Donnie Butcher vs. Blake Griffin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Blake Griffin and Donnie Butcher, 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.

Donnie Butcher played 5 years in the NBA, 8 less than Blake Griffin, who played 13. Donnie Butcher had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, 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 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
	Donnie Butcher	Blake Griffin
Season	1961-62	2010-11
Team	New York Knicks	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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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donnie Butcher	47	10.2	2.9	-	-	1.7	1.1	-	-	-	1.3	1.0	3.3	.310	-	-	-	0.9	1.5	.609
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donnie Butcher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blake Griffin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Donnie Butcher	Blake Griffin
Season	1962-63	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	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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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donnie Butcher	68	17.5	7.0	-	-	2.6	2.0	-	-	-	2.4	2.5	6.2	.406	-	-	-	1.9	2.9	.675
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		%
Donnie Butcher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Donnie Butcher	Blake Griffin
Season	1963-64	2012-13
Team	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons	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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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donnie Butcher	78	25.3	7.2	-	-	4.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.2	2.6	6.5	.398	-	-	-	2.0	3.3	.621
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		%
Donnie Butcher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Donnie Butcher	Blake Griffin
Season	1964-65	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	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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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donnie Butcher	71	16.3	5.8	-	-	2.8	1.7	-	-	-	2.6	2.0	5.0	.405	-	-	-	1.8	2.9	.618
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		%
Donnie Butcher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Donnie Butcher	Blake Griffin
Season	1965-66	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	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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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donnie Butcher	15	19.0	7.2	-	-	2.2	2.0	-	-	-	2.7	3.0	6.4	.469	-	-	-	1.2	2.3	.529
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		%
Donnie Butcher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 9
	Donnie Butcher	Blake Griffin
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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		%
Donnie Butcher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blake Griffin	75	35.0	24.5	1.3	6.2	7.5	5.4	0.7	0.4	3.4	2.7	8.3	17.9	.462	2.5	7.0	.362	5.5	7.3	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donnie Butcher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blake Griffin	2	29.0	24.5	2.0	4.0	6.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	4.5	9.0	19.5	.462	3.0	6.5	.462	3.5	3.5	1.000