Chet Holmgren vs. Kyrie Irving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyrie Irving 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, 11 less than Kyrie Irving, who played 14. Chet Holmgren had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Kyrie Irving had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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	Kyrie Irving
Season	2023-24	2011-12
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	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:	+31	+1.1	+2.0	+0.7	+3.4	+4.2	+3.0	+0.5	+1.9	-1.5	-0.2	+0.7	+3.0	+.061	+0.2	+0.7	+.029	+0.7	+0.4	+.079
Kyrie Irving	51	30.5	18.5	0.9	2.9	3.7	5.4	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.2	6.9	14.6	.469	1.4	3.6	.399	3.4	3.8	.872
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
Kyrie Irving	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Chet Holmgren	Kyrie Irving
Season	2024-25	2012-13
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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:	+27	+7.3	+7.5	+0.9	+3.4	+4.3	+3.9	+0.8	+1.8	-1.4	-0.2	+3.0	+7.4	+.038	+0.4	+1.1	+.012	+1.0	+0.7	+.101
Kyrie Irving	59	34.7	22.5	0.6	3.1	3.7	5.9	1.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	8.2	18.1	.452	1.8	4.7	.391	4.2	4.9	.855
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
Kyrie Irving	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Chet Holmgren	Kyrie Irving
Season	2025-26	2013-14
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Chet Holmgren	5	33.4	20.6	1.8	7.4	9.2	2.0	1.2	1.6	3.0	4.0	6.6	11.8	.559	2.0	5.0	.400	5.4	6.4	.844
difference:	+66	+1.8	+0.2	+1.1	+4.5	+5.6	+4.1	+0.3	+1.3	-0.3	-1.7	+0.9	+5.6	+.129	+0.3	+0.2	+.042	+1.3	+1.6	+.017
Kyrie Irving	71	35.2	20.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	6.1	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.3	7.5	17.4	.430	1.7	4.8	.358	4.1	4.8	.861
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Chet Holmgren nor Kyrie Irving played in the postseason in their season 3

Additional Years
* Kyrie Irving played 11 seasons more than Chet Holmgren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 2015 to 2025—Kyrie Irving played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Chet Holmgren, Kyrie Irving got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 7 All-Star Game