Kentavious Caldwell-Pope vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas 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 played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Jonas Valanciunas, who played 14. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Jonas Valanciunas had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2013-14	2012-13
Team	Detroit Pistons	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+18	+4.1	+3.0	+1.5	+2.5	+4.0		+0.6	+1.1	-1.1	-1.2	+1.0	+0.1	+.161	+0.7	+2.3		+1.8	+2.2	+.019
Jonas Valanciunas	62	23.9	8.9	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.5	3.0	3.3	5.9	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.0	.789
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kentavious Caldwell-Pope nor Jonas Valanciunas played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 7
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2019-20	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+20	+3.2	+6.3	+1.6	+4.9	+6.5	+0.2	+0.4	+0.9	-0.9	-1.1	+2.7	+3.7	+.092	+1.0	+2.5	+.093	+1.9	+2.3	+.020
Jonas Valanciunas	49	22.3	15.6	2.2	6.4	8.6	1.4	0.4	1.1	1.8	3.0	6.1	11.0	.559	0.3	1.0	.292	3.0	3.8	.795
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
Jonas Valanciunas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2022-23	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+1.0	+7.0	+2.6	+6.0	+8.7	+0.2	+0.9	+0.3	-1.3	-1.4	+3.1	+4.4	+.082	+1.0	+2.1	+.062	+1.8	+2.3	+.004
Jonas Valanciunas	74	30.3	17.8	3.1	8.3	11.4	2.6	0.6	0.8	2.4	3.3	6.9	12.7	.544	0.8	2.1	.361	3.2	3.9	.820
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
difference:	+14	+4.4	+3.9	+4.8	+6.2	+11.0	+1.4	+0.6	+0.5	-1.2	-0.4	+1.8	+3.2	+.028	+1.6	+3.6	+.213	+1.8	+2.5	+.060
Jonas Valanciunas	6	29.2	14.5	5.5	8.8	14.3	3.0	0.7	0.2	2.0	2.8	5.5	11.3	.485	0.2	1.0	.167	3.3	4.3	.769