Luka Doncic vs. Hal Greer Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hal Greer 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 7 years in the NBA, 8 less than Hal Greer, who played 15. Luka Doncic had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Hal Greer had his rookie season in 1958-59. 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
	Luka Doncic	Hal Greer
Season	2018-19	1958-59
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+4	+8.3	+10.1			+4.9	+4.5				-0.9	+2.5	+6.5	+.027				+2.8	+4.1	+.065
Hal Greer	68	23.9	11.1	-	-	2.9	1.5	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	10.0	.454	-	-	-	2.0	2.6	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	9	30.8	11.6	-	-	5.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.9	4.3	10.3	.419	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.813

Season 2
	Luka Doncic	Hal Greer
Season	2019-20	1959-60
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East Div Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+9	+5.3	+15.6			+5.1	+6.1				-0.5	+4.0	+9.0	+.013				+4.9	+6.5	+.025
Hal Greer	70	28.3	13.2	-	-	4.3	2.7	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	11.6	.476	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.783
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
difference:	+3	+7.8	+15.3			+5.1	+5.4				-1.1	+3.4	+7.0	+.012				+6.0	+9.4	+.094
Hal Greer	3	28.0	15.7	-	-	4.7	3.3	-	-	-	1.7	7.3	14.3	.512	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.750

Season 3
	Luka Doncic	Hal Greer
Season	2020-21	1960-61
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East Div Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+13	+0.7	+8.1			+2.2	+4.8				-0.8	+1.9	+3.0	+.028				+1.3	+2.1	+.044
Hal Greer	79	35.0	19.6	-	-	5.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.1	7.9	17.5	.451	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.774
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
difference:	+1	+11.1	+21.3			+3.8	+7.9				-1.6	+8.6	+14.7	+.103				+0.2	+2.3	+.296
Hal Greer	8	29.0	14.4	-	-	4.1	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	13.3	.387	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	.825

Season 4
	Luka Doncic	Hal Greer
Season	2021-22	1961-62
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Nationals Lost East Div Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+6	+2.7	+5.6			+1.7	+4.3				-1.3	+0.8	+1.3	+.010				+0.9	+1.8	+.075
Hal Greer	71	38.1	22.8	-	-	7.4	4.4	-	-	-	3.5	9.1	20.3	.447	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.819
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
difference:	+14	+31.8	+31.7			+9.8	+6.4				-1.9	+10.7	+23.5					+6.9	+9.0
Hal Greer	1	5.0	0.0	-	-	0	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 5
	Luka Doncic	Hal Greer
Season	2022-23	1962-63
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
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
difference:	+14	+3.3	+12.9			+2.9	+4.6				-1.1	+3.4	+5.8	+.032				+3.3	+5.1	+.092
Hal Greer	80	32.9	19.5	-	-	5.7	3.4	-	-	-	3.6	7.5	16.2	.464	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.834
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	5	42.8	23.4	-	-	5.4	4.2	-	-	-	4.2	8.8	17.4	.506	-	-	-	5.8	7.0	.829

Season 6
	Luka Doncic	Hal Greer
Season	2023-24	1963-64
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
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
difference:	+10	+2.0	+10.6			+3.1	+5.1				-1.5	+2.6	+3.5	+.043				+1.4	+2.1	+.043
Hal Greer	80	39.5	23.3	-	-	6.1	4.7	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	20.1	.444	-	-	-	5.4	6.6	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	22	40.9	28.9	0.7	8.7	9.5	8.1	1.9	0.4	4.1	2.5	10.2	22.9	.446	3.1	9.6	.322	5.3	7.0	.765
difference:	+17	+1.3	+7.5			+3.9	+2.1				-1.3	+2.8	+3.9	+.057				+1.3	+0.8	+.081
Hal Greer	5	42.2	21.4	-	-	5.6	6.0	-	-	-	3.8	7.4	19.0	.389	-	-	-	6.6	7.8	.846

Season 7
	Luka Doncic	Hal Greer
Season	2024-25	1964-65
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Div Finals

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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		%
Luka Doncic	50	35.4	28.2	0.8	7.4	8.2	7.7	1.8	0.4	3.6	2.5	9.2	20.5	.450	3.5	9.6	.368	6.2	7.9	.782
difference:	+20	+1.7	+8.0			+3.1	+3.2				-1.1	+1.5	+2.7	+.017				+1.4	+2.0	+.029
Hal Greer	70	37.1	20.2	-	-	5.1	4.5	-	-	-	3.6	7.7	17.8	.433	-	-	-	4.8	5.9	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	5	41.6	30.2	0.4	6.6	7.0	5.8	1.0	0.6	4.0	3.2	9.4	20.8	.452	3.2	9.2	.348	8.2	9.2	.891
difference:	+6	+4.3	+5.6			+0.4	+0.8				-0.9	+0.2	+0.6	+.003				+1.9	+1.3	+.098
Hal Greer	11	45.9	24.6	-	-	7.4	5.0	-	-	-	4.1	9.2	20.2	.455	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.793

Additional Years
* Hal Greer played 8 seasons more than Luka Doncic in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 15, from 1966 to 1973—Hal Greer played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Luka Doncic, Hal Greer got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 All-NBA Second Team 5 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP