Blake Griffin vs. Doc Rivers Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Doc Rivers and Blake Griffin, 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.

Blake Griffin and Doc Rivers both played 13 years in the NBA. Blake Griffin had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Doc Rivers had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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
Blake Griffin	13	10	2010-11 to 2022-23
Doc Rivers	13	10	1983-84 to 1995-96

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Blake Griffin	Doc Rivers
Season	2010-11	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Blake Griffin	82	38.0	22.5	3.3	8.8	12.1	3.8	0.8	0.5	2.7	3.1	8.5	16.8	.506	0.1	0.3	.292	5.4	8.5	.642
Doc Rivers	81	23.9	9.3	0.9	1.8	2.7	3.9	1.6	0.4	2.1	3.5	3.1	6.7	.462	0.0	0.1	.167	3.1	4.0	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	5	26.0	13.6	1.4	0.6	2.0	3.2	2.4	0.8	1.8	3.2	3.2	6.4	.500	0.0	0.6	.000	7.2	8.2	.878


Season 2
	Blake Griffin	Doc Rivers
Season	2011-12	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Blake Griffin	66	36.2	20.7	3.3	7.6	10.9	3.2	0.8	0.7	2.3	3.3	8.5	15.5	.549	0.0	0.2	.125	3.7	7.1	.521
Doc Rivers	69	30.8	14.1	1.0	2.1	3.1	5.9	2.4	0.8	2.6	3.6	4.8	10.2	.476	0.2	0.5	.417	4.2	5.5	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	11	35.7	19.1	1.7	5.2	6.9	2.5	1.8	0.9	2.3	3.7	7.6	15.3	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	6.0	.636
Doc Rivers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Blake Griffin	Doc Rivers
Season	2012-13	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
Blake Griffin	80	32.5	18.0	2.3	6.0	8.3	3.7	1.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	7.2	13.4	.538	0.1	0.4	.179	3.5	5.3	.660
Doc Rivers	53	29.6	11.5	0.9	2.1	3.1	8.4	2.3	0.2	2.7	3.5	4.2	8.8	.474	0.0	0.3	.000	3.2	5.3	.608

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	6	26.3	13.2	1.3	4.2	5.5	2.5	0.0	0.8	2.2	4.0	4.8	10.7	.453	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.3	.808
Doc Rivers	9	29.1	12.7	1.1	3.6	4.7	8.7	2.0	0.0	2.9	4.2	4.4	10.2	.435	0.3	0.7	.500	3.4	4.7	.738


Season 4
	Blake Griffin	Doc Rivers
Season	2013-14	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
Blake Griffin	80	35.8	24.1	2.4	7.1	9.5	3.9	1.2	0.6	2.8	3.3	9.0	17.0	.528	0.2	0.6	.273	6.0	8.4	.715
Doc Rivers	82	31.6	12.8	1.0	2.6	3.6	10.0	2.1	0.4	2.6	3.5	4.2	9.2	.451	0.0	0.3	.190	4.5	5.4	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	13	36.8	23.5	2.7	4.7	7.4	3.8	1.2	1.1	2.4	4.2	9.0	18.0	.500	0.1	0.5	.143	5.5	7.4	.740
Doc Rivers	8	30.6	7.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	11.3	1.1	0.4	3.1	4.0	2.3	5.9	.383	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	6.5	.500


Season 5
	Blake Griffin	Doc Rivers
Season	2014-15	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
Blake Griffin	67	35.2	21.9	1.9	5.7	7.6	5.3	0.9	0.5	2.3	2.9	8.6	17.1	.502	0.1	0.4	.400	4.6	6.4	.728
Doc Rivers	80	31.3	14.2	1.0	3.5	4.6	9.3	1.8	0.5	2.6	3.4	5.0	11.1	.453	0.1	0.4	.273	4.0	5.3	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	14	39.8	25.5	2.7	10.0	12.7	6.1	1.0	1.0	3.2	3.1	10.0	19.6	.511	0.1	0.5	.143	5.4	7.6	.717
Doc Rivers	12	34.1	15.7	0.7	4.3	4.9	9.6	2.1	0.2	2.1	3.3	5.9	11.6	.511	0.6	1.8	.318	3.3	3.6	.907


Season 6
	Blake Griffin	Doc Rivers
Season	2015-16	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
Blake Griffin	35	33.4	21.4	1.5	6.9	8.4	4.9	0.8	0.5	2.4	2.7	8.6	17.2	.499	0.2	0.5	.333	4.0	5.5	.727
Doc Rivers	76	32.4	13.6	1.2	2.6	3.8	6.9	2.4	0.5	2.1	3.5	4.9	10.7	.455	0.6	1.6	.347	3.3	3.8	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	4	31.8	15.0	1.8	7.0	8.8	4.0	0.8	0.5	2.3	2.3	5.0	13.3	.377	0.3	0.5	.500	4.8	6.3	.760
Doc Rivers	5	38.2	13.4	0.8	4.0	4.8	6.8	1.4	0.4	2.4	4.4	4.4	11.4	.386	1.2	3.8	.316	3.4	4.8	.708


Season 7
	Blake Griffin	Doc Rivers
Season	2016-17	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
Blake Griffin	61	34.0	21.6	1.8	6.3	8.1	4.9	0.9	0.4	2.3	2.6	7.9	15.9	.493	0.6	1.9	.336	5.2	6.9	.760
Doc Rivers	48	31.8	12.5	1.0	3.2	4.2	5.5	2.4	0.5	2.0	3.1	4.5	10.0	.454	0.5	1.4	.364	2.9	3.5	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	3	33.0	20.3	1.0	5.0	6.0	2.3	0.7	0.3	2.0	0.7	8.3	17.0	.490	1.3	2.0	.667	2.3	2.3	1.000
Doc Rivers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Blake Griffin	Doc Rivers
Season	2017-18	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Blake Griffin	58	34.0	21.4	1.3	6.1	7.4	5.8	0.7	0.3	2.8	2.4	7.5	17.2	.438	1.9	5.6	.345	4.5	5.7	.785
Doc Rivers	79	32.7	15.2	0.6	2.6	3.2	4.3	1.9	0.6	1.6	2.7	5.6	12.9	.435	1.1	3.3	.336	2.8	3.3	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	5	34.6	15.6	1.2	2.8	4.0	3.0	1.0	0.4	0.8	2.8	6.0	12.8	.469	0.2	2.2	.091	3.4	3.8	.895


Season 9
	Blake Griffin	Doc Rivers
Season	2018-19	1991-92
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Clippers 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		%
Blake Griffin	75	35.0	24.5	1.3	6.2	7.5	5.4	0.7	0.4	3.4	2.7	8.3	17.9	.462	2.5	7.0	.362	5.5	7.3	.753
Doc Rivers	59	28.1	10.9	0.4	2.1	2.5	3.9	1.9	0.3	1.6	2.8	3.8	9.0	.424	0.4	1.6	.283	2.8	3.3	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	2	29.0	24.5	2.0	4.0	6.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	4.5	9.0	19.5	.462	3.0	6.5	.462	3.5	3.5	1.000
Doc Rivers	5	37.4	15.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	4.2	1.2	0.0	0.6	3.2	5.0	11.2	.446	0.8	1.6	.500	4.4	5.4	.815


Season 10
	Blake Griffin	Doc Rivers
Season	2019-20	1992-93
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Blake Griffin	18	28.4	15.5	0.9	3.7	4.7	3.3	0.4	0.4	2.2	1.5	4.9	13.9	.352	1.5	6.2	.243	4.2	5.4	.776
Doc Rivers	77	24.5	7.8	0.3	2.2	2.5	5.3	1.6	0.1	1.5	2.8	2.8	6.4	.437	0.5	1.6	.317	1.7	2.1	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	15	30.5	10.2	0.4	2.2	2.6	5.7	1.9	0.1	2.0	2.9	3.2	7.1	.453	0.7	2.1	.355	3.1	4.0	.767


Season 11
	Blake Griffin	Doc Rivers
Season	2020-21	1993-94
Team	Detroit Pistons, Brooklyn Nets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Blake Griffin	46	25.8	11.0	0.8	4.1	4.9	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.4	3.8	8.9	.423	1.5	4.5	.341	1.9	2.5	.744
Doc Rivers	19	26.3	7.5	0.2	1.8	2.1	5.3	1.3	0.3	1.5	2.3	2.9	6.7	.433	1.0	2.7	.365	0.7	1.2	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	12	26.5	9.0	1.3	4.7	5.9	1.8	0.8	0.5	0.4	3.3	3.5	6.6	.532	1.2	3.0	.389	0.8	1.2	.714
Doc Rivers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Blake Griffin	Doc Rivers
Season	2021-22	1994-95
Team	Brooklyn Nets	New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Blake Griffin	56	17.1	6.4	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.7	2.4	5.6	.425	0.7	2.6	.262	1.0	1.4	.724
Doc Rivers	63	15.7	5.1	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.6	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.4	1.7	4.8	.358	0.7	2.0	.354	1.0	1.3	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	2	12.5	4.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.0	3.5	.286	1.0	2.5	.400	1.0	1.0	1.000
Doc Rivers	15	21.2	7.8	0.2	1.7	1.9	1.6	0.9	0.6	1.2	2.7	2.5	6.3	.389	1.1	3.1	.370	1.7	2.1	.839


Season 13
	Blake Griffin	Doc Rivers
Season	2022-23	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Spurs 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		%
Blake Griffin	41	13.9	4.1	1.1	2.6	3.8	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.8	1.5	3.2	.485	0.6	1.6	.348	0.5	0.8	.656
Doc Rivers	78	15.8	4.0	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.6	0.9	0.3	0.7	2.2	1.4	3.7	.372	0.6	1.8	.343	0.6	0.8	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	1	6.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Doc Rivers	2	10.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Blake Griffin vs. Doc Rivers Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Doc Rivers and Blake Griffin, 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