Kyrie Irving vs. Nate Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate 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.

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, 3 more than Nate Robinson, who played 11. Kyrie Irving had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Nate Robinson had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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	Nate Robinson
Season	2011-12	2005-06
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
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:	+21	+9.1	+9.2	+0.1	+1.4	+1.4	+3.4	+0.3	+0.4	-1.5	-0.6	+3.7	+6.8	+.062	+0.6	+1.6	+.002	+1.3	+1.0	+.120
Nate Robinson	72	21.4	9.3	0.8	1.5	2.3	2.0	0.8	0.0	1.6	2.8	3.2	7.8	.407	0.8	2.0	.397	2.1	2.8	.752
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyrie Irving nor Nate Robinson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Kyrie Irving	Nate Robinson
Season	2012-13	2006-07
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
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:	+5	+13.5	+12.4	+0.3	+1.6	+1.3	+4.5	+0.7	+0.3	-2.1		+4.7	+9.9	+.018	+0.5	+1.4	+.001	+2.5	+2.7	+.078
Nate Robinson	64	21.2	10.1	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.4	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.5	3.5	8.2	.434	1.3	3.3	.390	1.7	2.2	.777
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyrie Irving nor Nate Robinson played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Kyrie Irving	Nate Robinson
Season	2013-14	2007-08
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
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:	+1	+9.0	+8.1		+0.5	+0.5	+3.2	+0.7	+0.3	-1.3	-0.3	+2.9	+6.5	+.007	+0.4	+0.7	+.026	+2.0	+2.1	+.075
Nate Robinson	72	26.2	12.7	0.7	2.4	3.1	2.9	0.8	0.0	1.4	2.6	4.6	10.9	.423	1.3	4.1	.332	2.1	2.7	.786
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyrie Irving nor Nate Robinson played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Kyrie Irving	Nate Robinson
Season	2014-15	2008-09
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks
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:	+1	+6.5	+4.5	+0.6	+0.2	+0.7	+1.1	+0.2	+0.2	-0.6	-0.9	+1.6	+2.6	+.031	+0.4	+0.2	+.090	+0.8	+0.9	+.022
Nate Robinson	74	29.9	17.2	1.3	2.6	3.9	4.1	1.3	0.1	1.9	2.8	6.1	13.9	.437	1.7	5.2	.325	3.4	4.0	.841
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
Nate Robinson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Kyrie Irving	Nate Robinson
Season	2015-16	2009-10
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+3	+11.6	+9.5	+0.3	+0.6	+1.0	+1.8	+0.2	+0.2	-1.0	-0.1	+3.6	+7.8	+.012		+0.9	+.069	+2.3	+2.4	+.139
Nate Robinson	56	19.9	10.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.1	3.8	8.8	.436	1.6	4.0	.390	0.9	1.2	.746
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:	+4	+29.4	+21.0	+0.5	+1.6	+2.2	+3.6	+1.3	+0.5	-1.9	-1.3	+8.2	+16.3	+.100	+1.8	+3.6	+.107	+3.0	+3.3	+.075
Nate Robinson	17	7.5	4.2	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.4	3.8	.375	0.6	1.9	.333	0.7	0.9	.800

Season 6
	Kyrie Irving	Nate Robinson
Season	2016-17	2010-11
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+13	+17.9	+18.4	+0.4	+1.2	+1.7	+3.9	+0.7	+0.2	-1.3	-0.3	+6.8	+13.3	+.074	+1.4	+2.7	+.076	+3.5	+3.9	+.087
Nate Robinson	59	17.2	6.8	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.9	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.9	2.5	6.4	.399	1.1	3.4	.325	0.6	0.7	.818
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
difference:	+15	+32.3	+23.2	+0.7	+2.1	+2.8	+5.0	+1.3	+0.4	-2.7	-1.8	+8.9	+18.3	+.182	+1.7	+4.6	+.040	+3.5	+4.0	+.095
Nate Robinson	3	4.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	2.3	.286	0.7	2.0	.333	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 7
	Kyrie Irving	Nate Robinson
Season	2017-18	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+9	+8.8	+13.2	+0.3	+1.5	+1.8	+0.6	+0.1	+0.3	-0.8	-0.3	+4.9	+8.6	+.067	+1.5	+3.3	+.043	+2.1	+2.2	+.057
Nate Robinson	51	23.4	11.2	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.5	1.2	0.0	1.5	2.3	4.0	9.5	.424	1.3	3.5	.365	1.8	2.2	.832
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyrie Irving nor Nate Robinson played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Kyrie Irving	Nate Robinson
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls 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:	+15	+7.6	+10.7	+0.7	+2.0	+2.8	+2.5	+0.5	+0.4	-0.8		+4.1	+7.3	+.054	+0.9	+2.3	+.004	+1.6	+1.6	+.074
Nate Robinson	82	25.4	13.1	0.4	1.9	2.2	4.4	1.0	0.1	1.8	2.5	4.9	11.2	.433	1.7	4.2	.405	1.6	2.1	.799
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:	+3	+3.0	+5.0	+0.1	+1.6	+1.6	+2.6	+0.4	+0.2	-0.4	-0.3	+1.8	+6.3	+.051	+0.2	+1.0	+.028	+1.4	+1.0	+.144
Nate Robinson	12	33.7	16.3	0.5	2.2	2.7	4.4	1.0	0.2	2.7	3.2	5.9	13.6	.436	1.8	5.4	.338	2.6	3.4	.756

Season 10
	Kyrie Irving	Nate Robinson
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+12	+20.8	+21.2	+0.6	+3.0	+3.6	+3.7	+0.9	+0.6	-1.7	-0.8	+8.1	+14.0	+.161	+2.1	+4.3	+.125	+3.0	+2.9	+.248
Nate Robinson	42	14.1	5.7	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.3	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.8	2.1	6.1	.345	0.7	2.7	.277	0.7	1.1	.674
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
Nate Robinson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kyrie Irving played 3 seasons more than Nate Robinson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 14, from 2023 to 2025—Kyrie Irving played in one postseason. In those 3 extra years over Nate Robinson, Kyrie Irving got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game