Anthony Davis vs. Rickey Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rickey Green 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

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 less than Rickey Green, who played 14. Anthony Davis had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Rickey Green had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
Rickey Green	14	8	1977-78 to 1991-92

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Anthony Davis	Rickey Green
Season	2012-13	1977-78
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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	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
Rickey Green	76	14.4	4.5	0.6	0.9	1.5	2.0	0.8	0.0	1.0	1.3	1.9	4.9	.381	-	-	-	0.7	1.2	.600

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


Season 2
	Anthony Davis	Rickey Green
Season	2013-14	1978-79
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
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	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
Rickey Green	27	16.0	6.6	0.6	0.9	1.5	2.3	0.9	0.0	1.6	1.4	2.5	6.6	.379	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.672

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

Note: Rickey Green didn't play in 1979-80.


Season 3
	Anthony Davis	Rickey Green
Season	2014-15	1980-81
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West 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		%
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
Rickey Green	47	27.8	9.0	0.6	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.6	0.0	1.8	2.6	3.7	7.8	.481	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.1	.722

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
Rickey Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Anthony Davis	Rickey Green
Season	2015-16	1981-82
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Utah Jazz
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	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
Rickey Green	81	34.8	14.8	1.0	2.0	3.0	7.8	2.3	0.1	2.4	2.3	6.2	12.5	.493	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.3	.765

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


Season 5
	Anthony Davis	Rickey Green
Season	2016-17	1982-83
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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	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
Rickey Green	78	35.7	14.3	0.8	2.1	2.9	8.9	2.8	0.1	2.8	2.0	5.9	12.1	.493	0.0	0.2	.154	2.4	3.0	.797

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


Season 6
	Anthony Davis	Rickey Green
Season	2017-18	1983-84
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Steals Leader
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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
Rickey Green	81	34.2	13.2	0.7	2.1	2.8	9.2	2.7	0.2	2.1	1.9	5.4	11.2	.486	0.0	0.2	.118	2.4	2.9	.821

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
Rickey Green	11	36.7	14.6	0.8	2.3	3.1	9.5	1.7	0.4	2.6	1.5	5.8	13.7	.424	0.1	0.4	.250	2.9	3.9	.744


Season 7
	Anthony Davis	Rickey Green
Season	2018-19	1984-85
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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	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
Rickey Green	77	31.6	13.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	7.8	1.7	0.0	2.3	1.7	4.9	10.4	.477	0.1	0.3	.300	3.0	3.5	.869

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rickey Green	10	30.2	15.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	7.5	1.2	0.0	2.0	2.3	5.7	10.6	.538	0.1	0.7	.143	3.5	3.8	.921


Season 8
	Anthony Davis	Rickey Green
Season	2019-20	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	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
Rickey Green	80	25.2	11.7	0.4	1.3	1.7	5.1	1.3	0.1	1.7	1.6	4.5	9.5	.471	0.1	0.4	.172	2.7	3.1	.852

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
Rickey Green	4	29.8	13.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	9.5	0.5	0.0	1.3	0.3	5.3	10.8	.488	0.3	0.5	.500	2.5	2.8	.909


Season 9
	Anthony Davis	Rickey Green
Season	2020-21	1986-87
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
Rickey Green	81	25.8	9.6	0.5	1.5	2.0	6.7	1.4	0.0	1.6	1.3	3.7	8.0	.467	0.1	0.2	.368	2.1	2.6	.827

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
Rickey Green	4	18.0	6.8	0.3	1.8	2.0	6.3	0.5	0.0	1.8	1.3	2.8	5.8	.478	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	1.5	.833


Season 10
	Anthony Davis	Rickey Green
Season	2021-22	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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	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
Rickey Green	81	13.8	4.9	0.2	0.8	1.0	3.7	0.7	0.0	1.2	1.0	1.9	4.6	.424	0.0	0.2	.211	0.9	1.0	.904

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rickey Green	7	5.4	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.1	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.1	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Anthony Davis	Rickey Green
Season	2022-23	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East 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	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
Rickey Green	63	13.8	4.6	0.2	0.9	1.1	3.0	0.6	0.0	1.0	0.6	2.0	4.2	.489	0.0	0.2	.273	0.5	0.5	.909

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
Rickey Green	8	13.8	3.6	0.4	1.3	1.6	2.3	0.6	0.0	0.5	1.1	1.5	3.6	.414	0.1	0.3	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 12
	Anthony Davis	Rickey Green
Season	2023-24	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East 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
Rickey Green	69	13.4	3.5	0.1	0.7	0.8	2.6	0.7	0.0	0.9	0.9	1.4	3.3	.433	0.0	0.2	.091	0.6	0.7	.843

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
Rickey Green	3	10.3	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.7	0.3	2.3	.143	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Anthony Davis	Rickey Green
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	76ers Lost East 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rickey Green	79	28.5	10.0	0.4	1.3	1.7	5.2	0.7	0.1	1.4	1.6	4.2	9.1	.463	0.1	0.5	.222	1.5	1.8	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rickey Green	8	24.9	7.4	0.1	1.0	1.1	2.8	0.9	0.0	1.6	1.1	3.0	6.9	.436	0.4	0.5	.750	1.0	1.1	.889


Season 14
	Anthony Davis	Rickey Green
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Boston Celtics
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		%
Anthony Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rickey Green	26	14.1	4.1	0.1	0.8	0.9	2.6	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.1	1.8	4.0	.447	0.0	0.2	.250	0.5	0.7	.722

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

Anthony Davis vs. Rickey Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rickey Green 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

Season 13

Season 14