Clint Capela vs. Anthony Davis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anthony Davis and Clint Capela, 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.

Clint Capela played 11 years in the NBA, 2 less than Anthony Davis, who played 13. Clint Capela had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Anthony Davis had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
	Clint Capela	Anthony Davis
Season	2014-15	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Clint Capela	12	7.5	2.7	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.2	0.1	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.2	2.4	.483	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.9	.174
difference:	+52	+21.3	+10.8	+1.8	+3.4	+5.2	+0.8	+1.1	+1.0	-1.0	-1.3	+4.3	+8.2	+.033		+0.1		+2.3	+1.6	+.577
Anthony Davis	64	28.8	13.5	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.0	1.2	1.8	1.4	2.5	5.5	10.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.5	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	17	7.5	3.4	0.8	1.7	2.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.2	1.8	.677	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.7	.517
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Clint Capela	Anthony Davis
Season	2015-16	2013-14
Team	Houston Rockets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Clint Capela	77	19.1	7.0	2.5	3.9	6.4	0.6	0.8	1.2	0.8	2.5	3.0	5.2	.582	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.7	.379
difference:	+10	+16.1	+13.8	+0.6	+3.1	+3.6	+1.0	+0.5	+1.6	-0.8	-0.5	+4.8	+9.8	+.063		+0.1		+4.2	+3.9	+.412
Anthony Davis	67	35.2	20.8	3.1	7.0	10.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	1.6	3.0	7.8	15.0	.519	0.0	0.1	.222	5.2	6.6	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	5	8.6	1.6	1.6	2.4	4.0	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.6	1.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.400
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Clint Capela	Anthony Davis
Season	2016-17	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Pelicans 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		%
Clint Capela	65	23.9	12.6	2.7	5.4	8.1	1.0	0.5	1.2	1.3	2.8	5.6	8.7	.643	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.7	.531
difference:	+3	+12.2	+11.8	+0.2	+2.3	+2.1	+1.2	+1.0	+1.7	-0.1	-0.7	+3.8	+8.9	+.108		+0.2		+4.1	+4.1	+.274
Anthony Davis	68	36.1	24.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	1.4	2.1	9.4	17.6	.535	0.0	0.2	.083	5.5	6.8	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	11	26.0	10.5	2.4	6.4	8.7	1.1	0.7	2.5	0.7	2.5	4.2	7.5	.561	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.5	.615
difference:	+7	+17.0	+21.0	+0.1	+2.4	+2.3	+0.9	+0.6	+0.5	-2.6	-0.5	+7.6	+14.3	+.021		+0.4		+5.8	+5.5	+.274
Anthony Davis	4	43.0	31.5	2.3	8.8	11.0	2.0	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.0	11.8	21.8	.540	0.0	0.5	.000	8.0	9.0	.889

Season 4
	Clint Capela	Anthony Davis
Season	2017-18	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Clint Capela	74	27.5	13.9	3.3	7.6	10.8	0.9	0.8	1.9	1.4	2.5	6.0	9.1	.652	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.5	.560
difference:	+13	+8.0	+10.4	+1.2	+0.5	+0.5	+1.0	+0.5	+0.1	-0.6	-0.1	+3.2	+9.5	+.159	+0.6	+1.8		+3.4	+3.5	+.198
Anthony Davis	61	35.5	24.3	2.1	8.1	10.3	1.9	1.3	2.0	2.0	2.4	9.2	18.6	.493	0.6	1.8	.324	5.3	7.0	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	17	30.6	12.7	3.6	8.0	11.6	1.3	0.8	2.1	0.9	2.2	5.6	8.5	.660	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	3.2	.473
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Clint Capela	Anthony Davis
Season	2018-19	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Clint Capela	67	33.6	16.6	4.4	8.2	12.7	1.4	0.7	1.5	1.4	2.5	7.1	10.9	.648	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.9	.636
difference:	+8	+2.5	+11.4	+2.1	+1.3	+0.9	+0.7	+0.6	+0.7	-1.0	-0.3	+3.2	+9.4	+.143	+0.5	+1.8		+4.4	+4.7	+.166
Anthony Davis	75	36.1	28.0	2.3	9.5	11.8	2.1	1.3	2.2	2.4	2.2	10.3	20.3	.505	0.5	1.8	.299	6.9	8.6	.802
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	11	30.1	9.7	3.7	6.5	10.3	1.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	2.4	4.2	7.5	.561	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	3.2	.429
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Clint Capela	Anthony Davis
Season	2019-20	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Clint Capela	39	32.8	13.9	4.3	9.5	13.8	1.2	0.8	1.8	1.6	2.6	6.3	9.9	.629	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.7	.529
difference:	+36	+3.6	+14.2	+1.8	+0.9	+2.7	+1.1	+0.7	+0.8	-0.6	-0.5	+4.1	+9.6	+.095	+0.7	+2.2		+5.2	+5.3	+.299
Anthony Davis	75	36.4	28.1	2.5	8.6	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	2.2	2.1	10.4	19.5	.534	0.7	2.2	.340	6.6	8.0	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Davis	9	39.8	30.1	2.7	10.8	13.4	1.7	2.0	2.3	2.6	3.3	11.8	22.7	.520	0.7	2.4	.273	5.9	7.1	.828

Season 7
	Clint Capela	Anthony Davis
Season	2020-21	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Clint Capela	63	30.1	15.2	4.7	9.6	14.3	0.8	0.7	2.0	1.2	2.3	6.6	11.0	.594	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.6	.573
difference:	+7	+2.9	+10.7	+1.6	+0.7	+2.3	+3.1	+0.9	+0.4	-0.8	-0.1	+2.9	+7.3	+.077	+0.9	+2.6		+4.0	+4.1	+.221
Anthony Davis	56	33.0	25.9	3.1	8.9	12.0	3.9	1.6	2.4	2.0	2.4	9.5	18.3	.517	0.9	2.6	.331	6.1	7.7	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	18	31.6	10.1	3.4	7.8	11.2	0.9	0.7	1.1	1.0	2.6	4.6	7.6	.603	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	2.2	.436
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Clint Capela	Anthony Davis
Season	2021-22	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Clint Capela	74	27.6	11.1	3.8	8.1	11.9	1.2	0.7	1.3	0.6	2.2	5.0	8.2	.613	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.3	.473
difference:	+12	+6.8	+15.0	+1.5	+1.1	+2.6	+2.0	+0.8	+1.0	-1.9	-0.3	+3.9	+9.5	+.110	+1.2	+3.5		+6.1	+6.2	+.373
Anthony Davis	62	34.4	26.1	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	1.5	2.3	2.5	2.5	8.9	17.7	.503	1.2	3.5	.330	7.2	8.5	.846
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	2	20.0	2.0	2.0	5.5	7.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+19	+16.6	+25.7	+0.6	+1.6	+2.2	+3.5	+0.7	+0.9	-2.0	-1.7	+8.8	+14.1	+.238	+1.1	+2.9		+7.1	+8.5
Anthony Davis	21	36.6	27.7	2.6	7.1	9.7	3.5	1.2	1.4	2.5	2.7	9.8	17.1	.571	1.1	2.9	.383	7.1	8.5	.832

Season 9
	Clint Capela	Anthony Davis
Season	2022-23	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	65	26.6	12.0	4.0	7.1	11.0	0.9	0.7	1.2	0.8	2.1	5.4	8.2	.653	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.0	.603
difference:	+29	+5.7	+9.8	+2.3	+0.9	+3.1	+2.2	+0.6	+0.4	-1.3	-0.4	+3.0	+8.8	+.162	+0.7	+2.8		+3.2	+3.9	+.135
Anthony Davis	36	32.3	21.8	1.7	6.2	7.9	3.1	1.3	1.6	2.1	1.7	8.4	17.0	.491	0.7	2.8	.260	4.4	5.9	.738
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clint Capela	6	25.2	8.3	2.5	5.8	8.3	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.7	0.8	3.8	6.3	.605	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.667
difference:	+1	+3.6	+9.1	+1.1	+0.6	+1.7	+2.1	+0.4	+1.1	-0.5	-1.0	+1.2	+6.1	+.202	+0.4	+2.2		+6.3	+7.4	+.166
Anthony Davis	5	28.8	17.4	1.4	5.2	6.6	2.6	0.6	1.6	1.2	1.8	5.0	12.4	.403	0.4	2.2	.182	7.0	8.4	.833

Additional Years
* Anthony Davis played 2 seasons more than Clint Capela in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 13, from 2024 to 2025—Anthony Davis played in one postseason and one NBA Cup. In those 2 extra years over Clint Capela, Anthony Davis got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 2 All-Star Game