Spencer Dinwiddie vs. Josh Giddey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Josh Giddey and Spencer Dinwiddie, 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 / 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.

Spencer Dinwiddie played 11 years in the NBA, 7 more than Josh Giddey, who played 4. Spencer Dinwiddie had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Josh Giddey had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
Spencer Dinwiddie 11 5 2014-15 to 2024-25
Josh Giddey 4 1 2021-22 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Spencer Dinwiddie Josh Giddey
Season 2014-152021-22
Team Detroit PistonsOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Spencer Dinwiddie 34 13.4 4.3 0.1 1.3 1.4 3.1 0.6 0.2 1.0 1.6 1.5 5.0 .302 0.4 1.9 .185 0.9 1.0 .912
difference:+20+18.1+8.2+1.7+4.7+6.4+3.3+0.3+0.2-2.2+3.7+7.4+.117+0.6+2.0+.078+0.1+0.5+.203
Josh Giddey 54 31.5 12.5 1.8 6.0 7.8 6.4 0.9 0.4 3.2 1.6 5.2 12.4 .419 1.0 3.9 .263 1.0 1.5 .709
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Spencer Dinwiddie nor Josh Giddey played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2

Spencer Dinwiddie Josh Giddey
Season 2015-162022-23
Team Detroit PistonsOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Pistons Lost East Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Spencer Dinwiddie 12 13.3 4.8 0.3 1.1 1.4 1.8 0.3 0.0 0.6 1.7 1.6 4.5 .352 0.1 0.8 .100 1.6 2.8 .576
difference:+64+17.9+11.8+1.6+4.8+6.5+4.4+0.5+0.4-2.2-0.2+5.5+10.2+.130+0.9+2.3+.225+0.2+0.9+.155
Josh Giddey 76 31.2 16.6 1.9 5.9 7.9 6.2 0.8 0.4 2.8 1.9 7.1 14.7 .482 1.0 3.1 .325 1.4 1.9 .731
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Spencer Dinwiddie 1 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 -
Josh Giddey DNP------ --- ----------

Season 3

Spencer Dinwiddie Josh Giddey
Season 2016-172023-24
Team Brooklyn NetsOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayThunder Lost West Conf Semis
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Spencer Dinwiddie 59 22.6 7.3 0.5 2.3 2.8 3.1 0.7 0.4 1.1 2.0 2.3 5.1 .444 0.6 1.7 .376 2.1 2.7 .792
difference:+21+2.5+5.0+0.9+2.7+3.6+1.7+0.2-1.0-0.6+2.7+5.5+.031+0.4+1.3+.039+0.8+1.1+.014
Josh Giddey 80 25.1 12.3 1.4 5.0 6.4 4.8 0.7 0.6 2.1 1.4 5.0 10.6 .475 1.0 3.0 .337 1.3 1.6 .806
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Spencer Dinwiddie DNP------ --- ----------
Josh Giddey 10 18.1 8.7 0.7 2.9 3.6 2.1 0.2 0.4 1.2 0.9 3.4 7.5 .453 1.2 3.4 .353 0.7 0.8 .875

Season 4

Spencer Dinwiddie Josh Giddey
Season 2017-182024-25
Team Brooklyn NetsChicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Spencer Dinwiddie 80 28.8 12.6 0.5 2.7 3.2 6.6 0.9 0.3 1.6 2.3 4.1 10.5 .387 1.8 5.4 .326 2.7 3.4 .813
difference:+10+1.4+2.0+1.3+3.6+4.9+0.6+0.3+0.3-1.3-0.6+1.2+0.9+.078+0.3+1.4+.052+0.2+0.2+.032
Josh Giddey 70 30.2 14.6 1.8 6.3 8.1 7.2 1.2 0.6 2.9 1.7 5.3 11.4 .465 1.5 4.0 .378 2.5 3.2 .781
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Spencer Dinwiddie nor Josh Giddey played in the postseason in their season 4

Additional Years

* Spencer Dinwiddie played 7 seasons more than Josh Giddey in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 5 to 11, from 2019 to 2025—Spencer Dinwiddie played in 4 Playoffs.