Dalton Knecht vs. Kawhi Leonard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kawhi Leonard and Dalton Knecht, 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.

Dalton Knecht played 2 years in the NBA, 12 less than Kawhi Leonard, who played 14. Dalton Knecht had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, while Kawhi Leonard 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
	Dalton Knecht	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2024-25	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+14	+4.8	+1.2	+1.1	+1.2	+2.3	+0.3	+1.0	+0.3	-0.2	-0.2	+0.2	+0.8	+.032	+1.0	+2.7		+0.3	+0.3	+.011
Kawhi Leonard	64	24.0	7.9	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.1	6.3	.493	0.6	1.7	.376	1.1	1.4	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	-
difference:	+12	+25.1	+6.1	+0.3	+4.1	+4.4	+0.6	+1.2	+0.4	-0.9	-1.6	+2.2	+3.9	+.100	+0.8	+0.9	+.200	+0.9	+1.1
Kawhi Leonard	14	27.1	8.6	1.3	4.6	5.9	0.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.2	6.4	.500	1.3	2.9	.450	0.9	1.1	.813

Additional Years
* Kawhi Leonard played 12 seasons more than Dalton Knecht in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 14, from 2014 to 2026—Kawhi Leonard played in 10 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 12 extra years over Dalton Knecht, Kawhi Leonard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 4 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Steals Leader 6 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP