Tyler Herro vs. Darnell Valentine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darnell Valentine and Tyler Herro, 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.

Tyler Herro played 5 years in the NBA, 4 less than Darnell Valentine, who played 9. Tyler Herro had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Darnell Valentine had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Tyler Herro	5	5	2019-20 to 2023-24
Darnell Valentine	9	4	1981-82 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9


Rookie Season
	Tyler Herro	Darnell Valentine
Season	2019-20	1981-82
Team	Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	55	27.4	13.5	0.3	3.8	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.6	1.4	4.9	11.5	.428	2.1	5.4	.389	1.6	1.8	.870
Darnell Valentine	82	16.9	6.4	0.6	1.2	1.8	3.3	1.1	0.0	1.5	2.3	2.3	5.5	.413	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.4	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	21	33.7	16.0	0.3	4.8	5.1	3.7	0.4	0.1	2.0	1.5	5.7	13.2	.433	2.3	6.1	.375	2.2	2.6	.870
Darnell Valentine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tyler Herro	Darnell Valentine
Season	2020-21	1982-83
Team	Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	54	30.3	15.1	0.5	4.5	5.0	3.4	0.6	0.3	1.9	1.3	5.7	12.9	.439	2.0	5.5	.360	1.7	2.2	.803
Darnell Valentine	47	27.6	12.5	0.7	1.8	2.5	6.2	2.1	0.1	2.8	3.0	4.4	9.8	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	4.5	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	4	23.3	9.3	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.5	3.0	9.5	.316	1.5	4.8	.316	1.8	1.8	1.000
Darnell Valentine	7	29.3	12.1	0.7	1.4	2.1	8.7	1.4	0.4	2.7	3.0	4.9	11.4	.425	0.1	0.3	.500	2.3	3.0	.762


Season 3
	Tyler Herro	Darnell Valentine
Season	2021-22	1983-84
Team	Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	66	32.6	20.7	0.5	4.5	5.0	4.0	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.4	7.6	17.0	.447	2.7	6.7	.399	2.9	3.3	.868
Darnell Valentine	68	27.8	10.2	0.7	1.1	1.9	5.8	1.6	0.1	2.2	2.6	3.7	8.3	.447	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.6	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	15	25.4	12.6	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	1.4	4.9	12.1	.409	1.1	4.7	.229	1.7	1.8	.926
Darnell Valentine	5	35.6	18.4	0.6	1.6	2.2	8.4	1.8	0.2	2.2	4.6	6.0	12.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	7.0	.914


Season 4
	Tyler Herro	Darnell Valentine
Season	2022-23	1984-85
Team	Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	67	34.9	20.1	0.4	5.0	5.4	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.4	1.5	7.3	16.6	.439	3.0	8.0	.378	2.5	2.7	.934
Darnell Valentine	75	30.4	11.6	0.7	2.2	2.9	7.0	1.9	0.1	2.6	2.5	4.3	9.1	.473	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	3.9	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	1	19.0	12.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	9.0	.556	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Darnell Valentine	9	27.1	12.8	0.7	1.2	1.9	6.4	1.8	0.0	2.3	3.1	4.8	9.8	.489	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	3.4	.935


Season 5
	Tyler Herro	Darnell Valentine
Season	2023-24	1985-86
Team	Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	42	33.5	20.8	0.5	4.8	5.3	4.5	0.7	0.1	2.2	1.5	7.7	17.5	.441	3.1	7.9	.396	2.3	2.6	.856
Darnell Valentine	62	19.6	7.4	0.5	1.5	2.0	4.0	1.2	0.0	1.9	2.0	2.6	6.3	.415	0.1	0.2	.286	2.1	2.8	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	5	37.0	16.8	0.0	3.6	3.6	5.4	0.4	0.0	2.8	2.0	6.0	15.6	.385	3.0	8.6	.349	1.8	2.0	.900
Darnell Valentine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Tyler Herro	Darnell Valentine
Season	-	1986-87
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darnell Valentine	65	27.1	11.2	0.6	1.7	2.3	6.9	1.8	0.2	2.6	2.3	4.2	10.3	.410	0.2	0.9	.232	2.5	3.1	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darnell Valentine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Tyler Herro	Darnell Valentine
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darnell Valentine	79	20.7	7.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	4.8	1.5	0.1	1.9	1.7	2.8	6.7	.418	0.2	0.4	.455	1.3	1.7	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darnell Valentine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Tyler Herro	Darnell Valentine
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darnell Valentine	77	14.1	4.8	0.3	1.1	1.3	2.3	0.7	0.1	1.1	1.1	1.8	4.1	.426	0.0	0.2	.214	1.2	1.5	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darnell Valentine	5	16.0	4.2	0.6	0.8	1.4	3.2	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.4	1.4	4.0	.350	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.6	.875

Note: Darnell Valentine didn't play in 1989-90.


Season 9
	Tyler Herro	Darnell Valentine
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darnell Valentine	65	28.3	9.4	0.6	2.1	2.6	5.4	1.5	0.2	1.9	2.6	3.5	7.6	.464	0.1	0.4	.240	2.2	2.6	.831

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyler Herro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darnell Valentine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tyler Herro vs. Darnell Valentine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darnell Valentine and Tyler Herro, 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