Kevin Garnett vs. Josh Hart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Josh Hart and Kevin Garnett, 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 Garnett played 21 years in the NBA, 13 more than Josh Hart, who played 8. Kevin Garnett had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, while Josh Hart had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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 Garnett	Josh Hart
Season	1995-96	2017-18
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Kevin Garnett	80	28.7	10.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	1.8	1.1	1.6	1.4	2.4	4.5	9.2	.491	0.1	0.4	.286	1.3	1.9	.705
difference:	+17	+5.5	+2.5	+1.5	+0.6	+2.1	+0.5	+0.4	+1.3	-0.7	-0.7	+1.7	+3.2	+.022	+1.1	+2.7	+.110	+0.3	+0.4	+.003
Josh Hart	63	23.2	7.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.7	2.8	6.0	.469	1.2	3.1	.396	1.0	1.5	.702
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Garnett nor Josh Hart played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Kevin Garnett	Josh Hart
Season	1996-97	2018-19
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	77	38.9	17.0	2.5	5.6	8.0	3.1	1.4	2.1	2.3	2.6	7.1	14.3	.499	0.1	0.3	.286	2.7	3.5	.754
difference:	+10	+13.3	+9.2	+2.0	+2.4	+4.3	+1.7	+0.4	+1.5	-1.4	-0.4	+4.3	+7.4	+.092	+1.3	+3.8	+.050	+1.9	+2.3	+.066
Josh Hart	67	25.6	7.8	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.4	1.0	0.6	0.9	2.2	2.8	6.9	.407	1.4	4.1	.336	0.8	1.2	.688
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	3	41.7	17.3	4.7	4.7	9.3	3.7	1.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.0	17.0	.471	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
Josh Hart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kevin Garnett	Josh Hart
Season	1997-98	2019-20
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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 Garnett	82	39.3	18.5	2.7	6.9	9.6	4.2	1.7	1.8	2.3	2.7	7.7	15.8	.491	0.0	0.2	.188	3.0	4.0	.738
difference:	+17	+12.3	+8.4	+1.8	+1.3	+3.1	+2.5	+0.7	+1.4	-1.1	-0.2	+4.2	+7.6	+.068	+1.9	+5.2	+.154	+1.7	+2.2	+.001
Josh Hart	65	27.0	10.1	0.9	5.6	6.5	1.7	1.0	0.4	1.2	2.5	3.5	8.2	.423	1.9	5.4	.342	1.3	1.8	.739
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	5	38.6	15.8	3.4	6.2	9.6	4.0	0.8	2.4	4.4	3.4	7.2	15.0	.480	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.778
Josh Hart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Kevin Garnett	Josh Hart
Season	1998-99	2020-21
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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 Garnett	47	37.9	20.8	3.5	6.9	10.4	4.3	1.7	1.8	2.9	3.2	8.8	19.1	.460	0.1	0.3	.286	3.1	4.4	.704
difference:		+9.2	+11.6	+2.4		+2.4	+2.0	+0.9	+1.5	-1.9	-0.8	+5.6	+11.8	+.021	+1.2	+3.8	+.040	+1.6	+2.5	+.071
Josh Hart	47	28.7	9.2	1.1	6.9	8.0	2.3	0.8	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.2	7.3	.439	1.3	4.1	.326	1.5	1.9	.775
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	4	42.5	21.8	4.0	8.0	12.0	3.8	1.8	2.0	3.3	2.5	8.8	19.8	.443	0.0	0.5	.000	4.3	5.8	.739
Josh Hart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Kevin Garnett	Josh Hart
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans Pelicans, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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 Garnett	81	40.0	22.9	2.8	9.0	11.8	5.0	1.5	1.6	3.3	2.5	9.4	18.8	.497	0.4	1.0	.370	3.8	5.0	.765
difference:	+27	+6.8	+8.0	+1.7	+3.0	+4.6	+0.9	+0.4	+1.4	-1.2	-0.3	+4.1	+8.3	+.007	+1.0	+2.9	+.027	+0.8	+1.1	+.007
Josh Hart	54	33.2	14.9	1.1	6.0	7.2	4.1	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.8	5.3	10.5	.504	1.4	3.9	.343	3.0	3.9	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	4	42.5	18.8	3.3	7.5	10.8	8.8	1.3	0.8	2.8	3.0	7.5	19.5	.385	0.5	0.8	.667	3.3	4.0	.813
Josh Hart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Kevin Garnett	Josh Hart
Season	2000-01	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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 Garnett	81	39.5	22.0	2.7	8.7	11.4	5.0	1.4	1.8	2.8	2.5	8.7	18.2	.477	0.2	0.8	.288	4.4	5.8	.764
difference:	+5	+7.2	+12.2	+0.8	+2.8	+3.6	+1.2	+0.2	+1.5	-1.3	-0.1	+5.1	+11.4	+.052	+0.6	+1.4	+.084	+2.7	+3.5	+.014
Josh Hart	76	32.3	9.8	1.9	5.9	7.8	3.8	1.2	0.3	1.5	2.6	3.6	6.8	.529	0.8	2.2	.372	1.7	2.3	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	4	41.3	21.0	2.5	9.5	12.0	4.3	1.0	1.5	1.5	3.3	6.8	14.5	.466	0.0	0.8	.000	7.5	9.0	.833
difference:	+7	+9.2	+10.6	+0.9	+3.8	+4.6	+2.1	+0.2	+1.2	-0.4	-0.2	+2.7	+6.0	+.013	+0.9	+2.1	+.313	+6.2	+7.0	+.197
Josh Hart	11	32.1	10.4	1.6	5.7	7.4	2.2	0.8	0.3	1.9	3.5	4.1	8.5	.479	0.9	2.9	.313	1.3	2.0	.636

Season 7
	Kevin Garnett	Josh Hart
Season	2001-02	2023-24
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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 Garnett	81	39.2	21.2	3.0	9.1	12.1	5.2	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.3	8.1	17.3	.470	0.5	1.4	.319	4.4	5.5	.801
difference:		+5.8	+11.8	+1.4	+2.3	+3.8	+1.1	+0.3	+1.3	-1.3	-0.2	+4.5	+8.9	+.036	+0.5	+1.8	+.009	+3.3	+4.1	+.010
Josh Hart	81	33.4	9.4	1.6	6.8	8.3	4.1	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.1	3.6	8.4	.434	1.0	3.2	.310	1.1	1.4	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	3	43.3	24.0	5.3	13.3	18.7	5.0	1.7	1.7	4.0	3.7	8.0	18.7	.429	0.3	0.7	.500	7.7	10.7	.719
difference:	+10	+1.1	+9.5	+2.5	+4.6	+7.2	+0.5	+0.7	+0.9	-1.4	-0.5	+2.9	+7.2	+.011	+1.4	+3.8	+.127	+5.0	+7.0	+.010
Josh Hart	13	42.2	14.5	2.8	8.7	11.5	4.5	1.0	0.8	2.6	3.2	5.1	11.5	.440	1.7	4.5	.373	2.7	3.7	.729

Season 8
	Kevin Garnett	Josh Hart
Season	2002-03	2024-25
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Kevin Garnett	82	40.5	23.0	3.0	10.5	13.4	6.0	1.4	1.6	2.8	2.4	9.1	18.1	.502	0.2	0.9	.282	4.6	6.1	.751
difference:	+5	+2.9	+9.4	+0.9	+3.0	+3.8	+0.1	+0.1	+1.2	-0.7	-0.2	+3.9	+8.1	+.023	+0.9	+2.4	+.051	+2.5	+3.4	+.025
Josh Hart	77	37.6	13.6	2.1	7.5	9.6	5.9	1.5	0.4	2.1	2.6	5.2	10.0	.525	1.1	3.3	.333	2.1	2.7	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	6	44.0	27.0	1.8	13.8	15.7	5.2	1.7	1.7	3.0	3.8	11.8	23.0	.514	0.5	1.5	.333	2.8	4.7	.607
difference:	+12	+8.3	+15.4	+0.6	+7.5	+6.9	+0.8	+0.6	+1.1	-1.1	-0.4	+8.0	+15.0	+.042	+0.6	+1.5	+.037	+0.1	+1.0	+.169
Josh Hart	18	35.7	11.6	2.4	6.3	8.8	4.4	1.1	0.6	1.9	3.4	3.8	8.0	.472	1.1	3.0	.370	2.9	3.7	.776

Additional Years
* Kevin Garnett played 13 seasons more than Josh Hart in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 21, from 2004 to 2016—Kevin Garnett played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 13 extra years over Josh Hart, Kevin Garnett got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 4 Rebounds Leader 9 All-Star Game