Darwin Cook vs. Caris LeVert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Caris LeVert and Darwin Cook, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Darwin Cook and Caris LeVert both played 8 years in the NBA. Darwin Cook had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, while Caris LeVert had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Darwin Cook	8	7	1980-81 to 1988-89
Caris LeVert	8	4	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Darwin Cook	Caris LeVert
Season	1980-81	2016-17
Team	New Jersey Nets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Darwin Cook	81	24.4	11.2	1.2	1.7	2.9	3.7	1.7	0.4	2.2	2.4	4.7	10.1	.468	0.1	0.3	.240	1.6	2.2	.733
Caris LeVert	57	21.7	8.2	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.9	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.6	3.0	6.7	.450	1.0	3.2	.321	1.2	1.6	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caris LeVert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Darwin Cook	Caris LeVert
Season	1981-82	2017-18
Team	New Jersey Nets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Darwin Cook	82	25.5	11.0	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.9	1.8	0.3	2.1	2.4	4.7	9.8	.482	0.1	0.4	.226	1.4	2.0	.728
Caris LeVert	71	26.3	12.1	0.7	2.9	3.7	4.2	1.2	0.3	2.2	2.2	4.5	10.4	.435	1.2	3.5	.347	1.9	2.6	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	2	43.0	14.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	4.5	1.0	1.0	4.5	3.5	6.5	16.5	.394	0.0	1.5	.000	1.0	3.0	.333
Caris LeVert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Darwin Cook	Caris LeVert
Season	1982-83	2018-19
Team	New Jersey Nets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	82	32.0	13.2	0.9	2.0	2.9	5.5	2.4	0.6	2.9	2.6	5.4	12.0	.449	0.1	0.5	.211	2.3	3.0	.769
Caris LeVert	40	26.6	13.7	0.9	2.9	3.8	3.9	1.1	0.4	1.7	1.9	5.2	12.1	.429	1.2	3.9	.312	2.1	3.1	.691

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	2	31.5	10.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	5.0	0.5	0.0	2.0	4.0	4.5	13.5	.333	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
Caris LeVert	5	28.8	21.0	1.2	3.4	4.6	3.0	1.0	0.4	2.0	1.6	7.2	14.6	.493	2.4	5.2	.462	4.2	5.8	.724


Season 4
	Darwin Cook	Caris LeVert
Season	1983-84	2019-20
Team	New Jersey Nets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	82	22.8	8.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	4.3	2.0	0.4	1.7	2.2	3.7	8.4	.443	0.1	0.6	.239	1.2	1.5	.754
Caris LeVert	45	29.6	18.7	1.1	3.1	4.2	4.4	1.2	0.2	2.6	1.8	6.9	16.3	.425	1.8	4.9	.364	3.1	4.4	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	11	16.8	7.4	0.7	0.9	1.6	2.8	1.4	0.0	1.9	2.4	2.7	7.5	.366	0.4	1.2	.308	1.5	2.2	.708
Caris LeVert	4	35.0	20.3	2.0	4.0	6.0	9.5	1.3	0.3	3.3	1.8	6.8	18.3	.370	2.3	5.3	.429	4.5	6.3	.720


Season 5
	Darwin Cook	Caris LeVert
Season	1984-85	2020-21
Team	New Jersey Nets	Brooklyn Nets, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Darwin Cook	58	18.3	8.2	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	1.3	0.2	1.3	1.7	3.7	7.8	.468	0.0	0.4	.087	0.8	0.9	.870
Caris LeVert	47	31.6	20.2	0.7	3.9	4.6	5.2	1.4	0.6	2.2	2.2	7.6	17.3	.441	1.8	5.5	.326	3.1	3.8	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	1	7.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Caris LeVert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Darwin Cook	Caris LeVert
Season	1985-86	2021-22
Team	New Jersey Nets	Indiana Pacers, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Darwin Cook	79	24.9	8.0	0.6	1.6	2.2	4.9	2.0	0.3	1.7	2.2	3.4	7.9	.426	0.1	0.7	.208	1.1	1.4	.757
Caris LeVert	58	30.7	17.0	0.7	2.9	3.7	4.3	0.9	0.4	1.9	2.3	6.5	14.7	.444	1.4	4.4	.320	2.5	3.3	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	3	25.7	9.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.0	3.7	4.3	9.7	.448	0.0	1.3	.000	0.7	2.0	.333
Caris LeVert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Darwin Cook	Caris LeVert
Season	1986-87	2022-23
Team	Washington Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	82	17.3	7.5	0.6	1.2	1.8	1.8	1.2	0.2	1.2	1.7	3.2	7.6	.426	0.0	0.3	.087	1.0	1.3	.796
Caris LeVert	74	30.2	12.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	3.9	1.0	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.3	10.0	.431	1.7	4.4	.392	1.8	2.4	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	3	13.7	4.7	1.3	1.0	2.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	8.0	.250	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.7	.500
Caris LeVert	5	34.0	15.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	2.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	2.0	5.4	12.6	.429	2.6	7.2	.361	1.6	2.6	.615

Note: Darwin Cook didn't play in 1987-88.


Season 8
	Darwin Cook	Caris LeVert
Season	1988-89	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	66	17.3	7.7	0.5	1.1	1.6	1.9	1.1	0.2	1.3	1.8	3.3	7.2	.456	0.1	0.6	.195	1.0	1.2	.808
Caris LeVert	68	28.8	14.0	0.6	3.5	4.1	5.1	1.1	0.5	1.7	1.8	5.1	12.1	.421	1.6	4.9	.325	2.3	3.0	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	3	22.0	10.3	0.7	3.7	4.3	3.7	1.0	0.0	1.3	4.0	4.0	8.0	.500	0.3	0.7	.500	2.0	2.0	1.000
Caris LeVert	11	25.3	10.1	0.7	2.9	3.6	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.3	4.0	9.3	.431	0.5	3.0	.182	1.5	2.4	.654

Darwin Cook vs. Caris LeVert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Caris LeVert and Darwin Cook, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8