Kyle Kuzma vs. Darnell Valentine Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darnell Valentine and Kyle Kuzma, 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.
Kyle Kuzma played 7 years in the NBA, 2 less than Darnell Valentine, who played 9. Kyle Kuzma had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Darnell Valentine had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.
Their Careers |
Player |
Total Seasons |
Playoffs Played |
NBA Years |
Kyle Kuzma |
7 |
2 |
2017-18 to 2023-24 |
Darnell Valentine |
9 |
4 |
1981-82 to 1990-91 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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|
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Rookie Season |
|
Kyle Kuzma |
Darnell Valentine |
Season |
2017-18 | 1981-82 |
Team |
Los Angeles Lakers | Portland Trail Blazers |
Honors & Awards |
All-Rookie First Team | - |
Playoffs |
Did Not Play | Did Not Play |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyle Kuzma |
77 |
31.2 |
16.1 |
1.1 |
5.1 |
6.3 |
1.8 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
6.1 |
13.5 |
.450 |
2.1 |
5.6 |
.366 |
1.9 |
2.7 |
.707 |
Darnell Valentine |
82 |
16.9 |
6.4 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
1.8 |
3.3 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
1.5 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
5.5 |
.413 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
.760 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyle Kuzma |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Darnell Valentine |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyle Kuzma |
70 |
33.1 |
18.7 |
0.9 |
4.6 |
5.5 |
2.5 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
7.1 |
15.5 |
.456 |
1.8 |
6.0 |
.303 |
2.7 |
3.6 |
.752 |
Darnell Valentine |
47 |
27.6 |
12.5 |
0.7 |
1.8 |
2.5 |
6.2 |
2.1 |
0.1 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
4.4 |
9.8 |
.454 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
3.6 |
4.5 |
.793 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyle Kuzma |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Darnell Valentine |
7 |
29.3 |
12.1 |
0.7 |
1.4 |
2.1 |
8.7 |
1.4 |
0.4 |
2.7 |
3.0 |
4.9 |
11.4 |
.425 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.500 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
.762 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyle Kuzma |
61 |
25.0 |
12.8 |
0.9 |
3.6 |
4.5 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
4.8 |
11.0 |
.436 |
1.4 |
4.5 |
.316 |
1.9 |
2.5 |
.735 |
Darnell Valentine |
68 |
27.8 |
10.2 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
1.9 |
5.8 |
1.6 |
0.1 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
3.7 |
8.3 |
.447 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
.789 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyle Kuzma |
21 |
23.0 |
10.0 |
0.9 |
2.2 |
3.1 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
2.4 |
3.7 |
8.5 |
.430 |
1.2 |
4.0 |
.313 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
.784 |
Darnell Valentine |
5 |
35.6 |
18.4 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
2.2 |
8.4 |
1.8 |
0.2 |
2.2 |
4.6 |
6.0 |
12.0 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
6.4 |
7.0 |
.914 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyle Kuzma |
68 |
28.7 |
12.9 |
1.6 |
4.5 |
6.1 |
1.9 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
1.7 |
1.8 |
4.9 |
11.1 |
.443 |
2.0 |
5.6 |
.361 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
.691 |
Darnell Valentine |
75 |
30.4 |
11.6 |
0.7 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
7.0 |
1.9 |
0.1 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
4.3 |
9.1 |
.473 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
3.1 |
3.9 |
.793 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyle Kuzma |
6 |
21.5 |
6.3 |
0.7 |
3.2 |
3.8 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
2.3 |
8.0 |
.292 |
0.7 |
3.8 |
.174 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
.667 |
Darnell Valentine |
9 |
27.1 |
12.8 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
1.9 |
6.4 |
1.8 |
0.0 |
2.3 |
3.1 |
4.8 |
9.8 |
.489 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
3.2 |
3.4 |
.935 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyle Kuzma |
66 |
33.4 |
17.1 |
1.1 |
7.4 |
8.5 |
3.5 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
2.6 |
1.9 |
6.4 |
14.2 |
.452 |
1.9 |
5.7 |
.341 |
2.4 |
3.3 |
.712 |
Darnell Valentine |
62 |
19.6 |
7.4 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
2.6 |
6.3 |
.415 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.286 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
.743 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyle Kuzma |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Darnell Valentine |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyle Kuzma |
64 |
35.0 |
21.2 |
0.9 |
6.4 |
7.2 |
3.7 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
3.0 |
2.3 |
8.0 |
17.8 |
.448 |
2.5 |
7.5 |
.333 |
2.7 |
3.7 |
.730 |
Darnell Valentine |
65 |
27.1 |
11.2 |
0.6 |
1.7 |
2.3 |
6.9 |
1.8 |
0.2 |
2.6 |
2.3 |
4.2 |
10.3 |
.410 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
.232 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
.815 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyle Kuzma |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Darnell Valentine |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyle Kuzma |
70 |
32.6 |
22.2 |
0.9 |
5.7 |
6.6 |
4.2 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
2.7 |
2.2 |
8.7 |
18.8 |
.463 |
2.2 |
6.4 |
.336 |
2.7 |
3.4 |
.775 |
Darnell Valentine |
79 |
20.7 |
7.1 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
4.8 |
1.5 |
0.1 |
1.9 |
1.7 |
2.8 |
6.7 |
.418 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
.455 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
.743 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyle Kuzma |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Darnell Valentine |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyle Kuzma |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Darnell Valentine |
77 |
14.1 |
4.8 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
2.3 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.8 |
4.1 |
.426 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.214 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
.813 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyle Kuzma |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Darnell Valentine |
5 |
16.0 |
4.2 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
3.2 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
4.0 |
.350 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.4 |
1.6 |
.875 |
Note: Darnell Valentine didn't play in 1989-90.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyle Kuzma |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Darnell Valentine |
65 |
28.3 |
9.4 |
0.6 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
5.4 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
1.9 |
2.6 |
3.5 |
7.6 |
.464 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.240 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
.831 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyle Kuzma |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Darnell Valentine |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |