Donovan Clingan vs. Luguentz Dort Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luguentz Dort 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 Luguentz Dort, who played 7. Donovan Clingan had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, while Luguentz Dort 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
Luguentz Dort 7 3 2019-20 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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1-2

Rookie Season
Donovan Clingan Luguentz Dort
Season 2024-252019-20
Team Portland Trail BlazersOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie Second Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlayThunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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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:+31+3.0+0.3+2.5+3.0+5.6+0.3+0.4+1.5-0.5-0.1+0.3+1.1+.145+0.6+2.1+.011+0.3+0.1+.196
Luguentz Dort 36 22.8 6.8 0.7 1.6 2.3 0.8 0.9 0.1 0.6 2.7 2.4 6.1 .394 0.8 2.8 .297 1.2 1.5 .792
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Donovan Clingan DNP------ --- ----------
Luguentz Dort 6 29.2 12.5 0.8 2.8 3.7 1.0 0.3 1.0 2.5 4.2 4.5 12.7 .355 2.2 8.3 .260 1.3 2.5 .533

Season 2
Donovan Clingan Luguentz Dort
Season 2025-262020-21
Team Portland Trail BlazersOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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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:+29+4.2+3.9+3.9+2.6+6.5+0.1+0.3+1.1-0.7-0.1+1.0+4.5+.102+1.5+3.6+.089+0.6+0.7+.042
Luguentz Dort 52 29.7 14.0 0.7 2.9 3.6 1.7 0.9 0.4 1.5 2.6 4.8 12.3 .387 2.2 6.3 .343 2.3 3.2 .744
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Donovan Clingan nor Luguentz Dort played in the postseason in their season 2

Additional Years

* Luguentz Dort played 5 seasons more than Donovan Clingan in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 3 to 7, from 2022 to 2026—Luguentz Dort played in two Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

In those 5 extra years over Donovan Clingan, Luguentz Dort got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 All-Defensive First Team
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