Tyrese Maxey vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Tyrese Maxey, 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.

Tyrese Maxey played 5 years in the NBA, 7 less than James Worthy, who played 12. Tyrese Maxey had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
	Tyrese Maxey	James Worthy
Season	2020-21	1982-83
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Tyrese Maxey	61	15.3	8.0	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.3	3.2	7.0	.462	0.5	1.7	.301	1.0	1.1	.871
difference:	+16	+10.3	+5.4	+1.8	+1.6	+3.5	+0.3	+0.8	+0.6	-1.6	-1.6	+2.6	+3.0	+.117	+0.5	+1.6	+.051	+0.8	+1.8	+.247
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	12	13.0	6.3	0.1	1.8	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.4	5.5	.439	0.3	1.0	.333	1.2	1.8	.636
James Worthy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tyrese Maxey	James Worthy
Season	2022-23	1984-85
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
Tyrese Maxey	60	33.6	20.3	0.4	2.6	2.9	3.5	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.2	7.3	15.2	.481	2.7	6.2	.434	3.0	3.6	.845
difference:	+20	+0.1	+2.7	+1.7	+1.7	+3.5	+1.0	+0.3	+0.7	-1.2	-0.3	+0.3	+1.9	+.091	+2.7	+6.1	+.434	+0.6	+0.5	+.069
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	11	38.5	20.5	0.8	4.0	4.8	2.3	1.4	0.5	0.7	2.4	7.5	17.5	.427	3.1	7.7	.400	2.5	2.8	.903
difference:	+8	+5.6	+1.0	+1.0	+0.8	+0.3	+0.1	+0.5	+0.2	-0.7	-0.4	+1.2	+3.4	+.195	+3.0	+7.6	+.100	+1.4	+3.0	+.227
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676

Season 4
	Tyrese Maxey	James Worthy
Season	2023-24	1985-86
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Tyrese Maxey	70	37.5	25.9	0.5	3.2	3.7	6.2	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	9.1	20.3	.450	3.0	8.1	.373	4.7	5.4	.868
difference:	+5	+4.8	+5.9	+1.3	+0.1	+1.5	+3.5	+0.1	+0.5	-0.3	-0.4	+0.7	+5.8	+.129	+3.0	+7.9	+.373	+1.5	+1.2	+.097
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	6	44.5	29.8	0.2	5.0	5.2	6.8	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.7	11.0	23.0	.478	3.7	9.2	.400	4.2	4.7	.893
difference:	+8	+6.0	+10.2	+1.4	+1.9	+0.6	+3.6	+0.3	+0.4	-0.4	-0.4	+2.4	+7.5	+.080	+3.7	+8.9	+.400	+1.9	+1.3	+.212
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681

Season 5
	Tyrese Maxey	James Worthy
Season	2024-25	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Tyrese Maxey	52	37.7	26.3	0.3	3.1	3.3	6.1	1.8	0.4	2.4	2.2	9.2	21.0	.437	3.1	9.2	.337	4.9	5.6	.879
difference:	+30	+3.3	+6.9	+1.6	+0.7	+2.4	+3.3	+0.5	+0.6	-0.4	-0.3	+1.3	+6.3	+.102	+3.1	+9.0	+.337	+1.3	+0.9	+.128
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Maxey	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753

Additional Years
* James Worthy played 7 seasons more than Tyrese Maxey in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 12, from 1988 to 1994—James Worthy played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Tyrese Maxey, James Worthy got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game