Baron Davis vs. Kyrie Irving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyrie Irving and Baron 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.

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.

Baron Davis played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Kyrie Irving, who played 14. Baron Davis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Kyrie Irving had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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.

Rookie Season
	Baron Davis	Kyrie Irving
Season	1999-00	2011-12
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	82	18.6	5.9	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.8	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.5	2.2	5.3	.420	0.3	1.4	.225	1.2	1.9	.634
difference:	+31	+11.9	+12.6	+0.3	+1.5	+1.7	+1.6	+0.1	+0.2	-1.4	-0.3	+4.7	+9.3	+.049	+1.1	+2.2	+.174	+2.2	+1.9	+.238
Kyrie Irving	51	30.5	18.5	0.9	2.9	3.7	5.4	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.2	6.9	14.6	.469	1.4	3.6	.399	3.4	3.8	.872
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	4	14.5	5.8	0.8	0.8	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.8	1.5	2.5	5.8	.435	0.3	1.5	.167	0.5	1.0	.500
Kyrie Irving	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Baron Davis	Kyrie Irving
Season	2000-01	2012-13
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	82	38.9	13.8	1.6	3.4	5.0	7.3	2.1	0.4	2.8	3.3	5.0	11.7	.427	1.0	3.3	.310	2.8	4.1	.677
difference:	+23	+4.2	+8.7	+1.0	+0.3	+1.3	+1.4	+0.6		-0.4	-0.8	+3.2	+6.4	+.025	+0.8	+1.4	+.081	+1.4	+0.8	+.178
Kyrie Irving	59	34.7	22.5	0.6	3.1	3.7	5.9	1.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	8.2	18.1	.452	1.8	4.7	.391	4.2	4.9	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	10	39.8	17.8	0.9	3.5	4.4	5.8	2.8	0.5	2.2	3.3	5.9	12.3	.480	2.0	5.0	.400	4.0	5.6	.714
Kyrie Irving	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Baron Davis	Kyrie Irving
Season	2001-02	2013-14
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	82	40.5	18.1	1.1	3.1	4.3	8.5	2.1	0.6	3.0	2.9	6.8	16.4	.417	2.1	5.8	.356	2.4	4.1	.580
difference:	+11	+5.3	+2.7	+0.4	+0.2	+0.7	+2.4	+0.6	+0.3	-0.3	-0.6	+0.7	+1.0	+.013	+0.4	+1.0	+.002	+1.7	+0.7	+.281
Kyrie Irving	71	35.2	20.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	6.1	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.3	7.5	17.4	.430	1.7	4.8	.358	4.1	4.8	.861
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	9	44.7	22.6	1.8	5.2	7.0	7.9	3.6	0.6	3.0	4.0	7.9	20.9	.378	2.3	6.9	.339	4.4	7.4	.597
Kyrie Irving	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Baron Davis	Kyrie Irving
Season	2002-03	2014-15
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	50	37.8	17.1	1.1	2.6	3.7	6.4	1.8	0.4	2.8	3.0	6.6	16.0	.416	2.0	5.7	.350	1.9	2.6	.710
difference:	+25	+1.4	+4.6	+0.4	+0.2	+0.5	+1.2	+0.3	+0.1	-0.3	-1.1	+1.1	+0.5	+.052	+0.1	+0.7	+.065	+2.3	+2.3	+.153
Kyrie Irving	75	36.4	21.7	0.7	2.4	3.2	5.2	1.5	0.3	2.5	1.9	7.7	16.5	.468	2.1	5.0	.415	4.2	4.9	.863
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	5	38.8	20.4	0.8	2.8	3.6	8.4	1.4	0.4	3.0	4.0	7.4	16.6	.446	2.4	7.0	.343	3.2	4.4	.727
difference:	+8	+3.1	+1.4				+4.6	+0.1	+0.4	-1.5	-1.8	+1.2	+2.4	+.008	+0.3	+2.4	+.107	+1.3	+0.9	+.114
Kyrie Irving	13	35.7	19.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	2.2	6.2	14.2	.438	2.1	4.6	.450	4.5	5.3	.841

Season 5
	Baron Davis	Kyrie Irving
Season	2003-04	2015-16
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	67	40.1	22.9	1.0	3.3	4.3	7.5	2.4	0.4	3.2	2.7	8.3	20.9	.395	2.8	8.7	.321	3.5	5.3	.673
difference:	+14	+8.6	+3.3	+0.2	+1.2	+1.3	+2.8	+1.3	+0.1	-0.9	-0.7	+0.9	+4.3	+.053	+1.2	+3.8		+0.3	+1.7	+.212
Kyrie Irving	53	31.5	19.6	0.8	2.1	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.4	16.6	.448	1.6	4.9	.321	3.2	3.6	.885
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	7	37.4	18.1	0.9	3.3	4.1	7.0	1.6	0.7	2.7	3.0	6.1	16.3	.377	2.3	7.0	.327	3.6	4.7	.758
difference:	+14	+0.5	+7.1	+0.2	+1.1	+1.1	+2.3	+0.1	+0.1	-0.4	-0.8	+3.5	+3.8	+.098	+0.1	+1.5	+.113	+0.1	+0.5	+.117
Kyrie Irving	21	36.9	25.2	0.7	2.2	3.0	4.7	1.7	0.6	2.3	2.2	9.6	20.1	.475	2.4	5.5	.440	3.7	4.2	.875

Season 6
	Baron Davis	Kyrie Irving
Season	2004-05	2016-17
Team	New Orleans Hornets, Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	46	34.4	19.2	0.7	3.1	3.8	7.9	1.8	0.3	2.8	2.7	6.3	16.3	.387	2.6	7.7	.333	4.0	5.3	.761
difference:	+26	+0.7	+6.0		+0.6	+0.6	+2.1	+0.6		-0.3	-0.5	+3.0	+3.4	+.086	+0.1	+1.6	+.068	+0.1	+0.7	+.144
Kyrie Irving	72	35.1	25.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	5.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.3	19.7	.473	2.5	6.1	.401	4.1	4.6	.905
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	18	36.3	25.9	0.7	2.1	2.8	5.3	1.3	0.4	2.7	2.1	9.6	20.6	.468	2.4	6.6	.373	4.2	4.7	.905

Season 7
	Baron Davis	Kyrie Irving
Season	2005-06	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	54	36.5	17.9	0.8	3.5	4.4	8.9	1.6	0.3	2.9	3.1	6.2	15.9	.389	1.9	6.0	.315	3.6	5.4	.675
difference:	+6	+4.3	+6.5	+0.2	+0.3	+0.6	+3.8	+0.5		-0.6	-1.1	+2.7	+2.2	+.102	+0.9	+0.8	+.093	+0.3	+1.0	+.214
Kyrie Irving	60	32.2	24.4	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.1	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	8.9	18.1	.491	2.8	6.8	.408	3.9	4.4	.889
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Baron Davis nor Kyrie Irving played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Baron Davis	Kyrie Irving
Season	2006-07	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Steals Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	63	35.3	20.1	0.8	3.6	4.4	8.1	2.1	0.5	3.1	2.9	7.2	16.3	.439	1.3	4.4	.304	4.4	5.9	.745
difference:	+4	+2.3	+3.7	+0.3	+0.3	+0.6	+1.2	+0.6		-0.5	-0.4	+1.8	+2.2	+.048	+1.3	+2.1	+.097	+1.2	+2.2	+.128
Kyrie Irving	67	33.0	23.8	1.1	3.9	5.0	6.9	1.5	0.5	2.6	2.5	9.0	18.5	.487	2.6	6.5	.401	3.2	3.7	.873
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	11	40.5	25.3	1.0	3.5	4.5	6.5	2.9	0.6	2.9	4.2	8.9	17.4	.513	2.3	6.1	.373	5.2	6.7	.770
difference:	+2	+3.8	+4.0	+0.4	+0.3	+0.2	+0.5	+1.5	+0.2	-0.2	-1.3	+1.2	+2.5	+.128	+0.3	+0.3	+.063	+1.2	+2.3	+.130
Kyrie Irving	9	36.7	21.3	0.6	3.8	4.3	7.0	1.4	0.4	3.1	2.9	7.7	19.9	.385	2.0	6.4	.310	4.0	4.4	.900

Season 10
	Baron Davis	Kyrie Irving
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	65	34.6	14.9	0.7	3.0	3.7	7.7	1.7	0.5	3.0	3.0	5.5	14.8	.370	1.5	5.0	.302	2.4	3.2	.757
difference:	+11	+0.3	+12.0	+0.3	+0.8	+1.1	+1.7	+0.3	+0.2	-0.6	-0.4	+4.7	+5.3	+.136	+1.3	+2.0	+.100	+1.3	+0.8	+.165
Kyrie Irving	54	34.9	26.9	1.0	3.8	4.8	6.0	1.4	0.7	2.4	2.6	10.2	20.1	.506	2.8	7.0	.402	3.7	4.0	.922
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	9	36.1	22.7	1.3	4.4	5.8	3.4	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.1	8.6	18.1	.472	2.7	7.2	.369	2.9	3.1	.929

Season 12
	Baron Davis	Kyrie Irving
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers	Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	58	28.4	13.1	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.7	1.3	0.5	2.5	2.5	5.0	11.9	.417	1.4	4.1	.339	1.7	2.3	.771
difference:	+2	+8.9	+14.0	+0.4	+2.0	+2.4	+1.2	+0.2	+0.3	-0.4	-0.3	+4.9	+8.2	+.077	+1.7	+4.2	+.040	+2.4	+2.3	+.134
Kyrie Irving	60	37.3	27.1	1.0	4.1	5.1	5.5	1.1	0.8	2.1	2.8	9.9	20.1	.494	3.1	8.3	.379	4.1	4.6	.905
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Baron Davis nor Kyrie Irving played in the postseason in their season 12

Additional Years
* Kyrie Irving played 1 season more than Baron Davis in the NBA. In that period—his season 14 in 2025—Kyrie Irving didn't play in the postseason. In that extra year over Baron Davis, Kyrie Irving got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game