Patrick Ewing vs. Daniel Gafford Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Daniel Gafford and Patrick Ewing, 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.

Patrick Ewing played 17 years in the NBA, 11 more than Daniel Gafford, who played 6. Patrick Ewing had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Daniel Gafford had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Patrick Ewing	Daniel Gafford
Season	1985-86	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	50	35.4	20.0	2.5	6.5	9.0	2.0	1.1	2.1	3.4	3.8	7.7	16.3	.474	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.739
difference:	+7	+21.2	+14.9	+1.3	+5.2	+6.5	+1.5	+0.8	+0.8	-2.7	-1.5	+5.5	+13.2	+.227		+0.1		+3.8	+4.7	+.206
Daniel Gafford	43	14.2	5.1	1.2	1.3	2.5	0.5	0.3	1.3	0.7	2.3	2.2	3.1	.701	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.533
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Patrick Ewing nor Daniel Gafford played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Patrick Ewing	Daniel Gafford
Season	1987-88	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	31.0	20.2	3.0	5.3	8.2	1.5	1.3	3.0	3.5	4.0	8.0	14.4	.555	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.8	.716
difference:	+10	+10.9	+10.8	+0.8	+1.8	+2.5	+0.6	+0.9	+1.6	-2.6	-1.6	+4.0	+8.7	+.138				+2.7	+3.7	+.017
Daniel Gafford	72	20.1	9.4	2.2	3.5	5.7	0.9	0.4	1.4	0.9	2.4	4.0	5.7	.693	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.699
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	4	38.3	18.8	4.0	8.8	12.8	2.5	1.5	3.3	2.8	4.3	7.0	14.3	.491	0.0	0.3	.000	4.8	5.5	.864
Daniel Gafford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Patrick Ewing	Daniel Gafford
Season	1988-89	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	80	36.2	22.7	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.4	1.5	3.5	3.3	3.9	9.1	16.0	.567	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.746
difference:	+2	+15.6	+13.7	+0.6	+3.1	+3.7	+1.3	+1.1	+2.2	-2.2	-1.5	+5.4	+10.9	+.165		+0.1		+2.9	+3.7	+.067
Daniel Gafford	78	20.6	9.0	2.1	3.5	5.6	1.1	0.4	1.3	1.1	2.4	3.7	5.1	.732	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.679
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	9	37.8	19.9	2.6	7.4	10.0	2.2	1.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	7.8	16.0	.486	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.8	.750
Daniel Gafford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Patrick Ewing	Daniel Gafford
Season	1989-90	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	38.6	28.6	2.9	8.0	10.9	2.2	1.0	4.0	3.4	4.0	11.2	20.4	.551	0.0	0.0	-	6.1	7.9	.775
difference:	+8	+14.1	+17.6	+0.3	+3.0	+3.3	+0.6	+0.1	+1.9	-2.4	-0.9	+6.5	+13.9	+.174				+4.5	+5.5	+.101
Daniel Gafford	74	24.5	11.0	2.6	5.0	7.6	1.6	0.9	2.1	1.0	3.1	4.7	6.5	.725	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.674
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	10	39.5	29.4	2.1	8.4	10.5	3.1	1.3	2.0	2.7	4.1	11.4	21.9	.521	0.1	0.2	.500	6.5	7.9	.823
difference:	+12	+19.3	+20.4	+0.2	+4.8	+5.0	+2.4	+1.0	+0.5	-1.8	-2.4	+7.9	+16.3	+.113	+0.1	+0.2		+4.6	+4.9	+.192
Daniel Gafford	22	20.2	9.0	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.7	0.3	1.5	0.9	1.7	3.5	5.6	.634	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.631

Season 6
	Patrick Ewing	Daniel Gafford
Season	1990-91	2024-25
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	81	38.3	26.6	2.4	8.8	11.2	3.0	1.0	3.2	3.6	3.5	10.4	20.3	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.7	.745
difference:	+24	+16.8	+14.3	+0.3	+4.7	+4.4	+1.6	+0.6	+1.4	-2.4	-0.8	+5.4	+13.2	+.188		+0.1		+3.3	+4.3	+.056
Daniel Gafford	57	21.5	12.3	2.7	4.1	6.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	1.2	2.7	5.0	7.1	.702	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.689
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	3	36.7	16.7	0.7	9.3	10.0	2.0	0.3	1.7	3.7	4.0	6.0	15.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	6.0	.778
Daniel Gafford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Patrick Ewing played 11 seasons more than Daniel Gafford in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 17, from 1992 to 2002—Patrick Ewing played in 10 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Daniel Gafford, Patrick Ewing got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 6 All-Star Game