Darius Garland vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young 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, 1 less than Trae Young, who played 8. Darius Garland had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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.

Rookie Season
	Darius Garland	Trae Young
Season	2019-20	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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:	+22		+6.8	+0.3	+1.5	+1.8	+4.2	+0.2	+0.1	-1.2	-0.1	+1.8	+3.7	+.017	+0.1	+1.0	+.031	+3.1	+3.9	+.046
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Darius Garland nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Darius Garland	Trae Young
Season	2020-21	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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	+2.2	+12.2	+0.1	+1.7	+1.9	+3.2	+0.1		-1.8	-0.3	+2.4	+5.9	+.014	+1.5	+4.6	+.034	+5.9	+6.9	+.012
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Darius Garland nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Darius Garland	Trae Young
Season	2021-22	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals

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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	+2.0	+3.6		+0.6	+0.6	+0.8	+0.5	+0.1	-0.5	-0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+.024	+0.4	+0.4	+.040	+4.5	+5.2	+.006
Trae Young	63	33.7	25.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	9.4	0.8	0.2	4.1	1.8	7.7	17.7	.438	2.2	6.3	.343	7.7	8.7	.886
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	16	37.7	28.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	9.5	1.3	0.0	4.0	2.2	9.4	22.4	.418	2.8	9.0	.313	7.3	8.4	.866

Season 4
	Darius Garland	Trae Young
Season	2022-23	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East 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:	+7	+0.6	+6.8	+0.3	+0.8	+1.0	+1.9	+0.3		-1.1	-0.4	+1.8	+3.9	+.002	+0.7	+2.0	+.028	+2.6	+2.6	+.041
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904
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:		+0.6	+5.2	+1.0	+2.2	+3.2	+1.0	+1.0	+0.2	-2.6	-0.8	+2.6	+2.2	+.119	+1.0	+1.4	+.203	+1.0	+1.6	+.052
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788

Season 6
	Darius Garland	Trae Young
Season	2024-25	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
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:	+21	+5.3	+5.1	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	+4.1	+0.1	+0.1	-1.9	-0.1	+0.6	+3.0	+.042	+0.4	+1.6	+.028	+3.4	+4.1	+.023
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855
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
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Darius Garland	Trae Young
Season	2025-26	2024-25
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	-	All-Star Game
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	3	24.3	13.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	1.7	2.0	4.0	12.0	.333	2.3	6.3	.368	2.7	2.7	1.000
difference:	+73	+11.7	+11.2	+0.5	+0.6	+0.1	+6.6	+0.2	+0.2	-3.0	-0.1	+3.4	+6.1	+.078	+0.6	+2.1	+.028	+3.8	+4.7	+.125
Trae Young	76	36.0	24.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	11.6	1.2	0.2	4.7	1.9	7.4	18.1	.411	2.9	8.4	.340	6.5	7.4	.875
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Darius Garland nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 7