Donovan Clingan vs. Daniel Gafford Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Daniel Gafford and Donovan Clingan, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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.

Donovan Clingan played 2 years in the NBA, 5 less than Daniel Gafford, who played 7. Donovan Clingan had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, while Daniel Gafford had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Donovan Clingan 2 0 2024-25 to 2025-26
Daniel Gafford 7 2 2019-20 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Donovan Clingan Daniel Gafford
Season 2024-252019-20
Team Portland Trail BlazersChicago Bulls
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie Second Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Donovan Clingan 67 19.8 6.5 3.2 4.6 7.9 1.1 0.5 1.6 1.1 2.8 2.7 5.0 .539 0.2 0.7 .286 0.9 1.6 .596
difference:+24+5.6+1.4+2.0+3.3+5.4+0.6+0.2+0.3-0.4-0.5+0.5+1.9+.162+0.2+0.7+0.2+0.2+.063
Daniel Gafford 43 14.2 5.1 1.2 1.3 2.5 0.5 0.3 1.3 0.7 2.3 2.2 3.1 .701 0.0 0.0 - 0.7 1.4 .533
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Donovan Clingan nor Daniel Gafford played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
Donovan Clingan Daniel Gafford
Season 2025-262020-21
Team Portland Trail BlazersChicago Bulls, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayWizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Donovan Clingan 23 25.5 10.1 4.6 5.5 10.1 1.8 0.6 1.5 0.8 2.5 3.8 7.8 .489 0.7 2.7 .254 1.7 2.5 .702
difference:+31+10.9+3.1+2.9+3.0+5.8+1.3+0.1+0.1-0.7+0.9+3.6+.195+0.7+2.7+0.4+0.5+.035
Daniel Gafford 54 14.6 7.0 1.7 2.5 4.3 0.5 0.5 1.4 0.8 1.8 2.9 4.2 .684 0.0 0.0 - 1.3 2.0 .667
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Donovan Clingan DNP------ --- ----------
Daniel Gafford 5 23.4 11.8 2.8 3.0 5.8 0.6 1.0 2.0 0.6 3.4 4.4 5.2 .846 0.0 0.0 - 3.0 4.8 .625

Additional Years

* Daniel Gafford played 5 seasons more than Donovan Clingan in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 3 to 7, from 2022 to 2026—Daniel Gafford played in one postseason.

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