Darius Garland vs. Draymond Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Draymond Green 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 Draymond Green, who played 14. Darius Garland had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Draymond Green had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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.

Season 3
	Darius Garland	Draymond Green
Season	2021-22	2014-15
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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:	+11	+4.2	+10.0	+0.8	+4.0	+4.9	+4.9	+0.3	+1.2	-1.9	-1.5	+3.7	+7.6	+.019	+1.2	+2.5	+.046	+1.5	+1.0	+.232
Draymond Green	79	31.5	11.7	1.4	6.7	8.2	3.7	1.6	1.3	1.7	3.2	4.3	9.7	.443	1.4	4.2	.337	1.7	2.5	.660
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Draymond Green	21	37.3	13.7	2.2	7.9	10.1	5.2	1.8	1.2	2.8	4.2	4.8	11.4	.417	1.1	4.3	.264	3.0	4.1	.736

Season 4
	Darius Garland	Draymond Green
Season	2022-23	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost NBA 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		%
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:	+12	+0.8	+7.6	+1.3	+5.5	+6.8	+0.4	+0.3	+1.3	-0.3	-0.9	+2.6	+6.3	+.028	+1.2	+2.8	+.022	+1.2	+0.6	+.167
Draymond Green	81	34.7	14.0	1.7	7.8	9.5	7.4	1.5	1.4	3.2	3.0	5.0	10.1	.490	1.2	3.2	.388	2.8	4.1	.696
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:	+18	+0.4	+5.2	+1.7	+6.5	+8.1	+1.0		+1.6	-1.2	-0.1	+1.8	+4.0	+.007	+0.7	+1.7	+.022	+0.8	+0.3	+.102
Draymond Green	23	38.2	15.4	1.7	8.3	9.9	6.0	1.6	1.8	2.4	3.5	5.2	12.0	.431	1.7	4.5	.365	3.4	4.7	.738

Season 5
	Darius Garland	Draymond Green
Season	2023-24	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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:	+19	+0.9	+7.8	+0.8	+4.5	+5.2	+0.5	+0.7	+1.3	-0.7	-1.2	+3.0	+6.2	+.028	+1.2	+2.7	+.063	+0.6	+0.3	+.125
Draymond Green	76	32.5	10.2	1.3	6.6	7.9	7.0	2.0	1.4	2.4	2.9	3.6	8.6	.418	1.1	3.5	.308	2.0	2.8	.709
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:	+5	+1.1	+2.6	+1.1	+4.4	+5.5	+0.7	+0.7	+1.4	-0.2	-0.7	+1.9	+4.8	+.020	+0.2	+1.3	+.058	+1.3	+2.1	+.123
Draymond Green	17	34.9	13.1	1.2	7.9	9.1	6.5	1.8	1.6	2.1	3.5	4.2	9.5	.447	1.9	4.6	.410	2.7	3.9	.687

Season 6
	Darius Garland	Draymond Green
Season	2024-25	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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:	+5	+2.0	+9.6	+0.5	+4.4	+4.7	+0.6	+0.2	+1.2	-0.4	-0.7	+3.4	+6.9	+.018	+1.7	+3.4	+.100	+1.1	+0.9	+.103
Draymond Green	70	32.7	11.0	1.1	6.6	7.6	7.3	1.4	1.3	2.9	2.6	4.0	8.8	.454	1.1	3.7	.301	1.9	2.5	.775
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:	+16	+9.4	+7.2	+1.8	+6.6	+8.4	+2.9	+1.6	+1.5		-0.2	+1.8	+4.7	+.012	+1.0	+3.2	+.020	+2.5	+2.5	+.121
Draymond Green	21	39.0	10.8	2.0	8.6	10.6	8.1	2.0	1.5	3.0	3.6	4.0	9.1	.432	1.0	3.8	.266	1.9	2.3	.796

Season 7
	Darius Garland	Draymond Green
Season	2025-26	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Darius Garland	15	30.1	17.1	0.7	2.2	2.9	6.9	0.8	0.1	2.9	1.8	5.8	14.6	.397	2.4	6.8	.353	3.1	3.5	.887
difference:	+51	+1.2	+9.7	+0.2	+4.2	+4.4		+0.6	+1.0	-0.3	-1.2	+3.0	+8.2	+.048	+1.7	+4.3	+.068	+2.1	+2.1	+.195
Draymond Green	66	31.3	7.4	0.9	6.4	7.3	6.9	1.4	1.1	2.6	3.0	2.8	6.4	.445	0.7	2.5	.285	1.0	1.4	.692
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Draymond Green	22	38.7	13.3	1.9	8.3	10.1	8.5	1.5	1.5	3.8	3.9	5.2	10.4	.498	0.6	2.6	.228	2.3	3.2	.718

Additional Years
* Draymond Green played 7 seasons more than Darius Garland in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 14, from 2020 to 2026—Draymond Green played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Darius Garland, Draymond Green got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game