Darius Garland vs. John Starks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Starks 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, 6 less than John Starks, who played 13. Darius Garland had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while John Starks had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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.

Note: John Starks didn't play in 1989-90.

Season 3
	Darius Garland	John Starks
Season	2021-22	1991-92
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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:	+14	+9.9	+7.8	+0.1	+0.9	+1.0	+5.2		+0.1	-1.8	-1.1	+3.1	+6.3	+.013	+1.5	+3.4	+.035	+0.3	+0.2	+.114
John Starks	82	25.8	13.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.4	1.3	0.2	1.8	2.8	4.9	11.0	.449	1.1	3.3	.348	2.9	3.7	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	12	24.6	12.1	0.6	1.9	2.5	3.2	1.4	0.0	1.8	3.8	3.8	10.3	.374	0.9	3.8	.239	3.5	4.3	.808

Season 4
	Darius Garland	John Starks
Season	2022-23	1992-93
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf 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:	+11	+4.5	+4.1	+0.3	+0.4	+0.1	+2.7	+0.1	+0.1	-0.7	-0.8	+1.2	+1.4	+.034	+1.0	+1.8	+.089	+0.7	+0.6	+.068
John Starks	80	31.0	17.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.1	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.9	6.4	15.0	.428	1.4	4.2	.321	3.3	4.1	.795
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:	+10	+0.5	+4.1	+0.3	+1.4	+1.7	+1.4	+0.6		-0.1	-0.4	+1.1	+2.7	+.002	+0.5	+1.2	+.014	+1.3	+1.0	+.123
John Starks	15	38.3	16.5	0.3	3.2	3.5	6.4	1.0	0.2	3.7	3.8	5.9	13.3	.440	1.9	5.0	.373	2.9	4.0	.717

Season 5
	Darius Garland	John Starks
Season	2023-24	1993-94
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks 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:	+2	+1.5	+1.0	+0.1	+0.4	+0.4	+0.6	+0.3			-1.5	+0.3	+1.8	+.026	+0.4	+0.5	+.036	+0.6	+1.1	+.080
John Starks	59	34.9	19.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.9	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.2	6.9	16.6	.420	1.9	5.7	.335	3.2	4.2	.754
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:	+13	+2.4	+1.1	+0.3	+1.5	+1.3	+1.2	+0.3	+0.1		-0.6	+1.7	+2.7	+.046	+0.2	+0.6	+.004	+2.5	+3.2	+.040
John Starks	25	33.6	14.6	0.4	2.0	2.3	4.6	1.4	0.1	2.3	3.4	4.4	11.6	.381	1.9	5.3	.356	3.9	5.0	.770

Season 6
	Darius Garland	John Starks
Season	2024-25	1994-95
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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	+3.4	+5.3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	+1.6			-0.5	-1.3	+2.2	+2.4	+.077	+0.1	+0.5	+.046	+0.9	+0.5	+.141
John Starks	80	34.1	15.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	5.1	1.2	0.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	13.3	.395	2.7	7.6	.355	2.1	2.9	.737
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:	+6	+4.9	+2.4		+0.1	+0.1		+0.8	+0.1	-0.6	-0.2	+0.5	+2.1	+.030	+0.7	+0.4	+.125	+2.0	+1.0	+.298
John Starks	11	34.5	15.6	0.2	2.1	2.3	5.2	1.2	0.1	2.4	3.6	5.3	11.7	.450	2.7	6.6	.411	2.4	3.8	.619

Additional Years
* John Starks played 6 seasons more than Darius Garland in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 13, from 1997 to 2002—John Starks played in 3 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Darius Garland, John Starks got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year