Boris Diaw vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Boris Diaw, 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

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.

Boris Diaw played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than James Worthy, who played 12. Boris Diaw had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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 achivements, 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
Boris Diaw	14	10	2003-04 to 2016-17
James Worthy	12	9	1982-83 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Boris Diaw	James Worthy
Season	2003-04	1982-83
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	76	25.3	4.5	1.5	3.0	4.5	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.7	2.5	1.8	4.1	.447	0.1	0.3	.231	0.7	1.2	.602
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Boris Diaw	James Worthy
Season	2004-05	1983-84
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	66	18.2	4.8	0.8	1.8	2.6	2.3	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.9	1.9	4.5	.422	0.1	0.8	.180	0.9	1.2	.740
James Worthy	82	29.5	14.5	1.9	4.4	6.3	2.5	0.9	0.9	2.2	3.0	6.0	10.9	.556	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	21	33.7	17.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.9	2.7	7.8	13.0	.599	0.0	0.1	.500	2.0	3.3	.609


Season 3
	Boris Diaw	James Worthy
Season	2005-06	1984-85
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	81	35.5	13.3	2.0	4.9	6.9	6.2	0.7	1.0	2.3	3.2	5.5	10.5	.526	0.1	0.4	.267	2.1	2.9	.731
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	20	39.8	18.7	2.0	4.7	6.7	5.2	0.9	1.1	2.8	3.2	7.6	14.5	.526	0.2	0.4	.429	3.4	4.4	.761
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676


Season 4
	Boris Diaw	James Worthy
Season	2006-07	1985-86
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	73	31.1	9.7	1.2	3.1	4.3	4.8	0.4	0.5	2.1	2.4	4.2	7.8	.538	0.2	0.6	.333	1.1	1.6	.683
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	10	23.5	6.6	1.3	1.9	3.2	3.0	0.7	0.2	1.7	1.8	2.8	5.9	.475	0.0	0.6	.000	1.0	1.5	.667
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681


Season 5
	Boris Diaw	James Worthy
Season	2007-08	1986-87
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	82	28.1	8.8	1.2	3.4	4.6	3.9	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.0	3.8	7.9	.477	0.2	0.5	.317	1.2	1.6	.744
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	5	35.6	14.6	1.4	4.2	5.6	4.6	0.6	0.8	2.2	4.4	7.0	12.8	.547	0.0	1.4	.000	0.6	1.2	.500
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753


Season 6
	Boris Diaw	James Worthy
Season	2008-09	1987-88
Team	Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Bobcats	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	81	34.0	13.2	1.5	3.9	5.3	4.1	0.8	0.7	2.7	2.5	5.5	10.9	.507	0.9	2.2	.414	1.2	1.8	.687
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758


Season 7
	Boris Diaw	James Worthy
Season	2009-10	1988-89
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bobcats Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	82	35.4	11.3	1.6	3.6	5.2	4.0	0.7	0.7	2.2	2.7	4.5	9.4	.483	0.8	2.5	.320	1.4	1.8	.769
James Worthy	81	36.5	20.5	2.1	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	2.2	2.2	8.7	15.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.087	3.1	4.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	4	38.0	7.5	1.8	3.3	5.0	4.0	0.3	0.8	3.0	2.8	3.5	7.0	.500	0.3	2.3	.111	0.3	0.5	.500
James Worthy	15	40.0	24.8	2.5	4.3	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	2.2	2.4	10.2	18.0	.567	0.2	0.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.788


Season 8
	Boris Diaw	James Worthy
Season	2010-11	1989-90
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	82	33.9	11.3	1.3	3.8	5.0	4.1	0.9	0.6	2.0	2.3	4.6	9.4	.492	1.0	2.8	.345	1.0	1.5	.683
James Worthy	80	37.0	21.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	8.9	16.2	.548	0.2	0.6	.306	3.1	4.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	9	40.7	24.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.0	10.0	20.1	.497	0.2	0.9	.250	4.0	4.8	.837


Season 9
	Boris Diaw	James Worthy
Season	2011-12	1990-91
Team	Charlotte Bobcats, San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	57	25.0	6.4	1.2	3.7	4.9	3.6	0.6	0.4	2.0	2.2	2.7	6.2	.444	0.5	1.7	.313	0.4	0.6	.629
James Worthy	78	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.6	1.5	9.2	18.7	.492	0.3	1.2	.289	2.7	3.4	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	14	24.7	6.2	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.1	2.6	5.0	.514	0.6	1.3	.500	0.4	0.6	.750
James Worthy	18	40.7	21.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.9	8.9	19.2	.465	0.2	1.3	.167	2.9	4.0	.736


Season 10
	Boris Diaw	James Worthy
Season	2012-13	1991-92
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	75	22.8	5.8	0.9	2.5	3.4	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.1	1.9	2.4	4.4	.539	0.4	1.0	.385	0.6	0.9	.723
James Worthy	54	39.0	19.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	4.7	1.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	8.3	18.6	.447	0.2	0.8	.209	3.1	3.8	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	16	17.1	4.1	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.8	1.8	1.5	3.4	.444	0.3	0.8	.385	0.8	0.9	.857
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Boris Diaw	James Worthy
Season	2013-14	1992-93
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	79	25.0	9.1	0.9	3.2	4.1	2.8	0.6	0.4	1.5	1.8	3.8	7.3	.521	0.6	1.4	.402	0.9	1.2	.739
James Worthy	82	28.8	14.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	3.4	1.1	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.2	13.9	.447	0.4	1.4	.270	2.1	2.6	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	23	26.3	9.2	1.1	3.7	4.8	3.4	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.9	3.5	7.0	.500	0.8	2.0	.400	1.4	2.1	.688
James Worthy	5	29.6	13.8	1.4	2.0	3.4	2.6	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.2	6.4	17.2	.372	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.0	.600


Season 12
	Boris Diaw	James Worthy
Season	2014-15	1993-94
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	81	24.5	8.7	1.0	3.3	4.3	2.9	0.4	0.3	1.6	1.8	3.6	7.8	.460	0.7	2.1	.320	0.9	1.1	.774
James Worthy	80	20.0	10.2	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.0	4.3	10.5	.406	0.4	1.4	.288	1.3	1.7	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	7	28.3	11.6	1.9	4.3	6.1	3.6	0.7	0.4	1.3	3.4	4.9	10.1	.479	0.6	2.6	.222	1.3	1.9	.692
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Boris Diaw	James Worthy
Season	2015-16	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	76	18.2	6.4	0.8	2.3	3.1	2.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	5.0	.527	0.3	0.9	.362	0.7	1.0	.737
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	9	17.7	5.2	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.3	0.2	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.3	5.1	.457	0.2	0.7	.333	0.3	0.4	.750
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Boris Diaw	James Worthy
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	73	17.6	4.6	0.6	1.5	2.2	2.3	0.2	0.1	1.2	1.1	2.0	4.5	.446	0.3	1.1	.247	0.4	0.5	.743
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	11	18.5	5.7	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.0	0.6	0.4	1.3	1.1	2.2	4.4	.500	0.5	1.3	.429	0.8	0.9	.900
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Boris Diaw vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Boris Diaw, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14