B.J. Armstrong vs. Kyrie Irving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyrie Irving and B.J. Armstrong, 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.

B.J. Armstrong played 11 years in the NBA, 2 less than Kyrie Irving, who played 13. B.J. Armstrong had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Kyrie Irving had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
B.J. Armstrong	11	8	1989-90 to 1999-00
Kyrie Irving	13	7	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	B.J. Armstrong	Kyrie Irving
Season	1989-90	2011-12
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
B.J. Armstrong	81	15.9	5.6	0.2	1.0	1.3	2.5	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.8	.485	0.0	0.1	.500	0.9	1.0	.885
Kyrie Irving	51	30.5	18.5	0.9	2.9	3.7	5.4	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.2	6.9	14.6	.469	1.4	3.6	.399	3.4	3.8	.872

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	16	13.6	4.0	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.4	1.3	3.9	.339	0.0	0.3	.000	1.4	1.5	.917
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	B.J. Armstrong	Kyrie Irving
Season	1990-91	2012-13
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
B.J. Armstrong	82	21.1	8.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.7	0.9	0.0	1.3	1.4	3.7	7.7	.481	0.2	0.4	.500	1.2	1.4	.874
Kyrie Irving	59	34.7	22.5	0.6	3.1	3.7	5.9	1.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	8.2	18.1	.452	1.8	4.7	.391	4.2	4.9	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	17	16.1	5.5	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.5	1.1	0.1	0.8	0.8	2.1	4.1	.500	0.2	0.3	.600	1.2	1.5	.800
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	B.J. Armstrong	Kyrie Irving
Season	1991-92	2013-14
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
B.J. Armstrong	82	22.9	9.9	0.2	1.5	1.8	3.2	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.1	4.1	8.5	.481	0.4	1.1	.402	1.3	1.6	.806
Kyrie Irving	71	35.2	20.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	6.1	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.3	7.5	17.4	.430	1.7	4.8	.358	4.1	4.8	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	22	19.7	7.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.5	2.9	6.3	.453	0.2	0.8	.294	1.4	1.7	.789
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	B.J. Armstrong	Kyrie Irving
Season	1992-93	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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		%
B.J. Armstrong	82	30.4	12.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.0	0.8	0.1	1.0	2.1	5.0	10.0	.499	0.8	1.7	.453	1.6	1.8	.861
Kyrie Irving	75	36.4	21.7	0.7	2.4	3.2	5.2	1.5	0.3	2.5	1.9	7.7	16.5	.468	2.1	5.0	.415	4.2	4.9	.863

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	19	33.8	11.4	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.3	1.0	0.1	0.7	2.6	4.6	8.8	.524	1.1	2.2	.512	1.1	1.2	.909
Kyrie Irving	13	35.7	19.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	2.2	6.2	14.2	.438	2.1	4.6	.450	4.5	5.3	.841


Season 5
	B.J. Armstrong	Kyrie Irving
Season	1993-94	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	NBA 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		%
B.J. Armstrong	82	33.8	14.8	0.3	1.7	2.1	3.9	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.8	5.8	12.3	.476	0.7	1.6	.444	2.4	2.8	.855
Kyrie Irving	53	31.5	19.6	0.8	2.1	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.4	16.6	.448	1.6	4.9	.321	3.2	3.6	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	10	36.0	15.3	0.2	2.2	2.4	2.5	0.8	0.0	0.9	2.1	5.5	10.6	.519	0.7	1.2	.583	3.6	4.4	.818
Kyrie Irving	21	36.9	25.2	0.7	2.2	3.0	4.7	1.7	0.6	2.3	2.2	9.6	20.1	.475	2.4	5.5	.440	3.7	4.2	.875


Season 6
	B.J. Armstrong	Kyrie Irving
Season	1994-95	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers 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		%
B.J. Armstrong	82	31.4	14.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.0	1.0	0.1	1.3	1.9	5.1	10.9	.468	1.3	3.1	.427	2.5	2.8	.884
Kyrie Irving	72	35.1	25.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	5.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.3	19.7	.473	2.5	6.1	.401	4.1	4.6	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	10	28.8	10.3	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.7	0.6	0.0	0.6	2.1	3.6	7.9	.456	1.3	2.9	.448	1.8	2.2	.818
Kyrie Irving	18	36.3	25.9	0.7	2.1	2.8	5.3	1.3	0.4	2.7	2.1	9.6	20.6	.468	2.4	6.6	.373	4.2	4.7	.905


Season 7
	B.J. Armstrong	Kyrie Irving
Season	1995-96	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
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		%
B.J. Armstrong	82	27.6	12.3	0.3	2.0	2.2	4.9	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.8	4.1	8.9	.468	1.2	2.5	.473	2.9	3.4	.839
Kyrie Irving	60	32.2	24.4	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.1	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	8.9	18.1	.491	2.8	6.8	.408	3.9	4.4	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	B.J. Armstrong	Kyrie Irving
Season	1996-97	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
B.J. Armstrong	49	20.8	7.9	0.1	1.4	1.5	2.6	0.5	0.0	1.1	1.1	3.0	6.7	.453	0.5	1.8	.278	1.4	1.6	.861
Kyrie Irving	67	33.0	23.8	1.1	3.9	5.0	6.9	1.5	0.5	2.6	2.5	9.0	18.5	.487	2.6	6.5	.401	3.2	3.7	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	9	36.7	21.3	0.6	3.8	4.3	7.0	1.4	0.4	3.1	2.9	7.7	19.9	.385	2.0	6.4	.310	4.0	4.4	.900


Season 9
	B.J. Armstrong	Kyrie Irving
Season	1997-98	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors, Charlotte Hornets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East 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		%
B.J. Armstrong	66	12.6	4.0	0.2	0.9	1.2	2.3	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.1	1.6	3.2	.493	0.1	0.5	.257	0.6	0.8	.840
Kyrie Irving	20	32.9	27.4	1.1	4.1	5.2	6.4	1.4	0.5	2.6	2.7	10.0	20.8	.478	2.8	7.1	.394	4.7	5.1	.922

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	9	16.2	4.1	0.2	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.2	1.8	4.7	.381	0.2	0.6	.400	0.3	0.4	.750
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	B.J. Armstrong	Kyrie Irving
Season	1998-99	2020-21
Team	Charlotte Hornets, Orlando Magic	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets 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		%
B.J. Armstrong	32	11.2	3.3	0.1	1.2	1.2	1.9	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.3	2.8	.455	0.2	0.5	.467	0.6	0.7	.857
Kyrie Irving	54	34.9	26.9	1.0	3.8	4.8	6.0	1.4	0.7	2.4	2.6	10.2	20.1	.506	2.8	7.0	.402	3.7	4.0	.922

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	2	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Kyrie Irving	9	36.1	22.7	1.3	4.4	5.8	3.4	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.1	8.6	18.1	.472	2.7	7.2	.369	2.9	3.1	.929


Season 11
	B.J. Armstrong	Kyrie Irving
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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		%
B.J. Armstrong	27	21.6	7.4	0.1	1.7	1.7	2.9	0.3	0.0	1.5	1.3	3.1	6.9	.446	0.5	1.1	.448	0.8	0.9	.880
Kyrie Irving	29	37.6	27.4	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.8	1.4	0.6	2.5	2.8	10.0	21.2	.469	3.4	8.2	.418	4.1	4.4	.915

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	4	42.5	21.3	1.5	3.8	5.3	5.3	1.8	1.3	2.3	3.3	7.0	15.8	.444	2.0	5.3	.381	5.3	5.3	1.000


Season 12
	B.J. Armstrong	Kyrie Irving
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
B.J. Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	60	37.3	27.1	1.0	4.1	5.1	5.5	1.1	0.8	2.1	2.8	9.9	20.1	.494	3.1	8.3	.379	4.1	4.6	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	B.J. Armstrong	Kyrie Irving
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	58	35.0	25.6	0.8	4.2	5.0	5.2	1.3	0.5	1.8	1.9	9.7	19.5	.497	3.0	7.3	.411	3.3	3.6	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	11	39.9	21.0	1.3	2.9	4.2	5.6	1.5	0.5	2.4	3.2	7.7	15.6	.494	2.6	5.9	.446	2.9	3.5	.842

B.J. Armstrong vs. Kyrie Irving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyrie Irving and B.J. Armstrong, 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