Josh Giddey vs. Allen Iverson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allen Iverson and Josh Giddey, 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.

Josh Giddey played 4 years in the NBA, 10 less than Allen Iverson, who played 14. Josh Giddey had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Allen Iverson had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
	Josh Giddey	Allen Iverson
Season	2021-22	1996-97
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	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		%
Josh Giddey	54	31.5	12.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	3.2	1.6	5.2	12.4	.419	1.0	3.9	.263	1.0	1.5	.709
difference:	+22	+8.6	+11.0	+0.3	+3.4	+3.7	+1.1	+1.2	+0.1	-1.2	-1.5	+3.0	+7.4	+.003	+1.0	+2.1	+.078	+4.0	+5.7	+.007
Allen Iverson	76	40.1	23.5	1.5	2.6	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	4.4	3.1	8.2	19.8	.416	2.0	6.0	.341	5.0	7.2	.702
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Josh Giddey nor Allen Iverson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Josh Giddey	Allen Iverson
Season	2023-24	1998-99
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	80	25.1	12.3	1.4	5.0	6.4	4.8	0.7	0.6	2.1	1.4	5.0	10.6	.475	1.0	3.0	.337	1.3	1.6	.806
difference:	+32	+16.4	+14.5		+1.5	+1.5	+0.2	+1.6	+0.5	-1.4	-0.6	+4.1	+11.4	+.063	+0.2	+1.1	+.046	+6.1	+8.3	+.055
Allen Iverson	48	41.5	26.8	1.4	3.5	4.9	4.6	2.3	0.1	3.5	2.0	9.1	22.0	.412	1.2	4.1	.291	7.4	9.9	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	10	18.1	8.7	0.7	2.9	3.6	2.1	0.2	0.4	1.2	0.9	3.4	7.5	.453	1.2	3.4	.353	0.7	0.8	.875
difference:	+2	+26.9	+19.8	+1.1	+0.5	+0.5	+2.8	+2.3	+0.1	-1.8	-1.5	+7.6	+19.3	+.042	+0.7	+3.2	+.070	+3.9	+5.7	+.163
Allen Iverson	8	45.0	28.5	1.8	2.4	4.1	4.9	2.5	0.3	3.0	2.4	11.0	26.8	.411	1.9	6.6	.283	4.6	6.5	.712

Season 4
	Josh Giddey	Allen Iverson
Season	2024-25	1999-00
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Josh Giddey	70	30.2	14.6	1.8	6.3	8.1	7.2	1.2	0.6	2.9	1.7	5.3	11.4	.465	1.5	4.0	.378	2.5	3.2	.781
difference:		+10.6	+13.8	+0.8	+3.5	+4.3	+2.5	+0.9	+0.5	-0.4	-0.6	+5.1	+13.4	+.044	+0.2	+0.3	+.037	+3.8	+5.7	+.068
Allen Iverson	70	40.8	28.4	1.0	2.8	3.8	4.7	2.1	0.1	3.3	2.3	10.4	24.8	.421	1.3	3.7	.341	6.3	8.9	.713
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	10	44.4	26.2	1.4	2.6	4.0	4.5	1.2	0.1	3.2	2.4	9.1	23.7	.384	1.2	3.9	.308	6.8	9.2	.739

Additional Years
* Allen Iverson played 10 seasons more than Josh Giddey in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 14, from 2001 to 2010—Allen Iverson played in 6 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Josh Giddey, Allen Iverson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 Scoring Leader 3 Steals Leader 10 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP