Darius Garland vs. Kemba Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kemba Walker 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, 5 less than Kemba Walker, who played 12. Darius Garland had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Kemba Walker had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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	Kemba Walker
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Bobcats Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+5	+0.1	+4.0	+0.1	+1.0	+0.9	+2.5	+0.1	+0.3	-1.3	-0.1	+1.8	+1.6	+.069	+1.1	+2.2	+.050	+0.7	+1.1	+.055
Kemba Walker	73	35.8	17.7	0.5	3.7	4.2	6.1	1.2	0.4	2.3	1.8	6.2	15.7	.393	1.5	4.5	.333	3.9	4.6	.837
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kemba Walker	4	38.3	19.5	0.3	3.5	3.8	6.0	2.0	0.8	3.8	1.5	6.5	13.8	.473	3.0	6.0	.500	3.5	4.5	.778

Season 6
	Darius Garland	Kemba Walker
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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:	+4	+4.0	+2.6		+1.1	+1.0	+1.2	+0.1	+0.2	-0.4	-0.4	+0.7	+2.6	+.028	+0.2	+0.5	+.002	+0.8	+1.1	+.031
Kemba Walker	79	34.7	23.2	0.6	3.3	3.9	5.5	1.1	0.3	2.1	1.5	8.1	18.3	.444	3.0	7.6	.399	3.8	4.5	.847
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
Kemba Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Darius Garland	Kemba Walker
Season	2025-26	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	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	18	30.2	16.9	0.6	2.2	2.8	6.9	0.7	0.1	2.9	1.8	5.8	14.2	.408	2.3	6.4	.365	3.0	3.4	.885
difference:	+62	+4.0	+5.2	+0.2	+0.5	+0.3	+1.3	+0.4	+0.2	-0.7	-0.6	+1.6	+2.8	+.023	+0.6	+1.1	+.019	+1.5	+1.9	+.021
Kemba Walker	80	34.2	22.1	0.4	2.7	3.1	5.6	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.2	7.4	17.0	.431	2.9	7.5	.384	4.5	5.3	.864
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Darius Garland nor Kemba Walker played in the postseason in their season 7

Additional Years
* Kemba Walker played 5 seasons more than Darius Garland in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 12, from 2019 to 2023—Kemba Walker played in two Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Darius Garland, Kemba Walker got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game