Rafer Alston vs. Luka Doncic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luka Doncic and Rafer Alston, 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.

Rafer Alston played 11 years in the NBA, 5 more than Luka Doncic, who played 6. Rafer Alston had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Luka Doncic had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
Rafer Alston	11	6	1999-00 to 2009-10
Luka Doncic	6	4	2018-19 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rafer Alston	Luka Doncic
Season	1999-00	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Rafer Alston	27	13.4	2.2	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.6	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.1	1.0	3.5	.284	0.1	0.5	.214	0.1	0.1	.750
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	4	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.5	.000
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Rafer Alston	Luka Doncic
Season	2000-01	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Mavericks 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		%
Rafer Alston	37	7.8	2.1	0.1	0.7	0.8	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.5	0.7	0.8	2.3	.357	0.2	0.8	.267	0.2	0.4	.692
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	5	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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


Season 3
	Rafer Alston	Luka Doncic
Season	2001-02	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
Rafer Alston	50	12.0	3.5	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.9	0.6	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.8	.346	0.5	1.4	.380	0.4	0.6	.621
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 4
	Rafer Alston	Luka Doncic
Season	2002-03	2021-22
Team	Toronto Raptors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	47	20.9	7.8	0.4	1.8	2.3	4.1	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.6	3.0	7.1	.415	1.1	2.8	.392	0.8	1.1	.685
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 5
	Rafer Alston	Luka Doncic
Season	2003-04	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Rafer Alston	82	31.5	10.2	0.3	2.4	2.8	4.5	1.4	0.2	1.6	2.6	3.5	9.3	.376	2.0	5.3	.371	1.3	1.6	.769
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	13	22.6	7.0	0.3	1.9	2.2	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.7	2.2	7.0	.319	0.9	4.0	.231	1.6	1.9	.840
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Rafer Alston	Luka Doncic
Season	2004-05	2023-24
Team	Toronto Raptors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Scoring Leader
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	80	34.0	14.2	0.5	3.0	3.5	6.4	1.5	0.1	2.1	2.7	5.0	12.2	.414	1.7	4.9	.357	2.4	3.2	.740
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luka Doncic	7	42.3	28.3	1.1	7.3	8.4	9.4	1.1	0.4	3.9	2.9	9.7	24.6	.395	2.4	10.7	.227	6.4	8.1	.789


Season 7
	Rafer Alston	Luka Doncic
Season	2005-06	-
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		%
Rafer Alston	63	38.6	12.1	0.6	3.5	4.0	6.7	1.6	0.2	2.5	3.1	4.4	11.7	.379	1.6	5.0	.327	1.6	2.3	.692
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 8
	Rafer Alston	Luka Doncic
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Rafer Alston	82	37.1	13.3	0.4	3.1	3.4	5.4	1.6	0.1	2.1	2.4	4.7	12.4	.375	2.3	6.5	.363	1.6	2.2	.734
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	7	44.1	10.9	0.9	6.0	6.9	5.0	1.9	0.4	2.4	3.3	3.6	10.6	.338	2.3	7.1	.320	1.4	1.9	.769
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Rafer Alston	Luka Doncic
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Rafer Alston	74	34.1	13.1	0.4	3.1	3.5	5.3	1.3	0.2	2.2	1.9	4.9	12.5	.394	1.9	5.5	.351	1.3	1.9	.715
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	4	31.5	14.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	4.5	1.0	0.0	1.5	1.8	5.3	12.0	.438	2.8	6.3	.440	1.0	1.3	.800
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Rafer Alston	Luka Doncic
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Houston Rockets, Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	77	31.8	11.7	0.4	2.5	2.9	5.3	1.4	0.1	1.8	1.8	4.1	10.6	.385	1.5	4.3	.338	2.0	2.7	.750
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rafer Alston	23	32.2	12.2	0.1	2.3	2.4	4.1	1.4	0.2	1.7	2.3	4.6	12.1	.380	1.6	4.9	.319	1.4	1.9	.750
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Rafer Alston	Luka Doncic
Season	2009-10	-
Team	New Jersey Nets, 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		%
Rafer Alston	52	27.3	8.2	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.4	1.0	0.2	1.8	2.0	3.0	8.6	.348	1.1	3.2	.345	1.1	1.6	.728
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Rafer Alston vs. Luka Doncic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luka Doncic and Rafer Alston, 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