Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. Deni Avdija Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Deni Avdija and Giannis Antetokounmpo, 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.

Giannis Antetokounmpo played 13 years in the NBA, 7 more than Deni Avdija, who played 6. Giannis Antetokounmpo had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Deni Avdija had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Deni Avdija
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Wizards
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	77	24.6	6.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.6	2.2	2.2	5.4	.414	0.5	1.5	.347	1.8	2.6	.683
difference:	+23	+1.3	+0.5	+0.6	+1.0	+0.5	+0.7	+0.2	+0.5	-1.0	-0.4	+0.2	+0.4	+.003	+0.5	+1.6	+.032	+1.3	+1.8	+.039
Deni Avdija	54	23.3	6.3	0.4	4.4	4.9	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.6	2.6	2.4	5.8	.417	1.0	3.1	.315	0.5	0.8	.644
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Giannis Antetokounmpo nor Deni Avdija played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Deni Avdija
Season	2016-17	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.6	22.9	1.8	7.0	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	2.9	3.1	8.2	15.7	.521	0.6	2.3	.272	5.9	7.7	.770
difference:	+5	+5.5	+8.2	+0.7	+0.9	+1.6	+1.6	+0.8	+1.4	-0.8	-0.6	+2.8	+5.0	+.015	+0.6	+0.8	+.102	+3.2	+4.1	+.030
Deni Avdija	75	30.1	14.7	1.1	6.1	7.2	3.8	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.5	5.4	10.7	.506	1.2	3.1	.374	2.7	3.6	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	40.5	24.8	1.7	7.8	9.5	4.0	2.2	1.7	3.3	3.5	10.0	18.7	.536	0.7	1.7	.400	4.2	7.7	.543
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Deni Avdija
Season	2017-18	2024-25
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	75	36.7	26.9	2.1	8.0	10.0	4.8	1.5	1.4	3.0	3.1	9.9	18.7	.529	0.6	1.9	.307	6.5	8.5	.760
difference:	+3	+6.7	+10.0	+0.6	+2.3	+2.7	+0.9	+0.5	+0.9	-0.3	-0.7	+4.3	+7.0	+.053	+1.1	+2.9	+.058	+2.5	+3.3	+.020
Deni Avdija	72	30.0	16.9	1.5	5.7	7.3	3.9	1.0	0.5	2.7	2.4	5.6	11.7	.476	1.7	4.8	.365	4.0	5.2	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	7	40.0	25.7	1.1	8.4	9.6	6.3	1.4	0.9	2.4	4.0	9.9	17.3	.570	0.6	2.0	.286	5.4	7.9	.691
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Deni Avdija
Season	2018-19	2025-26
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	72	32.8	27.7	2.2	10.3	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	3.7	3.2	10.0	17.3	.578	0.7	2.8	.256	6.9	9.5	.729
difference:	+47	+1.4	+2.3	+1.0	+4.3	+5.3	+0.3	+0.6	+0.8	-0.1		+2.3	+1.1	+.105	+1.7	+3.7	+.118	+0.7		+.077
Deni Avdija	25	34.2	25.4	1.2	6.0	7.2	6.2	0.7	0.7	3.6	3.2	7.7	16.2	.473	2.4	6.5	.374	7.6	9.5	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	15	34.3	25.5	2.4	9.8	12.2	4.9	1.2	2.0	3.3	3.2	8.6	17.4	.494	1.2	3.7	.327	7.1	11.2	.637
Deni Avdija	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Giannis Antetokounmpo played 7 seasons more than Deni Avdija in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 13, from 2020 to 2026—Giannis Antetokounmpo played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 7 extra years over Deni Avdija, Giannis Antetokounmpo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 6 All-NBA First Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Cup MVP 2 Cup All-Tournament Team 6 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP