Luka Doncic vs. Tyrese Maxey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyrese Maxey 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, 2 more than Tyrese Maxey, who played 5. Luka Doncic had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Tyrese Maxey had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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	Tyrese Maxey
Season	2018-19	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+11	+16.9	+13.2	+1.0	+5.1	+6.1	+4.0	+0.7	+0.1	-2.7	-0.6	+3.8	+9.5	+.035	+1.8	+5.4	+.026	+3.8	+5.6	+.158
Tyrese Maxey	61	15.3	8.0	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.3	3.2	7.0	.462	0.5	1.7	.301	1.0	1.1	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyrese Maxey	12	13.0	6.3	0.1	1.8	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.4	5.5	.439	0.3	1.0	.333	1.2	1.8	.636

Season 2
	Luka Doncic	Tyrese Maxey
Season	2019-20	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East 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:	+14	+1.7	+11.3	+1.0	+5.2	+6.2	+4.5	+0.3	+0.2	-3.1	-0.4	+3.1	+7.3	+.022	+1.0	+4.8	+.111	+4.2	+5.9	+.108
Tyrese Maxey	75	35.3	17.5	0.3	2.9	3.2	4.3	0.7	0.4	1.2	2.1	6.4	13.3	.485	1.8	4.1	.427	2.8	3.3	.866
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:	+6	+4.6	+10.2	+0.2	+6.2	+6.3	+4.8	+0.4	+0.3	-3.4	-0.8	+3.4	+6.1	+.016	+0.5	+1.5	+.013	+3.1	+6.5	+.284
Tyrese Maxey	12	40.4	20.8	0.5	3.0	3.5	3.9	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	7.3	15.2	.484	2.2	5.8	.377	3.9	4.2	.940

Season 3
	Luka Doncic	Tyrese Maxey
Season	2020-21	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+6	+0.7	+7.4	+0.4	+4.6	+5.1	+5.1	+0.2	+0.4	-3.0	-0.1	+2.5	+5.3	+.002	+0.2	+2.1	+.084	+2.2	+3.5	+.115
Tyrese Maxey	60	33.6	20.3	0.4	2.6	2.9	3.5	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.2	7.3	15.2	.481	2.7	6.2	.434	3.0	3.6	.845
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:	+4	+1.6	+15.2	+0.2	+3.3	+3.1	+8.0	+0.1	+0.1	-3.9		+6.2	+10.5	+.063	+1.3	+3.2	+.008	+1.4	+4.5	+.374
Tyrese Maxey	11	38.5	20.5	0.8	4.0	4.8	2.3	1.4	0.5	0.7	2.4	7.5	17.5	.427	3.1	7.7	.400	2.5	2.8	.903

Season 4
	Luka Doncic	Tyrese Maxey
Season	2021-22	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+5	+2.1	+2.5	+0.4	+5.1	+5.4	+2.5	+0.2	+0.1	-2.8		+0.8	+1.3	+.007	+0.1	+0.7	+.020	+0.9	+2.1	+.124
Tyrese Maxey	70	37.5	25.9	0.5	3.2	3.7	6.2	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	9.1	20.3	.450	3.0	8.1	.373	4.7	5.4	.868
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:	+9	+7.7	+1.9	+0.5	+4.1	+4.6	+0.4	+1.0	+0.3	-1.7	-0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+.023	+0.3	+0.7	+.055	+2.7	+4.3	+.123
Tyrese Maxey	6	44.5	29.8	0.2	5.0	5.2	6.8	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.7	11.0	23.0	.478	3.7	9.2	.400	4.2	4.7	.893

Season 5
	Luka Doncic	Tyrese Maxey
Season	2022-23	2024-25
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
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:	+14	+1.5	+6.1	+0.5	+4.7	+5.3	+1.9	+0.4	+0.1	-1.2	-0.3	+1.7	+1.0	+.059	+0.3	+1.0	+.005	+2.9	+4.9	+.137
Tyrese Maxey	52	37.7	26.3	0.3	3.1	3.3	6.1	1.8	0.4	2.4	2.2	9.2	21.0	.437	3.1	9.2	.337	4.9	5.6	.879
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Luka Doncic nor Tyrese Maxey played in the postseason in their season 5

Additional Years
* Luka Doncic played 2 seasons more than Tyrese Maxey in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 7, from 2024 to 2025—Luka Doncic played in two Playoffs. In those 2 extra years over Tyrese Maxey, Luka Doncic got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 Scoring Leader 1 All-Star Game