Luka Doncic vs. Khris Middleton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Khris Middleton 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, 6 less than Khris Middleton, who played 13. Luka Doncic had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Khris Middleton had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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	Khris Middleton
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+45	+14.6	+15.1	+1.1	+4.9	+5.9	+5.0	+0.5	+0.2	-3.0	-0.1	+4.7	+11.3	+.013	+1.8	+5.4	+.016	+3.8	+5.5	+.131
Khris Middleton	27	17.6	6.1	0.1	1.7	1.9	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.4	2.0	2.3	5.2	.440	0.5	1.7	.311	1.0	1.2	.844
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Luka Doncic nor Khris Middleton played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Luka Doncic	Khris Middleton
Season	2019-20	2013-14
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+21	+3.6	+16.7	+0.6	+5.1	+5.6	+6.7			-2.8	-0.5	+4.9	+10.2	+.023	+1.3	+5.4	+.098	+5.6	+7.5	+.103
Khris Middleton	82	30.0	12.1	0.7	3.0	3.8	2.1	1.0	0.2	1.5	3.0	4.6	10.4	.440	1.5	3.5	.414	1.4	1.7	.861
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
Khris Middleton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Luka Doncic	Khris Middleton
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	+4.2	+14.3	+0.2	+3.4	+3.6	+6.3	+0.5	+0.4	-2.9		+4.7	+9.5	+.012	+1.5	+4.9	+.057	+3.5	+5.1	+.129
Khris Middleton	79	30.1	13.4	0.6	3.8	4.4	2.3	1.5	0.1	1.4	2.3	5.1	11.0	.467	1.4	3.4	.407	1.7	2.0	.859
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	+1.4	+19.9	+0.6	+4.8	+4.2	+8.3	+1.0	+0.1	-2.9	-0.1	+7.9	+12.7	+.110	+2.6	+5.2	+.084	+1.6	+4.8	+.404
Khris Middleton	6	38.7	15.8	1.2	2.5	3.7	2.0	2.3	0.5	1.7	2.3	5.8	15.3	.380	1.8	5.7	.324	2.3	2.5	.933

Season 4
	Luka Doncic	Khris Middleton
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+14	+0.7	+10.2	+0.3	+5.0	+5.3	+4.5	+0.5	+0.4	-2.2	-0.4	+3.5	+7.1	+.013	+1.3	+4.2	+.043	+2.1	+3.6	+.144
Khris Middleton	79	36.1	18.2	0.6	3.3	3.8	4.2	1.7	0.2	2.3	2.6	6.4	14.5	.444	1.8	4.6	.396	3.5	3.9	.888
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
Khris Middleton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Luka Doncic	Khris Middleton
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+37	+5.5	+17.7	+0.4	+3.9	+4.4	+4.6		+0.3	-1.4	-0.2	+5.7	+10.5	+.046	+1.2	+4.6	+.091	+5.0	+7.3	+.138
Khris Middleton	29	30.7	14.7	0.4	3.9	4.2	3.4	1.4	0.2	2.2	2.7	5.2	11.5	.450	1.6	3.6	.433	2.8	3.2	.880
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Khris Middleton	6	38.5	14.5	0.0	4.7	4.7	5.3	2.0	0.0	1.8	2.8	5.2	13.0	.397	1.2	3.2	.368	3.0	3.7	.818

Season 6
	Luka Doncic	Khris Middleton
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+12	+1.1	+13.8	+0.3	+3.7	+4.0	+5.8	+0.1	+0.2	-1.7	-1.2	+4.3	+8.1	+.021	+2.3	+5.6	+.023	+2.9	+4.3	+.098
Khris Middleton	82	36.4	20.1	0.5	4.7	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.3	2.3	3.3	7.2	15.5	.466	1.8	5.0	.359	3.9	4.4	.884
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:	+15	+1.6	+4.2	+0.6	+3.7	+4.4	+5.0	+1.0	+0.3	-1.8	-1.8	+0.6	+6.9	+.152	+0.5	+3.7	+.288	+3.3	+4.3	+.028
Khris Middleton	7	39.3	24.7	0.1	5.0	5.1	3.1	0.9	0.7	2.3	4.3	9.6	16.0	.598	3.6	5.9	.610	2.0	2.7	.737

Season 7
	Luka Doncic	Khris Middleton
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 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:	+27	+4.3	+9.9	+0.2	+2.1	+2.2	+3.4	+0.8	+0.3	-1.3	-0.3	+2.6	+5.6	+.009	+1.2	+3.4	+.010	+3.4	+4.5	+.055
Khris Middleton	77	31.1	18.3	0.6	5.3	6.0	4.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.2	6.6	14.9	.441	2.3	6.2	.378	2.8	3.4	.837
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:	+10	+7.3	+13.3	+0.2	+0.9	+0.7	+1.4	+0.4	+0.6	-2.1	-0.3	+3.8	+7.4	+.034	+0.5	+3.1	+.087	+5.1	+5.7	+.006
Khris Middleton	15	34.3	16.9	0.6	5.7	6.3	4.4	0.6	0.0	1.9	2.9	5.6	13.4	.418	2.7	6.1	.435	3.1	3.5	.885

Additional Years
* Khris Middleton played 6 seasons more than Luka Doncic in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 13, from 2020 to 2025—Khris Middleton played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 6 extra years over Luka Doncic, Khris Middleton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game