Darius Garland vs. Steve Nash Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Nash 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, 11 less than Steve Nash, who played 18. Darius Garland had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Steve Nash 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 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	Steve Nash
Season	2021-22	1998-99
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
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:	+28	+4.0	+13.8	+0.2	+0.6	+0.4	+3.1	+0.4		-1.5	-0.8	+5.1	+9.4	+.099	+1.4	+3.4	+.009	+2.2	+2.3	+.066
Steve Nash	40	31.7	7.9	0.8	2.1	2.9	5.5	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.5	2.9	7.9	.363	1.2	3.3	.374	1.0	1.2	.826
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Darius Garland nor Steve Nash played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 6
	Darius Garland	Steve Nash
Season	2024-25	2001-02
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West 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:	+7	+3.9	+2.7		+0.3	+0.2	+1.0	+0.6	+0.1	-0.3	-0.1	+1.0	+2.4	+.011	+0.9	+2.9	+.054	+0.2	+0.2	+.009
Steve Nash	82	34.6	17.9	0.6	2.5	3.1	7.7	0.6	0.0	2.8	2.0	6.4	13.3	.483	1.9	4.2	.455	3.2	3.6	.887
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:	+3	+10.9	+1.5	+0.7	+1.1	+1.8	+3.6	+0.1		-0.8	-0.9	+0.6	+1.0	+.012	+0.5	+1.4	+.158	+0.1	+0.4	+.054
Steve Nash	8	40.5	19.5	0.9	3.1	4.0	8.8	0.5	0.0	3.8	2.5	6.4	14.8	.432	2.5	5.6	.444	4.3	4.4	.971

Season 7
	Darius Garland	Steve Nash
Season	2025-26	2002-03
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 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	10	29.0	14.4	0.7	2.3	3.0	6.2	0.8	0.1	2.7	1.8	4.7	13.3	.353	1.7	6.4	.266	3.3	3.8	.868
difference:	+72	+4.1	+3.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+1.1	+0.2		-0.4	-0.2	+1.6	+0.3	+.112	+0.3	+3.1	+.147	+0.5	+0.3	+.041
Steve Nash	82	33.1	17.7	0.8	2.1	2.9	7.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	1.6	6.3	13.6	.465	1.4	3.3	.413	3.8	4.1	.909
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	20	36.4	16.1	0.8	2.8	3.5	7.3	0.9	0.1	2.6	2.4	5.8	12.9	.447	1.9	3.8	.487	2.8	3.2	.873

Additional Years
* Steve Nash played 11 seasons more than Darius Garland in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 18, from 2004 to 2014—Steve Nash played in 7 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Darius Garland, Steve Nash got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 5 Assists Leader 6 All-Star Game