Steve Downing vs. Jeff Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeff Green and Steve Downing, 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.

Steve Downing played 2 years in the NBA, 14 less than Jeff Green, who played 16. Steve Downing had the first of his seasons in 1973-74, while Jeff Green had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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
Steve Downing	2	1	1973-74 to 1974-75
Jeff Green	16	10	2007-08 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Steve Downing	Jeff Green
Season	1973-74	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	24	5.7	2.7	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.0	-	1.4	0.9	2.7	.328	-	-	-	0.9	1.6	.579
Jeff Green	80	28.2	10.5	1.3	3.5	4.7	1.5	0.6	0.6	2.0	2.5	4.0	9.4	.427	0.3	1.0	.276	2.2	3.0	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	1	4.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Steve Downing	Jeff Green
Season	1974-75	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	3	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	0.7	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.7	.000
Jeff Green	78	36.8	16.5	1.5	5.1	6.7	2.0	1.0	0.4	2.2	2.6	6.1	13.7	.446	1.2	3.2	.389	3.1	3.9	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Steve Downing	Jeff Green
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	82	37.1	15.1	1.4	4.6	6.0	1.6	1.3	0.9	1.6	2.7	5.9	13.0	.453	1.3	3.8	.333	2.0	2.7	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	6	37.3	11.8	1.0	3.7	4.7	1.7	0.7	0.5	1.0	2.7	3.8	11.7	.329	1.3	4.5	.296	2.8	3.3	.850


Season 4
	Steve Downing	Jeff Green
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	75	32.4	13.3	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.4	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.8	4.9	10.9	.449	0.9	2.8	.303	2.6	3.3	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	9	19.2	7.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.2	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.2	2.6	5.9	.434	0.8	1.8	.438	1.4	2.0	.722

Note: Jeff Green didn't play in 2011-12.


Season 5
	Steve Downing	Jeff Green
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	81	27.8	12.8	0.7	3.2	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.8	1.6	2.2	4.6	10.0	.467	0.9	2.2	.385	2.6	3.3	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	6	43.0	20.3	1.0	4.3	5.3	2.3	0.3	0.7	3.2	3.7	6.2	14.2	.435	1.7	3.7	.455	6.3	7.5	.844


Season 6
	Steve Downing	Jeff Green
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	82	34.2	16.9	0.7	4.0	4.6	1.7	0.7	0.6	2.0	2.2	5.9	14.3	.412	1.6	4.8	.341	3.5	4.3	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Steve Downing	Jeff Green
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Boston Celtics, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	78	31.5	15.0	0.8	3.4	4.2	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.9	5.3	12.4	.430	1.2	3.7	.332	3.1	3.7	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	11	27.1	8.9	0.8	3.9	4.7	1.7	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.6	3.3	9.8	.333	0.4	1.6	.222	2.0	2.4	.846


Season 8
	Steve Downing	Jeff Green
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	80	28.2	11.7	0.9	3.2	4.2	1.7	0.7	0.5	1.2	2.1	4.4	10.3	.430	0.8	2.7	.315	2.1	2.8	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	6	26.5	10.2	0.5	2.7	3.2	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.5	2.0	3.5	7.7	.457	0.7	1.7	.400	2.5	4.2	.600


Season 9
	Steve Downing	Jeff Green
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	69	22.2	9.2	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.5	3.2	8.1	.394	0.8	2.8	.275	2.1	2.4	.863

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Steve Downing	Jeff Green
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	78	23.4	10.8	0.8	2.4	3.2	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.0	1.9	3.8	7.9	.477	0.7	2.2	.312	2.6	3.0	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	22	23.8	7.7	0.3	2.1	2.4	1.5	0.3	0.7	0.8	1.6	2.6	6.5	.408	1.0	3.2	.300	1.5	2.1	.717


Season 11
	Steve Downing	Jeff Green
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	77	27.2	12.3	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.8	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.1	4.2	8.9	.475	1.4	4.2	.347	2.4	2.7	.888

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Steve Downing	Jeff Green
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	48	20.0	9.4	0.5	2.3	2.8	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.9	3.3	7.2	.462	1.3	3.8	.339	1.5	1.9	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	12	28.4	11.6	0.4	4.6	5.0	1.6	0.5	0.5	1.3	2.3	4.3	8.6	.495	1.9	4.5	.426	1.2	1.4	.824


Season 13
	Steve Downing	Jeff Green
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	68	27.0	11.0	0.5	3.4	3.9	1.6	0.5	0.4	0.8	1.8	3.8	7.8	.492	1.5	3.7	.412	1.8	2.4	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	6	24.7	8.2	0.7	2.2	2.8	1.7	0.5	0.3	0.5	2.3	2.7	5.5	.485	1.7	3.0	.556	1.2	1.3	.875


Season 14
	Steve Downing	Jeff Green
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	75	24.7	10.3	0.5	2.5	3.1	1.3	0.4	0.4	0.9	2.0	3.7	7.1	.524	0.7	2.2	.315	2.2	2.6	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	5	22.6	3.8	1.4	2.2	3.6	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.4	1.2	1.2	3.4	.353	0.6	1.6	.375	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 15
	Steve Downing	Jeff Green
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	56	19.5	7.8	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.2	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.8	2.9	5.9	.488	0.5	1.9	.288	1.6	2.1	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	20	17.2	4.1	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.5	2.2	1.4	3.1	.452	0.5	1.4	.321	0.9	1.0	.895


Season 16
	Steve Downing	Jeff Green
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	78	16.8	6.5	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.9	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.3	2.1	4.7	.456	0.7	2.1	.331	1.6	1.9	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Downing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Steve Downing vs. Jeff Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeff Green and Steve Downing, 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16