Brandin Podziemski vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Brandin Podziemski, 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.

Brandin Podziemski played 3 years in the NBA, 9 less than James Worthy, who played 12. Brandin Podziemski had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, 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 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
	Brandin Podziemski	James Worthy
Season	2023-24	1982-83
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Brandin Podziemski	74	26.6	9.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	3.7	0.8	0.2	1.2	1.6	3.7	8.1	.454	1.2	3.2	.385	0.7	1.1	.633
difference:	+3	+1.0	+4.2	+0.4	+1.1	+0.6	+2.0	+0.4	+0.6	-1.1	-1.3	+2.1	+1.9	+.125	+1.2	+3.1	+.135	+1.1	+1.8	+.009
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
* Neiher Brandin Podziemski nor James Worthy played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Brandin Podziemski	James Worthy
Season	2025-26	1984-85
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Brandin Podziemski	21	28.4	12.3	0.5	4.0	4.6	3.0	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.2	4.3	9.8	.437	1.9	4.8	.386	1.9	2.5	.755
difference:	+59	+5.3	+5.3	+1.6	+0.3	+1.8	+0.5	+0.1	+0.6	-1.3	-0.3	+3.3	+3.5	+.135	+1.9	+4.7	+.386	+0.5	+0.6	+.021
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		%
Brandin Podziemski	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* James Worthy played 9 seasons more than Brandin Podziemski in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 12, from 1986 to 1994—James Worthy played in 7 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 9 extra years over Brandin Podziemski, James Worthy got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 All-NBA Third Team 7 All-Star Game