Carmelo Anthony vs. Luka Doncic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luka Doncic 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, 11 more than Luka Doncic, who played 8. Carmelo Anthony had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Luka Doncic had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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	Luka Doncic
Season	2003-04	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	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:	+10	+4.3	+0.2	+1.0	+2.8	+1.7	+3.2	+0.1	+0.2	-0.4	-0.8	+0.6	+1.4	+.001	+1.5	+4.5	+.005	+0.2	+0.3	+.064
Luka Doncic	72	32.2	21.2	1.2	6.6	7.8	6.0	1.1	0.3	3.4	1.9	7.0	16.5	.427	2.3	7.1	.327	4.8	6.7	.713
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
Luka Doncic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Carmelo Anthony	Luka Doncic
Season	2004-05	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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:	+14	+1.2	+8.0	+0.6	+4.3	+3.7	+6.2	+0.1	+0.2	-1.3	-0.6	+2.4	+4.2	+.032	+2.2	+6.8	+.050	+0.9	+1.6	+.038
Luka Doncic	61	33.6	28.8	1.3	8.1	9.4	8.8	1.0	0.2	4.3	2.5	9.5	20.6	.463	2.8	8.9	.316	7.0	9.2	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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
difference:	+1	+0.4	+11.8	+2.1	+6.6	+4.4	+6.7	+0.6	+0.3	-2.6	-1.2	+3.7	+4.7	+.078	+2.7	+7.1	+.364	+1.8	+4.3	+.157
Luka Doncic	6	35.8	31.0	0.7	9.2	9.8	8.7	1.2	0.5	5.2	2.8	10.7	21.3	.500	2.7	7.3	.364	7.0	10.7	.656

Season 3
	Carmelo Anthony	Luka Doncic
Season	2005-06	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+14	+2.5	+1.2	+0.7	+3.8	+3.1	+5.9	+0.1		-1.6	-0.6	+0.3	+0.8	+.002	+2.4	+6.4	+.107	+2.0	+1.8	+.078
Luka Doncic	66	34.3	27.7	0.8	7.2	8.0	8.6	1.0	0.5	4.3	2.3	9.8	20.5	.479	2.9	8.3	.350	5.2	7.1	.730
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
difference:	+2	+1.5	+14.7	+1.8	+3.1	+1.3	+7.5	+0.5	+0.2	-1.6	-1.6	+7.1	+8.2	+.157	+4.4	+10.1	+.408	+3.9	+3.1	+.221
Luka Doncic	7	40.1	35.7	0.6	7.3	7.9	10.3	1.3	0.4	4.6	2.4	13.7	28.0	.490	4.4	10.9	.408	3.9	7.3	.529

Season 4
	Carmelo Anthony	Luka Doncic
Season	2006-07	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals

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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:		+2.8	+0.5	+1.3	+4.5	+3.1	+4.9		+0.2	-0.9	-0.9	+0.7	+0.8	+.019	+2.5	+6.5	+.085	+1.5	+1.2	+.064
Luka Doncic	65	35.4	28.4	0.9	8.3	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	4.5	2.2	9.9	21.6	.457	3.1	8.8	.353	5.6	7.5	.744
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
difference:	+10	+5.2	+4.9	+2.9	+4.1	+1.2	+5.2	+0.8	+0.6	-0.1	-0.5	+1.3	+3.9	+.025	+1.6	+6.3	+.155	+0.7	+1.2	+.025
Luka Doncic	15	36.8	31.7	0.7	9.1	9.8	6.4	1.8	0.6	3.9	2.9	10.7	23.5	.455	3.4	9.9	.345	6.9	9.0	.770

Season 5
	Carmelo Anthony	Luka Doncic
Season	2007-08	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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:	+11	+0.2	+6.7	+1.5	+2.7	+1.2	+4.6	+0.1		-0.3	-0.8	+1.4	+2.8	+.004	+2.0	+6.1	+.012	+1.8	+2.8	+.044
Luka Doncic	66	36.2	32.4	0.8	7.8	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	3.6	2.5	10.9	22.0	.496	2.8	8.2	.342	7.8	10.5	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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
Luka Doncic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Carmelo Anthony	Luka Doncic
Season	2008-09	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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:	+4	+3.0	+11.1	+0.8	+3.2	+2.4	+6.4	+0.3	+0.1	-1.0	-0.9	+3.4	+5.3	+.044	+3.1	+8.0	+.011	+1.2	+1.6	+.007
Luka Doncic	70	37.5	33.9	0.8	8.4	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	4.0	2.1	11.5	23.6	.487	4.1	10.6	.382	6.8	8.7	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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:	+6	+2.6	+1.7	+0.9	+4.5	+3.7	+4.0	+0.1	+0.2	-1.8	-1.3	+1.1	+2.8	+.007	+1.6	+5.5	+.042	+2.1	+2.0	+.061
Luka Doncic	22	40.9	28.9	0.7	8.7	9.5	8.1	1.9	0.4	4.1	2.5	10.2	22.9	.446	3.1	9.6	.322	5.3	7.0	.765

Season 7
	Carmelo Anthony	Luka Doncic
Season	2009-10	2024-25
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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:	+19	+2.8		+1.4	+3.0	+1.6	+4.5	+0.5		-0.6	-0.8	+0.8	+1.3	+.008	+2.6	+6.9	+.052	+1.2	+1.0	+.048
Luka Doncic	50	35.4	28.2	0.8	7.4	8.2	7.7	1.8	0.4	3.6	2.5	9.2	20.5	.450	3.5	9.6	.368	6.2	7.9	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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
difference:	+1	+0.7	+0.5	+1.9	+0.4	+1.5	+2.5	+1.0	+0.1	-0.5	-1.1	+1.3	+2.2	+.012	+2.2	+6.0	+.032	+0.1	+0.3	+.014
Luka Doncic	5	41.6	30.2	0.4	6.6	7.0	5.8	1.0	0.6	4.0	3.2	9.4	20.8	.452	3.2	9.2	.348	8.2	9.2	.891

Season 8
	Carmelo Anthony	Luka Doncic
Season	2010-11	2025-26
Team	Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	35.7	25.6	1.5	5.8	7.3	2.9	0.9	0.6	2.7	2.9	8.9	19.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.378	6.6	7.9	.838
difference:	+74	+2.6	+19.7	+0.8	+5.2	+4.4	+4.8	+0.2	+0.3	-1.0	-0.2	+6.1	+6.2	+.129	+3.1	+9.0	+.027	+4.4	+6.1	+.052
Luka Doncic	3	38.3	45.3	0.7	11.0	11.7	7.7	0.7	0.3	3.7	2.7	15.0	25.7	.584	4.3	12.3	.351	11.0	14.0	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	39.0	26.0	3.3	7.0	10.3	4.8	1.3	0.8	3.3	4.0	8.3	22.0	.375	2.3	6.5	.346	7.3	8.5	.853
Luka Doncic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Carmelo Anthony played 11 seasons more than Luka Doncic in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 19, from 2012 to 2022—Carmelo Anthony played in 5 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Luka Doncic, Carmelo Anthony got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Scoring Leader 6 All-Star Game