2.8 7.0 13.9 .500 0.5 1.2 .375 3.5 4.5 .767

Season 12

Anthony Davis Dwyane Wade
Season 2023-242014-15
Team Los Angeles LakersMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Defensive First Team-
Achievement Cup All-Tournament Team-
Achievement All-Star GameAchievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Lakers Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
Others NBA Cup NBA Cup Champion-
more >>
12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis 76 35.5 24.7 3.1 9.5 12.6 3.5 1.2 2.3 2.1 2.3 9.4 16.9 .556 0.4 1.4 .271 5.5 6.8 .816
difference:+14+3.7+3.2+2.2+6.9+9.1+1.3+2.0-1.3-0.6+1.2+0.6+.086+0.1+0.2+.013+0.9+0.8+.048
Dwyane Wade 62 31.8 21.5 0.9 2.6 3.5 4.8 1.2 0.3 3.4 1.7 8.2 17.5 .470 0.5 1.6 .284 4.6 6.0 .768
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis 5 41.6 27.8 3.0 12.6 15.6 4.0 0.4 1.6 2.2 3.8 11.8 18.6 .634 0.0 1.0 .000 4.2 5.2 .808
Dwyane Wade DNP------ --- ----------

Season 13

Anthony Davis Dwyane Wade
Season 2024-252015-16
Team Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas MavericksMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star GameAchievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayHeat Lost East Conf Semis
more >>
13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis 51 33.5 24.7 2.6 8.9 11.6 3.5 1.2 2.2 2.2 1.9 9.2 17.8 .516 0.7 2.4 .282 5.6 7.2 .775
difference:+23+3.0+5.7+1.5+5.9+7.5+1.1+0.1+1.6-0.5-0.3+1.9+1.8+.060+0.6+1.8+.123+1.2+1.7+.018
Dwyane Wade 74 30.5 19.0 1.1 3.0 4.1 4.6 1.1 0.6 2.7 1.6 7.3 16.0 .456 0.1 0.6 .159 4.4 5.5 .793
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis DNP------ --- ----------
Dwyane Wade 14 33.8 21.4 0.9 4.8 5.6 4.3 0.8 0.9 2.7 1.6 8.5 18.1 .469 0.9 1.6 .522 3.6 4.6 .781

Additional Years

* Dwyane Wade played 3 seasons more than Anthony Davis in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 14 to 16, from 2017 to 2019—Dwyane Wade played in two Playoffs.

In those 3 extra years over Anthony Davis, Dwyane Wade got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 All-Star Game