Luka Doncic vs. Mike Farmer Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Farmer 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, 1 less than Mike Farmer, who played 7. Luka Doncic had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Mike Farmer 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 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	Mike Farmer
Season	2018-19	1958-59
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East 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	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
Mike Farmer	72	21.5	6.0	-	-	4.4	0.9	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	6.9	.353	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Farmer	2	17.0	6.0	-	-	5.0	0.0	-	-	-	3.5	2.5	8.5	.294	-	-	-	1.0	2.5	.400

Season 2
	Luka Doncic	Mike Farmer
Season	2019-20	1959-60
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
Mike Farmer	67	22.9	7.4	-	-	5.7	0.9	-	-	-	1.9	3.2	8.5	.373	-	-	-	1.0	1.2	.843
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
Mike Farmer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Luka Doncic	Mike Farmer
Season	2020-21	1960-61
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New York Knicks, Cincinnati Royals
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	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
Mike Farmer	59	22.1	7.3	-	-	6.4	1.4	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	7.8	.390	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.734
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
Mike Farmer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Mike Farmer didn't play in 1961-62.

Season 4
	Luka Doncic	Mike Farmer
Season	2021-22	1962-63
Team	Dallas Mavericks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks Lost West Div 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	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
Mike Farmer	80	21.6	7.4	-	-	4.6	1.8	-	-	-	1.9	3.0	7.0	.425	-	-	-	1.5	1.7	.842
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
Mike Farmer	11	23.8	6.1	-	-	4.7	2.5	-	-	-	2.5	2.5	6.7	.365	-	-	-	1.2	1.5	.765

Season 5
	Luka Doncic	Mike Farmer
Season	2022-23	1963-64
Team	Dallas Mavericks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div 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
Mike Farmer	76	17.9	5.6	-	-	3.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	5.8	.406	-	-	-	0.9	1.1	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Farmer	11	10.8	4.2	-	-	1.5	0.8	-	-	-	0.9	1.7	3.1	.559	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.800

Season 6
	Luka Doncic	Mike Farmer
Season	2023-24	1964-65
Team	Dallas Mavericks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks TBD	Hawks 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	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
Mike Farmer	60	21.2	6.8	-	-	4.3	1.5	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	6.8	.409	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.798
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
Mike Farmer	1	7.0	4.0	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	2.0	4.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-