Luka Doncic vs. Darrall Imhoff Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darrall Imhoff and Luka Doncic, 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.

Luka Doncic played 6 years in the NBA, 6 less than Darrall Imhoff, who played 12. Luka Doncic had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Darrall Imhoff had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Luka Doncic	Darrall Imhoff
Season	2018-19	1960-61
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First 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		%
Luka Doncic	72	32.2	21.2	1.2	6.6	7.8	6.0	1.1	0.3	3.4	1.9	7.0	16.5	.427	2.3	7.1	.327	4.8	6.7	.713
Darrall Imhoff	62	16.0	4.7	-	-	4.8	0.8	-	-	-	2.3	2.0	5.0	.394	-	-	-	0.8	1.5	.510
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darrall Imhoff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Luka Doncic	Darrall Imhoff
Season	2019-20	1961-62
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Luka Doncic	61	33.6	28.8	1.3	8.1	9.4	8.8	1.0	0.2	4.3	2.5	9.5	20.6	.463	2.8	8.9	.316	7.0	9.2	.758
Darrall Imhoff	76	19.8	5.9	-	-	6.2	1.1	-	-	-	3.0	2.4	6.3	.386	-	-	-	1.1	1.8	.576
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	6	35.8	31.0	0.7	9.2	9.8	8.7	1.2	0.5	5.2	2.8	10.7	21.3	.500	2.7	7.3	.364	7.0	10.7	.656
Darrall Imhoff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Luka Doncic	Darrall Imhoff
Season	2020-21	1962-63
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Luka Doncic	66	34.3	27.7	0.8	7.2	8.0	8.6	1.0	0.5	4.3	2.3	9.8	20.5	.479	2.9	8.3	.350	5.2	7.1	.730
Darrall Imhoff	45	10.2	2.7	-	-	3.4	0.6	-	-	-	1.5	1.1	3.4	.314	-	-	-	0.5	1.1	.480
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	7	40.1	35.7	0.6	7.3	7.9	10.3	1.3	0.4	4.6	2.4	13.7	28.0	.490	4.4	10.9	.408	3.9	7.3	.529
Darrall Imhoff	1	2.0	0.0	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Luka Doncic	Darrall Imhoff
Season	2021-22	1963-64
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 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		%
Luka Doncic	65	35.4	28.4	0.9	8.3	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	4.5	2.2	9.9	21.6	.457	3.1	8.8	.353	5.6	7.5	.744
Darrall Imhoff	58	15.0	4.8	-	-	4.9	1.0	-	-	-	2.9	1.8	4.3	.414	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	.605
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	15	36.8	31.7	0.7	9.1	9.8	6.4	1.8	0.6	3.9	2.9	10.7	23.5	.455	3.4	9.9	.345	6.9	9.0	.770
Darrall Imhoff	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Luka Doncic	Darrall Imhoff
Season	2022-23	1964-65
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Luka Doncic	66	36.2	32.4	0.8	7.8	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	3.6	2.5	10.9	22.0	.496	2.8	8.2	.342	7.8	10.5	.742
Darrall Imhoff	76	20.0	5.0	-	-	6.6	1.1	-	-	-	3.1	1.9	4.1	.466	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	.571
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darrall Imhoff	11	13.7	3.0	-	-	3.9	1.2	-	-	-	2.4	1.2	2.2	.542	-	-	-	0.6	1.1	.583

Season 6
	Luka Doncic	Darrall Imhoff
Season	2023-24	1965-66
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks TBD	Lakers 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		%
Luka Doncic	70	37.5	33.9	0.8	8.4	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	4.0	2.1	11.5	23.6	.487	4.1	10.6	.382	6.8	8.7	.786
Darrall Imhoff	77	18.4	4.9	-	-	6.6	1.5	-	-	-	3.0	2.0	4.4	.448	-	-	-	1.0	1.8	.566
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	12	42.1	27.3	1.0	8.7	9.7	9.1	1.4	0.5	4.1	2.7	9.4	22.3	.423	2.8	9.4	.301	5.6	7.1	.788
Darrall Imhoff	14	17.4	2.9	-	-	5.8	2.1	-	-	-	3.0	1.0	2.9	.350	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.722

Season 7
	Luka Doncic	Darrall Imhoff
Season	-	1966-67
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darrall Imhoff	81	33.6	10.7	-	-	13.3	2.7	-	-	-	3.5	4.6	9.6	.474	-	-	-	1.6	2.6	.614
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darrall Imhoff	3	28.7	10.0	-	-	12.3	1.7	-	-	-	2.7	4.3	8.0	.542	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.800