Joe Dumars vs. Xavier McDaniel Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Xavier McDaniel and Joe Dumars, 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.

Joe Dumars played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Xavier McDaniel, who played 12. Joe Dumars had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Xavier McDaniel had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Joe Dumars	14	10	1985-86 to 1998-99
Xavier McDaniel	12	7	1985-86 to 1997-98

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Joe Dumars	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1985-86	1985-86
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Joe Dumars	82	23.9	9.4	0.7	0.7	1.5	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.9	2.4	3.5	7.3	.481	0.1	0.2	.313	2.3	2.9	.798
Xavier McDaniel	82	33.0	17.1	3.7	4.2	8.0	2.4	1.2	0.5	3.0	3.7	7.0	14.3	.490	0.0	0.1	.200	3.0	4.4	.687

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	4	36.8	15.0	1.5	1.8	3.3	6.3	1.0	0.0	1.8	4.0	6.3	10.3	.610	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.8	.667
Xavier McDaniel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Joe Dumars	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1986-87	1986-87
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Supersonics 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		%
Joe Dumars	79	30.9	11.8	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.5	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.5	4.7	9.5	.493	0.1	0.3	.409	2.3	3.1	.748
Xavier McDaniel	82	37.0	23.0	4.1	4.5	8.6	2.5	1.4	0.6	2.9	3.7	9.8	19.3	.509	0.0	0.2	.214	3.4	4.8	.696

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	15	31.5	12.7	0.5	0.7	1.3	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.8	1.7	5.2	9.7	.538	0.1	0.2	.667	2.1	2.7	.780
Xavier McDaniel	14	37.7	20.3	3.7	4.6	8.4	3.0	1.5	0.6	3.0	4.5	8.9	18.1	.488	0.1	0.7	.200	2.4	4.0	.607


Season 3
	Joe Dumars	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1987-88	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Supersonics 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		%
Joe Dumars	82	33.3	14.2	0.8	1.7	2.4	4.7	1.1	0.2	2.1	1.9	5.5	11.7	.472	0.0	0.2	.211	3.1	3.8	.815
Xavier McDaniel	78	34.7	21.4	2.6	4.0	6.6	3.4	1.2	0.7	2.9	2.9	8.8	18.0	.488	0.2	0.6	.280	3.6	5.0	.715

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	23	35.0	12.3	0.8	1.4	2.2	4.9	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.2	4.9	10.7	.457	0.1	0.3	.333	2.4	2.7	.889
Xavier McDaniel	5	36.0	21.2	2.8	6.8	9.6	5.0	0.6	0.2	2.2	3.0	9.0	16.2	.556	0.8	1.6	.500	2.4	4.8	.500


Season 4
	Joe Dumars	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1988-89	1988-89
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	69	34.9	17.2	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.7	0.9	0.1	2.6	1.5	6.6	13.1	.505	0.2	0.4	.483	3.8	4.4	.850
Xavier McDaniel	82	29.1	20.5	2.2	3.1	5.3	1.6	1.0	0.5	2.6	2.8	8.3	16.9	.489	0.1	0.4	.306	3.8	5.2	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	17	36.5	17.6	0.6	1.9	2.6	5.6	0.7	0.1	1.8	1.8	6.2	13.7	.455	0.1	0.7	.083	5.1	5.9	.861
Xavier McDaniel	8	35.1	18.8	3.0	5.4	8.4	2.8	0.3	0.6	2.8	3.8	7.3	18.0	.403	0.4	1.1	.333	3.9	5.1	.756


Season 5
	Joe Dumars	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1989-90	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	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		%
Joe Dumars	75	34.4	17.8	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.9	0.8	0.0	1.9	1.7	6.8	14.1	.480	0.3	0.7	.400	4.0	4.4	.900
Xavier McDaniel	69	35.2	21.3	2.4	4.1	6.5	2.5	1.1	0.5	2.7	3.3	8.9	17.9	.496	0.1	0.2	.294	3.5	4.8	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	20	37.7	18.2	0.9	1.3	2.2	4.8	1.1	0.0	2.7	1.9	6.5	14.2	.458	0.3	1.0	.263	5.0	5.7	.876
Xavier McDaniel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Joe Dumars	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1990-91	1990-91
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Suns 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		%
Joe Dumars	80	38.1	20.4	0.8	1.6	2.3	5.5	1.1	0.1	2.4	1.7	7.8	16.2	.481	0.2	0.6	.311	4.6	5.2	.890
Xavier McDaniel	81	32.5	17.0	2.1	4.7	6.9	2.3	0.9	0.6	2.3	3.3	7.3	14.6	.497	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.3	.723

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	15	39.2	20.6	1.4	1.9	3.3	4.1	1.1	0.1	1.1	2.2	7.0	16.3	.429	1.1	2.8	.405	5.5	6.5	.845
Xavier McDaniel	4	25.3	9.5	1.0	2.8	3.8	1.3	0.0	0.5	2.5	2.5	4.3	10.3	.415	0.0	0.3	.000	1.0	1.5	.667


Season 7
	Joe Dumars	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1991-92	1991-92
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	82	38.9	19.9	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.4	1.8	7.2	16.0	.448	0.6	1.5	.408	5.0	5.8	.867
Xavier McDaniel	82	28.6	13.7	2.1	3.5	5.6	1.8	0.7	0.3	1.8	2.9	6.0	12.5	.478	0.1	0.5	.308	1.7	2.3	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	5	44.2	16.8	1.0	0.6	1.6	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.2	6.4	13.6	.471	1.0	2.0	.500	3.0	3.8	.789
Xavier McDaniel	12	38.2	18.8	3.6	3.6	7.2	1.9	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.8	7.8	16.4	.477	0.2	0.7	.250	3.0	4.1	.735


Season 8
	Joe Dumars	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1992-93	1992-93
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Joe Dumars	77	40.2	23.5	0.8	1.1	1.9	4.0	1.0	0.1	1.8	1.8	8.8	18.9	.466	1.5	3.9	.375	4.5	5.2	.864
Xavier McDaniel	82	27.0	13.5	2.0	3.9	6.0	2.0	0.9	0.6	2.1	3.0	5.6	11.3	.495	0.1	0.3	.273	2.3	2.9	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Xavier McDaniel	4	31.5	12.5	1.5	3.0	4.5	2.3	0.3	0.8	1.8	4.0	5.5	13.3	.415	0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	2.3	.667


Season 9
	Joe Dumars	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1993-94	1993-94
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Joe Dumars	69	37.6	20.4	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.8	0.9	0.1	2.3	1.7	7.3	16.2	.452	1.8	4.6	.388	4.0	4.8	.836
Xavier McDaniel	82	24.0	11.3	1.7	3.1	4.9	1.5	0.6	0.5	1.4	2.4	4.7	10.2	.461	0.1	0.5	.244	1.8	2.6	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Xavier McDaniel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Joe Dumars	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1994-95	1994-95
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Joe Dumars	67	38.0	18.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	5.5	1.1	0.1	3.3	2.3	6.2	14.5	.430	1.5	5.0	.305	4.1	5.1	.805
Xavier McDaniel	68	21.0	8.6	1.4	3.0	4.4	1.6	0.4	0.3	1.3	2.1	3.6	8.0	.451	0.1	0.3	.286	1.3	1.8	.712

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Xavier McDaniel	4	14.8	3.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.3	1.3	4.3	.294	0.0	0.3	.000	0.8	1.0	.750

Note: Xavier McDaniel didn't play in 1995-96.


Season 11
	Joe Dumars	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1995-96	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Joe Dumars	67	32.7	11.8	0.4	1.6	2.1	4.0	0.6	0.0	1.4	1.6	3.8	8.9	.426	1.8	4.4	.406	2.4	2.9	.822
Xavier McDaniel	62	18.9	5.6	2.0	3.1	5.1	1.0	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.3	2.2	5.7	.389	0.1	0.4	.200	1.0	1.4	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	3	41.0	13.7	1.7	2.7	4.3	3.7	0.0	0.0	2.3	1.7	5.3	11.7	.457	1.7	4.7	.357	1.3	1.3	1.000
Xavier McDaniel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Joe Dumars	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1996-97	1997-98
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Joe Dumars	79	37.0	14.7	0.5	1.9	2.4	4.0	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.2	4.9	11.1	.440	2.1	4.9	.432	2.8	3.2	.867
Xavier McDaniel	20	9.0	1.3	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.2	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.625

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	5	42.6	13.8	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.8	4.4	12.2	.361	1.2	4.6	.261	3.8	4.0	.950
Xavier McDaniel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Joe Dumars	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Joe Dumars	72	32.3	13.1	0.2	1.3	1.4	3.5	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.4	4.6	11.0	.416	2.2	5.9	.371	1.8	2.1	.825
Xavier McDaniel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Xavier McDaniel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Joe Dumars	Xavier McDaniel
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Joe Dumars	38	29.4	11.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.3	3.8	9.2	.411	2.3	5.8	.403	1.3	1.6	.836
Xavier McDaniel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Dumars	5	30.6	10.2	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.4	0.0	1.8	1.8	3.8	7.8	.487	2.0	3.8	.526	0.6	0.6	1.000
Xavier McDaniel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Joe Dumars vs. Xavier McDaniel Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Xavier McDaniel and Joe Dumars, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14