Malik Beasley vs. Kyrie Irving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyrie Irving and Malik Beasley, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Malik Beasley played 9 years in the NBA, 5 less than Kyrie Irving, who played 14. Malik Beasley had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Kyrie Irving had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Malik Beasley	9	5	2016-17 to 2024-25
Kyrie Irving	14	7	2011-12 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9


Rookie Season
	Malik Beasley	Kyrie Irving
Season	2016-17	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	22	7.5	3.8	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.5	3.3	.452	0.4	1.3	.321	0.4	0.5	.800
difference:	+29	+23.0	+14.7	+0.7	+2.4	+2.9	+4.9	+0.8	+0.4	-2.7	-1.7	+5.4	+11.3	+.017	+1.0	+2.3	+.078	+3.0	+3.3	+.072
Kyrie Irving	51	30.5	18.5	0.9	2.9	3.7	5.4	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.2	6.9	14.6	.469	1.4	3.6	.399	3.4	3.8	.872

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Malik Beasley nor Kyrie Irving played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Malik Beasley	Kyrie Irving
Season	2017-18	2012-13
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	62	9.4	3.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.9	.410	0.5	1.3	.341	0.4	0.5	.667
difference:	+3	+25.3	+19.3	+0.4	+2.2	+2.6	+5.4	+1.3	+0.3	-2.8	-1.9	+7.0	+15.2	+.042	+1.3	+3.4	+.050	+3.8	+4.4	+.188
Kyrie Irving	59	34.7	22.5	0.6	3.1	3.7	5.9	1.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	8.2	18.1	.452	1.8	4.7	.391	4.2	4.9	.855

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Malik Beasley nor Kyrie Irving played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Malik Beasley	Kyrie Irving
Season	2018-19	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

more >>

3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	81	23.2	11.3	0.4	2.0	2.5	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.4	4.3	9.1	.474	2.0	5.0	.402	0.7	0.8	.848
difference:	+10	+12.0	+9.5	+0.3	+0.9	+1.1	+4.9	+0.8	+0.2	-2.0	-0.9	+3.2	+8.3	+.044	+0.3	+0.2	+.044	+3.4	+4.0	+.013
Kyrie Irving	71	35.2	20.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	6.1	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.3	7.5	17.4	.430	1.7	4.8	.358	4.1	4.8	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	14	20.1	8.1	0.8	2.6	3.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.4	2.6	6.6	.387	1.4	3.4	.404	1.6	2.2	.710
Kyrie Irving	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Malik Beasley	Kyrie Irving
Season	2019-20	2014-15
Team	Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

more >>

4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	55	22.0	11.2	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.4	4.1	9.7	.425	1.9	5.0	.388	1.0	1.2	.818
difference:	+20	+14.4	+10.5	+0.4		+0.5	+3.8	+0.8	+0.2	-1.5	-0.5	+3.6	+6.8	+.043	+0.2		+.027	+3.2	+3.7	+.045
Kyrie Irving	75	36.4	21.7	0.7	2.4	3.2	5.2	1.5	0.3	2.5	1.9	7.7	16.5	.468	2.1	5.0	.415	4.2	4.9	.863

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	13	35.7	19.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	2.2	6.2	14.2	.438	2.1	4.6	.450	4.5	5.3	.841


Season 5
	Malik Beasley	Kyrie Irving
Season	2020-21	2015-16
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

more >>

5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	37	32.8	19.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	1.6	1.7	7.1	16.2	.440	3.5	8.7	.399	1.8	2.2	.850
difference:	+16	+1.3			+1.5	+1.4	+2.3	+0.3	+0.1	-0.7	-0.3	+0.3	+0.4	+.008	+1.9	+3.8	+.078	+1.4	+1.4	+.035
Kyrie Irving	53	31.5	19.6	0.8	2.1	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.4	16.6	.448	1.6	4.9	.321	3.2	3.6	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	21	36.9	25.2	0.7	2.2	3.0	4.7	1.7	0.6	2.3	2.2	9.6	20.1	.475	2.4	5.5	.440	3.7	4.2	.875


Season 6
	Malik Beasley	Kyrie Irving
Season	2021-22	2016-17
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

more >>

6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	79	25.0	12.1	0.3	2.5	2.9	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.1	4.2	10.8	.391	3.0	8.1	.377	0.6	0.8	.817
difference:	+7	+10.1	+13.1	+0.4		+0.3	+4.3	+0.7	+0.1	-2.0	-1.1	+5.1	+8.9	+.082	+0.5	+2.0	+.024	+3.5	+3.8	+.088
Kyrie Irving	72	35.1	25.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	5.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.3	19.7	.473	2.5	6.1	.401	4.1	4.6	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	19.8	8.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.5	3.2	7.3	.432	1.3	4.2	.320	0.8	1.0	.833
difference:	+12	+16.5	+17.4	+0.4	+0.9	+0.5	+4.6	+1.0	+0.2	-1.5	-0.6	+6.4	+13.3	+.036	+1.1	+2.4	+.053	+3.4	+3.7	+.072
Kyrie Irving	18	36.3	25.9	0.7	2.1	2.8	5.3	1.3	0.4	2.7	2.1	9.6	20.6	.468	2.4	6.6	.373	4.2	4.7	.905


Season 7
	Malik Beasley	Kyrie Irving
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

more >>

7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	81	25.8	12.7	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.5	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.3	4.6	11.6	.395	2.9	8.1	.357	0.6	0.8	.769
difference:	+21	+6.4	+11.7	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+3.6	+0.3	+0.2	-1.2	-0.7	+4.3	+6.5	+.096	+0.1	+1.3	+.051	+3.3	+3.6	+.120
Kyrie Irving	60	32.2	24.4	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.1	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	8.9	18.1	.491	2.8	6.8	.408	3.9	4.4	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	11	8.3	3.0	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.9	3.1	.294	0.6	2.4	.269	0.5	0.5	1.000
Kyrie Irving	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Malik Beasley	Kyrie Irving
Season	2023-24	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

more >>

8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	79	29.6	11.3	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.7	2.0	4.1	9.1	.443	2.8	6.9	.413	0.3	0.4	.714
difference:	+12	+3.4	+12.5	+0.6	+0.7	+1.3	+5.5	+0.8	+0.4	-1.9	-0.5	+4.9	+9.4	+.044	+0.2	+0.4	+.012	+2.9	+3.3	+.159
Kyrie Irving	67	33.0	23.8	1.1	3.9	5.0	6.9	1.5	0.5	2.6	2.5	9.0	18.5	.487	2.6	6.5	.401	3.2	3.7	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	21.8	8.8	0.2	2.3	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.5	1.5	3.5	6.8	.512	1.8	4.2	.440	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+3	+14.9	+12.5	+0.4	+1.5	+1.8	+6.3	+0.7	+0.4	-2.6	-1.4	+4.2	+13.1	+.127	+0.2	+2.2	+.130	+4.0	+4.4
Kyrie Irving	9	36.7	21.3	0.6	3.8	4.3	7.0	1.4	0.4	3.1	2.9	7.7	19.9	.385	2.0	6.4	.310	4.0	4.4	.900


Season 9
	Malik Beasley	Kyrie Irving
Season	2024-25	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	82	27.8	16.3	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.5	5.6	13.1	.430	3.9	9.3	.416	1.2	1.7	.679
difference:	+62	+5.1	+11.1	+0.5	+2.1	+2.6	+4.7	+0.5	+0.4	-1.6	-1.2	+4.4	+7.7	+.048	+1.1	+2.2	+.022	+3.5	+3.4	+.243
Kyrie Irving	20	32.9	27.4	1.1	4.1	5.2	6.4	1.4	0.5	2.6	2.7	10.0	20.8	.478	2.8	7.1	.394	4.7	5.1	.922

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	27.2	14.0	0.2	2.3	2.5	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.2	1.7	4.7	12.5	.373	3.3	9.8	.339	1.3	1.3	1.000
Kyrie Irving	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Kyrie Irving played 5 seasons more than Malik Beasley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 2021 to 2025—Kyrie Irving played in 3 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Malik Beasley, Kyrie Irving got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Star Game

Malik Beasley vs. Kyrie Irving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyrie Irving and Malik Beasley, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years