Kawhi Leonard vs. Isaac Okoro Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaac Okoro 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 13 years in the NBA, 8 more than Isaac Okoro, who played 5. Kawhi Leonard had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Isaac Okoro had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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	Isaac Okoro
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+3	+8.4	+1.7	+0.6	+1.4	+2.0	+0.8	+0.4		-0.6	-1.4	+0.4	+2.0	+.073	+0.3	+1.5	+.086	+0.6	+0.9	+.047
Isaac Okoro	67	32.4	9.6	1.0	2.1	3.1	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.8	3.5	8.3	.420	0.9	3.2	.290	1.7	2.3	.726
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
Isaac Okoro	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kawhi Leonard	Isaac Okoro
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+10	+7.4	+6.4	+0.5	+3.3	+3.7	+0.9	+1.0	+0.4	-0.6	-0.2	+2.8	+5.1	+.028	+0.2	+0.5	+.016	+0.5	+0.5	+.045
Isaac Okoro	76	21.7	6.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.6	2.1	2.3	4.7	.494	0.8	2.3	.363	1.0	1.4	.757
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:	+18	+17.0	+7.9	+0.7	+4.6	+5.3	+0.9	+1.3	+0.2	-0.5	-0.9	+3.1	+5.8	+.032	+0.5	+0.6	+.111	+1.1	+1.9	+.264
Isaac Okoro	5	15.0	6.4	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.8	2.0	2.2	4.6	.478	0.8	2.6	.308	1.2	1.2	1.000

Season 4
	Kawhi Leonard	Isaac Okoro
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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		%
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:	+5	+4.5	+7.1	+0.3	+3.9	+4.2	+0.6	+1.5	+0.3	-0.7		+2.8	+5.8	+.011	+0.2	+0.1	+.042	+1.9	+1.9	+.123
Isaac Okoro	69	27.3	9.4	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.9	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.0	3.4	7.0	.490	1.2	3.1	.391	1.3	2.0	.679
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:	+5	+13.8	+14.8	+1.5	+4.3	+5.6	+1.5	+0.2	+0.3	-1.2	-0.1	+5.3	+9.8	+.120	+0.8	+0.8	+.166	+3.3	+4.2	+.007
Isaac Okoro	12	21.9	5.5	0.4	1.3	1.8	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.9	2.5	2.1	5.8	.357	0.8	2.9	.257	0.6	0.8	.778

Season 5
	Kawhi Leonard	Isaac Okoro
Season	2015-16	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+17	+14.0	+15.1	+0.4	+4.0	+4.4	+1.4	+1.2	+0.7	-1.1	-0.1	+5.4	+10.2	+.042	+0.8	+1.3	+.072	+3.5	+3.8	+.157
Isaac Okoro	55	19.1	6.1	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.9	2.3	4.9	.464	1.0	2.7	.371	0.6	0.8	.717
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:	+1	+19.7	+17.9	+1.0	+4.1	+5.1	+2.2	+1.9	+1.3	-1.2	-0.7	+6.6	+13.3		+1.0	+2.1	+.061	+3.6	+4.2	+.199
Isaac Okoro	9	14.2	4.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.4	1.4	1.7	3.3	.500	0.7	1.8	.375	0.6	0.9	.625

Additional Years
* Kawhi Leonard played 8 seasons more than Isaac Okoro in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 13, from 2017 to 2025—Kawhi Leonard played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Isaac Okoro, Kawhi Leonard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 5 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP