Luka Doncic vs. Rod Strickland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rod Strickland 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 11 less than Rod Strickland, who played 17. Luka Doncic had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Rod Strickland had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Luka Doncic	6	4	2018-19 to 2023-24
Rod Strickland	17	11	1988-89 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Luka Doncic	Rod Strickland
Season	2018-19	1988-89
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 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
Rod Strickland	81	16.8	8.9	0.6	1.3	2.0	3.9	1.2	0.0	1.8	1.8	3.3	7.0	.467	0.2	0.7	.322	2.1	2.9	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	9	12.3	6.0	0.7	0.8	1.4	2.8	0.4	0.1	1.4	2.3	2.4	5.4	.449	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.0	1.9	.529


Season 2
	Luka Doncic	Rod Strickland
Season	2019-20	1989-90
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf 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	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
Rod Strickland	82	26.1	10.6	1.1	2.1	3.2	5.7	1.5	0.2	2.1	2.0	4.2	9.2	.454	0.1	0.4	.267	2.1	3.4	.626

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
Rod Strickland	10	38.4	12.3	2.2	3.1	5.3	11.2	1.4	0.0	3.4	3.0	5.4	12.7	.425	0.0	0.7	.000	1.5	2.7	.556


Season 3
	Luka Doncic	Rod Strickland
Season	2020-21	1990-91
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Rod Strickland	58	35.8	13.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	8.0	2.0	0.2	2.7	2.2	5.4	11.2	.482	0.2	0.6	.333	2.8	3.6	.763

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
Rod Strickland	4	42.0	18.8	1.3	4.0	5.3	8.8	2.3	0.0	3.3	3.5	7.3	16.8	.433	0.0	1.5	.000	4.3	5.3	.810


Season 4
	Luka Doncic	Rod Strickland
Season	2021-22	1991-92
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Rod Strickland	57	36.0	13.8	1.6	3.0	4.6	8.6	2.1	0.3	2.8	2.1	5.3	11.6	.455	0.1	0.3	.333	3.2	4.6	.687

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
Rod Strickland	2	40.0	15.5	0.0	3.5	3.5	9.5	1.5	1.0	3.0	4.0	6.5	11.0	.591	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	4.0	.625


Season 5
	Luka Doncic	Rod Strickland
Season	2022-23	1992-93
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Rod Strickland	78	31.7	13.7	1.5	2.8	4.3	7.2	1.7	0.3	2.6	2.0	5.1	10.5	.485	0.1	0.4	.133	3.5	4.9	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	4	39.0	13.5	2.3	4.3	6.5	9.3	1.3	0.5	1.8	2.5	5.5	13.0	.423	0.0	0.3	.000	2.5	3.0	.833


Season 6
	Luka Doncic	Rod Strickland
Season	2023-24	1993-94
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Scoring Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks TBD	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Rod Strickland	82	35.2	17.2	1.5	3.0	4.5	9.0	1.8	0.3	3.1	2.1	6.4	13.3	.483	0.0	0.1	.200	4.3	5.7	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	11	41.8	27.1	1.1	8.5	9.6	9.0	1.4	0.5	3.8	2.5	9.5	22.9	.413	2.7	9.7	.280	5.5	7.1	.769
Rod Strickland	4	38.5	23.5	0.8	3.3	4.0	9.8	1.0	0.5	2.5	3.3	9.0	18.0	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	5.5	6.8	.815


Season 7
	Luka Doncic	Rod Strickland
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	64	35.4	18.9	1.1	3.8	5.0	8.8	1.9	0.1	3.3	1.8	6.9	14.8	.466	0.7	1.9	.374	4.4	5.9	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	3	42.0	23.3	0.3	3.7	4.0	12.3	1.0	0.7	3.3	3.7	9.0	21.7	.415	0.7	1.7	.400	4.7	6.0	.778


Season 8
	Luka Doncic	Rod Strickland
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	67	37.7	18.7	1.3	3.1	4.4	9.6	1.4	0.2	3.8	2.0	7.0	15.3	.460	0.6	1.7	.342	4.1	6.3	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	5	40.4	20.6	2.4	3.8	6.2	8.4	1.0	0.0	2.4	2.8	7.4	16.8	.440	1.2	2.4	.500	4.6	7.2	.639


Season 9
	Luka Doncic	Rod Strickland
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	82	36.5	17.2	1.2	2.9	4.1	8.9	1.7	0.2	3.3	2.0	6.3	13.5	.466	0.2	0.9	.169	4.5	6.1	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	3	41.3	19.7	1.7	4.3	6.0	8.3	1.0	0.0	3.7	2.7	7.3	17.3	.423	0.3	0.7	.500	4.7	6.3	.737


Season 10
	Luka Doncic	Rod Strickland
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	76	39.7	17.8	1.5	3.9	5.3	10.5	1.7	0.3	3.5	2.4	6.4	14.9	.434	0.2	0.6	.250	4.7	6.5	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Luka Doncic	Rod Strickland
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	44	37.1	15.7	1.3	3.5	4.8	9.9	1.7	0.1	3.2	2.1	5.7	13.7	.416	0.3	1.0	.286	4.0	5.4	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Luka Doncic	Rod Strickland
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	69	31.7	12.6	1.1	2.7	3.8	7.5	1.4	0.3	2.7	2.1	4.7	11.0	.429	0.0	0.3	.048	3.1	4.4	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Luka Doncic	Rod Strickland
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Washington Wizards, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	54	25.4	9.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.6	1.0	0.1	2.0	1.4	3.4	7.9	.424	0.1	0.3	.235	2.4	3.2	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	2	10.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 14
	Luka Doncic	Rod Strickland
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	76	30.2	10.4	0.6	2.4	3.1	6.1	1.1	0.1	2.1	1.5	4.2	9.4	.443	0.1	0.3	.308	2.0	2.6	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Luka Doncic	Rod Strickland
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	47	20.3	6.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	4.6	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.2	2.6	5.9	.432	0.0	0.2	.091	1.7	2.3	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	6	12.3	4.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.3	0.8	1.8	3.5	.524	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 16
	Luka Doncic	Rod Strickland
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	61	19.6	6.3	0.6	2.0	2.5	4.0	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.2	2.5	5.8	.425	0.2	0.6	.278	1.2	1.6	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Luka Doncic	Rod Strickland
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	16	12.3	1.8	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.4	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.9	0.6	2.7	.209	0.1	0.1	.500	0.6	0.6	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Strickland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Luka Doncic vs. Rod Strickland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rod Strickland 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17