Dyson Daniels vs. Luka Doncic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luka Doncic and Dyson Daniels, 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.

Dyson Daniels played 3 years in the NBA, 4 less than Luka Doncic, who played 7. Dyson Daniels had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Luka Doncic had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
	Dyson Daniels	Luka Doncic
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
Dyson Daniels	59	17.7	3.8	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.7	1.5	3.5	.418	0.5	1.5	.314	0.4	0.7	.650
difference:	+13	+14.5	+17.4	+0.6	+4.0	+4.6	+3.7	+0.4	+0.1	-2.4	-0.2	+5.5	+13.0	+.009	+1.8	+5.6	+.013	+4.4	+6.0	+.063
Luka Doncic	72	32.2	21.2	1.2	6.6	7.8	6.0	1.1	0.3	3.4	1.9	7.0	16.5	.427	2.3	7.1	.327	4.8	6.7	.713
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dyson Daniels nor Luka Doncic played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Dyson Daniels	Luka Doncic
Season	2023-24	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Dyson Daniels	61	22.3	5.8	1.0	2.9	3.9	2.7	1.4	0.4	1.0	1.7	2.3	5.1	.447	0.7	2.2	.311	0.6	0.9	.642
difference:		+11.3	+23.0	+0.3	+5.2	+5.5	+6.1	+0.4	+0.2	-3.3	-0.8	+7.2	+15.5	+.016	+2.1	+6.7	+.005	+6.4	+8.3	+.116
Luka Doncic	61	33.6	28.8	1.3	8.1	9.4	8.8	1.0	0.2	4.3	2.5	9.5	20.6	.463	2.8	8.9	.316	7.0	9.2	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dyson Daniels	3	5.7	1.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+3	+30.1	+29.7	+0.7	+8.5	+9.1	+8.7	+0.5	+0.5	-4.9	-2.8	+10.0	+19.3	+.167	+2.7	+6.6	+.364	+7.0	+10.7
Luka Doncic	6	35.8	31.0	0.7	9.2	9.8	8.7	1.2	0.5	5.2	2.8	10.7	21.3	.500	2.7	7.3	.364	7.0	10.7	.656

Season 3
	Dyson Daniels	Luka Doncic
Season	2024-25	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	Steals Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Dyson Daniels	76	33.8	14.1	1.6	4.3	5.9	4.4	3.0	0.7	2.0	2.3	6.0	12.1	.493	1.1	3.1	.340	1.1	1.8	.593
difference:	+10	+0.5	+13.6	+0.8	+2.9	+2.1	+4.2	+2.0	+0.2	-2.3		+3.8	+8.4	+.014	+1.8	+5.2	+.010	+4.1	+5.3	+.137
Luka Doncic	66	34.3	27.7	0.8	7.2	8.0	8.6	1.0	0.5	4.3	2.3	9.8	20.5	.479	2.9	8.3	.350	5.2	7.1	.730
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dyson Daniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luka Doncic	7	40.1	35.7	0.6	7.3	7.9	10.3	1.3	0.4	4.6	2.4	13.7	28.0	.490	4.4	10.9	.408	3.9	7.3	.529

Additional Years
* Luka Doncic played 4 seasons more than Dyson Daniels in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 7, from 2022 to 2025—Luka Doncic played in 3 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Dyson Daniels, Luka Doncic got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 1 Scoring Leader 3 All-Star Game