Danny Green vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Danny Green, 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.

Danny Green played 15 years in the NBA, 3 more than James Worthy, who played 12. Danny Green had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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
	Danny Green	James Worthy
Season	2009-10	1982-83
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Danny Green	20	5.8	2.0	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.0	.385	0.3	1.1	.273	0.2	0.3	.667
difference:	+57	+19.8	+11.4	+1.6	+2.6	+4.3	+1.4	+0.9	+0.6	-2.0	-2.4	+5.0	+8.0	+.194	+0.3	+1.0	+.023	+1.6	+2.6	+.043
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
* Neiher Danny Green nor James Worthy played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Danny Green	James Worthy
Season	2011-12	1984-85
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Danny Green	66	23.1	9.1	0.8	2.6	3.5	1.3	0.9	0.7	1.0	1.6	3.2	7.2	.442	1.5	3.5	.436	1.2	1.5	.790
difference:	+14	+10.6	+8.5	+1.3	+1.7	+2.9	+1.2	+0.2	+0.1	-1.5	-0.9	+4.4	+6.1	+.130	+1.5	+3.4	+.436	+1.2	+1.6	+.014
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		%
Danny Green	14	20.6	7.4	0.2	3.0	3.2	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.1	1.7	2.7	6.5	.418	1.4	4.1	.345	0.5	0.7	.700
difference:	+5	+12.3	+14.1	+1.6	+0.2	+1.9	+1.1	+0.4		-0.3	-1.1	+6.0	+7.6	+.204	+1.3	+4.0	+.155	+3.4	+5.1	+.024
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

Season 4
	Danny Green	James Worthy
Season	2012-13	1985-86
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Danny Green	80	27.5	10.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.8	1.2	0.7	1.2	1.6	3.7	8.3	.448	2.2	5.2	.429	0.8	1.0	.848
difference:	+5	+5.2	+9.5	+1.3	+0.7	+2.1	+0.9	+0.1	+0.3	-0.8	-1.0	+4.7	+6.2	+.131	+2.2	+5.0	+.429	+2.4	+3.2	+.077
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	21	31.9	11.1	0.9	3.3	4.1	1.5	1.0	1.1	0.9	2.4	4.0	8.9	.446	2.6	5.4	.482	0.6	0.7	.800
difference:	+7	+6.6	+8.5	+0.7	+0.2	+0.5	+1.7	+0.1	+0.4	-1.7	-0.7	+4.6	+6.6	+.112	+2.6	+5.1	+.482	+1.7	+2.7	+.119
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681

Season 5
	Danny Green	James Worthy
Season	2013-14	1986-87
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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		%
Danny Green	68	24.3	9.1	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.5	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.6	3.2	7.4	.432	1.9	4.7	.415	0.7	0.9	.794
difference:	+14	+10.1	+10.3	+1.5	+0.8	+2.3	+1.3	+0.3	+0.1	-0.9	-0.9	+4.7	+7.3	+.107	+1.9	+4.5	+.415	+2.9	+3.8	+.043
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	23	23.0	9.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	0.9	1.4	0.7	0.9	2.2	3.4	6.9	.491	2.1	4.4	.475	0.4	0.5	.818
difference:	+5	+14.8	+14.3	+1.3	+1.3	+2.6	+2.6	+0.2	+0.5	-1.3	-0.1	+6.4	+9.7	+.100	+2.1	+4.3	+.475	+3.7	+4.9	+.065
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753

Season 6
	Danny Green	James Worthy
Season	2014-15	1987-88
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Danny Green	81	28.5	11.7	0.7	3.6	4.2	2.0	1.2	1.1	1.1	2.0	4.0	9.1	.436	2.4	5.6	.418	1.4	1.6	.874
difference:	+6	+6.9	+8.0	+1.0	+0.3	+0.8	+1.9	+0.2	+0.4	-1.0	-0.3	+4.2	+6.4	+.095	+2.4	+5.4	+.293	+1.8	+2.5	+.078
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	7	29.1	8.3	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.1	1.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	3.0	8.7	.344	1.7	5.7	.300	0.6	0.9	.667
difference:	+17	+8.2	+12.8	+1.2	+1.5	+2.7	+2.3	+0.4	+0.2	-1.6	-0.7	+5.5	+7.6	+.179	+1.7	+5.3	+.189	+3.4	+4.4	+.091
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758

Season 7
	Danny Green	James Worthy
Season	2015-16	1988-89
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Danny Green	79	26.1	7.2	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.8	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.7	7.1	.376	1.5	4.4	.332	0.4	0.6	.739
difference:	+2	+10.4	+13.3	+1.5	+0.8	+2.2	+1.8	+0.3	+0.1	-1.3	-0.4	+6.0	+8.7	+.172	+1.5	+4.1	+.245	+2.7	+3.4	+.043
James Worthy	81	36.5	20.5	2.1	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	2.2	2.2	8.7	15.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.087	3.1	4.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	10	26.7	8.6	0.0	3.1	3.1	0.7	2.1	0.8	0.6	2.0	3.0	6.5	.462	2.4	4.8	.500	0.2	0.3	.667
difference:	+5	+13.3	+16.2	+2.5	+1.2	+3.6	+2.1	+0.9	+0.3	-1.6	-0.4	+7.2	+11.5	+.105	+2.2	+4.3	+.125	+4.0	+5.0	+.121
James Worthy	15	40.0	24.8	2.5	4.3	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	2.2	2.4	10.2	18.0	.567	0.2	0.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.788

Season 8
	Danny Green	James Worthy
Season	2016-17	1989-90
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Danny Green	68	26.6	7.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.8	2.6	6.6	.392	1.7	4.6	.379	0.4	0.5	.844
difference:	+12	+10.4	+13.8	+1.5	+1.2	+2.7	+1.8	+0.2	+0.2	-0.9	-0.6	+6.3	+9.6	+.156	+1.5	+4.0	+.073	+2.7	+3.5	+.062
James Worthy	80	37.0	21.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	8.9	16.2	.548	0.2	0.6	.306	3.1	4.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	16	27.3	7.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.9	1.1	1.9	2.8	6.9	.405	1.6	4.8	.342	0.5	0.9	.571
difference:	+7	+13.4	+16.4	+0.4	+1.5	+2.0	+1.6	+1.0	+0.6	-1.3	-0.1	+7.2	+13.2	+.092	+1.4	+3.9	+.092	+3.5	+3.9	+.266
James Worthy	9	40.7	24.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.0	10.0	20.1	.497	0.2	0.9	.250	4.0	4.8	.837

Season 9
	Danny Green	James Worthy
Season	2017-18	1990-91
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Danny Green	70	25.6	8.6	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.6	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.7	3.1	8.0	.387	1.7	4.6	.363	0.7	0.9	.769
difference:	+8	+13.0	+12.8	+0.8	+0.2	+1.0	+1.9	+0.4	+0.7	-0.5	-0.2	+6.1	+10.7	+.105	+1.4	+3.4	+.074	+2.0	+2.5	+.028
James Worthy	78	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.6	1.5	9.2	18.7	.492	0.3	1.2	.289	2.7	3.4	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	5	20.6	4.2	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.4	1.6	1.6	6.0	.267	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+13	+20.1	+16.9	+0.6	+1.3	+1.9	+3.7	+0.9	+0.7	-1.8	-0.3	+7.3	+13.2	+.198	+0.8	+2.7	+.083	+2.9	+4.0
James Worthy	18	40.7	21.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.9	8.9	19.2	.465	0.2	1.3	.167	2.9	4.0	.736

Season 10
	Danny Green	James Worthy
Season	2018-19	1991-92
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	80	27.7	10.3	0.8	3.2	4.0	1.6	0.9	0.7	0.9	2.1	3.7	7.9	.465	2.5	5.4	.455	0.5	0.6	.841
difference:	+26	+11.3	+9.6	+1.0	+0.6	+1.6	+3.1	+0.5	+0.3	-1.5	-0.5	+4.6	+10.7	+.018	+2.3	+4.6	+.246	+2.6	+3.2	+.027
James Worthy	54	39.0	19.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	4.7	1.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	8.3	18.6	.447	0.2	0.8	.209	3.1	3.8	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	24	28.5	6.9	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.1	1.3	0.5	1.1	2.5	2.2	6.5	.342	1.6	5.0	.328	0.9	1.0	.913
James Worthy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Danny Green	James Worthy
Season	2019-20	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	68	24.8	8.0	0.8	2.6	3.3	1.3	1.3	0.5	0.9	2.0	2.9	7.0	.416	1.8	4.8	.367	0.5	0.7	.688
difference:	+14	+4.0	+6.9	+0.1	+0.5	+0.3	+2.1	+0.2	+0.2	-0.8	-0.9	+3.3	+6.9	+.031	+1.4	+3.4	+.097	+1.6	+1.9	+.122
James Worthy	82	28.8	14.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	3.4	1.1	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.2	13.9	.447	0.4	1.4	.270	2.1	2.6	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	21	25.0	8.0	1.2	2.0	3.1	1.2	1.0	0.8	0.6	2.3	2.8	8.1	.347	1.9	5.5	.339	0.5	0.7	.667
difference:	+16	+4.6	+5.8	+0.2		+0.3	+1.4		+0.8	-0.8	-0.1	+3.6	+9.1	+.025	+1.5	+3.9	+.089	+0.1	+0.3	+.067
James Worthy	5	29.6	13.8	1.4	2.0	3.4	2.6	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.2	6.4	17.2	.372	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.0	.600