Deni Avdija vs. Blake Griffin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Blake Griffin and Deni Avdija, 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.

Deni Avdija played 6 years in the NBA, 7 less than Blake Griffin, who played 13. Deni Avdija had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Blake Griffin had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
	Deni Avdija	Blake Griffin
Season	2020-21	2010-11
Team	Washington Wizards	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Deni Avdija	54	23.3	6.3	0.4	4.4	4.9	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.6	2.6	2.4	5.8	.417	1.0	3.1	.315	0.5	0.8	.644
difference:	+28	+14.7	+16.2	+2.9	+4.4	+7.2	+2.6	+0.2	+0.2	-2.1	-0.5	+6.1	+11.0	+.089	+0.9	+2.8	+.023	+4.9	+7.7	+.002
Blake Griffin	82	38.0	22.5	3.3	8.8	12.1	3.8	0.8	0.5	2.7	3.1	8.5	16.8	.506	0.1	0.3	.292	5.4	8.5	.642
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Deni Avdija nor Blake Griffin played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Deni Avdija	Blake Griffin
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Washington Wizards	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deni Avdija	82	24.2	8.4	0.6	4.5	5.2	2.0	0.7	0.5	1.1	2.3	3.0	7.1	.432	1.0	3.2	.317	1.3	1.7	.757
difference:	+16	+12.0	+12.3	+2.7	+3.1	+5.7	+1.2	+0.1	+0.2	-1.2	-1.0	+5.5	+8.4	+.117	+1.0	+3.0	+.192	+2.4	+5.4	+.236
Blake Griffin	66	36.2	20.7	3.3	7.6	10.9	3.2	0.8	0.7	2.3	3.3	8.5	15.5	.549	0.0	0.2	.125	3.7	7.1	.521
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blake Griffin	11	35.7	19.1	1.7	5.2	6.9	2.5	1.8	0.9	2.3	3.7	7.6	15.3	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	6.0	.636

Season 3
	Deni Avdija	Blake Griffin
Season	2022-23	2012-13
Team	Washington Wizards	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Deni Avdija	76	26.6	9.2	1.0	5.4	6.4	2.8	0.9	0.4	1.6	2.8	3.3	7.6	.437	0.9	3.1	.297	1.6	2.2	.739
difference:	+4	+5.9	+8.8	+1.3	+0.6	+1.9	+0.9	+0.3	+0.2	-0.7	-0.1	+3.9	+5.8	+.101	+0.8	+2.7	+.118	+1.9	+3.1	+.079
Blake Griffin	80	32.5	18.0	2.3	6.0	8.3	3.7	1.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	7.2	13.4	.538	0.1	0.4	.179	3.5	5.3	.660
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blake Griffin	6	26.3	13.2	1.3	4.2	5.5	2.5	0.0	0.8	2.2	4.0	4.8	10.7	.453	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.3	.808

Season 4
	Deni Avdija	Blake Griffin
Season	2023-24	2013-14
Team	Washington Wizards	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deni Avdija	75	30.1	14.7	1.1	6.1	7.2	3.8	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.5	5.4	10.7	.506	1.2	3.1	.374	2.7	3.6	.740
difference:	+5	+5.7	+9.4	+1.3	+1.0	+2.3	+0.1	+0.4	+0.1	-0.7	-0.8	+3.6	+6.3	+.022	+1.0	+2.5	+.101	+3.3	+4.8	+.025
Blake Griffin	80	35.8	24.1	2.4	7.1	9.5	3.9	1.2	0.6	2.8	3.3	9.0	17.0	.528	0.2	0.6	.273	6.0	8.4	.715
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blake Griffin	13	36.8	23.5	2.7	4.7	7.4	3.8	1.2	1.1	2.4	4.2	9.0	18.0	.500	0.1	0.5	.143	5.5	7.4	.740

Season 5
	Deni Avdija	Blake Griffin
Season	2024-25	2014-15
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deni Avdija	72	30.0	16.9	1.5	5.7	7.3	3.9	1.0	0.5	2.7	2.4	5.6	11.7	.476	1.7	4.8	.365	4.0	5.2	.780
difference:	+5	+5.2	+5.0	+0.4		+0.3	+1.4	+0.1		-0.4	-0.5	+3.0	+5.4	+.026	+1.6	+4.4	+.035	+0.6	+1.2	+.052
Blake Griffin	67	35.2	21.9	1.9	5.7	7.6	5.3	0.9	0.5	2.3	2.9	8.6	17.1	.502	0.1	0.4	.400	4.6	6.4	.728
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blake Griffin	14	39.8	25.5	2.7	10.0	12.7	6.1	1.0	1.0	3.2	3.1	10.0	19.6	.511	0.1	0.5	.143	5.4	7.6	.717

Additional Years
* Blake Griffin played 7 seasons more than Deni Avdija in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 13, from 2017 to 2023—Blake Griffin played in 5 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Deni Avdija, Blake Griffin got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game