Chet Holmgren vs. Dalton Knecht Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dalton Knecht and Chet Holmgren, 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.

Chet Holmgren played 3 years in the NBA, 1 more than Dalton Knecht, who played 2. Chet Holmgren had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Dalton Knecht had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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
	Chet Holmgren	Dalton Knecht
Season	2023-24	2024-25
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers 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	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	82	29.4	16.5	1.6	6.3	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	1.6	2.4	6.2	11.6	.530	1.6	4.3	.370	2.7	3.4	.793
difference:	+4	+10.2	+7.4	+1.1	+4.0	+5.1	+1.6	+0.3	+2.2	-1.1	-1.2	+2.9	+4.5	+.069		+0.1	+.006	+1.9	+2.3	+.031
Dalton Knecht	78	19.2	9.1	0.5	2.3	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.2	3.3	7.1	.461	1.6	4.4	.376	0.8	1.1	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	10	34.5	15.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	2.1	0.7	2.5	1.9	2.6	5.9	11.9	.496	1.3	5.0	.260	2.5	3.3	.758
difference:	+8	+32.5	+13.1	+0.4	+5.3	+5.7	+2.1	+0.7	+2.5	-1.9	-2.6	+4.9	+9.4	+.096	+0.8	+3.0	+.010	+2.5	+3.3
Dalton Knecht	2	2.0	2.5	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	.400	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Chet Holmgren	Dalton Knecht
Season	2024-25	2025-26
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Chet Holmgren	32	27.4	15.0	1.5	6.5	8.0	2.0	0.7	2.2	1.8	2.3	5.2	10.7	.490	1.4	3.6	.379	3.2	4.2	.754
difference:	+10	+12.9	+9.1	+1.1	+5.0	+6.1	+1.5	+0.4	+1.9	-1.4	-1.1	+3.0	+5.9	+.028	+0.4	+0.8	+.035	+2.7	+3.5	+.087
Dalton Knecht	22	14.5	5.9	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.4	1.2	2.2	4.8	.462	1.0	2.8	.344	0.5	0.7	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	23	29.8	15.2	1.8	6.8	8.7	1.0	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.0	5.3	11.6	.462	1.2	4.0	.297	3.3	4.2	.784
Dalton Knecht	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-