Clint Capela vs. Blake Griffin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Blake Griffin 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 Blake Griffin, who played 13. Clint Capela had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Blake Griffin had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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	Blake Griffin
Season	2014-15	2010-11
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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:	+70	+30.5	+19.8	+2.5	+6.6	+9.1	+3.6	+0.7	+0.3	-2.3	-1.9	+7.3	+14.4	+.023	+0.1	+0.3		+5.1	+6.6	+.468
Blake Griffin	82	38.0	22.5	3.3	8.8	12.1	3.8	0.8	0.5	2.7	3.1	8.5	16.8	.506	0.1	0.3	.292	5.4	8.5	.642
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
Blake Griffin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Clint Capela	Blake Griffin
Season	2015-16	2011-12
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+11	+17.1	+13.7	+0.8	+3.7	+4.5	+2.6		+0.5	-1.5	-0.8	+5.5	+10.3	+.033		+0.2		+2.7	+4.4	+.142
Blake Griffin	66	36.2	20.7	3.3	7.6	10.9	3.2	0.8	0.7	2.3	3.3	8.5	15.5	.549	0.0	0.2	.125	3.7	7.1	.521
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
difference:	+6	+27.1	+17.5	+0.1	+2.8	+2.9	+2.1	+1.2	+0.5	-1.7	-2.7	+7.0	+13.5	+.167		+0.1		+3.4	+5.0	+.236
Blake Griffin	11	35.7	19.1	1.7	5.2	6.9	2.5	1.8	0.9	2.3	3.7	7.6	15.3	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	6.0	.636

Season 3
	Clint Capela	Blake Griffin
Season	2016-17	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers 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:	+15	+8.6	+5.4	+0.4	+0.6	+0.2	+2.7	+0.7	+0.6	-1.0	-0.1	+1.6	+4.7	+.105	+0.1	+0.4		+2.1	+2.6	+.129
Blake Griffin	80	32.5	18.0	2.3	6.0	8.3	3.7	1.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	7.2	13.4	.538	0.1	0.4	.179	3.5	5.3	.660
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:	+5	+0.3	+2.7	+1.1	+2.2	+3.2	+1.4	+0.7	+1.7	-1.5	-1.5	+0.6	+3.2	+.108		+0.1		+1.3	+0.8	+.193
Blake Griffin	6	26.3	13.2	1.3	4.2	5.5	2.5	0.0	0.8	2.2	4.0	4.8	10.7	.453	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.3	.808

Season 4
	Clint Capela	Blake Griffin
Season	2017-18	2013-14
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+6	+8.3	+10.2	+0.9	+0.5	+1.3	+3.0	+0.4	+1.3	-1.4	-0.8	+3.0	+7.9	+.124	+0.2	+0.6		+4.1	+4.9	+.155
Blake Griffin	80	35.8	24.1	2.4	7.1	9.5	3.9	1.2	0.6	2.8	3.3	9.0	17.0	.528	0.2	0.6	.273	6.0	8.4	.715
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
difference:	+4	+6.2	+10.8	+0.9	+3.3	+4.2	+2.5	+0.4	+1.0	-1.5	-2.0	+3.4	+9.5	+.160	+0.1	+0.5		+4.0	+4.2	+.267
Blake Griffin	13	36.8	23.5	2.7	4.7	7.4	3.8	1.2	1.1	2.4	4.2	9.0	18.0	.500	0.1	0.5	.143	5.5	7.4	.740

Season 5
	Clint Capela	Blake Griffin
Season	2018-19	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:		+1.6	+5.3	+2.5	+2.5	+5.1	+3.9	+0.2	+1.0	-0.9	-0.4	+1.5	+6.2	+.146	+0.1	+0.4		+2.1	+2.5	+.092
Blake Griffin	67	35.2	21.9	1.9	5.7	7.6	5.3	0.9	0.5	2.3	2.9	8.6	17.1	.502	0.1	0.4	.400	4.6	6.4	.728
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
difference:	+3	+9.7	+15.8	+1.0	+3.5	+2.4	+4.6	+0.7	+0.1	-1.7	-0.7	+5.8	+12.1	+.050	+0.1	+0.5		+4.0	+4.4	+.288
Blake Griffin	14	39.8	25.5	2.7	10.0	12.7	6.1	1.0	1.0	3.2	3.1	10.0	19.6	.511	0.1	0.5	.143	5.4	7.6	.717

Season 7
	Clint Capela	Blake Griffin
Season	2020-21	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Clippers 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		%
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:	+2	+3.9	+6.4	+2.9	+3.3	+6.2	+4.1	+0.2	+1.6	-1.1	-0.3	+1.3	+4.9	+.101	+0.6	+1.9		+3.1	+3.3	+.187
Blake Griffin	61	34.0	21.6	1.8	6.3	8.1	4.9	0.9	0.4	2.3	2.6	7.9	15.9	.493	0.6	1.9	.336	5.2	6.9	.760
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
difference:	+15	+1.4	+10.2	+2.4	+2.8	+5.2	+1.4		+0.8	-1.0	-1.9	+3.7	+9.4	+.113	+1.3	+2.0		+1.4	+0.1	+.564
Blake Griffin	3	33.0	20.3	1.0	5.0	6.0	2.3	0.7	0.3	2.0	0.7	8.3	17.0	.490	1.3	2.0	.667	2.3	2.3	1.000

Season 9
	Clint Capela	Blake Griffin
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East 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:	+10	+8.4	+12.5	+2.7	+0.9	+3.5	+4.5		+0.8	-2.6	-0.6	+2.9	+9.7	+.191	+2.5	+7.0		+4.3	+5.3	+.150
Blake Griffin	75	35.0	24.5	1.3	6.2	7.5	5.4	0.7	0.4	3.4	2.7	8.3	17.9	.462	2.5	7.0	.362	5.5	7.3	.753
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:	+4	+3.8	+16.2	+0.5	+1.8	+2.3	+5.5		+0.5	-2.3	-3.7	+5.2	+13.2	+.143	+3.0	+6.5		+2.8	+2.5	+.333
Blake Griffin	2	29.0	24.5	2.0	4.0	6.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	4.5	9.0	19.5	.462	3.0	6.5	.462	3.5	3.5	1.000