Darius Garland vs. Amar'e Stoudemire Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amar'e Stoudemire 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 7 years in the NBA, 7 less than Amar'e Stoudemire, who played 14. Darius Garland had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Amar'e Stoudemire had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2019-20	2002-03
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+23	+0.4	+1.2	+2.5	+4.3	+6.9	+2.9	+0.1	+1.0	-0.3	-1.7	+0.1	+1.7	+.071	+1.8	+4.9	+.155	+2.8	+4.7	+.214
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	31.3	13.5	3.0	5.7	8.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.8	10.1	.472	0.0	0.1	.200	3.9	5.9	.661
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	6	34.0	14.2	2.7	5.2	7.8	1.2	1.7	1.5	3.2	4.7	5.7	10.8	.523	0.2	0.2	1.000	2.7	4.7	.571

Season 3
	Darius Garland	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2021-22	2004-05
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+12	+0.4	+4.3	+2.1	+3.5	+5.6	+7.0	+0.3	+1.5	-1.2	-1.8	+1.3	+0.6	+.097	+2.6	+6.5	+.195	+4.1	+6.4	+.159
Amar'e Stoudemire	80	36.1	26.0	2.7	6.2	8.9	1.6	1.0	1.6	2.4	3.5	9.3	16.7	.559	0.0	0.2	.188	7.3	9.9	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	15	40.0	29.9	4.0	6.7	10.7	1.2	0.7	2.0	3.1	3.9	10.2	18.9	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	9.5	12.2	.781

Season 5
	Darius Garland	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2023-24	2006-07
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Suns 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		%
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:	+25	+0.6	+2.4	+2.2	+4.8	+6.9	+5.5	+0.3	+1.2	-0.3	-1.9	+0.8	+1.9	+.129	+2.3	+6.2		+3.0	+4.0	+.053
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	32.8	20.4	2.7	6.9	9.6	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	3.6	7.4	12.9	.575	0.0	0.0	-	5.6	7.1	.781
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:	+2	+1.7	+9.6	+2.9	+5.6	+8.5	+5.2	+0.2	+1.7	-0.4	-1.1	+3.0	+3.1	+.096	+2.0	+5.6	+.019	+5.6	+7.3	+.041
Amar'e Stoudemire	10	34.3	25.3	3.0	9.1	12.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.9	3.9	9.1	17.4	.523	0.1	0.3	.333	7.0	9.1	.769

Season 6
	Darius Garland	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2024-25	2007-08
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Suns Lost West 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:	+4	+3.2	+4.6	+1.7	+4.6	+6.2	+5.2	+0.4	+2.0	-0.3	-1.8	+1.6	+0.4	+.118	+2.7	+6.7	+.240	+4.0	+5.3	+.073
Amar'e Stoudemire	79	33.9	25.2	2.3	6.8	9.1	1.5	0.8	2.1	2.2	3.7	9.0	15.3	.590	0.1	0.4	.161	7.0	8.7	.805
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:		+11.2	+5.2	+2.8	+4.0	+6.8	+4.8	+1.0	+2.4	-0.2	-0.4	+3.8	+6.0	+.065	+1.8	+6.2	+.036	+0.6	+1.2	+.284
Amar'e Stoudemire	5	40.8	23.2	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.4	1.4	2.4	2.8	3.8	9.6	19.8	.485	0.2	0.8	.250	3.8	6.0	.633

Season 7
	Darius Garland	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	2025-26	2008-09
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Darius Garland	9	28.3	14.0	0.8	2.2	3.0	6.2	0.7	0.1	2.8	1.8	4.6	12.9	.353	1.9	5.9	.321	3.0	3.4	.871
difference:	+44	+8.5	+7.4	+1.4	+3.7	+5.1	+4.2	+0.2	+1.0		-1.3	+3.0	+1.2	+.186	+1.8	+5.8	+.108	+3.1	+3.9	+.036
Amar'e Stoudemire	53	36.8	21.4	2.2	5.9	8.1	2.0	0.9	1.1	2.8	3.1	7.6	14.1	.539	0.1	0.1	.429	6.1	7.3	.835
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Darius Garland nor Amar'e Stoudemire played in the postseason in their season 7

Additional Years
* Amar'e Stoudemire played 7 seasons more than Darius Garland in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 14, from 2010 to 2016—Amar'e Stoudemire played in 6 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Darius Garland, Amar'e Stoudemire got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game