Carmelo Anthony vs. Luguentz Dort Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luguentz Dort 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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, 12 more than Luguentz Dort, who played 7. Carmelo Anthony had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Luguentz Dort had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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.

Their Careers

Player
Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Carmelo Anthony 19 13 2003-04 to 2021-22
Luguentz Dort 7 3 2019-20 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Carmelo Anthony Luguentz Dort
Season 2003-042019-20
Team Denver NuggetsOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st RdThunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+46+13.7+14.2+1.5+2.2+3.8+2.0+0.3+0.4-2.4+5.2+11.8+.032+0.2+.025+3.8+4.9+.015
Luguentz Dort 36 22.8 6.8 0.7 1.6 2.3 0.8 0.9 0.1 0.6 2.7 2.4 6.1 .394 0.8 2.8 .297 1.2 1.5 .792
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+2+7.1+2.5+1.0+3.7+4.6+1.8+1.0+1.0-1.8-1.4+0.8+3.3+.027+1.7+5.5+.078+2.7+2.5+.267
Luguentz Dort 6 29.2 12.5 0.8 2.8 3.7 1.0 0.3 1.0 2.5 4.2 4.5 12.7 .355 2.2 8.3 .260 1.3 2.5 .533

Season 2

Carmelo Anthony Luguentz Dort
Season 2004-052020-21
Team Denver NuggetsOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Carmelo Anthony 75 34.8 20.8 1.9 3.8 5.7 2.6 0.9 0.4 3.0 3.1 7.1 16.4 .431 0.6 2.1 .266 6.1 7.6 .796
difference:+23+5.1+6.8+1.2+0.9+2.1+0.9-1.5-0.5+2.3+4.1+.044+1.6+4.2+.077+3.8+4.4+.052
Luguentz Dort 52 29.7 14.0 0.7 2.9 3.6 1.7 0.9 0.4 1.5 2.6 4.8 12.3 .387 2.2 6.3 .343 2.3 3.2 .744
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Carmelo Anthony 5 36.2 19.2 2.8 2.6 5.4 2.0 0.6 0.2 2.6 4.0 7.0 16.6 .422 0.0 0.2 .000 5.2 6.4 .813
Luguentz Dort DNP------ --- ----------

Season 3

Carmelo Anthony Luguentz Dort
Season 2005-062021-22
Team Denver NuggetsOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+29+4.2+9.3+0.8+0.7+1.0+0.2+0.1-1.0+3.8+5.5+.077+2.0+5.8+.089+4.0+5.2+.035
Luguentz Dort 51 32.6 17.2 0.7 3.4 4.2 1.7 0.9 0.4 1.7 2.9 5.7 14.2 .404 2.5 7.7 .332 3.2 3.7 .843
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Luguentz Dort DNP------ --- ----------

Season 4

Carmelo Anthony Luguentz Dort
Season 2006-072022-23
Team Denver NuggetsOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+9+7.5+15.2+0.5+0.9+1.4+1.7+0.2+0.1-2.4-0.2+6.0+10.6+.088+1.2+3.2+.062+4.4+5.2+.036
Luguentz Dort 74 30.7 13.7 1.7 2.9 4.6 2.1 1.0 0.3 1.2 3.3 4.6 11.8 .388 1.8 5.5 .330 2.7 3.5 .772
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Luguentz Dort DNP------ --- ----------

Season 5

Carmelo Anthony Luguentz Dort
Season 2007-082023-24
Team Denver NuggetsOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st RdThunder Lost West Conf Semis
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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Carmelo Anthony 77 36.4 25.7 2.3 5.1 7.4 3.4 1.3 0.5 3.3 3.3 9.5 19.2 .492 0.8 2.1 .354 6.0 7.7 .786
difference:+2+8.0+14.8+1.4+2.4+3.8+2.0+0.4+0.1-2.4-0.4+5.9+10.9+.054+1.2+2.9+.040+4.4+5.7+.040
Luguentz Dort 79 28.4 10.9 0.9 2.7 3.6 1.4 0.9 0.6 0.9 2.9 3.6 8.3 .438 2.0 5.0 .394 1.6 2.0 .826
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Carmelo Anthony 4 36.5 22.5 4.8 4.8 9.5 2.0 0.5 0.3 3.0 4.3 8.0 22.0 .364 0.5 2.0 .250 6.0 7.3 .828
difference:+6+1.5+11.8+2.9+2.1+4.9+0.8+0.1-1.9-0.1+4.7+12.9+.001+2.0+4.4+.141+4.4+5.4+.014
Luguentz Dort 10 35.0 10.7 1.9 2.7 4.6 2.0 1.3 0.2 1.1 4.2 3.3 9.1 .363 2.5 6.4 .391 1.6 1.9 .842

Season 6

Carmelo Anthony Luguentz Dort
Season 2008-092024-25
Team Denver NuggetsOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
-Achievement All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf FinalsNBA Champion NBA Champion
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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Carmelo Anthony 66 34.5 22.8 1.6 5.2 6.8 3.4 1.1 0.4 3.0 3.0 8.1 18.3 .443 1.0 2.6 .371 5.6 7.1 .793
difference:+5+5.3+12.7+0.3+2.3+2.7+1.8+0.1-2.3-0.1+4.5+9.9+.008+1.4+3.2+.041+5.1+6.5+.076
Luguentz Dort 71 29.2 10.1 1.3 2.9 4.1 1.6 1.1 0.5 0.7 2.9 3.6 8.4 .435 2.4 5.8 .412 0.5 0.6 .717
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Carmelo Anthony 16 38.3 27.2 1.6 4.2 5.8 4.1 1.8 0.6 2.3 3.8 9.1 20.1 .453 1.5 4.1 .364 7.4 9.0 .826
difference:+7+9.3+19.3+0.2+1.7+1.9+3.2+0.5+0.2-1.4-0.5+6.5+13.0+.087+0.6+2.0+.021+6.8+8.0+.190
Luguentz Dort 23 29.0 7.9 1.4 2.5 3.9 0.9 1.3 0.4 0.9 3.3 2.6 7.1 .366 2.1 6.1 .343 0.6 1.0 .636

Season 7

Carmelo Anthony Luguentz Dort
Season 2009-102025-26
Team Denver NuggetsOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Carmelo Anthony 69 38.2 28.2 2.2 4.4 6.6 3.2 1.3 0.4 3.0 3.3 10.0 21.8 .458 0.9 2.7 .316 7.4 8.9 .830
difference:+63+3.5+20.9+1.2+1.3+1.4+0.1+0.4-2.2-0.8+7.5+13.5+.158+0.1+2.8+.134+6.1+7.6+.170
Luguentz Dort 6 34.7 7.3 2.2 3.2 5.3 1.8 1.2 0.0 0.8 2.5 2.5 8.3 .300 1.0 5.5 .182 1.3 1.3 1.000
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Carmelo Anthony 6 42.3 30.7 2.3 6.2 8.5 3.3 2.0 0.5 3.5 4.3 10.7 23.0 .464 1.0 3.2 .316 8.3 9.5 .877
Luguentz Dort DNP------ --- ----------

Additional Years

* Carmelo Anthony played 12 seasons more than Luguentz Dort in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 8 to 19, from 2011 to 2022—Carmelo Anthony played in 6 Playoffs.

In those 12 extra years over Luguentz Dort, Carmelo Anthony got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 All-NBA Second Team
Achievement 1 All-NBA Third Team
Achievement 1 Scoring Leader
Achievement 7 All-Star Game