Darius Garland vs. Matt Maloney Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Matt Maloney 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 5 years in the NBA, 1 less than Matt Maloney, who played 6. Darius Garland had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Matt Maloney had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6
Rookie Season
	Darius Garland	Matt Maloney
Season	2019-20	1996-97
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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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
Matt Maloney	82	29.1	9.4	0.2	1.7	2.0	3.7	1.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	3.3	7.5	.441	1.9	4.6	.404	0.9	1.1	.763
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darius Garland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Maloney	16	33.0	11.2	0.1	1.1	1.2	3.1	0.6	0.2	2.4	1.9	3.8	9.6	.399	2.7	6.8	.398	0.9	1.3	.667

Season 3
	Darius Garland	Matt Maloney
Season	2021-22	1998-99
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Matt Maloney	15	12.4	1.4	0.1	0.5	0.7	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.9	.179	0.1	1.0	.067	0.7	0.7	.909
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darius Garland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Maloney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Matt Maloney didn't play in 2001-02.