Darius Garland vs. Walker Kessler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walker Kessler 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 6 years in the NBA, 2 more than Walker Kessler, who played 4. Darius Garland had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Walker Kessler had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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	Walker Kessler
Season	2019-20	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
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:	+15	+7.9	+3.1	+2.6	+3.9	+6.5	+3.0	+0.3	+2.2	-1.8	-0.7	+0.7	+6.2	+.319	+1.8	+5.0			+0.9	+.359
Walker Kessler	74	23.0	9.2	3.1	5.3	8.4	0.9	0.4	2.3	0.8	2.3	4.0	5.6	.720	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.1	.516
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Darius Garland nor Walker Kessler played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Darius Garland	Walker Kessler
Season	2021-22	2024-25
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
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:	+10	+5.7	+10.6	+4.0	+4.9	+8.9	+6.9	+0.7	+2.3	-2.1	-0.5	+3.2	+10.1	+.201	+2.5	+6.1	+.207	+1.8	+0.9	+.372
Walker Kessler	58	30.0	11.1	4.6	7.6	12.2	1.7	0.6	2.4	1.5	2.2	4.8	7.2	.663	0.1	0.6	.176	1.4	2.6	.520
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Darius Garland nor Walker Kessler played in the postseason in their season 3

Additional Years
* Darius Garland played 2 seasons more than Walker Kessler in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 6, from 2024 to 2025—Darius Garland played in two Playoffs. In those 2 extra years over Walker Kessler, Darius Garland got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game