Darius Garland vs. JaVale McGee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of JaVale McGee 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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, 9 less than JaVale McGee, who played 16. Darius Garland had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while JaVale McGee had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Darius Garland	7	3	2019-20 to 2025-26
JaVale McGee	16	8	2008-09 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Darius Garland	JaVale McGee
Season	2019-20	2008-09
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
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:	+16	+15.7	+5.8	+1.1	+0.9	+2.0	+3.6	+0.3	+0.9	-1.8	-0.5	+2.2	+6.6	+.093	+1.8	+5.0		+0.3	+1.0	+.215
JaVale McGee	75	15.2	6.5	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.3	0.4	1.0	0.8	2.1	2.5	5.2	.494	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.660

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Darius Garland nor JaVale McGee played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Darius Garland	JaVale McGee
Season	2020-21	2009-10
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd 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	54	33.1	17.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	6.1	1.2	0.1	3.0	2.0	6.7	14.9	.451	1.9	4.9	.395	2.1	2.4	.848
difference:	+6	+17.0	+11.0	+1.1	+0.6	+1.7	+5.9	+0.9	+1.6	-2.1		+4.1	+9.8	+.057	+1.9	+4.9		+0.9	+0.5	+.210
JaVale McGee	60	16.1	6.4	1.5	2.6	4.1	0.2	0.3	1.7	0.9	2.0	2.6	5.1	.508	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.9	.638

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Darius Garland nor JaVale McGee played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Darius Garland	JaVale McGee
Season	2021-22	2010-11
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Washington Wizards
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:	+11	+7.9	+11.6	+2.2	+2.5	+4.7	+8.1	+0.8	+2.3	-2.3	-1.2	+3.8	+9.7	+.088	+2.6	+6.7		+1.5	+0.6	+.309
JaVale McGee	79	27.8	10.1	2.8	5.2	8.0	0.5	0.5	2.4	1.3	2.9	4.2	7.6	.550	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.9	.583

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Darius Garland nor JaVale McGee played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Darius Garland	JaVale McGee
Season	2022-23	2011-12
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Washington Wizards, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+8	+10.3	+10.3	+2.3	+2.8	+5.1	+7.3	+0.6	+2.1	-1.5	-0.6	+2.6	+7.4	+.094	+2.4	+6.0		+2.7	+2.0	+.402
JaVale McGee	61	25.2	11.3	2.7	5.1	7.8	0.5	0.6	2.2	1.4	2.7	5.0	9.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.7	.461

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:	+2	+11.9	+12.0	+3.3	+4.5	+7.8	+4.3	+0.9	+2.9	-3.0	-0.4	+3.7	+8.4	+.004	+2.4	+6.2		+2.2	+1.3	+.302
JaVale McGee	7	25.9	8.6	3.3	6.3	9.6	0.7	0.7	3.1	0.6	3.0	3.3	7.6	.434	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.7	.538


Season 5
	Darius Garland	JaVale McGee
Season	2023-24	2012-13
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+22	+15.3	+8.9	+1.5	+0.7	+2.1	+6.2	+0.9	+1.9	-2.0	-0.6	+2.8	+8.1	+.129	+2.3	+6.2		+1.2	+0.7	+.243
JaVale McGee	79	18.1	9.1	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.3	0.4	2.0	1.1	2.3	3.8	6.7	.575	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.4	.591

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:	+6	+17.3	+8.5	+2.7	+1.2	+1.6	+5.8	+0.4	+0.8	-0.5		+3.1	+9.1	+.154	+2.1	+5.9		+0.2	+1.2	+.421
JaVale McGee	6	18.7	7.2	2.8	2.3	5.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.8	2.8	3.0	5.2	.581	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	3.0	.389


Season 6
	Darius Garland	JaVale McGee
Season	2024-25	2013-14
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+70	+14.9	+13.6	+1.4	+0.8	+0.5	+6.3	+1.0	+1.3	-0.9	-1.3	+4.0	+8.1	+.025	+2.8	+7.1		+2.8	+3.2	+.122
JaVale McGee	5	15.8	7.0	2.0	1.4	3.4	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.2	3.4	7.6	.447	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000

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
JaVale McGee	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Darius Garland	JaVale McGee
Season	2025-26	2014-15
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
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:	+14	+17.2	+9.4		+0.3	+0.3	+6.1	+0.6	+0.8	-2.0	-0.5	+2.8	+9.5	+.179	+1.9	+5.9		+2.0	+2.0	+.204
JaVale McGee	23	11.1	4.6	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.8	3.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.667

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Darius Garland nor JaVale McGee played in the postseason in their season 7

Additional Years

* JaVale McGee played 9 seasons more than Darius Garland in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 8 to 16, from 2016 to 2024—JaVale McGee played in 6 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships.

Darius Garland vs. JaVale McGee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of JaVale McGee 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years