Eric Bledsoe vs. Darius Garland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darius Garland and Eric Bledsoe, 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.

Eric Bledsoe played 12 years in the NBA, 5 more than Darius Garland, who played 7. Eric Bledsoe had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Darius Garland 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.

Rookie Season
	Eric Bledsoe	Darius Garland
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Eric Bledsoe	81	22.7	6.7	0.8	1.9	2.8	3.6	1.1	0.3	2.4	1.6	2.5	6.0	.424	0.4	1.4	.276	1.2	1.6	.744
difference:	+22	+8.2	+5.6	+0.3	+0.5	+0.9	+0.3	+0.4	+0.2	-0.2		+2.2	+5.8	+.023	+1.4	+3.6	+.079	+0.1	+0.4	+.131
Darius Garland	59	30.9	12.3	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.6	4.7	11.8	.401	1.8	5.0	.355	1.1	1.2	.875
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Eric Bledsoe nor Darius Garland played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Eric Bledsoe	Darius Garland
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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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		%
Eric Bledsoe	76	20.4	8.5	1.0	1.9	3.0	3.1	1.4	0.7	1.8	1.5	3.3	7.5	.445	0.4	1.0	.397	1.4	1.8	.791
difference:	+8	+15.3	+13.2	+0.4	+0.8	+0.3	+5.5	+0.1	+0.6	-1.8	-0.2	+4.7	+9.8	+.017	+2.2	+5.7	+.014	+1.8	+1.7	+.101
Darius Garland	68	35.7	21.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.6	1.7	8.0	17.3	.462	2.6	6.7	.383	3.2	3.5	.892
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	6	16.2	6.5	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.0	.500	0.2	1.5	.111	1.3	2.0	.667
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Eric Bledsoe	Darius Garland
Season	2015-16	2024-25
Team	Phoenix Suns	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	31	34.2	20.4	0.6	3.5	4.0	6.1	2.0	0.6	3.5	2.4	7.2	15.9	.453	1.5	4.2	.372	4.5	5.5	.802
difference:	+44	+3.5	+0.2		+1.3	+1.1	+0.6	+0.8	+0.5	-1.0	-0.5	+0.2	+0.2	+.019	+1.3	+2.9	+.029	+1.5	+2.1	+.076
Darius Garland	75	30.7	20.6	0.6	2.2	2.9	6.7	1.2	0.1	2.5	1.9	7.4	15.7	.472	2.8	7.1	.401	3.0	3.4	.878
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darius Garland	5	29.6	18.0	0.2	2.0	2.2	5.2	0.4	0.0	3.0	3.4	5.8	13.8	.420	2.0	7.0	.286	4.4	4.8	.917

Additional Years
* Eric Bledsoe played 5 seasons more than Darius Garland in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 12, from 2018 to 2022—Eric Bledsoe played in 3 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Darius Garland, Eric Bledsoe got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team