Charlie Criss vs. Luka Doncic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luka Doncic and Charlie Criss, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Charlie Criss played 8 years in the NBA, 2 more than Luka Doncic, who played 6. Charlie Criss had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Luka Doncic had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Charlie Criss	Luka Doncic
Season	1977-78	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Charlie Criss	77	25.1	11.4	0.3	1.3	1.6	3.8	1.4	0.1	1.9	1.9	4.1	9.8	.425	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.797
Luka Doncic	72	32.2	21.2	1.2	6.6	7.8	6.0	1.1	0.3	3.4	1.9	7.0	16.5	.427	2.3	7.1	.327	4.8	6.7	.713
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charlie Criss	2	32.5	13.5	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	0.5	2.5	2.5	5.0	12.0	.417	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.778
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Charlie Criss	Luka Doncic
Season	1978-79	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Charlie Criss	54	16.3	5.3	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.6	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.3	2.0	5.4	.377	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.779
Luka Doncic	61	33.6	28.8	1.3	8.1	9.4	8.8	1.0	0.2	4.3	2.5	9.5	20.6	.463	2.8	8.9	.316	7.0	9.2	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charlie Criss	9	11.0	3.7	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.6	1.3	3.2	.414	-	-	-	1.0	1.1	.900
Luka Doncic	6	35.8	31.0	0.7	9.2	9.8	8.7	1.2	0.5	5.2	2.8	10.7	21.3	.500	2.7	7.3	.364	7.0	10.7	.656

Season 3
	Charlie Criss	Luka Doncic
Season	1979-80	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Charlie Criss	81	22.1	8.3	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.0	0.9	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.1	7.1	.431	0.0	0.2	.059	2.1	2.6	.811
Luka Doncic	66	34.3	27.7	0.8	7.2	8.0	8.6	1.0	0.5	4.3	2.3	9.8	20.5	.479	2.9	8.3	.350	5.2	7.1	.730
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charlie Criss	5	30.4	14.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.4	1.2	0.0	2.2	2.4	5.8	11.8	.492	0.2	0.6	.333	2.2	2.4	.917
Luka Doncic	7	40.1	35.7	0.6	7.3	7.9	10.3	1.3	0.4	4.6	2.4	13.7	28.0	.490	4.4	10.9	.408	3.9	7.3	.529

Season 4
	Charlie Criss	Luka Doncic
Season	1980-81	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
Charlie Criss	66	25.9	9.5	0.4	1.1	1.5	4.3	0.9	0.0	2.0	1.3	3.3	7.3	.454	0.0	0.3	.048	2.8	3.2	.864
Luka Doncic	65	35.4	28.4	0.9	8.3	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	4.5	2.2	9.9	21.6	.457	3.1	8.8	.353	5.6	7.5	.744
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charlie Criss	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luka Doncic	15	36.8	31.7	0.7	9.1	9.8	6.4	1.8	0.6	3.9	2.9	10.7	23.5	.455	3.4	9.9	.345	6.9	9.0	.770

Season 5
	Charlie Criss	Luka Doncic
Season	1981-82	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks, San Diego Clippers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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		%
Charlie Criss	55	25.3	10.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	3.4	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.7	4.0	9.1	.446	0.2	0.5	.345	2.6	2.9	.887
Luka Doncic	66	36.2	32.4	0.8	7.8	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	3.6	2.5	10.9	22.0	.496	2.8	8.2	.342	7.8	10.5	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charlie Criss	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Charlie Criss	Luka Doncic
Season	1982-83	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Charlie Criss	66	14.0	6.2	0.2	1.0	1.2	1.9	0.4	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.6	5.7	.451	0.1	0.5	.194	1.0	1.2	.895
Luka Doncic	70	37.5	33.9	0.8	8.4	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	4.0	2.1	11.5	23.6	.487	4.1	10.6	.382	6.8	8.7	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charlie Criss	9	12.9	5.2	0.1	1.4	1.6	1.3	1.0	0.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	3.8	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.0	.944
Luka Doncic	11	41.8	27.1	1.1	8.5	9.6	9.0	1.4	0.5	3.8	2.5	9.5	22.9	.413	2.7	9.7	.280	5.5	7.1	.769