Kyrie Irving vs. Jalen Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Johnson 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 14 years in the NBA, 9 more than Jalen Johnson, who played 5. Kyrie Irving had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Jalen Johnson had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
	Kyrie Irving	Jalen Johnson
Season	2011-12	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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:	+29	+25.0	+16.1	+0.8	+1.8	+2.5	+5.3	+1.0	+0.3	-2.7	-1.8	+5.9	+12.7	+.068	+1.3	+3.0	+.168	+3.2	+3.5	+.158
Jalen Johnson	22	5.5	2.4	0.1	1.1	1.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.9	.537	0.1	0.6	.231	0.2	0.3	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Johnson	2	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Kyrie Irving	Jalen Johnson
Season	2012-13	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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:	+11	+19.8	+16.9	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+4.7	+1.0	+0.1	-2.6	-0.9	+5.9	+13.5	+.039	+1.4	+3.2	+.103	+3.5	+3.8	+.227
Jalen Johnson	70	14.9	5.6	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.6	2.3	4.6	.491	0.4	1.5	.288	0.7	1.1	.628
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Johnson	6	9.3	4.3	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.7	4.0	.417	0.7	1.8	.364	0.3	0.3	1.000

Season 3
	Kyrie Irving	Jalen Johnson
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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:	+15	+1.5	+4.8	+0.6	+4.5	+5.1	+2.5	+0.3	+0.5	-0.9	-0.1	+1.1	+4.9	+.081	+0.4	+1.2	+.003	+2.2	+2.2	+.133
Jalen Johnson	56	33.7	16.0	1.3	7.4	8.7	3.6	1.2	0.8	1.8	2.4	6.4	12.5	.511	1.3	3.6	.355	1.9	2.6	.728
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyrie Irving nor Jalen Johnson played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Kyrie Irving	Jalen Johnson
Season	2014-15	2024-25
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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:	+39	+0.7	+2.8	+1.0	+5.9	+6.8	+0.2	+0.1	+0.7	-0.4		+0.2	+1.4	+.032	+0.9	+1.1	+.103	+1.6	+1.4	+.117
Jalen Johnson	36	35.7	18.9	1.7	8.3	10.0	5.0	1.6	1.0	2.9	1.9	7.5	15.1	.500	1.2	3.9	.312	2.6	3.5	.746
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
Jalen Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Kyrie Irving	Jalen Johnson
Season	2015-16	2025-26
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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:	+52	+3.5	+2.4	+0.8	+4.9	+4.0	+3.3	+0.1	+0.7	-0.7	-1.0	+0.4	+3.6	+.090	+1.6	+2.9	+.321	+4.8	+6.4	+.085
Jalen Johnson	1	35.0	22.0	0.0	7.0	7.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	7.0	13.0	.538	0.0	2.0	.000	8.0	10.0	.800
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
Jalen Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kyrie Irving played 9 seasons more than Jalen Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 14, from 2017 to 2025—Kyrie Irving played in 5 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Jalen Johnson, Kyrie Irving got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Star Game