Anthony Davis vs. Josh Hart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Josh Hart 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 / 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 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Josh Hart, who played 9. Anthony Davis had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Josh Hart had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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 14 6 2012-13 to 2025-26
Josh Hart 9 3 2017-18 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Anthony Davis Josh Hart
Season 2012-132017-18
Team New Orleans HornetsLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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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:+1+5.6+5.6+1.9+2.1+4.0+0.3+0.5+1.5-0.7-0.8+2.7+4.6+.047+1.2+3.0+.396+1.6+2.0+.049
Josh Hart 63 23.2 7.9 0.7 3.5 4.2 1.3 0.7 0.3 0.7 1.7 2.8 6.0 .469 1.2 3.1 .396 1.0 1.5 .702
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Josh Hart played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
Anthony Davis Josh Hart
Season 2013-142018-19
Team New Orleans PelicansLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards Achievement Blocks Leader-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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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:+9.6+13.0+2.6+3.8+6.3+0.2+0.3+2.2-0.7-0.8+5.0+8.1+.112+1.4+4.0+.114+4.4+5.4+.103
Josh Hart 67 25.6 7.8 0.5 3.2 3.7 1.4 1.0 0.6 0.9 2.2 2.8 6.9 .407 1.4 4.1 .336 0.8 1.2 .688
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Josh Hart played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
Anthony Davis Josh Hart
Season 2014-152019-20
Team New Orleans PelicansNew Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Achievement Blocks Leader-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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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:+3+9.1+14.3+1.6+2.1+3.7+0.5+0.5+2.5-0.2-0.4+5.9+9.4+.112+1.9+5.2+.259+4.2+5.0+.066
Josh Hart 65 27.0 10.1 0.9 5.6 6.5 1.7 1.0 0.4 1.2 2.5 3.5 8.2 .423 1.9 5.4 .342 1.3 1.8 .739
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
Josh Hart DNP------ --- ----------

Season 4
Anthony Davis Josh Hart
Season 2015-162020-21
Team New Orleans PelicansNew Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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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:+14+6.8+15.1+1.0+1.2+2.3+0.4+0.5+1.7-1.0+6.0+11.3+.054+0.7+2.3+.002+3.8+5.1+.017
Josh Hart 47 28.7 9.2 1.1 6.9 8.0 2.3 0.8 0.3 1.0 2.4 3.2 7.3 .439 1.3 4.1 .326 1.5 1.9 .775
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Josh Hart played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
Anthony Davis Josh Hart
Season 2016-172021-22
Team New Orleans PelicansNew Orleans Pelicans, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Achievement 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:+21+2.9+13.1+1.2+3.5+4.6+2.0+0.2+2.0-0.3-0.6+5.0+9.8+.001+0.9+2.1+.044+3.9+4.7+.044
Josh Hart 54 33.2 14.9 1.1 6.0 7.2 4.1 1.1 0.2 2.1 2.8 5.3 10.5 .504 1.4 3.9 .343 3.0 3.9 .758
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Josh Hart played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
Anthony Davis Josh Hart
Season 2017-182022-23
Team New Orleans PelicansPortland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Defensive First Team-
Achievement Blocks Leader-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Pelicans Lost West Conf SemisKnicks Lost East Conf Semis
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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:+1+4.1+18.3+0.6+2.7+3.3+1.5+0.3+2.3-0.7-0.5+6.8+12.7+.005+0.1+.032+4.9+5.7+.078
Josh Hart 76 32.3 9.8 1.9 5.9 7.8 3.8 1.2 0.3 1.5 2.6 3.6 6.8 .529 0.8 2.2 .372 1.7 2.3 .750
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+7.7+19.7+1.1+5.1+6.0+0.5+1.2+2.0-0.7-0.2+7.7+14.2+.041+0.2+0.5+.040+4.6+5.1+.192
Josh Hart 11 32.1 10.4 1.6 5.7 7.4 2.2 0.8 0.3 1.9 3.5 4.1 8.5 .479 0.9 2.9 .313 1.3 2.0 .636

Season 7
Anthony Davis Josh Hart
Season 2018-192023-24
Team New Orleans PelicansNew York Knicks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayKnicks Lost East Conf Semis
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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:+25+0.4+16.5+1.5+2.1+3.7+0.2+0.7+2.1-0.5-0.3+5.9+9.9+.083+0.1+0.6+.021+5.0+6.3+.003
Josh Hart 81 33.4 9.4 1.6 6.8 8.3 4.1 0.9 0.3 1.5 2.1 3.6 8.4 .434 1.0 3.2 .310 1.1 1.4 .791
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Anthony Davis DNP------ --- ----------
Josh Hart 13 42.2 14.5 2.8 8.7 11.5 4.5 1.0 0.8 2.6 3.2 5.1 11.5 .440 1.7 4.5 .373 2.7 3.7 .729

Season 8
Anthony Davis Josh Hart
Season 2019-202024-25
Team Los Angeles LakersNew York Knicks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Defensive First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionKnicks Lost East Conf 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:+15+3.2+12.5+0.2+0.5+0.3+2.7+1.9-0.4-0.1+3.7+7.7+.022+0.1+0.2+.003+5.1+5.8+.070
Josh Hart 77 37.6 13.6 2.1 7.5 9.6 5.9 1.5 0.4 2.1 2.6 5.2 10.0 .525 1.1 3.3 .333 2.1 2.7 .776
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:+3+0.9+16.1+0.2+0.8+0.9+0.9+0.1+0.8-0.6-0.7+6.0+9.1+.099+0.1+.013+4.2+4.8+.056
Josh Hart 18 35.7 11.6 2.4 6.3 8.8 4.4 1.1 0.6 1.9 3.4 3.8 8.0 .472 1.1 3.0 .370 2.9 3.7 .776

Season 9
Anthony Davis Josh Hart
Season 2020-212025-26
Team Los Angeles LakersNew York Knicks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Lakers Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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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:+35+13.3+19.8+4.3+1.8+6.1+0.1+1.3+1.6-2.1-1.3+7.4+9.0+.366+0.7+0.2+.260+4.4+5.9
Josh Hart 1 19.0 2.0 6.0 8.0 14.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 1.0 8.0 .125 0.0 3.0 .000 0.0 0.0 -
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
Josh Hart DNP------ --- ----------

Additional Years

* Anthony Davis played 5 seasons more than Josh Hart in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 2022 to 2026—Anthony Davis played in two Playoffs and one NBA Cup.

In those 5 extra years over Josh Hart, Anthony Davis got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 All-NBA Second Team
Achievement 1 All-Defensive First Team
Achievement 1 Cup All-Tournament Team
Achievement 2 All-Star Game
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