Josh Giddey vs. Norman Powell Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Norman Powell 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.
Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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.
Josh Giddey played 4 years in the NBA, 6 less than Norman Powell, who played 10. Josh Giddey had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Norman Powell had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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 |
| Josh Giddey | 4 | 1 | 2021-22 to 2024-25 |
| Norman Powell | 10 | 9 | 2015-16 to 2024-25 |
Rookie Season |
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| Josh Giddey | Norman Powell | |
| Season | 2021-22 | 2015-16 |
| Team | Oklahoma City Thunder | Toronto Raptors |
| Honors & Awards |  All-Rookie Second Team | - |
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Raptors Lost East Conf Finals |
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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: | +5 | +16.7 | +6.9 | +1.5 | +4.1 | +5.5 | +5.4 | +0.3 | +0.2 | -2.5 | -0.4 | +3.2 | +7.7 | +.005 | +0.3 | +2.1 | +.141 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +.102 |
| Norman Powell | 49 | 14.8 | 5.6 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 4.7 | .424 | 0.7 | 1.8 | .404 | 0.9 | 1.1 | .811 |
| Playoffs Stats | ||||||||||||||||||||
| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Josh Giddey | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Norman Powell | 18 | 11.4 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 3.9 | .386 | 0.4 | 1.4 | .269 | 0.4 | 0.4 | .875 |
Season 2 |
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| Josh Giddey | Norman Powell | |
| Season | 2022-23 | 2016-17 |
| Team | Oklahoma City Thunder | Toronto Raptors |
| Honors & Awards | ||
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Raptors Lost East Conf Semis |
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2nd 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 | 76 | 31.2 | 16.6 | 1.9 | 5.9 | 7.9 | 6.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 7.1 | 14.7 | .482 | 1.0 | 3.1 | .325 | 1.4 | 1.9 | .731 |
| difference: | +13.2 | +8.2 | +1.6 | +4.0 | +5.7 | +5.1 | +0.1 | +0.2 | -1.9 | -0.2 | +4.1 | +8.0 | +.033 | +0.3 | +0.8 | +.001 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +.061 | |
| Norman Powell | 76 | 18.0 | 8.4 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 6.7 | .449 | 0.7 | 2.3 | .324 | 1.7 | 2.1 | .792 |
| Playoffs Stats | ||||||||||||||||||||
| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Josh Giddey | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Norman Powell | 9 | 25.2 | 11.7 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 9.1 | .427 | 1.7 | 3.8 | .441 | 2.2 | 2.7 | .833 |
Season 3 |
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| Josh Giddey | Norman Powell | |
| Season | 2023-24 | 2017-18 |
| Team | Oklahoma City Thunder | Toronto Raptors |
| Honors & Awards | ||
| Playoffs | Thunder Lost West Conf Semis | Raptors 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: | +10 | +9.9 | +6.8 | +1.2 | +3.5 | +4.7 | +3.5 | +0.2 | +0.4 | -1.2 | -0.2 | +2.9 | +5.3 | +.074 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +.052 | +0.8 | +1.0 | +.015 |
| Norman Powell | 70 | 15.2 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 5.3 | .401 | 0.8 | 2.7 | .285 | 0.5 | 0.6 | .821 |
| 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: | +4 | +11.4 | +6.7 | +0.7 | +2.6 | +3.3 | +1.8 | +0.2 | +0.4 | -1.0 | -0.2 | +2.7 | +5.2 | +.167 | +1.0 | +2.2 | +.210 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +.125 |
| Norman Powell | 6 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.3 | .286 | 0.2 | 1.2 | .143 | 0.5 | 0.7 | .750 |
Season 4 |
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| Josh Giddey | Norman Powell | |
| Season | 2024-25 | 2018-19 |
| Team | Chicago Bulls | Toronto Raptors |
| Honors & Awards | ||
| Playoffs | Did Not Play |  NBA Champion |
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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 | +11.4 | +6.0 | +1.5 | +4.2 | +5.8 | +5.7 | +0.5 | +0.4 | -1.8 | -0.1 | +2.1 | +4.7 | +.018 | +0.4 | +1.2 | +.022 | +1.5 | +1.9 | +.046 |
| Norman Powell | 60 | 18.8 | 8.6 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 6.7 | .483 | 1.1 | 2.8 | .400 | 1.0 | 1.3 | .827 |
| Playoffs Stats | ||||||||||||||||||||
| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Josh Giddey | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Norman Powell | 23 | 15.9 | 6.5 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 5.5 | .444 | 1.0 | 2.7 | .387 | 0.6 | 0.8 | .737 |
Additional Years |
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* Norman Powell played 6 seasons more than Josh Giddey in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 10, from 2020 to 2025—Norman Powell played in 5 Playoffs. |