Ernie Beck vs. Luka Doncic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luka Doncic and Ernie Beck, 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.

Ernie Beck played 7 years in the NBA, 1 more than Luka Doncic, who played 6. Ernie Beck had the first of his seasons in 1953-54, 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Ernie Beck	Luka Doncic
Season	1953-54	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Beck	15	28.1	7.5	-	-	3.3	2.3	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	9.5	.275	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.791
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Beck	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Ernie Beck didn't play in 1954-55.

Season 2
	Ernie Beck	Luka Doncic
Season	1955-56	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Beck	67	15.0	5.2	-	-	2.9	1.2	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	5.2	.387	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.717
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		%
Ernie Beck	10	25.0	8.4	-	-	5.1	2.2	-	-	-	3.2	3.1	7.2	.431	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.710
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
	Ernie Beck	Luka Doncic
Season	1956-57	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Beck	72	24.2	7.0	-	-	4.3	2.6	-	-	-	2.2	2.7	7.1	.384	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.707
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		%
Ernie Beck	2	44.5	15.5	-	-	5.0	2.5	-	-	-	2.0	7.0	19.0	.368	-	-	-	1.5	1.5	1.000
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

Season 4
	Ernie Beck	Luka Doncic
Season	1957-58	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Beck	71	27.8	10.1	-	-	4.3	2.7	-	-	-	2.4	3.8	9.6	.398	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	.837
Luka Doncic	65	35.4	28.4	0.9	8.3	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	4.5	2.2	9.9	21.6	.457	3.1	8.8	.353	5.6	7.5	.744
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Beck	8	19.5	6.5	-	-	4.0	1.6	-	-	-	2.0	2.9	7.6	.377	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.667
Luka Doncic	15	36.8	31.7	0.7	9.1	9.8	6.4	1.8	0.6	3.9	2.9	10.7	23.5	.455	3.4	9.9	.345	6.9	9.0	.770

Season 5
	Ernie Beck	Luka Doncic
Season	1958-59	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Beck	70	14.5	5.3	-	-	2.5	1.3	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	6.0	.390	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.662
Luka Doncic	66	36.2	32.4	0.8	7.8	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	3.6	2.5	10.9	22.0	.496	2.8	8.2	.342	7.8	10.5	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Beck	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Ernie Beck	Luka Doncic
Season	1959-60	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Finals	Mavericks TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Beck	66	12.3	3.9	-	-	1.9	1.1	-	-	-	1.4	1.7	4.5	.388	-	-	-	0.4	0.5	.844
Luka Doncic	70	37.5	33.9	0.8	8.4	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	4.0	2.1	11.5	23.6	.487	4.1	10.6	.382	6.8	8.7	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ernie Beck	4	5.5	2.0	-	-	1.5	0.8	-	-	-	0.3	1.0	2.3	.444	-	-	-	0.0	0.3	.000
Luka Doncic	11	41.8	27.1	1.1	8.5	9.6	9.0	1.4	0.5	3.8	2.5	9.5	22.9	.413	2.7	9.7	.280	5.5	7.1	.769