Tim Duncan vs. Kevin Garnett Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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.

Tim Duncan played 19 years in the NBA, 2 less than Kevin Garnett, who played 21. Tim Duncan had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Tim Duncan	19	18	1997-98 to 2015-16
Kevin Garnett	21	14	1995-96 to 2015-16

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tim Duncan	Kevin Garnett
Season	1997-98	1995-96
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	82	39.1	21.1	3.3	8.6	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	3.4	3.1	8.6	15.7	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	5.9	.662
difference:	+2	+10.4	+10.7	+1.1	+4.5	+5.6	+0.9	+0.4	+0.9	-2.0	-0.7	+4.1	+6.5	+.058	+0.1	+0.3	+.286	+2.6	+4.0	+.043
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	9	41.6	20.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	1.9	0.6	2.6	2.8	2.7	8.1	15.6	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	4.4	6.7	.667
Kevin Garnett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tim Duncan	Kevin Garnett
Season	1998-99	1996-97
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tim Duncan	50	39.3	21.7	3.2	8.2	11.4	2.4	0.9	2.5	2.9	2.9	8.4	16.9	.495	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	7.2	.690
difference:	+27	+0.4	+4.7	+0.7	+2.6	+3.4	+0.7	+0.5	+0.4	-0.6	-0.3	+1.3	+2.6	+.004	+0.1	+0.2	+.143	+2.2	+3.7	+.064
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		%
Tim Duncan	17	43.1	23.2	3.2	8.2	11.5	2.8	0.8	2.6	3.1	2.9	8.5	16.6	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	6.3	8.4	.748
difference:	+14	+1.4	+5.9	+1.5	+3.5	+2.2	+0.9	+0.5	+1.6	-1.8	-0.9	+0.5	+0.4	+.040	+0.3	+0.1	+1.000	+5.3	+7.4	+.252
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
	Tim Duncan	Kevin Garnett
Season	1999-00	1997-98
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
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		%
Tim Duncan	74	38.9	23.2	3.5	8.9	12.4	3.2	0.9	2.2	3.3	2.8	8.5	17.3	.490	0.0	0.1	.091	6.2	8.1	.761
difference:	+8	+0.4	+4.7	+0.8	+2.0	+2.8	+1.0	+0.8	+0.4	-1.0	-0.1	+0.8	+1.5	+.001		+0.1	+.097	+3.2	+4.1	+.023
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		%
Tim Duncan	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
	Tim Duncan	Kevin Garnett
Season	2000-01	1998-99
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Tim Duncan	82	38.7	22.2	3.2	9.0	12.2	3.0	0.9	2.3	3.0	3.0	8.6	17.1	.499	0.1	0.3	.259	5.0	8.1	.618
difference:	+35	+0.8	+1.4	+0.3	+2.1	+1.8	+1.3	+0.8	+0.5	-0.1	-0.2	+0.2	+2.0	+.039			+.027	+1.9	+3.7	+.086
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		%
Tim Duncan	13	40.5	24.4	4.2	10.3	14.5	3.8	1.1	2.7	3.8	3.3	9.2	18.9	.488	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.8	9.2	.639
difference:	+9	+2.0	+2.6	+0.2	+2.3	+2.5		+0.7	+0.7	-0.5	-0.8	+0.4	+0.9	+.045	+0.1	+0.4	+1.000	+1.5	+3.4	+.100
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
	Tim Duncan	Kevin Garnett
Season	2001-02	1999-00
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	82	40.6	25.5	3.3	9.4	12.7	3.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.6	9.3	18.3	.508	0.0	0.1	.100	6.8	8.5	.799
difference:	+1	+0.6	+2.6	+0.5	+0.4	+0.9	+1.3	+0.8	+0.9	-0.1	-0.1	+0.1	+0.5	+.011	+0.4	+0.9	+.270	+3.0	+3.5	+.034
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		%
Tim Duncan	9	42.2	27.6	3.1	11.3	14.4	5.0	0.7	4.3	4.1	2.4	9.1	20.1	.453	0.1	0.3	.333	9.2	11.2	.822
difference:	+5	+0.3	+8.8	+0.2	+3.8	+3.6	+3.8	+0.6	+3.5	-1.3	-0.6	+1.6	+0.6	+.068	+0.4	+0.5	+.334	+5.9	+7.2	+.009
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
	Tim Duncan	Kevin Garnett
Season	2002-03	2000-01
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tim Duncan	81	39.3	23.3	3.2	9.7	12.9	3.9	0.7	2.9	3.1	2.9	8.8	17.2	.513	0.1	0.3	.273	5.6	7.8	.710
difference:		+0.2	+1.3	+0.5	+1.0	+1.5	+1.1	+0.7	+1.1	-0.3	-0.4	+0.1	+1.0	+.036	+0.1	+0.5	+.015	+1.2	+2.0	+.054
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		%
Tim Duncan	24	42.5	24.7	4.0	11.4	15.4	5.3	0.6	3.3	3.2	3.3	9.1	17.2	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	6.5	9.7	.677
difference:	+20	+1.2	+3.7	+1.5	+1.9	+3.4	+1.0	+0.4	+1.8	-1.7		+2.3	+2.7	+.063		+0.5		+1.0	+0.7	+.156
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
	Tim Duncan	Kevin Garnett
Season	2003-04	2001-02
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	69	36.6	22.3	3.3	9.2	12.4	3.1	0.9	2.7	2.7	2.4	8.6	17.1	.501	0.0	0.2	.167	5.1	8.5	.599
difference:	+12	+2.6	+1.1	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+2.1	+0.3	+1.1	-0.1	-0.1	+0.5	+0.2	+.031	+0.5	+1.2	+.152	+0.7	+3.0	+.202
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		%
Tim Duncan	10	40.4	22.1	3.3	8.0	11.3	3.2	0.8	2.0	4.2	3.4	8.3	15.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	8.7	.632
difference:	+7	+2.9	+1.9	+2.0	+5.3	+7.4	+1.8	+0.9	+0.3	-0.2	-0.3	+0.3	+2.8	+.093	+0.3	+0.6	+.500	+2.2	+2.0	+.087
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
	Tim Duncan	Kevin Garnett
Season	2004-05	2002-03
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tim Duncan	66	33.4	20.3	3.1	8.0	11.1	2.7	0.7	2.6	1.9	2.2	7.8	15.8	.496	0.0	0.1	.333	4.6	6.9	.670
difference:	+16	+7.1	+2.7	+0.1	+2.5	+2.3	+3.3	+0.7	+1.0	-0.9	-0.2	+1.3	+2.3	+.006	+0.2	+0.8	+.051		+0.8	+.081
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		%
Tim Duncan	23	37.7	23.6	3.8	8.7	12.4	2.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.9	8.6	18.5	.464	0.0	0.2	.200	6.4	8.9	.717
difference:	+17	+6.3	+3.4	+2.0	+5.1	+3.3	+2.5	+1.4	+0.6	-0.3	-0.9	+3.2	+4.5	+.050	+0.5	+1.3	+.133	+3.6	+4.2	+.110
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
	Tim Duncan	Kevin Garnett
Season	2005-06	2003-04
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	80	34.8	18.6	2.9	8.1	11.0	3.2	0.9	2.0	2.5	2.7	7.2	14.8	.484	0.0	0.1	.400	4.2	6.7	.629
difference:	+2	+4.6	+5.6	+0.1	+2.8	+2.9	+1.8	+0.6	+0.2	-0.1	-0.2	+2.6	+4.8	+.015	+0.1	+0.4	+.144	+0.3	+1.0	+.162
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		%
Tim Duncan	13	37.9	25.8	2.5	8.0	10.5	3.3	0.8	1.9	2.6	3.8	9.3	16.2	.573	0.0	0.2	.000	7.2	10.1	.718
difference:	+5	+5.6	+1.5	+0.3	+4.4	+4.1	+1.8	+0.5	+0.4	-1.6	-0.6		+4.5	+.121	+0.3	+0.7	+.313	+1.8	+3.2	+.058
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
	Tim Duncan	Kevin Garnett
Season	2006-07	2004-05
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tim Duncan	80	34.1	20.0	2.7	7.9	10.6	3.4	0.8	2.4	2.8	2.5	7.7	14.1	.546	0.0	0.1	.111	4.5	7.1	.637
difference:	+2	+4.0	+2.2	+0.3	+2.6	+2.9	+2.3	+0.7	+1.0	-0.1		+0.6	+2.5	+.044	+0.1	+0.2	+.129	+0.9	+0.4	+.174
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		%
Tim Duncan	20	36.8	22.2	3.7	7.8	11.5	3.3	0.7	3.1	3.0	3.0	8.7	16.7	.521	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	7.5	.644
Kevin Garnett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Tim Duncan	Kevin Garnett
Season	2007-08	2005-06
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Tim Duncan	78	34.0	19.3	3.0	8.3	11.3	2.8	0.7	1.9	2.3	2.4	7.5	15.1	.497	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.9	.730
difference:	+2	+4.9	+2.5	+0.2	+1.6	+1.4	+1.3	+0.7	+0.5	-0.1	-0.3	+0.7	+0.6	+.029	+0.1	+0.3	+.267	+0.9	+0.5	+.080
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	17	39.2	20.2	3.6	10.9	14.5	3.3	0.9	2.1	2.4	2.4	7.9	17.7	.449	0.1	0.3	.200	4.2	6.8	.626
Kevin Garnett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Tim Duncan	Kevin Garnett
Season	2008-09	2006-07
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	75	33.7	19.3	2.7	8.0	10.7	3.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.3	7.4	14.8	.504	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.4	.692
difference:	+1	+5.7	+3.1	+0.3	+2.4	+2.1	+0.6	+0.7		-0.5	-0.1	+1.0	+2.8	+.028	+0.2	+0.7		+1.0	+0.2	+.143
Kevin Garnett	76	39.4	22.4	2.4	10.4	12.8	4.1	1.2	1.7	2.7	2.4	8.4	17.6	.476	0.2	0.7	.214	5.5	6.6	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	5	32.8	19.8	2.4	5.6	8.0	3.2	0.6	1.2	1.4	2.2	8.2	15.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.6	.607
Kevin Garnett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Tim Duncan	Kevin Garnett
Season	2009-10	2007-08
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	78	31.3	17.9	2.8	7.3	10.1	3.2	0.6	1.5	1.8	1.9	7.2	13.9	.518	0.0	0.1	.182	3.5	4.8	.725
difference:	+7	+1.5	+0.9	+0.9		+0.9	+0.2	+0.8	+0.2	-0.1	-0.4	+0.3		+.021		+0.1	+.182	+0.3	+0.1	+.076
Kevin Garnett	71	32.8	18.8	1.9	7.3	9.2	3.4	1.4	1.3	1.9	2.3	7.5	13.9	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.8	4.7	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	10	37.3	19.0	3.0	6.9	9.9	2.6	0.8	1.7	2.4	2.7	7.8	15.0	.520	0.1	0.2	.500	3.3	6.9	.478
difference:	+16	+0.7	+1.4	+0.2	+0.9	+0.6	+0.7	+0.5	+0.6	-0.3	-0.1	+0.5	+1.8	+.025		+0.1	+.250	+0.3	+2.4	+.332
Kevin Garnett	26	38.0	20.4	2.8	7.8	10.5	3.3	1.3	1.1	2.1	2.8	8.3	16.8	.495	0.1	0.3	.250	3.6	4.5	.810


Season 14
	Tim Duncan	Kevin Garnett
Season	2010-11	2008-09
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	76	28.4	13.4	2.2	6.7	8.9	2.7	0.7	1.9	1.6	1.6	5.5	11.0	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.4	.716
difference:	+19	+2.7	+2.4	+0.8	+0.4	+0.4	+0.2	+0.4	+0.7		-0.6	+1.4	+2.0	+.031			+.250	+0.5	+1.1	+.125
Kevin Garnett	57	31.1	15.8	1.4	7.1	8.5	2.5	1.1	1.2	1.6	2.2	6.9	13.0	.531	0.0	0.1	.250	1.9	2.3	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	6	35.3	12.7	2.7	7.8	10.5	2.7	0.5	2.5	3.0	2.8	5.5	11.5	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.7	.625
Kevin Garnett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Tim Duncan	Kevin Garnett
Season	2011-12	2009-10
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	58	28.2	15.4	1.9	7.1	9.0	2.3	0.7	1.5	1.7	1.7	6.2	12.6	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.3	.695
difference:	+11	+1.7	+1.1	+0.8	+0.9	+1.7	+0.4	+0.3	+0.7	-0.2	-0.8	+0.4	+1.4	+.029			+.200	+0.3	+1.1	+.142
Kevin Garnett	69	29.9	14.3	1.1	6.2	7.3	2.7	1.0	0.8	1.5	2.5	5.8	11.2	.521	0.0	0.1	.200	2.7	3.2	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	14	33.1	17.4	2.3	7.1	9.4	2.8	0.7	2.1	1.5	2.1	7.2	14.6	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.1	.707
difference:	+9	+0.2	+2.4	+0.9	+1.1	+2.0	+0.3	+0.4	+1.2	-0.2	-1.1	+0.7	+1.5					+0.9	+1.7	+.132
Kevin Garnett	23	33.3	15.0	1.4	6.0	7.4	2.5	1.1	0.9	1.3	3.2	6.5	13.1	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.4	.839


Season 16
	Tim Duncan	Kevin Garnett
Season	2012-13	2010-11
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	69	30.1	17.8	1.8	8.1	9.9	2.7	0.7	2.7	2.1	1.7	7.1	14.1	.502	0.0	0.1	.286	3.6	4.3	.817
difference:	+2	+1.2	+2.9	+0.6	+0.4	+1.0	+0.3	+0.6	+1.9	-0.5	-0.4	+1.0	+2.5	+.026			+.086	+1.0	+1.2	+.045
Kevin Garnett	71	31.3	14.9	1.2	7.7	8.9	2.4	1.3	0.8	1.6	2.1	6.1	11.6	.528	0.0	0.1	.200	2.6	3.1	.862

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	21	35.0	18.1	2.6	7.6	10.2	1.9	0.9	1.6	2.0	2.5	7.2	15.3	.470	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	4.7	.806
difference:	+12	+1.4	+3.2	+0.3	+1.0	+0.7	+0.7	+1.0	+0.6	-0.1	-0.5	+1.0	+1.2	+.029		+0.1		+1.4	+1.5	+.047
Kevin Garnett	9	36.4	14.9	2.3	8.6	10.9	2.6	1.9	1.0	2.1	3.0	6.2	14.1	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.2	.759


Season 17
	Tim Duncan	Kevin Garnett
Season	2013-14	2011-12
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	74	29.2	15.1	2.1	7.6	9.7	3.0	0.6	1.9	2.1	1.8	6.0	12.2	.490	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	4.3	.731
difference:	+14	+1.9	+0.7	+1.0	+0.5	+1.5	+0.1	+0.3	+0.9	-0.3	-0.6	+0.5	+0.8	+.013	+0.1	+0.1	+.333	+0.4	+1.1	+.126
Kevin Garnett	60	31.1	15.8	1.1	7.1	8.2	2.9	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.4	6.5	13.0	.503	0.1	0.2	.333	2.7	3.2	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	23	32.7	16.3	2.8	6.3	9.2	2.0	0.3	1.3	1.1	2.3	6.5	12.4	.523	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	4.3	.760
difference:	+3	+4.2	+2.9	+1.2	+2.5	+1.1	+0.5	+0.9	+0.2	-1.1	-0.7	+1.5	+3.6	+.026	+0.1	+0.1	+.250		+0.3	+.053
Kevin Garnett	20	36.9	19.2	1.6	8.8	10.3	1.5	1.2	1.5	2.2	3.0	8.0	16.0	.497	0.1	0.2	.250	3.3	4.0	.813


Season 18
	Tim Duncan	Kevin Garnett
Season	2014-15	2012-13
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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18th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	77	28.9	13.9	2.2	6.9	9.1	3.0	0.8	2.0	1.7	2.1	5.4	10.6	.512	0.0	0.1	.286	3.0	4.0	.740
difference:	+9	+0.8	+0.9	+1.1	+0.2	+1.3	+0.7	+0.3	+1.1	-0.1	-0.2	+0.8	+1.9	+.016		+0.1	+.161	+0.7	+1.0	+.046
Kevin Garnett	68	29.7	14.8	1.1	6.7	7.8	2.3	1.1	0.9	1.6	2.3	6.2	12.5	.496	0.0	0.2	.125	2.3	3.0	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	7	35.7	17.9	2.7	8.4	11.1	3.3	1.3	1.4	1.0	3.7	7.6	12.9	.589	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	4.9	.559
difference:	+1	+0.4	+5.2	+1.2	+3.8	+2.6	+0.2	+0.5	+0.4	-2.2	-0.1	+2.6	+2.9	+.089		+0.2			+2.1	+.382
Kevin Garnett	6	35.3	12.7	1.5	12.2	13.7	3.5	0.8	1.0	3.2	3.8	5.0	10.0	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	2.7	2.8	.941


Season 19
	Tim Duncan	Kevin Garnett
Season	2015-16	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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19th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	61	25.2	8.6	1.9	5.4	7.3	2.7	0.8	1.3	1.5	2.0	3.5	7.2	.488	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.702
difference:	+7	+4.7	+2.1	+0.8	+0.1	+0.7	+1.2		+0.6	-0.2	-0.3	+0.6	+0.6	+.047		+0.1		+0.8	+1.2	+.107
Kevin Garnett	54	20.5	6.5	1.1	5.5	6.6	1.5	0.8	0.7	1.3	2.3	2.9	6.6	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	0.9	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	10	21.8	5.9	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.4	0.2	1.3	1.0	1.8	2.2	5.2	.423	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.714
difference:	+2	+1.0	+1.0	+0.6	+1.0	+1.5	+0.1	+0.6	+0.9	-0.1	-0.3	+0.6	+0.1	+.101		+0.2		+0.1	+0.2	+.025
Kevin Garnett	12	20.8	6.9	1.6	4.8	6.3	1.3	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.8	5.3	.524	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	1.9	.739

Additional Years

* Kevin Garnett played 2 seasons more than Tim Duncan in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 20 to 21, from 2015 to 2016—Kevin Garnett didn't play in the postseason.

Tim Duncan vs. Kevin Garnett Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Season 18

18th Season Stats Comparison

Season 19

19th Season Stats Comparison

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