Luka Doncic vs. Jonathan Kuminga Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonathan Kuminga 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 8 years in the NBA, 3 more than Jonathan Kuminga, who played 5. Luka Doncic had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Jonathan Kuminga had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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	Jonathan Kuminga
Season	2018-19	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+2	+15.3	+11.9	+0.4	+4.0	+4.5	+5.1	+0.7		-2.3	-0.2	+3.6	+9.9	+.086	+1.6	+5.0	+.009	+2.9	+4.0	+.029
Jonathan Kuminga	70	16.9	9.3	0.8	2.6	3.3	0.9	0.4	0.3	1.1	2.1	3.4	6.6	.513	0.7	2.1	.336	1.9	2.7	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonathan Kuminga	16	8.6	5.2	0.3	1.4	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.9	3.8	.500	0.2	0.8	.231	1.3	1.6	.769

Season 2
	Luka Doncic	Jonathan Kuminga
Season	2019-20	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf 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:	+6	+12.8	+18.9	+0.3	+5.7	+6.0	+6.9	+0.4	+0.3	-2.9	-0.2	+5.6	+13.2	+.062	+2.0	+6.7	+.054	+5.7	+7.1	+.106
Jonathan Kuminga	67	20.8	9.9	1.0	2.4	3.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	1.4	2.3	3.9	7.4	.525	0.8	2.2	.370	1.3	2.1	.652
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:	+4	+29.7	+27.6	+0.3	+8.7	+8.9	+8.2	+1.0	+0.5	-4.8	-2.3	+9.4	+18.9	+.042	+2.4	+6.6	+.065	+6.5	+9.8	+.100
Jonathan Kuminga	10	6.1	3.4	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.3	2.4	.542	0.3	0.7	.429	0.5	0.9	.556

Season 3
	Luka Doncic	Jonathan Kuminga
Season	2020-21	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
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:	+8	+8.0	+11.6	+0.4	+3.6	+3.2	+6.4	+0.3		-2.7		+3.6	+8.9	+.050	+2.2	+6.1	+.029	+2.2	+3.1	+.016
Jonathan Kuminga	74	26.3	16.1	1.2	3.6	4.8	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.6	2.3	6.2	11.6	.529	0.7	2.2	.321	3.0	4.0	.746
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
Jonathan Kuminga	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Luka Doncic	Jonathan Kuminga
Season	2021-22	2024-25
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Warriors Lost West Conf 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:	+18	+11.1	+13.1	+0.3	+4.9	+4.5	+6.5	+0.4	+0.2	-3.0	-0.3	+4.4	+9.5	+.003	+2.1	+5.6	+.048	+2.3	+2.5	+.076
Jonathan Kuminga	47	24.3	15.3	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	1.9	5.5	12.1	.454	1.0	3.2	.305	3.3	5.0	.668
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:	+7	+13.4	+16.4	+0.2	+7.5	+7.3	+5.1	+1.3	+0.1	-2.3	-1.3	+5.1	+11.9	+.029	+2.1	+6.8	+.055	+4.1	+5.1	+.060
Jonathan Kuminga	8	23.4	15.3	0.9	1.6	2.5	1.3	0.5	0.5	1.6	1.6	5.6	11.6	.484	1.3	3.1	.400	2.8	3.9	.710

Season 5
	Luka Doncic	Jonathan Kuminga
Season	2022-23	2025-26
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+48	+11.4	+20.6	+0.8	+3.2	+2.4	+5.4	+1.1	+0.2	-1.2	-0.8	+6.6	+11.9	+.065	+1.9	+5.4	+.022	+5.6	+7.5	+.001
Jonathan Kuminga	18	24.8	11.8	1.6	4.6	6.2	2.6	0.3	0.3	2.4	1.7	4.3	10.1	.431	0.9	2.8	.320	2.2	3.0	.741
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Luka Doncic nor Jonathan Kuminga played in the postseason in their season 5

Additional Years
* Luka Doncic played 3 seasons more than Jonathan Kuminga in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 8, from 2024 to 2026—Luka Doncic played in two Playoffs. In those 3 extra years over Jonathan Kuminga, Luka Doncic got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 Scoring Leader 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 1 All-Star Game