Kyrie Irving vs. Duncan Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Duncan Robinson 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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 14 years in the NBA, 7 more than Duncan Robinson, who played 7. Kyrie Irving had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Duncan Robinson had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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.

Their Careers

Player
Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Kyrie Irving 14 7 2011-12 to 2024-25
Duncan Robinson 7 6 2018-19 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Kyrie Irving Duncan Robinson
Season 2011-122018-19
Team Cleveland CavaliersMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement Rookie of the Year-
Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+36+19.8+15.2+0.8+1.8+2.4+5.1+0.8+0.4-2.8-1.5+5.7+11.5+.078+0.7+1.3+.113+3.1+3.4+.205
Duncan Robinson 15 10.7 3.3 0.1 1.1 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.7 1.2 3.1 .391 0.7 2.3 .286 0.3 0.4 .667
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyrie Irving nor Duncan Robinson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2

Kyrie Irving Duncan Robinson
Season 2012-132019-20
Team Cleveland CavaliersMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayHeat Lost NBA Finals
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+14+5.0+9.0+0.5+0.1+0.5+4.5+1.0+0.1-2.2-0.1+3.8+8.7+.018+1.9+3.6+.055+3.3+3.9+.076
Duncan Robinson 73 29.7 13.5 0.1 3.0 3.2 1.4 0.5 0.3 1.0 2.6 4.4 9.4 .470 3.7 8.3 .446 0.9 1.0 .931
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kyrie Irving DNP------ --- ----------
Duncan Robinson 21 28.6 11.7 0.2 2.5 2.8 1.8 0.7 0.3 0.8 3.1 3.6 8.4 .426 3.0 7.4 .397 1.6 1.8 .868

Season 3

Kyrie Irving Duncan Robinson
Season 2013-142020-21
Team Cleveland CavaliersMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Achievement All-Star Game MVP-
Playoffs Did Not PlayHeat Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+1+3.8+7.7+0.6+0.5+0.1+4.3+0.9-1.6-0.2+3.1+7.4+.009+1.8+3.7+.050+3.2+3.8+.034
Duncan Robinson 72 31.4 13.1 0.1 3.4 3.5 1.8 0.6 0.3 1.1 2.5 4.4 10.0 .439 3.5 8.5 .408 0.9 1.0 .827
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kyrie Irving DNP------ --- ----------
Duncan Robinson 4 25.0 10.3 0.0 2.8 2.8 0.8 0.8 0.0 1.0 3.3 2.8 7.3 .379 2.5 6.8 .370 2.3 2.5 .900

Season 4

Kyrie Irving Duncan Robinson
Season 2014-152021-22
Team Cleveland CavaliersMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Cavaliers Lost NBA FinalsHeat Lost East Conf Finals
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+4+10.5+10.8+0.4+0.1+0.6+3.6+1.0+0.1-1.7-0.6+4.0+7.3+.069+0.8+2.9+.043+3.6+4.1+.027
Duncan Robinson 79 25.9 10.9 0.3 2.3 2.6 1.6 0.5 0.2 0.8 2.5 3.7 9.2 .399 2.9 7.9 .372 0.6 0.8 .836
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+23.5+13.4+0.6+1.2+1.8+3.4+1.0+0.7-1.3-0.5+4.3+9.8+.001+0.7+1.0+.067+4.1+4.8+.008
Duncan Robinson 13 12.2 5.6 0.2 1.6 1.8 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.2 1.7 1.9 4.4 .439 1.4 3.6 .383 0.4 0.5 .833

Season 5

Kyrie Irving Duncan Robinson
Season 2015-162022-23
Team Cleveland CavaliersMiami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionHeat Lost NBA Finals
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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+11+15.1+13.2+0.6+0.6+1.4+3.6+0.8+0.3-1.6-0.2+5.3+11.0+.077+0.1+0.3+.007+2.5+2.8+.021
Duncan Robinson 42 16.4 6.4 0.2 1.5 1.6 1.1 0.3 0.0 0.7 1.8 2.1 5.6 .371 1.5 4.6 .328 0.7 0.8 .906
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+2+18.7+16.2+0.7+0.8+1.5+3.0+1.4+0.5-1.4-0.6+6.3+13.2+0.2+0.6+.002+3.4+3.9
Duncan Robinson 23 18.2 9.0 0.0 1.4 1.5 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.9 1.6 3.3 6.9 .475 2.2 4.9 .442 0.3 0.3 .875

Season 6

Kyrie Irving Duncan Robinson
Season 2016-172023-24
Team Cleveland CavaliersMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Cavaliers Lost NBA FinalsHeat Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+4+7.1+12.3+0.5+0.2+0.7+3.0+0.5+0.1-1.1-0.2+4.8+9.8+.023+0.3+0.9+.006+2.9+3.3+.016
Duncan Robinson 68 28.0 12.9 0.2 2.3 2.5 2.8 0.7 0.2 1.4 2.4 4.5 9.9 .450 2.8 7.0 .395 1.2 1.3 .889
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+13+24.3+23.3+0.7+1.1+1.8+4.1+0.9+0.4-1.7-0.9+8.6+17.4+.155+1.8+4.0+.142+4.2+4.7
Duncan Robinson 5 12.0 2.6 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 0.4 0.0 1.0 1.2 1.0 3.2 .313 0.6 2.6 .231 0.0 0.0 -

Season 7

Kyrie Irving Duncan Robinson
Season 2017-182024-25
Team Boston CelticsMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayHeat Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+14+8.1+13.4+0.4+1.2+1.5+2.7+0.6+0.2-1.1-0.2+5.0+9.1+.054+0.2+0.3+.015+3.3+3.7+.002
Duncan Robinson 74 24.1 11.0 0.2 2.0 2.3 2.4 0.5 0.1 1.2 1.8 3.9 9.0 .437 2.6 6.5 .393 0.6 0.7 .887
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Kyrie Irving DNP------ --- ----------
Duncan Robinson 4 14.8 4.3 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.3 3.5 .357 1.0 3.0 .333 0.8 1.0 .750

Additional Years

* Kyrie Irving played 7 seasons more than Duncan Robinson in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 8 to 14, from 2019 to 2025—Kyrie Irving played in 4 Playoffs.

In those 7 extra years over Duncan Robinson, Kyrie Irving got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 All-NBA Second Team
Achievement 1 All-NBA Third Team
Achievement 4 All-Star Game