Kyrie Irving vs. Marcus Morris Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Morris 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, 1 more than Marcus Morris, who played 13. Kyrie Irving had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Marcus Morris had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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	Marcus Morris
Season	2011-12	2011-12
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First 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		%
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:	+34	+23.1	+16.1	+0.6	+2.3	+2.8	+5.2	+1.0	+0.3	-2.9	-1.5	+6.0	+11.4	+.173	+1.3	+2.6	+.281	+3.0	+3.3	+.122
Marcus Morris	17	7.4	2.4	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.7	0.9	3.2	.296	0.1	1.0	.118	0.4	0.5	.750
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyrie Irving nor Marcus Morris played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Kyrie Irving	Marcus Morris
Season	2012-13	2012-13
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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:	+18	+14.9	+14.8	+0.4	+0.5	+0.1	+5.1	+0.9	+0.1	-2.2	-0.4	+5.3	+11.3	+.030	+0.7	+1.7	+.022	+3.3	+3.4	+.291
Marcus Morris	77	19.8	7.7	1.0	2.6	3.6	0.8	0.6	0.3	1.0	2.1	2.9	6.8	.422	1.1	3.0	.369	0.9	1.5	.564
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyrie Irving nor Marcus Morris played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Kyrie Irving	Marcus Morris
Season	2013-14	2013-14
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
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:	+11	+13.2	+11.1	+0.3		+0.3	+5.0	+0.6	+0.1	-1.5	-0.4	+4.0	+9.5	+.012	+0.5	+1.6	+.023	+2.6	+2.9	+.100
Marcus Morris	82	22.0	9.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.1	0.9	0.2	1.2	1.9	3.5	7.9	.442	1.2	3.2	.381	1.5	1.9	.761
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyrie Irving nor Marcus Morris played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Kyrie Irving	Marcus Morris
Season	2014-15	2014-15
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
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:	+6	+11.2	+11.3	+0.2	+1.5	+1.6	+3.6	+0.7	+0.1	-1.6	-0.4	+3.6	+7.1	+.034	+0.7	+1.1	+.057	+3.3	+3.5	+.235
Marcus Morris	81	25.2	10.4	0.9	3.9	4.8	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.9	2.3	4.1	9.4	.434	1.4	3.9	.358	0.9	1.4	.628
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
Marcus Morris	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Kyrie Irving	Marcus Morris
Season	2015-16	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+27	+4.2	+5.5	+0.3	+1.8	+2.1	+2.2	+0.3		-0.5	-0.1	+2.3	+4.8	+.014	+0.2	+1.2	+.041	+0.7	+0.2	+.136
Marcus Morris	80	35.7	14.1	1.1	3.9	5.1	2.5	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.1	5.1	11.8	.434	1.4	3.7	.362	2.5	3.4	.749
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
difference:	+17	+0.9	+7.4	+0.2	+0.6	+0.3	+2.2	+1.2	+0.6	-1.0	-2.1	+4.1	+8.3	+.007	+0.6	+1.0	+.051	+1.3	+1.6	+.005
Marcus Morris	4	36.0	17.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.5	0.5	0.0	1.3	4.3	5.5	11.8	.468	1.8	4.5	.389	5.0	5.8	.870

Season 6
	Kyrie Irving	Marcus Morris
Season	2016-17	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
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:	+7	+2.6	+11.2	+0.3	+1.2	+1.4	+3.8	+0.5		-1.4	-0.1	+4.0	+7.0	+.055	+1.0	+1.6	+.070	+2.3	+2.3	+.121
Marcus Morris	79	32.5	14.0	1.0	3.7	4.6	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.1	2.1	5.3	12.7	.418	1.5	4.5	.331	1.8	2.3	.784
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
Marcus Morris	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Kyrie Irving	Marcus Morris
Season	2017-18	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
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:	+6	+5.4	+10.8	+0.2	+1.4	+1.6	+3.8	+0.5	+0.1	-1.1	-0.1	+4.0	+6.8	+.062	+1.2	+2.5	+.040	+1.6	+1.5	+.084
Marcus Morris	54	26.8	13.6	0.8	4.6	5.4	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.9	4.9	11.3	.429	1.6	4.3	.368	2.3	2.9	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Morris	19	29.6	12.4	1.1	4.4	5.4	1.1	0.4	0.3	1.0	3.2	4.3	11.7	.368	1.6	3.8	.417	2.2	3.1	.712

Season 8
	Kyrie Irving	Marcus Morris
Season	2018-19	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+8	+5.1	+9.9	+0.1	+1.2	+1.1	+5.4	+0.9	+0.2	-1.4	-0.1	+4.0	+7.2	+.040	+0.7	+1.3	+.026	+1.3	+1.4	+.029
Marcus Morris	75	27.9	13.9	1.0	5.1	6.1	1.5	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.4	5.0	11.3	.447	1.9	5.2	.375	1.9	2.3	.844
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
difference:		+8.5	+7.6	+0.7	+3.0	+3.8	+5.8	+1.3	+0.2	-2.3	-0.5	+3.1	+11.1	+.134		+2.0	+.140	+1.4	+1.0	+.158
Marcus Morris	9	28.2	13.7	1.3	6.8	8.1	1.2	0.1	0.6	0.8	2.4	4.6	8.8	.519	2.0	4.4	.450	2.6	3.4	.742

Season 10
	Kyrie Irving	Marcus Morris
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals

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10th 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	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
difference:	+3	+8.5	+13.5	+0.4	+0.3	+0.7	+5.0	+0.8	+0.4	-1.4	-0.5	+5.4	+9.9	+.033	+0.3	+1.8	+.071	+2.4	+2.4	+.102
Marcus Morris	57	26.4	13.4	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.0	0.6	0.3	1.0	2.1	4.8	10.2	.473	2.5	5.2	.473	1.3	1.6	.820
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
difference:	+10	+4.3	+10.5	+0.6	+0.8	+1.5	+1.9	+0.5	+0.1	-0.8	-0.5	+4.1	+7.6	+.042	+0.8	+2.1	+.006	+1.6	+1.4	+.179
Marcus Morris	19	31.8	12.2	0.7	3.6	4.3	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	2.6	4.5	10.5	.430	1.9	5.1	.375	1.3	1.7	.750

Season 12
	Kyrie Irving	Marcus Morris
Season	2022-23	2022-23
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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12th 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	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
difference:	+5	+9.2	+15.9	+0.6	+0.6	+1.1	+3.7	+0.5	+0.5	-1.2	-0.7	+5.7	+10.2	+.068	+1.4	+3.6	+.015	+3.1	+3.3	+.123
Marcus Morris	65	28.1	11.2	0.4	3.5	4.0	1.8	0.6	0.3	0.9	2.1	4.2	9.9	.426	1.7	4.7	.364	1.0	1.3	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Morris	3	22.7	8.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.0	3.3	9.7	.345	0.7	4.0	.167	1.3	1.3	1.000

Additional Years
* Kyrie Irving played 1 season more than Marcus Morris in the NBA. In that period—his season 14 in 2025—Kyrie Irving didn't play in the postseason. In that extra year over Marcus Morris, Kyrie Irving got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game