Linas Kleiza vs. C.J. McCollum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of C.J. McCollum and Linas Kleiza, 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

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.

Linas Kleiza played 7 years in the NBA, 4 less than C.J. McCollum, who played 11. Linas Kleiza had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while C.J. McCollum had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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 achivements, 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
Linas Kleiza	7	4	2005-06 to 2012-13
C.J. McCollum	11	10	2013-14 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Linas Kleiza	C.J. McCollum
Season	2005-06	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	61	8.5	3.5	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.4	1.3	2.8	.445	0.0	0.2	.154	0.9	1.3	.704
C.J. McCollum	38	12.5	5.3	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.4	1.9	4.7	.416	0.8	2.1	.375	0.6	0.9	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	3	4.7	2.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.7	.375	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
C.J. McCollum	6	4.0	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.8	.091	0.0	0.8	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000

Season 2
	Linas Kleiza	C.J. McCollum
Season	2006-07	2014-15
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	79	18.8	7.6	1.0	2.4	3.4	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	2.5	2.5	6.0	.422	1.1	2.8	.376	1.5	1.7	.852
C.J. McCollum	62	15.7	6.8	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.0	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.3	2.6	5.9	.436	0.9	2.2	.396	0.8	1.2	.699

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	5	13.2	1.6	0.0	1.6	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.6	2.6	.231	0.2	1.2	.167	0.2	0.4	.500
C.J. McCollum	5	33.2	17.0	0.2	3.8	4.0	0.4	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.6	6.4	13.4	.478	2.2	4.6	.478	2.0	2.6	.769

Season 3
	Linas Kleiza	C.J. McCollum
Season	2007-08	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	79	23.9	11.1	1.2	3.1	4.2	1.2	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.3	3.9	8.3	.472	1.2	3.5	.339	2.1	2.7	.770
C.J. McCollum	80	34.8	20.8	0.6	2.7	3.2	4.3	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.3	8.0	17.9	.448	2.5	5.9	.417	2.3	2.8	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	4	30.5	14.0	2.0	4.5	6.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.8	5.5	10.3	.537	0.8	3.5	.214	2.3	3.3	.692
C.J. McCollum	11	40.2	20.5	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.3	0.9	0.5	1.8	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	1.8	5.3	.345	3.4	4.2	.804

Season 4
	Linas Kleiza	C.J. McCollum
Season	2008-09	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	82	22.2	9.9	1.1	2.9	4.0	0.8	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.9	3.5	7.9	.447	1.1	3.3	.326	1.8	2.5	.725
C.J. McCollum	80	35.0	23.0	0.8	2.9	3.6	3.6	0.9	0.5	2.2	2.5	8.7	18.0	.480	2.3	5.5	.421	3.4	3.7	.912

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	14	15.0	6.9	0.6	2.6	3.2	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.1	1.2	2.2	4.7	.470	1.2	2.9	.425	1.3	1.7	.750
C.J. McCollum	4	35.0	22.5	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	3.8	2.5	8.0	20.0	.400	2.8	5.5	.500	3.8	4.0	.938

Note: Linas Kleiza didn't play in 2009-10.

Season 5
	Linas Kleiza	C.J. McCollum
Season	2010-11	2017-18
Team	Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	39	26.5	11.2	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.0	0.5	0.2	1.7	2.5	4.6	10.4	.438	1.0	3.4	.298	1.1	1.7	.631
C.J. McCollum	81	36.1	21.4	0.7	3.3	4.0	3.4	1.0	0.4	1.9	2.1	8.2	18.6	.443	2.3	5.9	.397	2.6	3.1	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	4	38.8	25.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.5	1.3	0.3	2.3	2.8	10.0	19.3	.519	2.8	6.5	.423	2.5	3.3	.769

Season 6
	Linas Kleiza	C.J. McCollum
Season	2011-12	2018-19
Team	Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	49	21.6	9.7	0.9	3.2	4.1	0.9	0.5	0.1	1.3	2.4	3.4	8.4	.402	1.3	3.7	.346	1.7	2.0	.810
C.J. McCollum	70	33.9	21.0	0.9	3.1	4.0	3.0	0.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	8.2	17.8	.459	2.4	6.4	.375	2.3	2.7	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	16	39.7	24.7	0.9	4.1	5.0	3.7	0.8	0.6	1.9	2.1	9.6	21.9	.440	2.9	7.3	.393	2.6	3.5	.732

Season 7
	Linas Kleiza	C.J. McCollum
Season	2012-13	2019-20
Team	Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	20	18.8	7.4	0.5	2.1	2.6	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.7	2.3	2.4	7.2	.333	1.0	3.3	.303	1.6	1.9	.842
C.J. McCollum	70	36.5	22.2	0.7	3.6	4.2	4.4	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.6	8.7	19.4	.451	2.8	7.3	.379	2.0	2.6	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	5	39.2	23.2	1.0	4.8	5.8	3.2	1.2	0.4	3.0	2.0	8.8	19.8	.444	2.6	7.0	.371	3.0	4.4	.682

Season 8
	Linas Kleiza	C.J. McCollum
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	47	34.0	23.1	0.6	3.3	3.9	4.7	0.9	0.4	1.4	1.9	8.6	18.8	.458	3.6	8.9	.402	2.3	2.8	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	6	40.0	20.7	1.0	5.0	6.0	4.3	0.3	0.7	2.0	4.2	8.3	19.0	.439	2.3	7.0	.333	1.7	2.2	.769

Season 9
	Linas Kleiza	C.J. McCollum
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	62	34.6	22.1	0.9	3.5	4.3	5.1	1.1	0.4	2.0	2.0	8.6	18.8	.460	2.9	7.6	.388	1.9	2.7	.682

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	6	39.0	22.2	1.8	4.8	6.7	4.8	0.7	0.8	2.5	2.5	8.2	20.8	.392	2.8	8.5	.333	3.0	4.3	.692

Season 10
	Linas Kleiza	C.J. McCollum
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	75	35.3	20.9	0.7	3.6	4.4	5.7	0.9	0.5	2.4	2.0	7.8	17.9	.437	2.8	7.2	.389	2.4	3.2	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Linas Kleiza	C.J. McCollum
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	66	32.7	20.0	0.6	3.7	4.3	4.6	0.9	0.6	1.7	1.9	7.3	16.0	.459	3.6	8.4	.429	1.7	2.1	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	4	37.0	17.8	0.5	4.3	4.8	4.8	1.8	0.8	4.0	3.5	7.8	18.5	.419	1.8	7.3	.241	0.5	0.5	1.000

Linas Kleiza vs. C.J. McCollum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of C.J. McCollum and Linas Kleiza, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11