Deandre Ayton vs. Matt Geiger Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Matt Geiger 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 Matt Geiger, who played 10. Deandre Ayton had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Matt Geiger had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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
Matt Geiger	10	6	1992-93 to 2001-02

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Deandre Ayton	Matt Geiger
Season	2018-19	1992-93
Team	Phoenix Suns	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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	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
Matt Geiger	48	11.5	4.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.8	2.6	1.6	3.0	.524	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.9	.674

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


Season 2
	Deandre Ayton	Matt Geiger
Season	2019-20	1993-94
Team	Phoenix Suns	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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	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
Matt Geiger	72	16.7	7.2	1.7	2.6	4.2	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.8	2.8	2.8	4.9	.574	0.0	0.1	.200	1.6	2.1	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Geiger	2	5.5	0.5	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 3
	Deandre Ayton	Matt Geiger
Season	2020-21	1994-95
Team	Phoenix Suns	Miami Heat
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
Matt Geiger	74	23.1	8.3	2.0	3.6	5.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	1.5	3.3	3.5	6.6	.536	0.1	0.1	.400	1.3	1.9	.650

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
Matt Geiger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Deandre Ayton	Matt Geiger
Season	2021-22	1995-96
Team	Phoenix Suns	Charlotte Hornets
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
Matt Geiger	77	30.5	11.2	2.6	5.8	8.4	0.8	0.6	0.8	1.8	3.8	4.6	8.6	.536	0.0	0.1	.375	1.9	2.7	.727

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
Matt Geiger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Deandre Ayton	Matt Geiger
Season	2022-23	1996-97
Team	Phoenix Suns	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
Matt Geiger	49	21.3	8.9	2.0	3.2	5.3	0.8	0.4	0.6	1.4	3.1	3.5	7.1	.489	0.1	0.4	.300	1.8	2.6	.701

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
Matt Geiger	3	10.3	2.0	1.3	1.3	2.7	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.7	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 6
	Deandre Ayton	Matt Geiger
Season	2023-24	1997-98
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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		%
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
Matt Geiger	78	23.6	11.3	2.5	4.2	6.7	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.4	2.4	4.6	9.1	.505	0.0	0.1	.091	2.2	3.0	.712

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Geiger	4	5.8	0.5	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.3	1.5	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 7
	Deandre Ayton	Matt Geiger
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	76ers 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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Geiger	50	30.8	13.5	2.7	4.5	7.2	1.2	0.8	0.8	2.0	3.1	5.3	11.1	.479	0.0	0.1	.200	2.8	3.5	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Geiger	8	29.9	13.5	2.9	4.8	7.6	0.8	1.1	0.8	1.6	3.6	5.3	12.0	.438	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.6	.828


Season 8
	Deandre Ayton	Matt Geiger
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	76ers 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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Geiger	65	21.6	9.7	2.4	3.6	6.0	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.4	3.0	4.0	9.1	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.2	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Geiger	8	16.1	8.8	2.1	2.9	5.0	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.6	2.9	3.1	6.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.1	.800


Season 9
	Deandre Ayton	Matt Geiger
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	76ers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Geiger	35	15.5	6.1	1.4	2.5	4.0	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.7	2.1	2.5	6.4	.393	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.5	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Geiger	12	8.3	3.2	0.8	0.7	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.4	2.5	1.4	2.4	.586	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 10
	Deandre Ayton	Matt Geiger
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Geiger	4	9.0	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.3	2.0	.125	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500

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

Deandre Ayton vs. Matt Geiger Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Matt Geiger 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