Deni Avdija vs. Kyrie Irving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyrie Irving 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, 8 less than Kyrie Irving, who played 14. Deni Avdija had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Kyrie Irving had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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	Kyrie Irving
Season	2020-21	2011-12
Team	Washington Wizards	Cleveland Cavaliers
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:	+3	+7.2	+12.2	+0.5	+1.5	+1.2	+4.2	+0.5	+0.1	-2.5	-0.4	+4.5	+8.8	+.052	+0.4	+0.5	+.084	+2.9	+3.0	+.228
Kyrie Irving	51	30.5	18.5	0.9	2.9	3.7	5.4	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.2	6.9	14.6	.469	1.4	3.6	.399	3.4	3.8	.872
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Deni Avdija nor Kyrie Irving played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Deni Avdija	Kyrie Irving
Season	2021-22	2012-13
Team	Washington Wizards	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+23	+10.5	+14.1		+1.4	+1.5	+3.9	+0.8	+0.1	-2.1	-0.2	+5.2	+11.0	+.020	+0.8	+1.5	+.074	+2.9	+3.2	+.098
Kyrie Irving	59	34.7	22.5	0.6	3.1	3.7	5.9	1.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	8.2	18.1	.452	1.8	4.7	.391	4.2	4.9	.855
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Deni Avdija nor Kyrie Irving played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Deni Avdija	Kyrie Irving
Season	2022-23	2013-14
Team	Washington Wizards	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+5	+8.6	+11.6	+0.3	+2.5	+2.8	+3.3	+0.6	+0.1	-1.1	-0.5	+4.2	+9.8	+.007	+0.8	+1.7	+.061	+2.5	+2.6	+.122
Kyrie Irving	71	35.2	20.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	6.1	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.3	7.5	17.4	.430	1.7	4.8	.358	4.1	4.8	.861
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Deni Avdija nor Kyrie Irving played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Deni Avdija	Kyrie Irving
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Washington Wizards	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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:		+6.3	+7.0	+0.4	+3.7	+4.0	+1.4	+0.7	+0.2	-0.4	-0.6	+2.3	+5.8	+.038	+0.9	+1.9	+.041	+1.5	+1.3	+.123
Kyrie Irving	75	36.4	21.7	0.7	2.4	3.2	5.2	1.5	0.3	2.5	1.9	7.7	16.5	.468	2.1	5.0	.415	4.2	4.9	.863
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	13	35.7	19.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	2.2	6.2	14.2	.438	2.1	4.6	.450	4.5	5.3	.841

Season 5
	Deni Avdija	Kyrie Irving
Season	2024-25	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+19	+1.5	+2.7	+0.7	+3.6	+4.3	+0.8	+0.1	+0.2	-0.4	-0.4	+1.8	+4.9	+.028	+0.1	+0.1	+.044	+0.8	+1.6	+.105
Kyrie Irving	53	31.5	19.6	0.8	2.1	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.4	16.6	.448	1.6	4.9	.321	3.2	3.6	.885
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	21	36.9	25.2	0.7	2.2	3.0	4.7	1.7	0.6	2.3	2.2	9.6	20.1	.475	2.4	5.5	.440	3.7	4.2	.875

Season 6
	Deni Avdija	Kyrie Irving
Season	2025-26	2016-17
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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	26	34.2	25.5	1.2	6.0	7.2	6.3	0.7	0.7	3.6	3.1	7.6	16.2	.469	2.4	6.4	.377	7.8	9.6	.812
difference:	+46	+0.9	+0.3	+0.5	+3.5	+4.0	+0.5	+0.5	+0.4	-1.1	-0.9	+1.7	+3.5	+.004	+0.1	+0.3	+.024	+3.7	+5.0	+.093
Kyrie Irving	72	35.1	25.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	5.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.3	19.7	.473	2.5	6.1	.401	4.1	4.6	.905
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	18	36.3	25.9	0.7	2.1	2.8	5.3	1.3	0.4	2.7	2.1	9.6	20.6	.468	2.4	6.6	.373	4.2	4.7	.905

Additional Years
* Kyrie Irving played 8 seasons more than Deni Avdija in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 14, from 2018 to 2025—Kyrie Irving played in 4 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Deni Avdija, Kyrie Irving got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game