Josh Hart vs. Anderson Varejao Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anderson Varejao and Josh Hart, 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.

Josh Hart played 7 years in the NBA, 7 less than Anderson Varejao, who played 14. Josh Hart had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Anderson Varejao had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
Josh Hart	7	2	2017-18 to 2023-24
Anderson Varejao	14	6	2004-05 to 2020-21

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Josh Hart	Anderson Varejao
Season	2017-18	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Josh Hart	63	23.2	7.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.7	2.8	6.0	.469	1.2	3.1	.396	1.0	1.5	.702
Anderson Varejao	54	16.0	4.9	2.0	2.7	4.8	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.5	2.3	1.8	3.6	.513	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.4	.535

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Josh Hart	Anderson Varejao
Season	2018-19	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Josh Hart	67	25.6	7.8	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.4	1.0	0.6	0.9	2.2	2.8	6.9	.407	1.4	4.1	.336	0.8	1.2	.688
Anderson Varejao	48	15.8	4.6	1.6	3.3	4.9	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.6	2.5	1.6	3.1	.527	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.5	.513

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	13	18.3	6.8	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.2	0.7	0.2	0.5	3.8	2.4	3.8	.620	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.8	.703


Season 3
	Josh Hart	Anderson Varejao
Season	2019-20	2006-07
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Josh Hart	65	27.0	10.1	0.9	5.6	6.5	1.7	1.0	0.4	1.2	2.5	3.5	8.2	.423	1.9	5.4	.342	1.3	1.8	.739
Anderson Varejao	81	23.9	6.8	2.4	4.4	6.7	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.8	3.3	2.4	5.0	.476	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	3.3	.616

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	20	22.4	6.0	2.3	3.7	6.0	0.6	1.1	0.6	1.0	2.7	2.3	4.5	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	2.4	.563


Season 4
	Josh Hart	Anderson Varejao
Season	2020-21	2007-08
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Josh Hart	47	28.7	9.2	1.1	6.9	8.0	2.3	0.8	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.2	7.3	.439	1.3	4.1	.326	1.5	1.9	.775
Anderson Varejao	48	27.5	6.7	2.8	5.5	8.3	1.1	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.8	2.8	6.1	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.7	.598

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	13	18.5	4.1	1.5	3.6	5.2	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.7	2.3	1.7	4.2	.407	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.6	.429


Season 5
	Josh Hart	Anderson Varejao
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Josh Hart	54	33.2	14.9	1.1	6.0	7.2	4.1	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.8	5.3	10.5	.504	1.4	3.9	.343	3.0	3.9	.758
Anderson Varejao	81	28.5	8.6	2.0	5.1	7.2	1.0	0.9	0.8	1.0	3.0	3.3	6.2	.536	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	3.1	.616

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	14	30.0	6.9	2.9	3.5	6.4	0.6	1.3	1.1	1.1	3.5	2.9	5.9	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.6	.682


Season 6
	Josh Hart	Anderson Varejao
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers 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		%
Josh Hart	76	32.3	9.8	1.9	5.9	7.8	3.8	1.2	0.3	1.5	2.6	3.6	6.8	.529	0.8	2.2	.372	1.7	2.3	.750
Anderson Varejao	76	28.5	8.6	2.5	5.1	7.6	1.1	0.9	0.9	0.9	2.9	3.5	6.1	.572	0.0	0.1	.200	1.5	2.3	.663

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	11	32.1	10.4	1.6	5.7	7.4	2.2	0.8	0.3	1.9	3.5	4.1	8.5	.479	0.9	2.9	.313	1.3	2.0	.636
Anderson Varejao	11	23.2	5.7	2.0	4.5	6.5	0.6	1.0	0.8	1.1	3.5	1.8	4.4	.417	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	2.8	.742


Season 7
	Josh Hart	Anderson Varejao
Season	2023-24	2010-11
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks TBD	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 Hart	81	33.4	9.4	1.6	6.8	8.3	4.1	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.1	3.6	8.4	.434	1.0	3.2	.310	1.1	1.4	.791
Anderson Varejao	31	32.1	9.1	3.2	6.5	9.7	1.5	0.9	1.2	1.3	2.8	3.7	7.0	.528	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	10	44.1	15.6	2.8	9.5	12.3	4.8	1.0	0.8	2.9	3.1	5.4	11.7	.462	1.9	4.4	.432	2.9	4.2	.690
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Josh Hart	Anderson Varejao
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	25	31.4	10.8	4.4	7.1	11.5	1.7	1.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	4.6	8.9	.514	0.0	0.2	.000	1.7	2.6	.672

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Josh Hart	Anderson Varejao
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	25	36.0	14.1	5.5	8.9	14.4	3.4	1.5	0.6	1.8	2.7	5.5	11.6	.478	0.0	0.2	.000	3.1	4.1	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Josh Hart	Anderson Varejao
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	65	27.7	8.4	2.9	6.8	9.7	2.2	1.1	0.6	1.1	2.5	3.5	7.1	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.1	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Josh Hart	Anderson Varejao
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	26	24.5	9.8	2.2	4.3	6.5	1.3	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.2	4.3	7.7	.555	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.7	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Josh Hart	Anderson Varejao
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Warriors Lost NBA 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		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	53	9.4	2.6	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.3	1.0	2.3	.427	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.640

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	17	5.5	1.2	0.7	0.5	1.2	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.8	.357	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.1	.526


Season 13
	Josh Hart	Anderson Varejao
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	14	6.6	1.3	0.9	1.1	1.9	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.1	0.4	1.0	.357	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Anderson Varejao didn't play in 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20.


Season 14
	Josh Hart	Anderson Varejao
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	5	7.2	2.6	1.4	2.6	4.0	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.8	3.2	.250	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.8	.556

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Josh Hart vs. Anderson Varejao Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anderson Varejao and Josh Hart, 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