LaMarcus Aldridge vs. Darius Garland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darius Garland and LaMarcus Aldridge, 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.

LaMarcus Aldridge played 16 years in the NBA, 9 more than Darius Garland, who played 7. LaMarcus Aldridge had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Darius Garland had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Darius Garland
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	63	22.1	9.0	2.3	2.7	5.0	0.4	0.3	1.2	0.7	3.0	3.8	7.6	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.722
difference:	+4	+8.8	+3.3	+1.8	+1.3	+3.1	+3.5	+0.4	+1.1	-1.9	-1.4	+0.9	+4.2	+.102	+1.8	+5.0		+0.2	+0.6	+.153
Darius Garland	59	30.9	12.3	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.6	4.7	11.8	.401	1.8	5.0	.355	1.1	1.2	.875
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMarcus Aldridge nor Darius Garland played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Darius Garland
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	37.1	18.1	2.9	4.6	7.5	1.9	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.6	7.4	15.3	.484	0.1	0.3	.250	3.2	4.1	.781
difference:	+13	+1.4	+3.6	+2.3	+1.9	+4.2	+6.7	+0.3	+0.9	-2.1	-0.9	+0.6	+2.0	+.022	+2.5	+6.4	+.133		+0.6	+.111
Darius Garland	68	35.7	21.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.6	1.7	8.0	17.3	.462	2.6	6.7	.383	3.2	3.5	.892
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	39.5	19.5	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.3	0.5	1.7	1.7	2.7	8.5	17.3	.490	0.2	0.7	.250	2.3	3.3	.700
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Darius Garland
Season	2010-11	2023-24
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	39.6	21.8	3.4	5.3	8.8	2.1	1.0	1.2	1.9	2.7	8.7	17.5	.500	0.0	0.3	.174	4.3	5.5	.791
difference:	+24	+6.2	+3.8	+2.9	+3.2	+6.1	+4.4	+0.3	+1.1	-1.2	-1.0	+2.1	+2.7	+.054	+2.3	+5.9	+.197	+1.7	+2.4	+.043
Darius Garland	57	33.4	18.0	0.5	2.1	2.7	6.5	1.3	0.1	3.1	1.7	6.6	14.8	.446	2.3	6.2	.371	2.6	3.1	.834
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	43.0	20.8	2.7	4.8	7.5	1.3	1.3	1.7	1.5	3.2	8.8	19.2	.461	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.0	.792
difference:	+6	+7.0	+5.1	+2.6	+1.3	+3.9	+4.5	+0.2	+1.5	-0.8	-0.4	+2.7	+4.9	+.034	+2.1	+5.9		+1.8	+2.2	+.018
Darius Garland	12	36.0	15.7	0.1	3.5	3.6	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.8	6.1	14.3	.427	2.1	5.9	.352	1.4	1.8	.810

Season 6
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Darius Garland
Season	2011-12	2024-25
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	55	36.3	21.7	2.7	5.3	8.0	2.4	0.9	0.8	2.0	2.8	8.8	17.1	.512	0.0	0.2	.182	4.1	5.0	.814
difference:	+20	+5.6	+1.1	+2.1	+3.1	+5.1	+4.3	+0.3	+0.7	-0.5	-0.9	+1.4	+1.4	+.040	+2.8	+6.9	+.219	+1.1	+1.6	+.064
Darius Garland	75	30.7	20.6	0.6	2.2	2.9	6.7	1.2	0.1	2.5	1.9	7.4	15.7	.472	2.8	7.1	.401	3.0	3.4	.878
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darius Garland	5	29.6	18.0	0.2	2.0	2.2	5.2	0.4	0.0	3.0	3.4	5.8	13.8	.420	2.0	7.0	.286	4.4	4.8	.917

Season 7
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Darius Garland
Season	2012-13	2025-26
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	74	37.7	21.1	2.4	6.7	9.1	2.6	0.8	1.2	1.9	2.5	8.6	17.8	.484	0.0	0.2	.143	3.8	4.7	.810
difference:	+71	+13.4	+8.1	+1.4	+4.7	+6.1	+2.4	+0.2	+1.2	-0.2	-0.5	+4.6	+5.8	+.151	+2.3	+6.1	+.225	+1.1	+2.0	+.190
Darius Garland	3	24.3	13.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	1.7	2.0	4.0	12.0	.333	2.3	6.3	.368	2.7	2.7	1.000
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMarcus Aldridge nor Darius Garland played in the postseason in their season 7

Additional Years
* LaMarcus Aldridge played 9 seasons more than Darius Garland in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 16, from 2014 to 2022—LaMarcus Aldridge played in 6 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Darius Garland, LaMarcus Aldridge got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game