Josh Giddey vs. Cedric Maxwell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cedric Maxwell 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 3 years in the NBA, 8 less than Cedric Maxwell, who played 11. Josh Giddey had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Cedric Maxwell had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Josh Giddey	Cedric Maxwell
Season	2021-22	1977-78
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
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
Cedric Maxwell	72	16.8	7.3	1.9	3.3	5.3	0.9	0.7	0.7	1.7	2.1	2.4	4.4	.538	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.752
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cedric Maxwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Josh Giddey	Cedric Maxwell
Season	-	1980-81
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cedric Maxwell	81	33.7	15.2	2.7	3.7	6.5	2.7	1.0	0.8	2.2	3.2	5.4	9.3	.588	0.0	0.0	.000	4.3	5.6	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cedric Maxwell	17	35.2	16.1	3.6	3.8	7.4	2.7	0.7	0.9	2.5	3.1	5.9	10.2	.580	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.2	.818

Season 7
	Josh Giddey	Cedric Maxwell
Season	-	1983-84
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cedric Maxwell	80	31.3	11.9	2.5	3.3	5.8	2.6	0.8	0.3	2.5	2.8	4.0	7.5	.532	0.0	0.1	.167	4.0	5.3	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cedric Maxwell	23	32.7	11.9	2.3	2.9	5.2	2.4	1.0	0.3	2.0	3.3	3.7	7.3	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	4.6	5.9	.779