Deandre Ayton vs. Courtney Lee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Courtney Lee and Deandre Ayton, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Deandre Ayton played 6 years in the NBA, 6 less than Courtney Lee, who played 12. Deandre Ayton had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Courtney Lee had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
Deandre Ayton	6	3	2018-19 to 2023-24
Courtney Lee	12	5	2008-09 to 2019-20

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Deandre Ayton	Courtney Lee
Season	2018-19	2008-09
Team	Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost NBA 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		%
Deandre Ayton	71	30.7	16.3	3.1	7.1	10.3	1.8	0.9	0.9	1.8	2.9	7.2	12.3	.585	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.746
Courtney Lee	77	25.2	8.4	0.2	2.1	2.3	1.2	1.0	0.2	0.9	2.0	3.2	7.0	.450	1.1	2.6	.404	1.0	1.2	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	21	26.2	8.0	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.3	0.9	0.1	1.0	2.0	3.2	7.3	.435	0.6	2.1	.273	1.1	1.2	.885


Season 2
	Deandre Ayton	Courtney Lee
Season	2019-20	2009-10
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Jersey 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		%
Deandre Ayton	38	32.5	18.2	3.9	7.6	11.5	1.9	0.7	1.5	2.1	3.1	8.2	14.9	.546	0.1	0.3	.231	1.8	2.3	.753
Courtney Lee	71	33.5	12.5	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.7	1.3	0.3	1.1	1.8	4.8	10.9	.436	1.1	3.2	.338	1.9	2.2	.869

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Deandre Ayton	Courtney Lee
Season	2020-21	2010-11
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Deandre Ayton	69	30.7	14.4	3.3	7.2	10.5	1.4	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.8	6.2	10.0	.626	0.1	0.3	.200	1.9	2.5	.769
Courtney Lee	81	21.3	8.3	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.2	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.3	3.1	7.1	.439	0.9	2.1	.408	1.2	1.5	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	22	36.4	15.8	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.1	0.8	1.1	1.3	2.9	7.0	10.6	.658	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.736
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Deandre Ayton	Courtney Lee
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Deandre Ayton	58	29.5	17.2	2.6	7.7	10.2	1.4	0.7	0.7	1.6	2.4	7.6	12.0	.634	0.1	0.3	.368	1.8	2.4	.746
Courtney Lee	58	30.3	11.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.5	1.2	0.4	1.1	1.8	4.3	10.0	.433	1.5	3.7	.401	1.2	1.5	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	13	30.5	17.9	2.5	6.4	8.9	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.5	2.6	8.1	12.6	.640	0.2	0.3	.500	1.6	2.5	.636
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Deandre Ayton	Courtney Lee
Season	2022-23	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Deandre Ayton	67	30.4	18.0	2.6	7.4	10.0	1.7	0.6	0.8	1.8	2.8	7.8	13.2	.589	0.1	0.4	.292	2.3	3.0	.760
Courtney Lee	78	24.9	7.8	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.8	1.1	0.3	1.1	1.8	3.2	6.8	.464	0.7	2.0	.372	0.8	0.9	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	10	31.9	13.4	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.7	3.5	6.1	11.1	.550	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.3	.522
Courtney Lee	4	9.8	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.3	1.3	.200	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 6
	Deandre Ayton	Courtney Lee
Season	2023-24	2013-14
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Deandre Ayton	55	32.4	16.7	3.2	7.9	11.1	1.6	1.0	0.8	1.8	2.0	7.8	13.6	.570	0.0	0.2	.100	1.2	1.4	.823
Courtney Lee	79	25.0	9.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.5	0.8	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.7	7.8	.480	0.9	2.5	.371	1.3	1.4	.884

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	7	32.0	10.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.9	2.9	3.6	8.6	.417	0.9	2.7	.316	2.0	2.6	.778


Season 7
	Deandre Ayton	Courtney Lee
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	77	30.6	10.1	0.3	2.0	2.3	2.0	1.0	0.2	1.0	1.7	3.7	8.4	.448	1.2	2.9	.402	1.4	1.7	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	11	33.4	13.3	0.3	2.3	2.5	2.2	1.1	0.0	1.2	2.2	5.0	9.1	.550	1.3	2.7	.467	2.0	2.1	.957


Season 8
	Deandre Ayton	Courtney Lee
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hornets 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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	79	29.5	9.6	0.4	2.2	2.6	1.7	1.1	0.4	0.9	1.7	3.7	8.1	.454	1.0	2.7	.378	1.3	1.5	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	7	36.7	8.6	0.7	2.1	2.9	1.3	0.9	0.4	0.7	2.7	3.0	7.3	.412	0.6	1.3	.444	2.0	2.1	.933


Season 9
	Deandre Ayton	Courtney Lee
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	77	31.9	10.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	2.3	1.1	0.3	0.9	1.8	4.2	9.1	.456	1.4	3.5	.401	1.1	1.3	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Deandre Ayton	Courtney Lee
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	76	30.4	12.0	0.4	2.6	2.9	2.4	1.1	0.2	1.1	1.4	4.5	9.9	.454	1.5	3.7	.406	1.5	1.6	.919

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Deandre Ayton	Courtney Lee
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	34	12.6	4.0	0.3	1.3	1.6	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.8	.411	0.5	1.6	.291	0.4	0.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Deandre Ayton	Courtney Lee
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	24	14.4	4.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.4	1.7	3.4	.488	0.9	2.0	.447	0.3	0.3	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Deandre Ayton vs. Courtney Lee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Courtney Lee and Deandre Ayton, 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

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12