Gene Conley vs. Darius Garland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darius Garland and Gene Conley, 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.

Gene Conley played 6 years in the NBA, 1 more than Darius Garland, who played 5. Gene Conley had the first of his seasons in 1952-53, 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 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.

Note: Gene Conley didn't play in 1953-54, 1954-55, 1955-56, 1956-57 and 1957-58.

Season 2
	Gene Conley	Darius Garland
Season	1958-59	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Gene Conley	50	13.3	4.2	-	-	5.5	0.4	-	-	-	2.3	1.7	5.2	.328	-	-	-	0.7	1.3	.578
Darius Garland	54	33.1	17.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	6.1	1.2	0.1	3.0	2.0	6.7	14.9	.451	1.9	4.9	.395	2.1	2.4	.848
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Conley	11	14.3	4.9	-	-	6.8	0.6	-	-	-	3.6	2.2	6.0	.364	-	-	-	0.5	1.2	.462
Darius Garland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Gene Conley	Darius Garland
Season	1959-60	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Gene Conley	71	18.7	6.7	-	-	8.3	0.5	-	-	-	3.8	2.8	7.6	.373	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.667
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		%
Gene Conley	13	20.7	6.5	-	-	8.9	0.2	-	-	-	4.5	2.6	6.8	.386	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.727
Darius Garland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Gene Conley	Darius Garland
Season	1960-61	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Gene Conley	75	16.6	6.3	-	-	7.3	0.5	-	-	-	3.7	2.4	6.6	.370	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.693
Darius Garland	69	35.5	21.6	0.4	2.3	2.7	7.8	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.1	7.6	16.4	.462	2.4	6.0	.410	4.0	4.7	.863
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gene Conley	9	6.2	3.4	-	-	3.4	0.1	-	-	-	2.2	1.3	3.7	.364	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.583
Darius Garland	5	37.8	20.6	0.0	1.8	1.8	5.0	1.6	0.2	3.6	3.4	7.0	16.0	.438	2.4	6.2	.387	4.2	5.0	.840

Note: Gene Conley didn't play in 1961-62.