Kyrie Irving vs. Don Kojis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Don Kojis and Kyrie Irving, 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.

Kyrie Irving played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Don Kojis, who played 12. Kyrie Irving had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Don Kojis had his rookie season in 1963-64. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kyrie Irving	Don Kojis
Season	2011-12	1963-64
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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		%
Kyrie Irving	51	30.5	18.5	0.9	2.9	3.7	5.4	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.2	6.9	14.6	.469	1.4	3.6	.399	3.4	3.8	.872
Don Kojis	78	14.7	6.3	-	-	4.0	0.7	-	-	-	1.6	2.6	6.2	.419	-	-	-	1.1	1.9	.562
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Kojis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Kyrie Irving	Don Kojis
Season	2012-13	1964-65
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Kyrie Irving	59	34.7	22.5	0.6	3.1	3.7	5.9	1.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	8.2	18.1	.452	1.8	4.7	.391	4.2	4.9	.855
Don Kojis	65	12.9	6.5	-	-	3.7	1.0	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	6.4	.433	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.633
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Kojis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kyrie Irving	Don Kojis
Season	2013-14	1965-66
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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		%
Kyrie Irving	71	35.2	20.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	6.1	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.3	7.5	17.4	.430	1.7	4.8	.358	4.1	4.8	.861
Don Kojis	60	13.1	7.3	-	-	4.3	0.7	-	-	-	1.6	3.0	7.3	.415	-	-	-	1.3	2.4	.539
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Kojis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Kyrie Irving	Don Kojis
Season	2014-15	1966-67
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Bulls Lost West Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	75	36.4	21.7	0.7	2.4	3.2	5.2	1.5	0.3	2.5	1.9	7.7	16.5	.468	2.1	5.0	.415	4.2	4.9	.863
Don Kojis	78	21.2	10.2	-	-	6.1	0.9	-	-	-	2.6	4.2	9.9	.426	-	-	-	1.7	2.8	.604
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	13	35.7	19.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	2.2	6.2	14.2	.438	2.1	4.6	.450	4.5	5.3	.841
Don Kojis	3	34.7	17.0	-	-	10.0	1.3	-	-	-	3.3	7.7	16.0	.479	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.625

Season 5
	Kyrie Irving	Don Kojis
Season	2015-16	1967-68
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Diego Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kyrie Irving	53	31.5	19.6	0.8	2.1	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.4	16.6	.448	1.6	4.9	.321	3.2	3.6	.885
Don Kojis	69	36.9	19.7	-	-	10.3	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	7.7	17.2	.446	-	-	-	4.3	6.0	.726
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	21	36.9	25.2	0.7	2.2	3.0	4.7	1.7	0.6	2.3	2.2	9.6	20.1	.475	2.4	5.5	.440	3.7	4.2	.875
Don Kojis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Kyrie Irving	Don Kojis
Season	2016-17	1968-69
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Diego Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	72	35.1	25.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	5.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.3	19.7	.473	2.5	6.1	.401	4.1	4.6	.905
Don Kojis	81	38.6	22.5	-	-	9.6	2.6	-	-	-	3.7	8.5	19.5	.434	-	-	-	5.5	7.4	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	18	36.3	25.9	0.7	2.1	2.8	5.3	1.3	0.4	2.7	2.1	9.6	20.6	.468	2.4	6.6	.373	4.2	4.7	.905
Don Kojis	6	38.7	20.2	-	-	8.5	3.5	-	-	-	3.7	8.0	18.2	.440	-	-	-	4.2	5.2	.806

Season 7
	Kyrie Irving	Don Kojis
Season	2017-18	1969-70
Team	Boston Celtics	San Diego Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Kyrie Irving	60	32.2	24.4	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.1	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	8.9	18.1	.491	2.8	6.8	.408	3.9	4.4	.889
Don Kojis	56	28.2	15.3	-	-	6.9	1.4	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	13.5	.447	-	-	-	3.2	4.3	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Kojis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Kyrie Irving	Don Kojis
Season	2018-19	1970-71
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Kyrie Irving	67	33.0	23.8	1.1	3.9	5.0	6.9	1.5	0.5	2.6	2.5	9.0	18.5	.487	2.6	6.5	.401	3.2	3.7	.873
Don Kojis	79	27.1	14.6	-	-	5.5	1.6	-	-	-	2.8	5.7	12.9	.446	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	9	36.7	21.3	0.6	3.8	4.3	7.0	1.4	0.4	3.1	2.9	7.7	19.9	.385	2.0	6.4	.310	4.0	4.4	.900
Don Kojis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Kyrie Irving	Don Kojis
Season	2020-21	1972-73
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Kansas City-Omaha Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Kyrie Irving	54	34.9	26.9	1.0	3.8	4.8	6.0	1.4	0.7	2.4	2.6	10.2	20.1	.506	2.8	7.0	.402	3.7	4.0	.922
Don Kojis	77	16.1	8.5	-	-	2.6	1.0	-	-	-	1.7	3.6	7.5	.480	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	9	36.1	22.7	1.3	4.4	5.8	3.4	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.1	8.6	18.1	.472	2.7	7.2	.369	2.9	3.1	.929
Don Kojis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Kyrie Irving	Don Kojis
Season	2022-23	1974-75
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks	Kansas City-Omaha Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	60	37.3	27.1	1.0	4.1	5.1	5.5	1.1	0.8	2.1	2.8	9.9	20.1	.494	3.1	8.3	.379	4.1	4.6	.905
Don Kojis	21	11.0	5.3	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.5	0.6	0.0	-	1.5	2.2	4.7	.469	-	-	-	1.0	1.4	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don Kojis	4	5.5	1.8	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	-	0.8	0.3	1.5	.167	-	-	-	1.3	1.5	.833