Anthony Davis vs. Josh Howard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Josh Howard and Anthony Davis, 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 / 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.

Anthony Davis played 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than Josh Howard, who played 10. Anthony Davis had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Josh Howard had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
Anthony Davis	12	6	2012-13 to 2023-24
Josh Howard	10	7	2003-04 to 2012-13

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Anthony Davis	Josh Howard
Season	2012-13	2003-04
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
Anthony Davis	64	28.8	13.5	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.0	1.2	1.8	1.4	2.5	5.5	10.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.5	.751
Josh Howard	67	23.7	8.6	2.2	3.3	5.5	1.4	1.0	0.8	1.0	2.5	3.4	7.9	.430	0.3	1.0	.303	1.4	2.1	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Howard	5	17.4	5.4	3.4	3.0	6.4	0.8	1.2	1.2	1.4	2.4	1.6	7.2	.222	0.2	1.0	.200	2.0	2.2	.909


Season 2
	Anthony Davis	Josh Howard
Season	2013-14	2004-05
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
Anthony Davis	67	35.2	20.8	3.1	7.0	10.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	1.6	3.0	7.8	15.0	.519	0.0	0.1	.222	5.2	6.6	.791
Josh Howard	76	32.2	12.6	2.2	4.1	6.4	1.4	1.5	0.6	1.6	2.8	5.0	10.4	.475	0.4	1.5	.296	2.2	3.1	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Howard	13	33.1	15.5	2.5	4.8	7.4	1.8	0.8	0.5	2.2	4.6	6.0	11.9	.503	0.3	1.2	.250	3.2	4.2	.745


Season 3
	Anthony Davis	Josh Howard
Season	2014-15	2005-06
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	68	36.1	24.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	1.4	2.1	9.4	17.6	.535	0.0	0.2	.083	5.5	6.8	.805
Josh Howard	59	32.5	15.6	2.1	4.2	6.3	1.9	1.2	0.4	1.3	2.8	5.9	12.6	.471	0.5	1.1	.429	3.3	4.5	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	4	43.0	31.5	2.3	8.8	11.0	2.0	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.0	11.8	21.8	.540	0.0	0.5	.000	8.0	9.0	.889
Josh Howard	23	35.8	16.7	1.8	5.7	7.4	1.4	1.0	0.6	2.3	3.7	6.1	13.4	.453	1.0	2.8	.369	3.5	4.3	.808


Season 4
	Anthony Davis	Josh Howard
Season	2015-16	2006-07
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
Anthony Davis	61	35.5	24.3	2.1	8.1	10.3	1.9	1.3	2.0	2.0	2.4	9.2	18.6	.493	0.6	1.8	.324	5.3	7.0	.758
Josh Howard	70	35.1	18.9	1.9	4.9	6.8	1.8	1.2	0.8	1.8	2.6	7.0	15.4	.459	1.3	3.4	.385	3.5	4.2	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Howard	6	41.3	21.3	2.5	7.3	9.8	2.8	2.2	0.8	2.0	3.7	8.5	16.5	.515	1.2	3.0	.389	3.2	4.5	.704


Season 5
	Anthony Davis	Josh Howard
Season	2016-17	2007-08
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
Anthony Davis	75	36.1	28.0	2.3	9.5	11.8	2.1	1.3	2.2	2.4	2.2	10.3	20.3	.505	0.5	1.8	.299	6.9	8.6	.802
Josh Howard	76	36.3	19.9	1.6	5.4	7.0	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	2.7	7.5	16.4	.455	0.9	2.8	.319	4.1	5.1	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Howard	5	34.2	12.6	2.4	4.6	7.0	1.4	0.4	0.4	1.8	2.0	4.2	14.4	.292	0.2	2.0	.100	4.0	5.0	.800


Season 6
	Anthony Davis	Josh Howard
Season	2017-18	2008-09
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf Semis	Mavericks 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		%
Anthony Davis	75	36.4	28.1	2.5	8.6	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	2.2	2.1	10.4	19.5	.534	0.7	2.2	.340	6.6	8.0	.828
Josh Howard	52	32.0	18.0	1.1	3.9	5.1	1.6	1.1	0.6	1.7	2.6	6.8	15.1	.451	1.1	3.2	.345	3.3	4.2	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	9	39.8	30.1	2.7	10.8	13.4	1.7	2.0	2.3	2.6	3.3	11.8	22.7	.520	0.7	2.4	.273	5.9	7.1	.828
Josh Howard	10	29.5	15.8	1.0	4.1	5.1	1.3	0.9	0.4	2.1	2.4	5.6	12.8	.438	0.8	3.2	.250	3.8	4.9	.776


Season 7
	Anthony Davis	Josh Howard
Season	2018-19	2009-10
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Davis	56	33.0	25.9	3.1	8.9	12.0	3.9	1.6	2.4	2.0	2.4	9.5	18.3	.517	0.9	2.6	.331	6.1	7.7	.794
Josh Howard	35	26.2	12.7	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.4	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.6	4.5	11.1	.405	0.7	2.5	.267	3.1	4.0	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Anthony Davis	Josh Howard
Season	2019-20	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Anthony Davis	62	34.4	26.1	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	1.5	2.3	2.5	2.5	8.9	17.7	.503	1.2	3.5	.330	7.2	8.5	.846
Josh Howard	18	22.7	8.4	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.9	3.2	9.0	.358	0.4	1.6	.241	1.6	2.6	.617

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	21	36.6	27.7	2.6	7.1	9.7	3.5	1.2	1.4	2.5	2.7	9.8	17.1	.571	1.1	2.9	.383	7.1	8.5	.832
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Anthony Davis	Josh Howard
Season	2020-21	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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		%
Anthony Davis	36	32.3	21.8	1.7	6.2	7.9	3.1	1.3	1.6	2.1	1.7	8.4	17.0	.491	0.7	2.8	.260	4.4	5.9	.738
Josh Howard	43	23.0	8.7	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.2	0.7	0.2	1.2	2.1	3.3	8.4	.399	0.2	0.9	.243	1.7	2.3	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	5	28.8	17.4	1.4	5.2	6.6	2.6	0.6	1.6	1.2	1.8	5.0	12.4	.403	0.4	2.2	.182	7.0	8.4	.833
Josh Howard	4	15.8	3.8	1.0	2.5	3.5	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.3	4.3	.294	0.3	0.5	.500	1.0	1.3	.800


Season 10
	Anthony Davis	Josh Howard
Season	2021-22	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Davis	40	35.1	23.2	2.7	7.2	9.9	3.1	1.2	2.3	2.1	2.4	9.3	17.4	.532	0.3	1.8	.186	4.4	6.1	.713
Josh Howard	11	18.8	6.7	0.8	2.5	3.3	0.4	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.6	2.8	7.0	.403	0.5	1.5	.313	0.6	1.1	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Anthony Davis	Josh Howard
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	56	34.0	25.9	3.5	9.1	12.5	2.6	1.1	2.0	2.2	2.6	9.7	17.2	.563	0.3	1.3	.257	6.2	7.9	.784
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	16	38.0	22.6	2.4	11.7	14.1	2.6	1.4	3.1	2.1	2.9	8.3	15.9	.520	0.3	0.9	.333	5.8	6.8	.852
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Anthony Davis	Josh Howard
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-
Others	In-Season Tournament Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	76	35.5	24.7	3.1	9.5	12.6	3.5	1.2	2.3	2.1	2.3	9.4	16.9	.556	0.4	1.4	.271	5.5	6.8	.816
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	5	41.6	27.8	3.0	12.6	15.6	4.0	0.4	1.6	2.2	3.8	11.8	18.6	.634	0.0	1.0	.000	4.2	5.2	.808
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Anthony Davis vs. Josh Howard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Josh Howard and Anthony Davis, 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