Chet Holmgren vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy 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, 9 less than James Worthy, who played 12. Chet Holmgren had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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	James Worthy
Season	2023-24	1982-83
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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:	+5	+3.8	+3.1	+0.4	+3.2	+2.7	+0.7	+0.6	+1.5	-0.7	-0.5	+0.4	+1.6	+.049	+1.6	+4.2	+.120	+0.9	+0.5	+.169
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624
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
James Worthy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Chet Holmgren	James Worthy
Season	2024-25	1983-84
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
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:	+50	+2.1	+0.5	+0.4	+2.1	+1.7	+0.5	+0.2	+1.3	-0.4	-0.7	+0.8	+0.2	+.066	+1.4	+3.5	+.379	+0.8	+1.1	+.005
James Worthy	82	29.5	14.5	1.9	4.4	6.3	2.5	0.9	0.9	2.2	3.0	6.0	10.9	.556	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.759
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
difference:	+2	+3.9	+2.5	+0.1	+3.5	+3.7	+1.7	+0.6	+1.4	-0.7	-0.7	+2.5	+1.4	+.137	+1.2	+3.9	+.203	+1.3	+0.9	+.175
James Worthy	21	33.7	17.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.9	2.7	7.8	13.0	.599	0.0	0.1	.500	2.0	3.3	.609

Season 3
	Chet Holmgren	James Worthy
Season	2025-26	1984-85
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Chet Holmgren	17	29.6	18.2	1.5	6.5	8.0	1.7	0.7	1.5	2.1	3.4	6.8	12.3	.555	1.4	4.0	.353	3.2	3.9	.806
difference:	+63	+4.1	+0.6	+0.6	+2.2	+1.6	+0.8	+0.4	+0.7	-0.4	-0.9	+0.8	+1.0	+.017	+1.4	+3.9	+.353	+0.8	+0.8	+.030
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676

Additional Years
* James Worthy played 9 seasons more than Chet Holmgren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 12, from 1986 to 1994—James Worthy played in 7 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 9 extra years over Chet Holmgren, James Worthy got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 All-NBA Third Team 7 All-Star Game