Kawhi Leonard vs. Yves Missi Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yves Missi 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, 12 more than Yves Missi, who played 2. Kawhi Leonard had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Yves Missi had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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	Yves Missi
Season	2011-12	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Orleans Pelicans
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:	+9	+2.8	+1.2	+1.9	+1.2	+3.1	+0.3	+0.8	+0.9	-0.4	-0.6	+0.6	+0.4	+.054	+0.6	+1.7		+0.6	+1.4	+.150
Yves Missi	73	26.8	9.1	3.5	4.7	8.2	1.4	0.5	1.3	1.1	2.0	3.7	6.7	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.8	.623
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
Yves Missi	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kawhi Leonard played 12 seasons more than Yves Missi in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 14, from 2014 to 2026—Kawhi Leonard played in 10 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 12 extra years over Yves Missi, Kawhi Leonard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 4 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Steals Leader 6 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP