Kentavious Caldwell-Pope vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, 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.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and James Worthy both played 12 years in the NBA. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	James Worthy
Season	2013-14	1982-83
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	80	19.8	5.9	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.4	1.8	2.3	5.8	.396	0.7	2.3	.319	0.6	0.8	.770
difference:	+3	+5.8	+7.5	+1.5	+1.6	+3.2	+1.0	+0.3	+0.6	-1.9	-1.1	+3.5	+4.2	+.183	+0.7	+2.2	+.069	+1.2	+2.1	+.146
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kentavious Caldwell-Pope nor James Worthy played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	James Worthy
Season	2015-16	1984-85
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	36.7	14.5	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.8	1.4	0.2	1.4	2.2	5.3	12.6	.420	1.5	4.9	.309	2.4	3.0	.811
difference:	+4	+3.0	+3.1	+1.2	+1.5	+2.7	+0.7	+0.3	+0.6	-1.1	-0.3	+2.3	+0.7	+.152	+1.5	+4.8	+.309		+0.1	+.035
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	4	40.3	15.3	0.5	3.8	4.3	2.8	1.8	0.3	0.5	1.8	5.5	12.5	.440	3.0	6.8	.444	1.3	1.8	.714
difference:	+15	+7.4	+6.2	+1.3	+0.6	+0.8	+0.6	+0.9	+0.4	-0.9	-1.0	+3.2	+1.6	+.182	+2.9	+6.7	+.056	+2.6	+4.0	+.038
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676

Season 4
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	James Worthy
Season	2016-17	1985-86
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	33.3	13.8	0.7	2.5	3.3	2.5	1.2	0.2	1.1	1.6	4.9	12.2	.399	2.0	5.8	.350	2.0	2.4	.832
difference:	+1	+0.6	+6.2	+1.1	+0.8	+1.9	+0.2	+0.1	+0.8	-0.9	-1.0	+3.5	+2.3	+.180	+2.0	+5.6	+.350	+1.2	+1.8	+.061
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681

Season 5
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	James Worthy
Season	2017-18	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	74	33.2	13.4	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.2	1.4	0.2	1.3	2.0	4.6	10.8	.426	2.1	5.6	.383	2.1	2.6	.789
difference:	+8	+1.2	+6.0	+1.1	+0.6	+0.5	+0.6	+0.1	+0.8	-0.7	-0.5	+3.3	+3.9	+.113	+2.1	+5.4	+.383	+1.5	+2.1	+.038
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753

Season 6
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	James Worthy
Season	2018-19	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	82	24.8	11.4	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.3	0.9	0.2	0.8	1.7	4.0	9.2	.430	1.8	5.3	.347	1.7	1.9	.867
difference:	+7	+10.6	+8.3	+1.1	+1.0	+2.1	+2.6	+0.1	+0.5	-1.3	-0.6	+4.2	+6.3	+.101	+1.8	+5.1	+.222	+1.5	+2.2	+.071
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758

Season 7
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	James Worthy
Season	2019-20	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	69	25.5	9.3	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.9	1.9	3.4	7.3	.467	1.3	3.5	.385	1.1	1.5	.775
difference:	+12	+11.0	+11.2	+1.5	+2.5	+3.9	+2.0	+0.5	+0.5	-1.3	-0.3	+5.3	+8.5	+.081	+1.3	+3.2	+.298	+2.0	+2.5	+.007
James Worthy	81	36.5	20.5	2.1	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	2.2	2.2	8.7	15.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.087	3.1	4.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	21	29.0	10.7	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.7	1.9	3.8	9.0	.418	2.1	5.7	.378	1.0	1.3	.815
difference:	+6	+11.0	+14.1	+2.1	+2.6	+4.6	+1.5	+0.2	+0.9	-1.5	-0.5	+6.4	+9.0	+.149	+1.9	+5.2	+.003	+3.2	+4.0	+.027
James Worthy	15	40.0	24.8	2.5	4.3	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	2.2	2.4	10.2	18.0	.567	0.2	0.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.788

Season 8
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	James Worthy
Season	2020-21	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	67	28.4	9.7	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.7	3.3	7.6	.431	1.8	4.4	.410	1.4	1.7	.866
difference:	+13	+8.6	+11.4	+1.6	+1.7	+3.3	+1.7	+0.3	+0.2	-1.0	-0.7	+5.6	+8.6	+.117	+1.6	+3.8	+.104	+1.7	+2.3	+.084
James Worthy	80	37.0	21.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	8.9	16.2	.548	0.2	0.6	.306	3.1	4.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	5	29.2	6.2	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.4	3.0	2.2	5.8	.379	0.8	3.8	.211	1.0	1.0	1.000
difference:	+4	+11.5	+18.0	+0.8	+1.9	+2.8	+2.0	+0.6	+0.3	-2.0	-1.0	+7.8	+14.3	+.118	+0.6	+2.9	+.039	+3.0	+3.8	+.163
James Worthy	9	40.7	24.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.0	10.0	20.1	.497	0.2	0.9	.250	4.0	4.8	.837

Season 9
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	James Worthy
Season	2021-22	1990-91
Team	Washington Wizards	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	77	30.2	13.2	0.5	2.9	3.4	1.9	1.1	0.3	1.3	1.8	4.7	10.8	.435	2.1	5.3	.390	1.8	2.0	.890
difference:	+1	+8.4	+8.2	+0.9	+0.3	+1.2	+1.6	+0.2	+0.1	-0.3	-0.3	+4.5	+7.9	+.057	+1.8	+4.1	+.101	+0.9	+1.4	+.093
James Worthy	78	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.6	1.5	9.2	18.7	.492	0.3	1.2	.289	2.7	3.4	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	18	40.7	21.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.9	8.9	19.2	.465	0.2	1.3	.167	2.9	4.0	.736

Season 10
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	James Worthy
Season	2022-23	1991-92
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	31.3	10.8	0.5	2.3	2.7	2.4	1.5	0.5	1.1	1.9	3.8	8.3	.462	1.8	4.2	.423	1.4	1.6	.824
difference:	+22	+7.7	+9.1	+1.3	+1.5	+2.9	+2.3	+0.1	+0.1	-1.3	-0.3	+4.5	+10.3	+.015	+1.6	+3.4	+.214	+1.7	+2.2	+.010
James Worthy	54	39.0	19.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	4.7	1.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	8.3	18.6	.447	0.2	0.8	.209	3.1	3.8	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	20	33.6	10.6	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.6	1.3	0.7	0.8	2.4	3.7	8.1	.457	1.8	4.6	.380	1.5	1.8	.829
James Worthy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-