Spencer Dinwiddie vs. Kevin Garnett Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Garnett 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.

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, 10 less than Kevin Garnett, who played 21. Spencer Dinwiddie had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Kevin Garnett had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Kevin Garnett
Season	2014-15	1995-96
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
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		%
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:	+46	+15.3	+6.1	+2.1	+2.8	+4.9	+1.3	+0.5	+1.4	-0.4	-0.8	+3.0	+4.2	+.189	+0.3	+1.5	+.101	+0.4	+0.9	+.207
Kevin Garnett	80	28.7	10.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	1.8	1.1	1.6	1.4	2.4	4.5	9.2	.491	0.1	0.4	.286	1.3	1.9	.705
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Spencer Dinwiddie nor Kevin Garnett played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Kevin Garnett
Season	2015-16	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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:	+65	+25.6	+12.2	+2.2	+4.5	+6.6	+1.3	+1.1	+2.1	-1.7	-0.9	+5.5	+9.8	+.147		+0.5	+.186	+1.1	+0.7	+.178
Kevin Garnett	77	38.9	17.0	2.5	5.6	8.0	3.1	1.4	2.1	2.3	2.6	7.1	14.3	.499	0.1	0.3	.286	2.7	3.5	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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	-
difference:	+2	+39.7	+15.3	+4.7	+4.7	+9.3	+2.7	+1.3	+1.0	-1.3	-2.0	+7.0	+16.0	+.529	+0.3	+0.3		+1.0	+1.0
Kevin Garnett	3	41.7	17.3	4.7	4.7	9.3	3.7	1.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.0	17.0	.471	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 3
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Kevin Garnett
Season	2016-17	1997-98
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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:	+23	+16.7	+11.2	+2.2	+4.6	+6.8	+1.1	+1.0	+1.4	-1.2	-0.7	+5.4	+10.7	+.047	+0.6	+1.5	+.188	+0.9	+1.3	+.054
Kevin Garnett	82	39.3	18.5	2.7	6.9	9.6	4.2	1.7	1.8	2.3	2.7	7.7	15.8	.491	0.0	0.2	.188	3.0	4.0	.738
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Garnett	5	38.6	15.8	3.4	6.2	9.6	4.0	0.8	2.4	4.4	3.4	7.2	15.0	.480	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.778

Season 4
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Kevin Garnett
Season	2017-18	1998-99
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
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:	+33	+9.1	+8.2	+3.0	+4.2	+7.2	+2.3	+0.8	+1.5	-1.3	-0.9	+4.7	+8.6	+.073	+1.7	+5.1	+.040	+0.4	+1.0	+.109
Kevin Garnett	47	37.9	20.8	3.5	6.9	10.4	4.3	1.7	1.8	2.9	3.2	8.8	19.1	.460	0.1	0.3	.286	3.1	4.4	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Garnett	4	42.5	21.8	4.0	8.0	12.0	3.8	1.8	2.0	3.3	2.5	8.8	19.8	.443	0.0	0.5	.000	4.3	5.8	.739

Season 5
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Kevin Garnett
Season	2018-19	1999-00
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	68	28.1	16.8	0.4	2.1	2.4	4.6	0.6	0.3	2.2	2.8	5.4	12.2	.442	1.8	5.4	.335	4.2	5.2	.806
difference:	+13	+11.9	+6.1	+2.4	+6.9	+9.4	+0.4	+0.9	+1.3	-1.1	-0.3	+4.0	+6.6	+.055	+1.4	+4.4	+.035	+0.4	+0.2	+.041
Kevin Garnett	81	40.0	22.9	2.8	9.0	11.8	5.0	1.5	1.6	3.3	2.5	9.4	18.8	.497	0.4	1.0	.370	3.8	5.0	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	5	26.2	14.6	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.6	0.4	0.0	1.6	2.0	5.4	12.4	.435	1.8	4.8	.375	2.0	2.8	.714
difference:	+1	+16.3	+4.2	+2.5	+5.7	+8.2	+7.2	+0.9	+0.8	-1.2	-1.0	+2.1	+7.1	+.050	+1.3	+4.0	+.292	+1.3	+1.2	+.099
Kevin Garnett	4	42.5	18.8	3.3	7.5	10.8	8.8	1.3	0.8	2.8	3.0	7.5	19.5	.385	0.5	0.8	.667	3.3	4.0	.813

Season 6
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Kevin Garnett
Season	2019-20	2000-01
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	64	31.2	20.6	0.5	3.0	3.5	6.8	0.6	0.3	2.7	2.8	6.6	16.0	.415	1.9	6.3	.308	5.4	7.0	.778
difference:	+17	+8.3	+1.4	+2.2	+5.7	+7.9	+1.8	+0.8	+1.5	-0.1	-0.3	+2.1	+2.2	+.062	+1.7	+5.5	+.020	+1.0	+1.2	+.014
Kevin Garnett	81	39.5	22.0	2.7	8.7	11.4	5.0	1.4	1.8	2.8	2.5	8.7	18.2	.477	0.2	0.8	.288	4.4	5.8	.764
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Garnett	4	41.3	21.0	2.5	9.5	12.0	4.3	1.0	1.5	1.5	3.3	6.8	14.5	.466	0.0	0.8	.000	7.5	9.0	.833

Season 7
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Kevin Garnett
Season	2020-21	2001-02
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	3	21.3	6.7	0.0	4.3	4.3	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.3	2.0	5.3	.375	0.7	2.3	.286	2.0	2.0	1.000
difference:	+78	+17.9	+14.5	+3.0	+4.8	+7.8	+2.2	+0.5	+1.3	-1.1	-1.0	+6.1	+12.0	+.095	+0.2	+0.9	+.033	+2.4	+3.5	+.199
Kevin Garnett	81	39.2	21.2	3.0	9.1	12.1	5.2	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.3	8.1	17.3	.470	0.5	1.4	.319	4.4	5.5	.801
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Garnett	3	43.3	24.0	5.3	13.3	18.7	5.0	1.7	1.7	4.0	3.7	8.0	18.7	.429	0.3	0.7	.500	7.7	10.7	.719

Season 8
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Kevin Garnett
Season	2021-22	2002-03
Team	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	67	29.6	13.7	0.7	3.5	4.2	5.2	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.6	11.0	.416	1.7	4.9	.339	2.9	3.8	.774
difference:	+15	+10.9	+9.3	+2.3	+7.0	+9.2	+0.8	+0.7	+1.4	-1.2	-0.2	+4.5	+7.1	+.086	+1.5	+4.0	+.057	+1.7	+2.3	+.023
Kevin Garnett	82	40.5	23.0	3.0	10.5	13.4	6.0	1.4	1.6	2.8	2.4	9.1	18.1	.502	0.2	0.9	.282	4.6	6.1	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	18	27.8	14.2	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.6	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.4	10.7	.417	2.2	5.3	.417	3.1	3.7	.821
difference:	+12	+16.2	+12.8	+1.4	+11.8	+13.3	+1.6	+0.9	+1.4	-1.4	-1.5	+7.4	+12.3	+.097	+1.7	+3.8	+.084	+0.3	+1.0	+.214
Kevin Garnett	6	44.0	27.0	1.8	13.8	15.7	5.2	1.7	1.7	3.0	3.8	11.8	23.0	.514	0.5	1.5	.333	2.8	4.7	.607

Season 9
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Kevin Garnett
Season	2022-23	2003-04
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	79	34.5	17.3	0.4	3.1	3.4	6.5	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.4	5.8	13.3	.438	2.3	6.2	.369	3.4	4.2	.812
difference:	+3	+4.9	+6.9	+2.6	+7.8	+10.5	+1.5	+0.7	+1.9	-0.8	-0.1	+4.0	+6.3	+.061	+2.2	+5.7	+.113	+1.1	+1.5	+.021
Kevin Garnett	82	39.4	24.2	3.0	10.9	13.9	5.0	1.5	2.2	2.6	2.5	9.8	19.6	.499	0.1	0.5	.256	4.5	5.7	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	4	39.8	16.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	6.5	1.3	0.3	3.0	1.8	5.5	12.8	.431	1.8	4.5	.389	3.8	5.5	.682
difference:	+14	+3.7	+7.8	+1.9	+9.4	+11.3	+1.4		+2.0	-1.2	-1.4	+3.8	+7.9	+.021	+1.5	+3.6	+.076	+1.6	+1.4	+.094
Kevin Garnett	18	43.5	24.3	2.2	12.4	14.6	5.1	1.3	2.3	4.2	3.2	9.3	20.7	.452	0.3	0.9	.313	5.4	6.9	.776

Season 10
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Kevin Garnett
Season	2023-24	2004-05
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	76	28.3	10.5	0.4	2.3	2.7	4.7	0.7	0.3	1.2	1.8	3.3	8.4	.392	1.6	4.8	.337	2.2	2.8	.805
difference:	+6	+9.8	+11.7	+2.6	+8.2	+10.8	+1.0	+0.8	+1.1	-1.5	-0.7	+5.0	+8.2	+.110	+1.5	+4.5	+.097	+3.2	+3.9	+.006
Kevin Garnett	82	38.1	22.2	3.0	10.5	13.5	5.7	1.5	1.4	2.7	2.5	8.3	16.6	.502	0.1	0.3	.240	5.4	6.7	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	5	14.6	3.0	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.4	1.0	2.8	.357	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.2	.500
Kevin Garnett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Kevin Garnett
Season	2024-25	2005-06
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	79	27.0	11.0	0.2	2.4	2.6	4.4	0.9	0.2	1.3	1.5	3.6	8.6	.416	1.4	4.1	.334	2.5	3.1	.802
difference:	+3	+11.9	+10.8	+2.6	+7.5	+10.1	+0.3	+0.5	+1.2	-1.1	-1.2	+4.6	+7.1	+.110	+1.3	+3.7	+.067	+2.7	+3.3	+.008
Kevin Garnett	76	38.9	21.8	2.8	9.9	12.7	4.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	2.7	8.2	15.7	.526	0.1	0.4	.267	5.2	6.4	.810
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Spencer Dinwiddie nor Kevin Garnett played in the postseason in their season 11

Additional Years
* Kevin Garnett played 10 seasons more than Spencer Dinwiddie in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 21, from 2007 to 2016—Kevin Garnett played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Spencer Dinwiddie, Kevin Garnett got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Rebounds Leader 6 All-Star Game