Lindsey Hunter vs. Kyrie Irving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyrie Irving and Lindsey Hunter, 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.

Lindsey Hunter played 17 years in the NBA, 4 more than Kyrie Irving, who played 13. Lindsey Hunter had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Kyrie Irving 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 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
Lindsey Hunter	17	12	1993-94 to 2009-10
Kyrie Irving	13	7	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Lindsey Hunter	Kyrie Irving
Season	1993-94	2011-12
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	26.5	10.3	0.6	1.7	2.3	4.8	1.5	0.1	2.2	2.1	4.1	10.9	.375	0.8	2.5	.333	1.3	1.7	.732
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Lindsey Hunter	Kyrie Irving
Season	1994-95	2012-13
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Lindsey Hunter	42	22.5	7.5	0.6	1.2	1.8	3.8	1.2	0.2	1.9	2.2	2.8	7.6	.374	0.9	2.6	.333	1.0	1.3	.727
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Lindsey Hunter	Kyrie Irving
Season	1995-96	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Lindsey Hunter	80	26.7	8.5	0.6	1.9	2.4	2.4	1.1	0.2	1.0	2.3	3.0	7.9	.381	1.5	3.6	.405	1.1	1.5	.700
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	2	18.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	.250	0.5	2.0	.250	0.5	1.0	.500
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Lindsey Hunter	Kyrie Irving
Season	1996-97	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	36.9	14.2	0.7	2.1	2.8	1.9	1.6	0.3	1.2	2.5	5.1	12.7	.404	2.0	5.7	.355	1.9	2.5	.778
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	5	40.2	15.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.2	1.2	0.2	0.2	1.8	5.8	13.2	.439	2.4	5.8	.414	1.0	1.4	.714
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


Season 5
	Lindsey Hunter	Kyrie Irving
Season	1997-98	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	71	35.3	12.1	0.9	2.6	3.5	3.2	1.7	0.1	1.5	2.5	4.5	11.6	.383	1.2	3.7	.321	2.0	2.8	.740
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 6
	Lindsey Hunter	Kyrie Irving
Season	1998-99	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	49	35.8	11.9	0.5	2.9	3.4	3.9	1.8	0.2	1.9	2.6	4.7	10.7	.435	1.2	3.1	.386	1.4	1.8	.753
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	5	36.2	7.2	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.4	1.4	0.0	1.4	2.2	2.8	10.6	.264	0.6	2.2	.273	1.0	1.0	1.000
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


Season 7
	Lindsey Hunter	Kyrie Irving
Season	1999-00	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	35.6	12.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.0	1.6	0.3	1.8	2.6	4.6	10.9	.425	2.0	4.7	.432	1.4	1.9	.760
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	3	31.0	8.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.7	1.7	0.3	1.7	1.3	3.3	10.7	.313	0.3	3.0	.111	1.3	2.0	.667
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Lindsey Hunter	Kyrie Irving
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	24.4	10.1	0.4	1.7	2.1	2.7	1.2	0.1	0.8	2.1	3.6	9.5	.381	1.9	5.0	.373	0.9	1.2	.802
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	18	16.2	3.6	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.9	0.8	0.2	0.7	1.3	1.3	5.5	.242	0.4	2.9	.151	0.4	0.6	.727
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


Season 9
	Lindsey Hunter	Kyrie Irving
Season	2001-02	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	19.7	5.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.7	1.5	2.3	6.0	.382	1.0	2.5	.380	0.2	0.5	.500
Kyrie Irving	20	32.9	27.4	1.1	4.1	5.2	6.4	1.4	0.5	2.6	2.7	10.0	20.8	.478	2.8	7.1	.394	4.7	5.1	.922

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	18	7.3	2.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.1	0.8	2.5	.311	0.4	1.6	.276	0.0	0.0	-
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Lindsey Hunter	Kyrie Irving
Season	2002-03	2020-21
Team	Toronto Raptors	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	29	23.2	9.7	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.4	1.2	0.2	2.0	1.7	3.7	10.4	.351	1.2	3.7	.318	1.2	1.6	.723
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 11
	Lindsey Hunter	Kyrie Irving
Season	2003-04	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets Lost East 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	33	20.0	3.5	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.6	1.2	0.2	1.0	1.4	1.5	4.3	.343	0.4	1.5	.280	0.2	0.2	.625
Kyrie Irving	29	37.6	27.4	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.8	1.4	0.6	2.5	2.8	10.0	21.2	.469	3.4	8.2	.418	4.1	4.4	.915

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	23	11.6	2.4	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.9	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.8	0.8	2.8	.292	0.3	1.3	.233	0.5	0.5	.917
Kyrie Irving	4	42.5	21.3	1.5	3.8	5.3	5.3	1.8	1.3	2.3	3.3	7.0	15.8	.444	2.0	5.3	.381	5.3	5.3	1.000


Season 12
	Lindsey Hunter	Kyrie Irving
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Lindsey Hunter	76	15.1	3.8	0.5	1.1	1.6	1.7	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.6	1.4	4.0	.358	0.3	1.1	.274	0.6	0.8	.793
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	25	14.9	3.8	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.6	0.9	0.3	0.6	1.8	1.4	4.5	.319	0.3	1.4	.222	0.6	0.9	.727
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Lindsey Hunter	Kyrie Irving
Season	2005-06	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Mavericks TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	30	11.8	2.9	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.1	0.6	0.0	0.7	1.5	1.2	3.3	.370	0.4	1.4	.256	0.1	0.1	.500
Kyrie Irving	58	35.0	25.6	0.8	4.2	5.0	5.2	1.3	0.5	1.8	1.9	9.7	19.5	.497	3.0	7.3	.411	3.3	3.6	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	18	12.1	4.2	0.4	0.6	1.1	1.6	0.8	0.1	0.8	2.3	1.4	4.3	.333	0.8	2.4	.318	0.6	0.6	1.000
Kyrie Irving	12	40.1	21.1	1.2	2.8	4.0	5.4	1.4	0.5	2.5	3.2	7.8	16.3	.482	2.8	6.3	.440	2.7	3.2	.842


Season 14
	Lindsey Hunter	Kyrie Irving
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	52	14.3	4.9	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.8	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.1	1.8	4.7	.385	0.7	2.3	.319	0.6	0.6	.909
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	13	10.2	1.8	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.7	0.5	2.4	.226	0.3	1.4	.222	0.4	0.4	1.000
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Lindsey Hunter	Kyrie Irving
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	24	9.0	2.4	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.3	0.9	2.7	.344	0.3	1.1	.269	0.3	0.4	.778
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	11	10.5	1.9	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.5	1.9	0.7	1.9	.381	0.5	1.0	.455	0.0	0.0	-
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Lindsey Hunter	Kyrie Irving
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	28	9.5	2.6	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.0	2.9	.329	0.6	1.7	.333	0.1	0.2	.600
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	6	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.2	0.5	.333	0.2	0.5	.333	0.5	0.7	.750
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Lindsey Hunter	Kyrie Irving
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	13	9.4	1.0	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.9	0.4	2.3	.167	0.1	1.0	.077	0.2	0.2	1.000
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Lindsey Hunter vs. Kyrie Irving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyrie Irving and Lindsey Hunter, 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17