Stephen Curry vs. Darius Garland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darius Garland and Stephen Curry, 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.

Stephen Curry played 17 years in the NBA, 10 more than Darius Garland, who played 7. Stephen Curry had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Darius Garland 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
	Stephen Curry	Darius Garland
Season	2009-10	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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		%
Stephen Curry	80	36.2	17.5	0.6	3.9	4.5	5.9	1.9	0.2	3.0	3.2	6.6	14.3	.462	2.1	4.8	.437	2.2	2.5	.885
difference:	+21	+5.3	+5.2	+0.1	+2.5	+2.6	+2.0	+1.2	+0.1	-0.4	-1.6	+1.9	+2.5	+.061	+0.3	+0.2	+.082	+1.1	+1.3	+.010
Darius Garland	59	30.9	12.3	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.6	4.7	11.8	.401	1.8	5.0	.355	1.1	1.2	.875
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephen Curry nor Darius Garland played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Stephen Curry	Darius Garland
Season	2011-12	2021-22
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Stephen Curry	26	28.2	14.7	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.3	1.5	0.3	2.5	2.4	5.6	11.4	.490	2.1	4.7	.455	1.5	1.8	.809
difference:	+42	+7.5	+7.0		+0.1	+0.1	+3.3	+0.2	+0.2	-1.1	-0.7	+2.4	+5.9	+.028	+0.5	+2.0	+.072	+1.7	+1.7	+.083
Darius Garland	68	35.7	21.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.6	1.7	8.0	17.3	.462	2.6	6.7	.383	3.2	3.5	.892
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephen Curry nor Darius Garland played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 5
	Stephen Curry	Darius Garland
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Stephen Curry	78	36.5	24.0	0.6	3.7	4.3	8.5	1.6	0.2	3.8	2.5	8.4	17.7	.471	3.3	7.9	.424	3.9	4.5	.885
difference:	+21	+3.1	+6.0	+0.1	+1.6	+1.6	+2.0	+0.3	+0.1	-0.7	-0.8	+1.8	+2.9	+.025	+1.0	+1.7	+.053	+1.3	+1.4	+.051
Darius Garland	57	33.4	18.0	0.5	2.1	2.7	6.5	1.3	0.1	3.1	1.7	6.6	14.8	.446	2.3	6.2	.371	2.6	3.1	.834
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	7	42.3	23.0	0.6	3.0	3.6	8.4	1.7	0.1	3.7	2.6	7.3	16.6	.440	3.1	8.1	.386	5.3	6.0	.881
difference:	+5	+6.3	+7.3	+0.5	+0.5		+2.6	+0.6	+0.1	-1.4	-0.2	+1.2	+2.3	+.013	+1.0	+2.2	+.034	+3.9	+4.2	+.071
Darius Garland	12	36.0	15.7	0.1	3.5	3.6	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.8	6.1	14.3	.427	2.1	5.9	.352	1.4	1.8	.810

Season 6
	Stephen Curry	Darius Garland
Season	2014-15	2024-25
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Stephen Curry	80	32.7	23.8	0.7	3.6	4.3	7.7	2.0	0.2	3.1	2.0	8.2	16.8	.487	3.6	8.1	.443	3.9	4.2	.914
difference:	+5	+2.0	+3.2	+0.1	+1.4	+1.4	+1.0	+0.8	+0.1	-0.6	-0.1	+0.8	+1.1	+.015	+0.8	+1.0	+.042	+0.9	+0.8	+.036
Darius Garland	75	30.7	20.6	0.6	2.2	2.9	6.7	1.2	0.1	2.5	1.9	7.4	15.7	.472	2.8	7.1	.401	3.0	3.4	.878
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	21	39.3	28.3	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.4	1.9	0.1	3.9	2.2	9.5	20.9	.456	4.7	11.0	.422	4.6	5.5	.835
difference:	+16	+9.7	+10.3	+0.8	+2.0	+2.8	+1.2	+1.5	+0.1	-0.9	-1.2	+3.7	+7.1	+.036	+2.7	+4.0	+.136	+0.2	+0.7	+.082
Darius Garland	5	29.6	18.0	0.2	2.0	2.2	5.2	0.4	0.0	3.0	3.4	5.8	13.8	.420	2.0	7.0	.286	4.4	4.8	.917

Season 7
	Stephen Curry	Darius Garland
Season	2015-16	2025-26
Team	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Did not play (season in progress)

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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		%
Stephen Curry	79	34.2	30.1	0.9	4.6	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	3.3	2.0	10.2	20.2	.504	5.1	11.2	.454	4.6	5.1	.908
difference:	+61	+4.0	+13.2	+0.3	+2.4	+2.6	+0.2	+1.4	+0.1	-0.4	-0.2	+4.4	+6.0	+.096	+2.8	+4.8	+.089	+1.6	+1.7	+.023
Darius Garland	18	30.2	16.9	0.6	2.2	2.8	6.9	0.7	0.1	2.9	1.8	5.8	14.2	.408	2.3	6.4	.365	3.0	3.4	.885
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephen Curry	18	34.1	25.1	0.8	4.7	5.5	5.2	1.4	0.3	4.2	2.2	8.2	18.8	.438	4.4	11.0	.404	4.2	4.6	.916
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Stephen Curry played 10 seasons more than Darius Garland in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 17, from 2017 to 2026—Stephen Curry played in 6 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over Darius Garland, Stephen Curry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 Clutch Player of the Year 1 Scoring Leader 8 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP