Darius Garland vs. Allen Iverson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allen Iverson and Darius Garland, 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.

Darius Garland played 6 years in the NBA, 8 less than Allen Iverson, who played 14. Darius Garland had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Allen Iverson had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
	Darius Garland	Allen Iverson
Season	2019-20	1996-97
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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		%
Darius Garland	59	30.9	12.3	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.6	4.7	11.8	.401	1.8	5.0	.355	1.1	1.2	.875
difference:	+17	+9.2	+11.2	+1.0	+1.2	+2.2	+3.6	+1.4	+0.2	-1.8	-1.5	+3.5	+8.0	+.015	+0.2	+1.0	+.014	+3.9	+6.0	+.173
Allen Iverson	76	40.1	23.5	1.5	2.6	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	4.4	3.1	8.2	19.8	.416	2.0	6.0	.341	5.0	7.2	.702
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Darius Garland nor Allen Iverson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Darius Garland	Allen Iverson
Season	2021-22	1998-99
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Darius Garland	68	35.7	21.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.6	1.7	8.0	17.3	.462	2.6	6.7	.383	3.2	3.5	.892
difference:	+20	+5.8	+5.1	+0.8	+0.8	+1.6	+4.0	+1.0		-0.1	-0.3	+1.1	+4.7	+.050	+1.4	+2.6	+.092	+4.2	+6.4	+.141
Allen Iverson	48	41.5	26.8	1.4	3.5	4.9	4.6	2.3	0.1	3.5	2.0	9.1	22.0	.412	1.2	4.1	.291	7.4	9.9	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	8	45.0	28.5	1.8	2.4	4.1	4.9	2.5	0.3	3.0	2.4	11.0	26.8	.411	1.9	6.6	.283	4.6	6.5	.712

Season 4
	Darius Garland	Allen Iverson
Season	2022-23	1999-00
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East 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		%
Darius Garland	69	35.5	21.6	0.4	2.3	2.7	7.8	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.1	7.6	16.4	.462	2.4	6.0	.410	4.0	4.7	.863
difference:	+1	+5.3	+6.8	+0.6	+0.5	+1.1	+3.1	+0.9		-0.4	-0.2	+2.8	+8.4	+.041	+1.1	+2.3	+.069	+2.3	+4.2	+.150
Allen Iverson	70	40.8	28.4	1.0	2.8	3.8	4.7	2.1	0.1	3.3	2.3	10.4	24.8	.421	1.3	3.7	.341	6.3	8.9	.713
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darius Garland	5	37.8	20.6	0.0	1.8	1.8	5.0	1.6	0.2	3.6	3.4	7.0	16.0	.438	2.4	6.2	.387	4.2	5.0	.840
difference:	+5	+6.6	+5.6	+1.4	+0.8	+2.2	+0.5	+0.4	+0.1	-0.4	-1.0	+2.1	+7.7	+.054	+1.2	+2.3	+.079	+2.6	+4.2	+.101
Allen Iverson	10	44.4	26.2	1.4	2.6	4.0	4.5	1.2	0.1	3.2	2.4	9.1	23.7	.384	1.2	3.9	.308	6.8	9.2	.739

Season 5
	Darius Garland	Allen Iverson
Season	2023-24	2000-01
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Darius Garland	57	33.4	18.0	0.5	2.1	2.7	6.5	1.3	0.1	3.1	1.7	6.6	14.8	.446	2.3	6.2	.371	2.6	3.1	.834
difference:	+14	+8.6	+13.1	+0.2	+1.0	+1.1	+1.9	+1.2	+0.2	-0.2	-0.4	+4.1	+10.7	+.026	+0.9	+1.9	+.051	+5.6	+7.0	+.020
Allen Iverson	71	42.0	31.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	4.6	2.5	0.3	3.3	2.1	10.7	25.5	.420	1.4	4.3	.320	8.2	10.1	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darius Garland	12	36.0	15.7	0.1	3.5	3.6	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.8	6.1	14.3	.427	2.1	5.9	.352	1.4	1.8	.810
difference:	+10	+10.5	+17.2	+0.6	+0.5	+1.1	+0.3	+1.3	+0.1	-0.6	-0.3	+5.6	+15.7	+.038	+0.1	+0.6	+.014	+5.9	+7.7	+.036
Allen Iverson	22	46.5	32.9	0.7	4.0	4.7	6.1	2.4	0.3	2.9	2.5	11.7	30.0	.389	2.2	6.5	.338	7.3	9.5	.774

Season 6
	Darius Garland	Allen Iverson
Season	2024-25	2001-02
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Darius Garland	75	30.7	20.6	0.6	2.2	2.9	6.7	1.2	0.1	2.5	1.9	7.4	15.7	.472	2.8	7.1	.401	3.0	3.4	.878
difference:	+15	+13.0	+10.8	+0.1	+1.6	+1.6	+1.2	+1.6	+0.1	-1.5	-0.2	+3.7	+12.1	+.074	+1.5	+2.6	+.110	+4.9	+6.4	+.066
Allen Iverson	60	43.7	31.4	0.7	3.8	4.5	5.5	2.8	0.2	4.0	1.7	11.1	27.8	.398	1.3	4.5	.291	7.9	9.8	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darius Garland	5	29.6	18.0	0.2	2.0	2.2	5.2	0.4	0.0	3.0	3.4	5.8	13.8	.420	2.0	7.0	.286	4.4	4.8	.917
difference:		+12.4	+12.0		+1.4	+1.4	+1.0	+2.2		-0.6	-1.8	+3.2	+9.8	+.039	+0.2	+1.6	+.047	+5.8	+7.8	+.107
Allen Iverson	5	42.0	30.0	0.2	3.4	3.6	4.2	2.6	0.0	2.4	1.6	9.0	23.6	.381	1.8	5.4	.333	10.2	12.6	.810

Additional Years
* Allen Iverson played 8 seasons more than Darius Garland in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 14, from 2003 to 2010—Allen Iverson played in 4 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Darius Garland, Allen Iverson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Scoring Leader 1 Steals Leader 8 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP