Vlade Divac vs. Darius Garland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darius Garland and Vlade Divac, 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.

Vlade Divac played 16 years in the NBA, 9 more than Darius Garland, who played 7. Vlade Divac had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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
	Vlade Divac	Darius Garland
Season	1989-90	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Vlade Divac	82	19.6	8.5	2.0	4.2	6.2	0.9	1.0	1.4	1.3	2.9	3.3	6.7	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.708
difference:	+23	+11.3	+3.8	+1.5	+2.8	+4.3	+3.0	+0.3	+1.3	-1.3	-1.3	+1.4	+5.1	+.098	+1.8	+4.9	+.355	+0.8	+1.4	+.167
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	9	19.4	9.1	1.8	3.6	5.3	1.1	0.9	1.7	1.4	3.0	3.6	4.9	.727	0.1	0.2	.500	1.9	2.1	.895
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Vlade Divac	Darius Garland
Season	1991-92	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vlade Divac	36	27.2	11.3	2.4	4.4	6.9	1.7	1.5	1.0	2.4	3.2	4.4	8.8	.495	0.1	0.5	.263	2.4	3.1	.768
difference:	+32	+8.5	+10.4	+1.8	+1.7	+3.6	+6.9	+0.2	+0.9	-1.2	-1.5	+3.6	+8.5	+.033	+2.5	+6.2	+.120	+0.8	+0.4	+.124
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	4	35.8	9.8	1.5	4.0	5.5	3.8	1.3	0.8	4.5	4.3	3.8	10.8	.349	0.0	0.5	.000	2.3	2.5	.900
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Vlade Divac	Darius Garland
Season	1994-95	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Vlade Divac	80	35.1	16.0	3.3	7.1	10.4	4.1	1.4	2.2	2.6	3.8	6.1	12.0	.507	0.1	0.7	.189	3.7	4.8	.777
difference:	+5	+4.4	+4.6	+2.7	+4.9	+7.5	+2.6	+0.2	+2.1	-0.1	-1.9	+1.3	+3.7	+.035	+2.7	+6.4	+.212	+0.7	+1.4	+.101
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		%
Vlade Divac	10	38.8	15.6	3.4	5.1	8.5	3.1	0.8	1.3	2.8	4.4	5.7	12.2	.467	0.2	0.9	.222	4.0	6.2	.645
difference:	+5	+9.2	+2.4	+3.2	+3.1	+6.3	+2.1	+0.4	+1.3	-0.2	-1.0	+0.1	+1.6	+.047	+1.8	+6.1	+.064	+0.4	+1.4	+.272
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

Additional Years
* Vlade Divac played 9 seasons more than Darius Garland in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 16, from 1997 to 2005—Vlade Divac played in 8 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Darius Garland, Vlade Divac got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game