Deandre Ayton vs. Marquis Daniels Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marquis Daniels 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

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, 4 less than Marquis Daniels, who played 10. Deandre Ayton had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Marquis Daniels had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
Marquis Daniels	10	6	2003-04 to 2012-13

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Deandre Ayton	Marquis Daniels
Season	2018-19	2003-04
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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	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
Marquis Daniels	56	18.6	8.5	1.2	1.4	2.6	2.1	0.9	0.2	0.8	0.9	3.6	7.3	.494	0.2	0.6	.306	1.1	1.4	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marquis Daniels	5	37.0	15.8	2.0	4.2	6.2	3.0	2.0	0.6	3.0	2.8	6.4	15.0	.427	0.2	1.4	.143	2.8	4.4	.636


Season 2
	Deandre Ayton	Marquis Daniels
Season	2019-20	2004-05
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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	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
Marquis Daniels	60	23.5	9.1	1.5	2.2	3.6	2.1	1.4	0.2	1.4	2.1	3.7	8.4	.437	0.1	0.6	.200	1.6	2.2	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marquis Daniels	11	15.2	6.5	1.4	1.7	3.1	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.2	1.4	2.4	5.5	.433	0.1	0.5	.167	1.7	2.5	.704


Season 3
	Deandre Ayton	Marquis Daniels
Season	2020-21	2005-06
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Mavericks 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	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
Marquis Daniels	62	28.5	10.2	1.3	2.3	3.6	2.8	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.3	4.0	8.3	.480	0.1	0.3	.211	2.2	3.0	.754

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
Marquis Daniels	20	11.1	3.4	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.3	1.3	2.8	.446	0.1	0.3	.400	0.8	1.1	.762


Season 4
	Deandre Ayton	Marquis Daniels
Season	2021-22	2006-07
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
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
Marquis Daniels	45	17.8	7.1	0.6	1.2	1.8	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.2	2.9	6.2	.459	0.1	0.6	.231	1.2	1.8	.700

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
Marquis Daniels	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Deandre Ayton	Marquis Daniels
Season	2022-23	2007-08
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
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	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
Marquis Daniels	74	20.9	8.2	0.9	2.0	2.9	1.9	1.1	0.2	1.5	1.6	3.3	7.6	.430	0.4	1.4	.265	1.3	1.9	.698

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
Marquis Daniels	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Deandre Ayton	Marquis Daniels
Season	2023-24	2008-09
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Indiana Pacers
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	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
Marquis Daniels	54	31.5	13.6	1.5	3.1	4.6	2.1	1.1	0.5	1.7	2.2	5.8	12.8	.451	0.3	1.7	.200	1.7	2.4	.721

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


Season 7
	Deandre Ayton	Marquis Daniels
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marquis Daniels	51	18.4	5.6	0.5	1.3	1.9	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.8	2.4	4.9	.498	0.1	0.5	.214	0.7	1.1	.607

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marquis Daniels	11	3.4	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.5	1.2	.385	0.1	0.2	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 8
	Deandre Ayton	Marquis Daniels
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Boston Celtics
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marquis Daniels	49	19.1	5.5	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.3	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.3	2.3	4.7	.491	0.1	0.4	.190	0.8	1.2	.684

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


Season 9
	Deandre Ayton	Marquis Daniels
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics Lost East Conf 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marquis Daniels	38	12.7	3.2	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.4	3.8	.364	0.0	0.3	.000	0.4	0.6	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marquis Daniels	15	6.1	2.0	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.7	1.3	.579	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.800


Season 10
	Deandre Ayton	Marquis Daniels
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marquis Daniels	59	18.4	5.5	0.8	1.7	2.5	1.1	0.9	0.2	0.8	1.3	2.2	5.9	.376	0.3	1.2	.278	0.7	0.9	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marquis Daniels	3	11.0	4.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	2.0	3.7	.545	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Deandre Ayton vs. Marquis Daniels Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marquis Daniels 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