Deni Avdija vs. Kevin Durant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Durant 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, 12 less than Kevin Durant, who played 18. Deni Avdija had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Kevin Durant had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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	Kevin Durant
Season	2020-21	2007-08
Team	Washington Wizards	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
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:	+26	+11.3	+14.0	+0.5	+0.9	+0.5	+1.2	+0.4	+0.6	-2.3	-1.1	+4.9	+11.3	+.013	+0.3	+0.5	+.027	+4.4	+4.8	+.229
Kevin Durant	80	34.6	20.3	0.9	3.5	4.4	2.4	1.0	0.9	2.9	1.5	7.3	17.1	.430	0.7	2.6	.288	4.9	5.6	.873
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Deni Avdija nor Kevin Durant played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Deni Avdija	Kevin Durant
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	Washington Wizards	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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:	+6	+12.9	+20.9	+0.3	+0.9	+1.2		+0.5	+0.6	-1.7	-0.7	+6.4	+12.7	+.039	+0.7	+1.2	+.068	+7.6	+8.0	+.161
Kevin Durant	82	39.5	30.1	1.3	6.3	7.6	2.8	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.1	9.7	20.3	.476	1.6	4.3	.365	9.2	10.2	.900
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	6	38.5	25.0	1.3	6.3	7.7	2.3	0.5	1.3	3.7	2.8	7.2	20.5	.350	1.7	5.8	.286	9.0	10.3	.871

Season 4
	Deni Avdija	Kevin Durant
Season	2023-24	2010-11
Team	Washington Wizards	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+3	+8.8	+13.0	+0.4		+0.4	+1.1	+0.3	+0.5	-0.7	-0.5	+3.7	+9.0	+.044	+0.7	+2.2	+.024	+4.9	+5.1	+.140
Kevin Durant	78	38.9	27.7	0.7	6.1	6.8	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.8	2.0	9.1	19.7	.462	1.9	5.3	.350	7.6	8.7	.880
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	17	42.5	28.6	1.1	7.1	8.2	2.8	0.9	1.1	2.5	3.1	9.1	20.3	.449	2.2	6.4	.339	8.2	9.8	.838

Season 5
	Deni Avdija	Kevin Durant
Season	2024-25	2011-12
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+6	+8.6	+11.1	+0.9	+1.7	+0.7	+0.4	+0.3	+0.7	-1.1	-0.4	+4.1	+8.0	+.020	+0.3	+0.4	+.022	+2.5	+2.4	+.080
Kevin Durant	66	38.6	28.0	0.6	7.4	8.0	3.5	1.3	1.2	3.8	2.0	9.7	19.7	.496	2.0	5.2	.387	6.5	7.6	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	20	41.9	28.5	0.7	6.8	7.4	3.7	1.5	1.2	3.2	2.6	9.9	19.2	.517	2.1	5.5	.373	6.7	7.7	.864

Season 6
	Deni Avdija	Kevin Durant
Season	2025-26	2012-13
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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6th 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	21	34.2	25.8	1.3	5.8	7.1	6.1	0.5	0.7	3.5	3.1	7.9	16.7	.473	2.6	6.8	.380	7.4	9.3	.795
difference:	+60	+4.3	+2.3	+0.7	+1.5	+0.8	+1.5	+0.9	+0.6		-1.3	+1.1	+1.0	+.037	+0.9	+2.7	+.036	+1.0		+.110
Kevin Durant	81	38.5	28.1	0.6	7.3	7.9	4.6	1.4	1.3	3.5	1.8	9.0	17.7	.510	1.7	4.1	.416	8.4	9.3	.905
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	11	44.1	30.8	0.6	8.4	9.0	6.3	1.3	1.1	3.9	2.4	10.2	22.4	.455	2.0	6.4	.314	8.5	10.2	.830

Additional Years
* Kevin Durant played 12 seasons more than Deni Avdija in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 18, from 2014 to 2026—Kevin Durant played in 9 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 12 extra years over Deni Avdija, Kevin Durant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 5 All-NBA Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 11 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP