Caris LeVert vs. Dolph Schayes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dolph Schayes and Caris LeVert, 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.

Caris LeVert played 9 years in the NBA, 6 less than Dolph Schayes, who played 15. Caris LeVert had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Dolph Schayes had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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
	Caris LeVert	Dolph Schayes
Season	2016-17	1949-50
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Caris LeVert	57	21.7	8.2	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.9	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.6	3.0	6.7	.450	1.0	3.2	.321	1.2	1.6	.720
difference:	+7		+8.6				+2.1				-1.9	+2.4	+7.4	+.065				+4.7	+6.0	+.054
Dolph Schayes	64	-	16.8	-	-	-	4.0	-	-	-	3.5	5.4	14.1	.385	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	11	-	17.1	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	3.9	5.2	13.5	.385	-	-	-	6.7	9.2	.733

Season 2
	Caris LeVert	Dolph Schayes
Season	2017-18	1950-51
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div Finals

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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		%
Caris LeVert	71	26.3	12.1	0.7	2.9	3.7	4.2	1.2	0.3	2.2	2.2	4.5	10.4	.435	1.2	3.5	.347	1.9	2.6	.711
difference:	+5		+4.9			+12.7	+0.4				-1.9	+0.5	+3.7	+.078				+5.0	+6.6	+.041
Dolph Schayes	66	-	17.0	-	-	16.4	3.8	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	14.1	.357	-	-	-	6.9	9.2	.752
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	7	-	20.4	-	-	14.6	2.9	-	-	-	4.0	6.7	15.0	.448	-	-	-	7.0	9.1	.766

Season 3
	Caris LeVert	Dolph Schayes
Season	2018-19	1951-52
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East Div Finals

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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		%
Caris LeVert	40	26.6	13.7	0.9	2.9	3.8	3.9	1.1	0.4	1.7	1.9	5.2	12.1	.429	1.2	3.9	.312	2.1	3.1	.691
difference:	+23	+5.2	+0.1			+8.5	+1.0				-1.5	+1.0	+0.4	+.074				+3.3	+3.6	+.116
Dolph Schayes	63	31.8	13.8	-	-	12.3	2.9	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	11.7	.355	-	-	-	5.4	6.7	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	5	28.8	21.0	1.2	3.4	4.6	3.0	1.0	0.4	2.0	1.6	7.2	14.6	.493	2.4	5.2	.462	4.2	5.8	.724
difference:	+2	+6.6	+0.7			+8.3	+0.9				-3.3	+1.3	+1.6	+.042				+4.4	+5.3	+.045
Dolph Schayes	7	35.4	20.3	-	-	12.9	2.1	-	-	-	4.9	5.9	13.0	.451	-	-	-	8.6	11.1	.769

Season 4
	Caris LeVert	Dolph Schayes
Season	2019-20	1952-53
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East Div Semis

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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		%
Caris LeVert	45	29.6	18.7	1.1	3.1	4.2	4.4	1.2	0.2	2.6	1.8	6.9	16.3	.425	1.8	4.9	.364	3.1	4.4	.711
difference:	+26	+8.0	+0.9			+8.8	+1.2				-2.0	+1.6	+2.2	+.051				+4.1	+4.3	+.116
Dolph Schayes	71	37.6	17.8	-	-	13.0	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	5.3	14.1	.374	-	-	-	7.2	8.7	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	4	35.0	20.3	2.0	4.0	6.0	9.5	1.3	0.3	3.3	1.8	6.8	18.3	.370	2.3	5.3	.429	4.5	6.3	.720
difference:	+2	+6.0	+11.3			+2.5	+9.0				-1.7	+4.8	+10.3	+.120				+0.5	+0.2	+.049
Dolph Schayes	2	29.0	9.0	-	-	8.5	0.5	-	-	-	3.5	2.0	8.0	.250	-	-	-	5.0	6.5	.769

Season 5
	Caris LeVert	Dolph Schayes
Season	2020-21	1953-54
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Indiana Pacers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Caris LeVert	47	31.6	20.2	0.7	3.9	4.6	5.2	1.4	0.6	2.2	2.2	7.6	17.3	.441	1.8	5.5	.326	3.1	3.8	.811
difference:	+25	+5.3	+3.1			+7.5	+2.2				-1.0	+2.5	+3.8	+.061				+3.7	+4.4	+.016
Dolph Schayes	72	36.9	17.1	-	-	12.1	3.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.1	13.5	.380	-	-	-	6.8	8.2	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	13	28.8	16.0	-	-	10.5	1.8	-	-	-	3.1	4.9	10.8	.457	-	-	-	6.2	8.3	.741

Season 6
	Caris LeVert	Dolph Schayes
Season	2021-22	1954-55
Team	Indiana Pacers, Cleveland Cavaliers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Caris LeVert	58	30.7	17.0	0.7	2.9	3.7	4.3	0.9	0.4	1.9	2.3	6.5	14.7	.444	1.4	4.4	.320	2.5	3.3	.756
difference:	+14	+4.4	+1.5			+8.6	+1.3				-1.1	+0.6	+0.6	+.061				+4.3	+4.9	+.077
Dolph Schayes	72	35.1	18.5	-	-	12.3	3.0	-	-	-	3.4	5.9	15.3	.383	-	-	-	6.8	8.2	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	11	33.0	19.0	-	-	12.8	3.6	-	-	-	4.4	5.5	15.2	.359	-	-	-	8.1	9.6	.840

Season 7
	Caris LeVert	Dolph Schayes
Season	2022-23	1955-56
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East Div Finals

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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		%
Caris LeVert	74	30.2	12.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	3.9	1.0	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.3	10.0	.431	1.7	4.4	.392	1.8	2.4	.722
difference:	+2	+4.8	+8.3			+8.6	+1.1				-1.2	+2.2	+6.7	+.044				+5.7	+6.4	+.136
Dolph Schayes	72	35.0	20.4	-	-	12.4	2.8	-	-	-	3.5	6.5	16.7	.387	-	-	-	7.5	8.8	.858
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	5	34.0	15.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	2.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	2.0	5.4	12.6	.429	2.6	7.2	.361	1.6	2.6	.615
difference:	+3	+4.8	+7.1			+9.3	+0.8				-1.4	+1.1	+5.2	+.063				+7.5	+7.8	+.265
Dolph Schayes	8	38.8	22.1	-	-	13.9	3.4	-	-	-	3.4	6.5	17.8	.366	-	-	-	9.1	10.4	.880

Season 8
	Caris LeVert	Dolph Schayes
Season	2023-24	1956-57
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Nationals Lost East Div Finals

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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		%
Caris LeVert	68	28.8	14.0	0.6	3.5	4.1	5.1	1.1	0.5	1.7	1.8	5.1	12.1	.421	1.6	4.9	.325	2.3	3.0	.766
difference:	+4	+10.8	+8.5			+9.9	+1.9				-1.2	+1.8	+6.1	+.042				+6.4	+6.6	+.138
Dolph Schayes	72	39.6	22.5	-	-	14.0	3.2	-	-	-	3.0	6.9	18.2	.379	-	-	-	8.7	9.6	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	11	25.3	10.1	0.7	2.9	3.6	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.3	4.0	9.3	.431	0.5	3.0	.182	1.5	2.4	.654
difference:	+6	+17.7	+11.3			+14.4	+0.5				-2.3	+1.8	+9.7	+.126				+8.3	+8.6	+.237
Dolph Schayes	5	43.0	21.4	-	-	18.0	2.8	-	-	-	3.6	5.8	19.0	.305	-	-	-	9.8	11.0	.891

Season 9
	Caris LeVert	Dolph Schayes
Season	2024-25	1957-58
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div Semis

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	64	24.9	12.1	0.6	2.5	3.2	3.4	0.9	0.5	1.2	1.5	4.4	9.4	.467	1.7	4.4	.373	1.7	2.4	.710
difference:	+8	+15.6	+12.8			+11.0	+0.3				-1.9	+3.7	+10.9	+.069				+7.0	+7.3	+.194
Dolph Schayes	72	40.5	24.9	-	-	14.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.4	8.1	20.3	.398	-	-	-	8.7	9.7	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caris LeVert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	3	43.7	26.7	-	-	15.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	8.3	21.3	.391	-	-	-	10.0	12.0	.833

Additional Years
* Dolph Schayes played 6 seasons more than Caris LeVert in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 15, from 1959 to 1964—Dolph Schayes played in 5 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Caris LeVert, Dolph Schayes got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Star Game