Kevin Durant vs. Darius Garland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darius Garland and Kevin Durant, 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.

Kevin Durant played 18 years in the NBA, 11 more than Darius Garland, who played 7. Kevin Durant had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while Darius Garland 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
	Kevin Durant	Darius Garland
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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		%
Kevin Durant	80	34.6	20.3	0.9	3.5	4.4	2.4	1.0	0.9	2.9	1.5	7.3	17.1	.430	0.7	2.6	.288	4.9	5.6	.873
difference:	+21	+3.7	+8.0	+0.4	+2.1	+2.5	+1.5	+0.3	+0.8	-0.3	-0.1	+2.6	+5.3	+.029	+1.1	+2.4	+.067	+3.8	+4.4	+.002
Darius Garland	59	30.9	12.3	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.6	4.7	11.8	.401	1.8	5.0	.355	1.1	1.2	.875
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Durant nor Darius Garland played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Kevin Durant	Darius Garland
Season	2009-10	2021-22
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kevin Durant	82	39.5	30.1	1.3	6.3	7.6	2.8	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.1	9.7	20.3	.476	1.6	4.3	.365	9.2	10.2	.900
difference:	+14	+3.8	+8.4	+0.7	+3.6	+4.3	+5.8	+0.1	+0.9	-0.3	-0.4	+1.7	+3.0	+.014	+1.0	+2.4	+.018	+6.0	+6.7	+.008
Darius Garland	68	35.7	21.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.6	1.7	8.0	17.3	.462	2.6	6.7	.383	3.2	3.5	.892
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Durant	6	38.5	25.0	1.3	6.3	7.7	2.3	0.5	1.3	3.7	2.8	7.2	20.5	.350	1.7	5.8	.286	9.0	10.3	.871
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Kevin Durant	Darius Garland
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kevin Durant	78	38.9	27.7	0.7	6.1	6.8	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.8	2.0	9.1	19.7	.462	1.9	5.3	.350	7.6	8.7	.880
difference:	+9	+3.4	+6.1	+0.3	+3.8	+4.1	+5.1	+0.1	+0.9	-0.1	-0.1	+1.5	+3.3		+0.5	+0.7	+.060	+3.6	+4.0	+.017
Darius Garland	69	35.5	21.6	0.4	2.3	2.7	7.8	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.1	7.6	16.4	.462	2.4	6.0	.410	4.0	4.7	.863
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Durant	17	42.5	28.6	1.1	7.1	8.2	2.8	0.9	1.1	2.5	3.1	9.1	20.3	.449	2.2	6.4	.339	8.2	9.8	.838
difference:	+12	+4.7	+8.0	+1.1	+5.3	+6.4	+2.2	+0.7	+0.9	-1.1	-0.3	+2.1	+4.3	+.011	+0.2	+0.2	+.048	+4.0	+4.8	+.002
Darius Garland	5	37.8	20.6	0.0	1.8	1.8	5.0	1.6	0.2	3.6	3.4	7.0	16.0	.438	2.4	6.2	.387	4.2	5.0	.840

Season 5
	Kevin Durant	Darius Garland
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kevin Durant	66	38.6	28.0	0.6	7.4	8.0	3.5	1.3	1.2	3.8	2.0	9.7	19.7	.496	2.0	5.2	.387	6.5	7.6	.860
difference:	+9	+5.2	+10.0	+0.1	+5.3	+5.3	+3.0		+1.1	-0.7	-0.3	+3.1	+4.9	+.050	+0.3	+1.0	+.016	+3.9	+4.5	+.026
Darius Garland	57	33.4	18.0	0.5	2.1	2.7	6.5	1.3	0.1	3.1	1.7	6.6	14.8	.446	2.3	6.2	.371	2.6	3.1	.834
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Durant	20	41.9	28.5	0.7	6.8	7.4	3.7	1.5	1.2	3.2	2.6	9.9	19.2	.517	2.1	5.5	.373	6.7	7.7	.864
difference:	+8	+5.9	+12.8	+0.6	+3.3	+3.8	+2.1	+0.4	+1.0	-0.9	-0.2	+3.8	+4.9	+.090		+0.4	+.021	+5.3	+5.9	+.054
Darius Garland	12	36.0	15.7	0.1	3.5	3.6	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.8	6.1	14.3	.427	2.1	5.9	.352	1.4	1.8	.810

Season 6
	Kevin Durant	Darius Garland
Season	2012-13	2024-25
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Kevin Durant	81	38.5	28.1	0.6	7.3	7.9	4.6	1.4	1.3	3.5	1.8	9.0	17.7	.510	1.7	4.1	.416	8.4	9.3	.905
difference:	+6	+7.8	+7.5		+5.1	+5.0	+2.1	+0.2	+1.2	-1.0	-0.1	+1.6	+2.0	+.038	+1.1	+3.0	+.015	+5.4	+5.9	+.027
Darius Garland	75	30.7	20.6	0.6	2.2	2.9	6.7	1.2	0.1	2.5	1.9	7.4	15.7	.472	2.8	7.1	.401	3.0	3.4	.878
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Durant	11	44.1	30.8	0.6	8.4	9.0	6.3	1.3	1.1	3.9	2.4	10.2	22.4	.455	2.0	6.4	.314	8.5	10.2	.830
difference:	+6	+14.5	+12.8	+0.4	+6.4	+6.8	+1.1	+0.9	+1.1	-0.9	-1.0	+4.4	+8.6	+.035		+0.6	+.028	+4.1	+5.4	+.087
Darius Garland	5	29.6	18.0	0.2	2.0	2.2	5.2	0.4	0.0	3.0	3.4	5.8	13.8	.420	2.0	7.0	.286	4.4	4.8	.917

Season 7
	Kevin Durant	Darius Garland
Season	2013-14	2025-26
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kevin Durant	81	38.5	32.0	0.7	6.7	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	3.5	2.1	10.5	20.8	.503	2.4	6.1	.391	8.7	9.9	.873
difference:	+74	+10.8	+17.3	+0.2	+4.7	+4.5	+1.4	+0.7	+0.7	-0.4	-0.4	+5.8	+8.2	+.128	+0.3	+0.5	+.006	+5.6	+6.5	+.044
Darius Garland	7	27.7	14.7	0.9	2.0	2.9	6.9	0.6	0.0	3.1	1.7	4.7	12.6	.375	2.1	5.6	.385	3.1	3.4	.917
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Durant	19	42.9	29.6	1.3	7.6	8.9	3.9	1.0	1.3	3.8	2.2	10.2	22.2	.460	2.3	6.6	.344	6.9	8.6	.810
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kevin Durant played 11 seasons more than Darius Garland in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 18, from 2015 to 2026—Kevin Durant played in 8 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 11 extra years over Darius Garland, Kevin Durant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 5 All-NBA Second Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 10 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP