Dyson Daniels vs. Oscar Robertson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Oscar Robertson 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 4 years in the NBA, 10 less than Oscar Robertson, who played 14. Dyson Daniels had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Oscar Robertson had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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	Oscar Robertson
Season	2022-23	1960-61
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
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:	+12	+25.0	+26.7			+6.9	+7.4				-1.4	+9.1	+19.0	+.055				+8.8	+10.5	+.172
Oscar Robertson	71	42.7	30.5	-	-	10.1	9.7	-	-	-	3.1	10.6	22.5	.473	-	-	-	9.2	11.2	.822
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dyson Daniels nor Oscar Robertson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Dyson Daniels	Oscar Robertson
Season	2023-24	1961-62
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost West Div Semis

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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:	+18	+22.0	+25.0			+8.6	+8.7				-1.6	+8.7	+17.8	+.031				+8.3	+10.1	+.161
Oscar Robertson	79	44.3	30.8	-	-	12.5	11.4	-	-	-	3.3	11.0	22.9	.478	-	-	-	8.9	11.0	.803
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:	+1	+40.6	+27.5			+10.3	+11.0				-4.5	+9.8	+18.3	+.186				+7.8	+9.8
Oscar Robertson	4	46.3	28.8	-	-	11.0	11.0	-	-	-	4.5	10.5	20.3	.519	-	-	-	7.8	9.8	.795

Season 3
	Dyson Daniels	Oscar Robertson
Season	2024-25	1962-63
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	Steals Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div Finals

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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:	+4	+10.2	+14.2			+4.5	+5.1				-1.4	+4.3	+7.8	+.025				+6.6	+7.7	+.217
Oscar Robertson	80	44.0	28.3	-	-	10.4	9.5	-	-	-	3.7	10.3	19.9	.518	-	-	-	7.7	9.5	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dyson Daniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	12	47.5	31.8	-	-	13.0	9.0	-	-	-	3.4	10.3	22.0	.470	-	-	-	11.1	12.8	.864

Season 4
	Dyson Daniels	Oscar Robertson
Season	2025-26	1963-64
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div Finals

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4th 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	14	32.8	8.7	1.6	4.1	5.7	5.9	2.3	0.4	2.1	2.6	3.8	8.1	.469	0.2	0.9	.231	0.9	1.5	.619
difference:	+65	+12.3	+22.7			+4.2	+5.1				-0.9	+6.8	+13.9	+.014				+9.2	+10.4	+.234
Oscar Robertson	79	45.1	31.4	-	-	9.9	11.0	-	-	-	3.5	10.6	22.0	.483	-	-	-	10.1	11.9	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dyson Daniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	10	47.1	29.3	-	-	8.9	8.4	-	-	-	3.0	9.2	20.2	.455	-	-	-	10.9	12.7	.858

Additional Years
* Oscar Robertson played 10 seasons more than Dyson Daniels in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 14, from 1965 to 1974—Oscar Robertson played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Dyson Daniels, Oscar Robertson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	5 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 3 Assists Leader 8 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP