Don Chaney vs. Spencer Dinwiddie Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Spencer Dinwiddie and Don Chaney, 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.

Don Chaney played 11 years in the NBA, 1 more than Spencer Dinwiddie, who played 10. Don Chaney had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, while Spencer Dinwiddie had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Don Chaney	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	1968-69	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Don Chaney	20	10.5	4.0	-	-	2.3	1.0	-	-	-	1.6	1.8	5.7	.319	-	-	-	0.4	1.0	.400
Spencer Dinwiddie	34	13.4	4.3	0.1	1.3	1.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.6	1.5	5.0	.302	0.4	1.9	.185	0.9	1.0	.912
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Chaney	7	3.6	0.7	-	-	0.6	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.1	0.9	.167	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.750
Spencer Dinwiddie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Don Chaney	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	1971-72	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Don Chaney	79	28.8	11.9	-	-	5.0	2.6	-	-	-	3.7	4.7	9.9	.475	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.773
Spencer Dinwiddie	80	28.8	12.6	0.5	2.7	3.2	6.6	0.9	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.1	10.5	.387	1.8	5.4	.326	2.7	3.4	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Chaney	11	24.6	8.8	-	-	3.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	3.7	7.4	.506	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.750
Spencer Dinwiddie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Don Chaney	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	1972-73	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Nets 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		%
Don Chaney	79	31.5	13.1	-	-	5.7	2.8	-	-	-	3.5	5.2	10.9	.482	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787
Spencer Dinwiddie	68	28.1	16.8	0.4	2.1	2.4	4.6	0.6	0.3	2.2	2.8	5.4	12.2	.442	1.8	5.4	.335	4.2	5.2	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Chaney	12	24.0	7.5	-	-	3.3	2.1	-	-	-	3.4	3.3	6.8	.476	-	-	-	1.0	1.4	.706
Spencer Dinwiddie	5	26.2	14.6	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.6	0.4	0.0	1.6	2.0	5.4	12.4	.435	1.8	4.8	.375	2.0	2.8	.714

Season 6
	Don Chaney	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	1973-74	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Don Chaney	81	27.9	10.4	2.6	2.1	4.7	2.2	1.0	0.8	-	3.0	4.3	9.3	.464	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.828
Spencer Dinwiddie	64	31.2	20.6	0.5	3.0	3.5	6.8	0.6	0.3	2.7	2.8	6.6	16.0	.415	1.9	6.3	.308	5.4	7.0	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Chaney	18	30.3	9.5	2.1	2.2	4.3	2.2	1.3	0.5	-	3.6	3.6	7.8	.461	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.820
Spencer Dinwiddie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Don Chaney	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	1974-75	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Don Chaney	82	26.9	9.5	2.1	2.4	4.5	2.2	1.5	0.8	-	3.0	3.9	9.1	.428	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	.806
Spencer Dinwiddie	3	21.3	6.7	0.0	4.3	4.3	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.3	2.0	5.3	.375	0.7	2.3	.286	2.0	2.0	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Chaney	11	26.7	10.8	2.2	1.3	3.5	1.9	1.9	0.5	-	4.2	4.4	9.5	.457	-	-	-	2.1	2.6	.793
Spencer Dinwiddie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Don Chaney didn't play in 1975-76.

Season 8
	Don Chaney	Spencer Dinwiddie
Season	1976-77	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Don Chaney	81	29.7	6.1	1.5	2.6	4.1	3.8	1.7	0.4	-	2.8	2.6	6.4	.408	-	-	-	0.9	1.2	.745
Spencer Dinwiddie	67	29.6	13.7	0.7	3.5	4.2	5.2	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.6	11.0	.416	1.7	4.9	.339	2.9	3.8	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Chaney	11	37.5	8.0	2.2	2.5	4.7	4.4	1.9	0.3	-	2.9	3.3	8.7	.375	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.727
Spencer Dinwiddie	18	27.8	14.2	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.6	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.4	10.7	.417	2.2	5.3	.417	3.1	3.7	.821