Jalen Duren vs. Danilo Gallinari Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danilo Gallinari and Jalen Duren, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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.

Jalen Duren played 4 years in the NBA, 10 less than Danilo Gallinari, who played 14. Jalen Duren had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Danilo Gallinari had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Jalen Duren 4 1 2022-23 to 2025-26
Danilo Gallinari 14 7 2008-09 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Jalen Duren Danilo Gallinari
Season 2022-232008-09
Team Detroit PistonsNew York Knicks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie Second Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Jalen Duren 67 24.9 9.1 3.4 5.5 8.9 1.1 0.7 0.9 1.4 2.7 3.9 5.9 .648 0.0 0.0 - 1.4 2.3 .611
difference:+39+10.2+3.0+2.9+4.0+6.9+0.6+0.2+0.8-0.9-1.0+1.9+1.4+.200+1.1+2.6+0.5+1.3+.352
Danilo Gallinari 28 14.7 6.1 0.5 1.5 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.5 1.7 2.0 4.5 .448 1.1 2.6 .444 0.9 1.0 .963
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Duren nor Danilo Gallinari played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
Jalen Duren Danilo Gallinari
Season 2023-242009-10
Team Detroit PistonsNew York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Jalen Duren 61 29.1 13.8 3.1 8.5 11.6 2.4 0.5 0.8 2.1 3.1 5.7 9.2 .619 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.0 .790
difference:+20+4.8+1.3+2.3+4.4+6.7+0.7+0.4+0.1-0.7-0.7+0.9+2.2+.196+2.3+5.9+.381+0.8+0.8+.028
Danilo Gallinari 81 33.9 15.1 0.8 4.1 4.9 1.7 0.9 0.7 1.4 2.4 4.8 11.4 .423 2.3 6.0 .381 3.1 3.8 .818
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Duren nor Danilo Gallinari played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
Jalen Duren Danilo Gallinari
Season 2024-252010-11
Team Detroit PistonsNew York Knicks, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Pistons Lost East Conf 1st RdNuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Jalen Duren 78 26.1 11.8 3.6 6.8 10.3 2.7 0.7 1.1 1.7 3.2 4.8 7.0 .692 0.0 0.0 - 2.1 3.1 .669
difference:+16+7.8+3.8+2.6+2.8+5.4+1.0+0.1+0.7-0.4-0.9+0.5+3.3+.278+1.7+4.7+3.3+3.2+.193
Danilo Gallinari 62 33.9 15.6 1.0 4.0 4.9 1.7 0.8 0.4 1.3 2.3 4.3 10.3 .414 1.7 4.7 .352 5.4 6.3 .862
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Jalen Duren 6 33.8 11.8 4.3 6.3 10.7 3.5 0.3 1.7 1.7 4.3 4.3 6.7 .650 0.0 0.0 - 3.2 3.8 .826
difference:+1+4.2+0.2+4.1+3.1+7.3+1.5+0.5+1.7-0.3-0.9+0.5+2.1+.218+1.4+3.0+0.2+0.4+.112
Danilo Gallinari 5 29.6 12.0 0.2 3.2 3.4 2.0 0.8 0.0 1.4 3.4 3.8 8.8 .432 1.4 3.0 .467 3.0 4.2 .714

Season 4
Jalen Duren Danilo Gallinari
Season 2025-262011-12
Team Detroit PistonsDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayNuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Jalen Duren 17 29.1 19.5 4.2 7.6 11.8 2.0 0.9 1.1 2.6 3.3 7.0 10.7 .654 0.0 0.0 - 5.5 7.2 .764
difference:+26+2.3+4.9+3.5+3.6+7.1+0.7+0.1+0.6-1.0-1.3+2.5+0.1+.240+1.4+4.3+1.3+2.3+.107
Danilo Gallinari 43 31.4 14.6 0.7 4.0 4.7 2.7 1.0 0.5 1.6 2.0 4.5 10.8 .414 1.4 4.3 .328 4.2 4.9 .871
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Jalen Duren DNP------ --- ----------
Danilo Gallinari 7 31.7 13.4 1.3 3.9 5.1 2.4 0.7 0.6 1.3 2.1 4.9 13.4 .362 0.6 3.3 .174 3.1 3.4 .917

Additional Years

* Danilo Gallinari played 10 seasons more than Jalen Duren in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 5 to 14, from 2013 to 2024—Danilo Gallinari played in 5 Playoffs.

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