Luka Doncic vs. Sebastian Telfair Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sebastian Telfair 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, 4 less than Sebastian Telfair, who played 10. Luka Doncic had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Sebastian Telfair had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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	Sebastian Telfair
Season	2018-19	2004-05
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Sebastian Telfair	68	19.6	6.8	0.1	1.4	1.5	3.3	0.5	0.1	1.8	1.8	2.5	6.3	.393	0.3	1.0	.246	1.5	2.0	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sebastian Telfair	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Luka Doncic	Sebastian Telfair
Season	2019-20	2005-06
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
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
Sebastian Telfair	68	24.1	9.5	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.6	1.0	0.1	1.7	2.5	3.4	8.5	.394	0.8	2.4	.352	1.9	2.6	.743
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
Sebastian Telfair	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Luka Doncic	Sebastian Telfair
Season	2020-21	2006-07
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
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
Sebastian Telfair	78	20.2	6.1	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.8	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.1	2.3	6.1	.371	0.5	1.6	.289	1.2	1.4	.818
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
Sebastian Telfair	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Luka Doncic	Sebastian Telfair
Season	2021-22	2007-08
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	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	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
Sebastian Telfair	60	32.2	9.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.9	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.9	3.7	9.3	.401	0.5	1.9	.281	1.3	1.8	.743
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
Sebastian Telfair	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Luka Doncic	Sebastian Telfair
Season	2022-23	2008-09
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Sebastian Telfair	75	27.9	9.8	0.4	1.3	1.7	4.6	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.5	3.6	9.3	.383	1.0	2.8	.346	1.7	2.1	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sebastian Telfair	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Luka Doncic	Sebastian Telfair
Season	2023-24	2009-10
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks TBD	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	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
Sebastian Telfair	43	15.3	4.8	0.1	0.9	1.0	2.9	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.7	1.9	4.7	.413	0.3	1.3	.232	0.7	0.9	.784
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
Sebastian Telfair	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Sebastian Telfair didn't play in 2013-14.