Carmelo Anthony vs. Dyson Daniels Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dyson Daniels and Carmelo Anthony, 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.

Carmelo Anthony played 19 years in the NBA, 15 more than Dyson Daniels, who played 4. Carmelo Anthony had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Dyson Daniels had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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
	Carmelo Anthony	Dyson Daniels
Season	2003-04	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Carmelo Anthony	82	36.5	21.0	2.2	3.8	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	3.0	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	0.8	2.6	.322	5.0	6.4	.777
difference:	+23	+18.8	+17.2	+1.6	+1.2	+2.9	+0.5	+0.5	+0.3	-2.0	-1.0	+6.1	+14.4	+.008	+0.3	+1.1	+.008	+4.6	+5.7	+.127
Dyson Daniels	59	17.7	3.8	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.7	1.5	3.5	.418	0.5	1.5	.314	0.4	0.7	.650
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.3	15.0	1.8	6.5	8.3	2.8	1.3	0.0	4.3	2.8	5.3	16.0	.328	0.5	2.8	.182	4.0	5.0	.800
Dyson Daniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Carmelo Anthony	Dyson Daniels
Season	2005-06	2024-25
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Steals Leader
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	80	36.8	26.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	2.7	1.1	0.5	2.7	2.9	9.5	19.7	.481	0.5	1.9	.243	7.2	8.9	.808
difference:	+4	+3.0	+12.4	+0.1	+0.9	+1.0	+1.7	+1.9	+0.2	-0.7	-0.6	+3.5	+7.6	+.012	+0.6	+1.2	+.097	+6.1	+7.1	+.215
Dyson Daniels	76	33.8	14.1	1.6	4.3	5.9	4.4	3.0	0.7	2.0	2.3	6.0	12.1	.493	1.1	3.1	.340	1.1	1.8	.593
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	38.6	21.0	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.8	0.8	0.2	3.0	4.0	6.6	19.8	.333	0.0	0.8	.000	7.8	10.4	.750
Dyson Daniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Carmelo Anthony	Dyson Daniels
Season	2006-07	2025-26
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	65	38.2	28.9	2.2	3.8	6.0	3.8	1.2	0.4	3.6	3.1	10.6	22.4	.476	0.6	2.3	.268	7.1	8.7	.808
difference:	+51	+5.4	+20.2	+0.6	+0.3	+0.3	+2.1	+1.1		-1.5	-0.5	+6.8	+14.3	+.007	+0.4	+1.4	+.037	+6.2	+7.2	+.189
Dyson Daniels	14	32.8	8.7	1.6	4.1	5.7	5.9	2.3	0.4	2.1	2.6	3.8	8.1	.469	0.2	0.9	.231	0.9	1.5	.619
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	42.0	26.8	3.6	5.0	8.6	1.2	1.0	0.0	3.8	2.4	9.4	19.6	.480	1.8	3.6	.500	6.2	7.8	.795
Dyson Daniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Carmelo Anthony played 15 seasons more than Dyson Daniels in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 19, from 2008 to 2022—Carmelo Anthony played in 9 Playoffs. In those 15 extra years over Dyson Daniels, Carmelo Anthony got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 Scoring Leader 9 All-Star Game