Austin Rivers vs. Lance Stephenson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lance Stephenson and Austin Rivers, 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.

Austin Rivers played 11 years in the NBA, 1 more than Lance Stephenson, who played 10. Austin Rivers had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Lance Stephenson had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Austin Rivers	11	8	2012-13 to 2022-23
Lance Stephenson	10	6	2010-11 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Austin Rivers	Lance Stephenson
Season	2012-13	2010-11
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Indiana Pacers
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		%
Austin Rivers	61	23.2	6.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.1	0.4	0.1	1.2	2.0	2.4	6.4	.372	0.5	1.4	.326	1.0	1.8	.546
Lance Stephenson	12	9.6	3.1	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.2	1.1	3.3	.333	0.0	0.4	.000	0.9	1.2	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Rivers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Austin Rivers	Lance Stephenson
Season	2013-14	2011-12
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Austin Rivers	69	19.4	7.7	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.3	0.7	0.1	1.1	1.9	2.8	6.9	.405	0.5	1.4	.364	1.6	2.5	.636
Lance Stephenson	42	10.5	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.7	1.1	3.0	.376	0.1	0.7	.133	0.2	0.4	.471

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Rivers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Stephenson	4	3.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.3	.222	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 3
	Austin Rivers	Lance Stephenson
Season	2014-15	2012-13
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Austin Rivers	76	20.6	7.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.9	2.7	6.5	.409	0.5	1.7	.298	1.1	1.7	.675
Lance Stephenson	78	29.2	8.8	0.6	3.3	3.9	2.9	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.1	3.5	7.7	.460	0.8	2.4	.330	1.0	1.5	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Rivers	14	17.9	8.4	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.9	2.0	3.3	7.5	.438	0.9	2.5	.371	0.9	1.4	.632
Lance Stephenson	19	35.4	9.4	0.7	6.8	7.6	3.3	1.2	0.1	1.9	2.5	3.6	8.9	.408	0.9	3.4	.281	1.2	1.9	.622


Season 4
	Austin Rivers	Lance Stephenson
Season	2015-16	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Austin Rivers	67	21.9	8.9	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.5	0.7	0.1	0.9	2.0	3.4	7.7	.438	0.9	2.8	.335	1.2	1.7	.681
Lance Stephenson	78	35.3	13.8	1.2	5.9	7.2	4.6	0.7	0.1	2.7	2.5	5.5	11.2	.491	1.1	3.1	.352	1.8	2.5	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Rivers	6	24.0	10.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.7	0.5	0.0	1.2	2.0	4.3	10.2	.426	0.7	2.8	.235	1.0	1.5	.667
Lance Stephenson	19	37.1	13.6	1.3	5.6	6.9	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.4	2.9	5.3	11.6	.455	1.3	3.5	.358	1.8	2.6	.714


Season 5
	Austin Rivers	Lance Stephenson
Season	2016-17	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Austin Rivers	74	27.8	12.0	0.3	1.9	2.2	2.8	0.6	0.1	1.6	2.5	4.4	9.9	.442	1.5	4.0	.371	1.8	2.6	.691
Lance Stephenson	61	25.8	8.2	0.6	3.9	4.5	3.9	0.6	0.1	2.1	2.2	3.4	9.0	.376	0.3	1.7	.171	1.1	1.8	.627

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Rivers	3	30.0	8.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.0	8.7	.346	1.3	4.3	.308	0.7	0.7	1.000
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Austin Rivers	Lance Stephenson
Season	2017-18	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies 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		%
Austin Rivers	61	33.7	15.1	0.4	1.9	2.4	4.0	1.2	0.3	1.8	2.5	5.6	13.2	.424	2.2	5.9	.378	1.7	2.6	.642
Lance Stephenson	69	19.9	8.3	0.6	2.7	3.2	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.0	3.3	6.9	.481	0.4	1.1	.385	1.3	1.6	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Rivers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Stephenson	4	23.8	13.0	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.5	5.8	11.0	.523	0.5	1.3	.400	1.0	1.3	.800


Season 7
	Austin Rivers	Lance Stephenson
Season	2018-19	2016-17
Team	Washington Wizards, Houston Rockets	New Orleans Pelicans, Minnesota Timberwolves, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Austin Rivers	76	26.7	8.1	0.3	1.8	2.1	2.2	0.6	0.3	0.9	2.7	3.1	7.5	.406	1.4	4.3	.318	0.7	1.3	.526
Lance Stephenson	18	20.1	6.8	0.2	2.7	2.9	3.3	0.3	0.2	1.4	1.8	3.0	6.7	.450	0.3	1.1	.300	0.4	0.7	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Rivers	10	21.5	7.4	0.2	1.9	2.1	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.8	3.1	2.7	6.2	.435	1.6	3.5	.457	0.4	0.6	.667
Lance Stephenson	4	26.8	16.0	0.3	5.0	5.3	2.8	0.5	0.0	1.0	2.8	6.8	13.3	.509	1.8	4.5	.389	0.8	1.0	.750


Season 8
	Austin Rivers	Lance Stephenson
Season	2019-20	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Austin Rivers	68	23.4	8.8	0.4	2.2	2.6	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.9	3.1	7.4	.421	1.4	4.0	.356	1.1	1.6	.703
Lance Stephenson	82	22.6	9.2	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.2	3.7	8.6	.427	0.8	2.8	.289	1.0	1.5	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Rivers	12	17.6	4.8	0.2	2.3	2.5	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.8	1.6	5.1	.311	0.8	2.9	.257	0.8	1.1	.769
Lance Stephenson	7	21.3	10.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.9	0.3	0.1	1.3	2.9	4.3	9.3	.462	1.1	3.7	.308	0.7	1.3	.556


Season 9
	Austin Rivers	Lance Stephenson
Season	2020-21	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks, Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Austin Rivers	36	23.5	7.9	0.2	2.1	2.3	2.3	0.8	0.1	1.0	1.8	2.9	6.8	.424	1.5	4.1	.369	0.6	0.9	.710
Lance Stephenson	68	16.5	7.2	0.5	2.7	3.2	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.6	2.7	6.4	.426	1.1	2.9	.371	0.7	1.1	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Rivers	10	30.5	9.2	0.1	1.6	1.7	2.1	0.2	0.3	0.9	3.2	3.0	6.9	.435	1.9	4.6	.413	1.3	1.6	.813
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Lance Stephenson didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.


Season 10
	Austin Rivers	Lance Stephenson
Season	2021-22	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Austin Rivers	67	22.1	6.0	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.3	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.8	2.2	5.2	.417	1.2	3.4	.342	0.5	0.7	.727
Lance Stephenson	46	17.7	8.3	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.6	0.5	0.1	1.6	2.1	3.2	7.0	.455	0.6	2.0	.300	1.4	1.7	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Rivers	5	21.6	4.2	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.4	0.2	0.8	3.0	1.6	3.6	.444	0.8	2.4	.333	0.2	0.2	1.000
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Austin Rivers	Lance Stephenson
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Austin Rivers	52	19.5	4.9	0.1	1.5	1.6	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.4	1.5	1.8	4.0	.435	0.8	2.4	.350	0.6	0.8	.769
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Austin Rivers	4	11.5	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.0	.500	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-
Lance Stephenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Austin Rivers vs. Lance Stephenson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lance Stephenson and Austin Rivers, 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