Darius Garland vs. Brandon Ingram Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Ingram 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, 3 less than Brandon Ingram, who played 10. Darius Garland had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Brandon Ingram had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Brandon Ingram
Season	2019-20	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+20	+2.1	+2.9	+0.3	+1.8	+2.1	+1.8	+0.1	+0.4	-1.1	-0.4	+1.2	+3.1	+.001	+1.1	+2.6	+.061	+0.6	+1.5	+.254
Brandon Ingram	79	28.8	9.4	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.1	0.6	0.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	8.7	.402	0.7	2.4	.294	1.7	2.7	.621
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Darius Garland nor Brandon Ingram played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Darius Garland	Brandon Ingram
Season	2021-22	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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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:	+16	+1.9	+3.4	+0.2	+1.6	+1.8	+5.6	+0.8	+0.5	-1.1	-1.2	+1.0	+3.3	+.035	+2.0	+4.9	+.053	+0.6	+2.1	+.217
Brandon Ingram	52	33.8	18.3	0.8	4.3	5.1	3.0	0.5	0.6	2.5	2.9	7.0	14.0	.497	0.6	1.8	.330	3.8	5.6	.675
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Darius Garland nor Brandon Ingram played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Darius Garland	Brandon Ingram
Season	2022-23	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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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:	+7	+1.6	+2.2	+0.4	+3.0	+3.4	+3.6	+0.2	+0.5	-0.1	-0.8	+0.6	+1.3	+.001		+0.2	+.019	+1.0	+1.2	+.012
Brandon Ingram	62	33.9	23.8	0.8	5.3	6.1	4.2	1.0	0.6	3.0	2.9	8.2	17.7	.463	2.4	6.2	.391	5.0	5.9	.851
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
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Darius Garland	Brandon Ingram
Season	2024-25	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Pelicans 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:	+20	+3.3	+2.1		+3.0	+2.9	+1.1	+0.6	+0.4	-0.2	-0.3	+0.8	+2.2	+.011	+1.5	+3.0	+.074	+1.8	+2.5	+.052
Brandon Ingram	55	34.0	22.7	0.6	5.2	5.8	5.6	0.6	0.5	2.7	2.2	8.2	17.9	.461	1.3	4.1	.327	4.8	5.9	.826
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:	+1	+9.7	+9.0	+0.5	+3.5	+4.0	+1.0	+0.3	+0.3	-0.8	-1.6	+3.5	+5.9	+.055	+0.2	+2.5	+.121	+2.1	+3.0	+.087
Brandon Ingram	6	39.3	27.0	0.7	5.5	6.2	6.2	0.7	0.3	3.8	1.8	9.3	19.7	.475	1.8	4.5	.407	6.5	7.8	.830