Kawhi Leonard vs. Caleb Martin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Caleb Martin and Kawhi Leonard, 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.

Kawhi Leonard played 14 years in the NBA, 7 more than Caleb Martin, who played 7. Kawhi Leonard had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Caleb Martin had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Kawhi Leonard	Caleb Martin
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	64	24.0	7.9	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.1	6.3	.493	0.6	1.7	.376	1.1	1.4	.773
difference:	+46	+6.4	+1.7	+1.0	+1.9	+3.0	+0.2	+0.6		-0.1	-0.4	+1.0	+1.6	+.053	+0.5	+0.4	+.165	+0.2	+0.2	+.037
Caleb Martin	18	17.6	6.2	0.6	1.6	2.1	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.8	1.8	2.1	4.7	.440	1.1	2.1	.541	0.9	1.2	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	14	27.1	8.6	1.3	4.6	5.9	0.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.2	6.4	.500	1.3	2.9	.450	0.9	1.1	.813
Caleb Martin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kawhi Leonard	Caleb Martin
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Kawhi Leonard	66	29.1	12.8	1.2	5.1	6.2	2.0	1.7	0.8	1.2	1.9	5.1	9.8	.522	1.0	2.8	.379	1.5	1.9	.802
difference:	+6	+6.2	+3.6		+2.4	+2.4	+0.9	+0.7	+0.3	-0.3	-0.2	+1.6	+3.0	+.015	+0.1	+0.2	+.034	+0.3	+0.3	+.039
Caleb Martin	60	22.9	9.2	1.2	2.7	3.8	1.1	1.0	0.5	0.9	1.7	3.5	6.8	.507	1.1	2.6	.413	1.2	1.6	.763
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	23	32.0	14.3	1.3	5.4	6.7	1.7	1.7	0.6	1.3	2.9	5.3	10.4	.510	1.3	3.2	.419	2.3	3.1	.736
difference:	+6	+19.7	+9.8	+0.6	+3.9	+4.5	+1.4	+1.1	+0.5	-0.7	-1.9	+3.4	+5.7	+.110	+0.7	+1.3	+.116	+2.2	+2.7	+.403
Caleb Martin	17	12.3	4.5	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.9	4.7	.400	0.6	1.9	.303	0.1	0.4	.333

Season 4
	Kawhi Leonard	Caleb Martin
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Kawhi Leonard	64	31.8	16.5	1.3	5.9	7.2	2.5	2.3	0.8	1.5	2.0	6.2	12.8	.479	1.0	3.0	.349	3.2	3.9	.802
difference:	+7	+2.5	+6.9	+0.1	+2.3	+2.4	+0.9	+1.3	+0.4	-0.4		+2.6	+5.1	+.015	+0.2	+0.3	+.007	+1.9	+2.3	+.003
Caleb Martin	71	29.3	9.6	1.2	3.6	4.8	1.6	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.6	7.7	.464	1.2	3.3	.356	1.3	1.6	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	7	35.7	20.3	1.9	5.6	7.4	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.6	7.4	15.6	.477	1.6	3.7	.423	3.9	5.0	.771
difference:	+16	+5.5	+7.6	+0.7	+1.3	+2.0	+1.0	+0.2	+0.2	-1.1	-0.2	+2.7	+6.6	+.052	+0.3	+0.8		+2.6	+3.5	+.058
Caleb Martin	23	30.2	12.7	1.2	4.3	5.4	1.6	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.4	4.7	9.0	.529	1.9	4.5	.423	1.3	1.5	.829

Season 5
	Kawhi Leonard	Caleb Martin
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	72	33.1	21.2	1.3	5.5	6.8	2.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	1.8	7.7	15.1	.506	1.8	4.0	.443	4.1	4.6	.874
difference:	+8	+5.7	+11.2	+0.1	+2.3	+2.4	+0.4	+1.1	+0.5	-0.3	-0.2	+3.9	+6.4	+.075	+0.5	+0.4	+.094	+2.9	+3.1	+.096
Caleb Martin	64	27.4	10.0	1.2	3.2	4.4	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.2	2.0	3.8	8.7	.431	1.3	3.6	.349	1.2	1.5	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	10	33.9	22.5	1.4	4.9	6.3	2.8	2.6	1.4	1.6	2.1	8.3	16.6	.500	1.7	3.9	.436	4.2	5.1	.824
difference:	+5	+1.3	+10.9	+0.4	+2.3	+2.7	+1.4	+2.0	+1.4	-1.0	-0.7	+4.1	+7.6	+.033	+0.5	+1.1	+.004	+3.2	+4.1	+.176
Caleb Martin	5	35.2	11.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.0	0.6	2.8	4.2	9.0	.467	2.2	5.0	.440	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 6
	Kawhi Leonard	Caleb Martin
Season	2016-17	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	74	33.4	25.5	1.1	4.7	5.8	3.5	1.8	0.7	2.1	1.6	8.6	17.7	.485	2.0	5.2	.380	6.3	7.2	.880
difference:	+29	+6.3	+17.6	+0.1	+1.9	+1.9	+1.4	+0.8	+0.2	-0.9	-0.3	+5.7	+10.9	+.061	+1.2	+2.9	+.021	+4.9	+5.0	+.258
Caleb Martin	45	27.1	7.9	1.2	2.8	3.9	2.1	1.0	0.5	1.2	1.9	2.9	6.8	.424	0.8	2.3	.359	1.4	2.2	.622
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	12	35.8	27.7	1.6	6.2	7.8	4.6	1.7	0.5	2.2	1.8	8.8	16.8	.525	2.1	4.6	.455	7.9	8.5	.931
Caleb Martin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kawhi Leonard played 7 seasons more than Caleb Martin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 14, from 2019 to 2026—Kawhi Leonard played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Caleb Martin, Kawhi Leonard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 4 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP