Danilo Gallinari vs. Sam Perkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Perkins and Danilo Gallinari, 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.

Danilo Gallinari played 14 years in the NBA, 3 less than Sam Perkins, who played 17. Danilo Gallinari had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Sam Perkins had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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
Danilo Gallinari	14	7	2008-09 to 2023-24
Sam Perkins	17	15	1984-85 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Danilo Gallinari	Sam Perkins
Season	2008-09	1984-85
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Danilo Gallinari	28	14.7	6.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.7	2.0	4.5	.448	1.1	2.6	.444	0.9	1.0	.963
Sam Perkins	82	28.3	11.0	2.3	5.1	7.4	1.6	0.8	0.8	1.2	2.9	4.2	9.0	.471	0.1	0.4	.250	2.4	3.0	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	4	42.3	18.8	4.0	8.8	12.8	2.8	0.5	0.3	0.8	3.3	6.0	12.3	.490	0.3	1.0	.250	6.5	8.5	.765


Season 2
	Danilo Gallinari	Sam Perkins
Season	2009-10	1985-86
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	81	33.9	15.1	0.8	4.1	4.9	1.7	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.4	4.8	11.4	.423	2.3	6.0	.381	3.1	3.8	.818
Sam Perkins	80	32.8	15.4	2.4	6.1	8.6	1.9	0.9	1.2	1.8	2.7	5.7	11.4	.503	0.1	0.4	.333	3.8	4.7	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	10	34.7	14.9	3.0	5.3	8.3	2.4	0.9	1.4	1.6	3.2	5.7	13.3	.429	0.2	0.8	.250	3.3	4.3	.767


Season 3
	Danilo Gallinari	Sam Perkins
Season	2010-11	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks, Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Danilo Gallinari	62	33.9	15.6	1.0	4.0	4.9	1.7	0.8	0.4	1.3	2.3	4.3	10.3	.414	1.7	4.7	.352	5.4	6.3	.862
Sam Perkins	80	33.6	14.8	2.5	5.2	7.7	1.8	1.4	1.0	1.7	3.4	5.8	12.0	.482	0.2	0.7	.352	3.1	3.7	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	5	29.6	12.0	0.2	3.2	3.4	2.0	0.8	0.0	1.4	3.4	3.8	8.8	.432	1.4	3.0	.467	3.0	4.2	.714
Sam Perkins	4	33.3	17.0	3.0	5.5	8.5	1.3	1.0	0.3	2.3	4.0	6.5	13.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	4.0	5.8	.696


Season 4
	Danilo Gallinari	Sam Perkins
Season	2011-12	1987-88
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Danilo Gallinari	43	31.4	14.6	0.7	4.0	4.7	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.6	2.0	4.5	10.8	.414	1.4	4.3	.328	4.2	4.9	.871
Sam Perkins	75	33.3	14.2	2.7	5.3	8.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	1.6	3.0	5.3	11.7	.450	0.1	0.4	.167	3.6	4.4	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	7	31.7	13.4	1.3	3.9	5.1	2.4	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.1	4.9	13.4	.362	0.6	3.3	.174	3.1	3.4	.917
Sam Perkins	17	33.6	13.5	2.3	4.3	6.6	1.8	1.5	1.0	1.8	3.0	5.2	11.5	.451	0.1	0.4	.143	3.1	3.9	.803


Season 5
	Danilo Gallinari	Sam Perkins
Season	2012-13	1988-89
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
Danilo Gallinari	71	32.5	16.2	0.9	4.3	5.2	2.5	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.8	5.1	12.3	.418	1.9	5.1	.373	4.0	4.9	.822
Sam Perkins	78	36.7	15.0	3.0	5.8	8.8	1.6	1.0	1.2	1.8	2.9	5.7	12.3	.464	0.1	0.5	.184	3.5	4.2	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Danilo Gallinari didn't play in 2013-14.


Season 6
	Danilo Gallinari	Sam Perkins
Season	2014-15	1989-90
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Danilo Gallinari	59	24.2	12.4	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.4	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.6	3.9	9.6	.401	1.8	5.1	.355	2.9	3.2	.895
Sam Perkins	76	35.1	15.9	2.8	4.8	7.5	2.3	1.2	0.8	1.9	3.0	5.7	11.6	.493	0.1	0.4	.214	4.3	5.6	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	3	39.3	15.0	3.3	4.0	7.3	2.7	1.0	0.7	2.3	5.7	5.3	12.0	.444	0.0	0.3	.000	4.3	5.7	.765


Season 7
	Danilo Gallinari	Sam Perkins
Season	2015-16	1990-91
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	53	34.7	19.5	1.0	4.3	5.3	2.5	0.8	0.4	1.5	1.6	5.4	13.2	.410	1.6	4.5	.364	7.1	8.2	.868
Sam Perkins	73	34.3	13.5	2.3	5.1	7.4	1.5	0.9	1.1	1.4	3.4	5.0	10.2	.495	0.2	0.9	.281	3.1	3.8	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	19	39.6	17.7	2.2	6.1	8.3	1.7	0.8	1.4	1.9	3.6	6.4	11.6	.548	0.6	1.6	.367	4.4	5.7	.761


Season 8
	Danilo Gallinari	Sam Perkins
Season	2016-17	1991-92
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Danilo Gallinari	63	33.9	18.2	0.6	4.5	5.2	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.5	5.3	11.9	.447	2.0	5.1	.389	5.5	6.1	.902
Sam Perkins	63	37.0	16.5	3.0	5.8	8.8	2.2	1.0	1.0	1.3	3.0	5.7	12.7	.450	0.2	1.1	.217	4.8	5.9	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Danilo Gallinari	Sam Perkins
Season	2017-18	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers, Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	21	32.0	15.3	0.4	4.4	4.8	2.0	0.6	0.5	1.2	1.4	4.9	12.2	.398	1.7	5.3	.324	3.9	4.1	.931
Sam Perkins	79	29.8	13.1	2.1	4.6	6.6	2.0	0.8	1.0	1.4	2.8	4.8	10.1	.477	0.3	0.9	.338	3.2	3.9	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	19	32.9	14.4	1.7	5.3	7.0	1.9	1.0	1.3	1.1	2.9	5.2	11.8	.436	1.6	4.2	.380	2.5	2.9	.873


Season 10
	Danilo Gallinari	Sam Perkins
Season	2018-19	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	68	30.3	19.8	0.8	5.3	6.1	2.6	0.7	0.3	1.5	1.9	6.0	13.0	.463	2.4	5.5	.433	5.4	6.0	.904
Sam Perkins	81	26.8	12.3	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.4	0.8	0.4	1.3	2.4	4.2	9.6	.438	1.2	3.3	.367	2.7	3.4	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	6	33.5	19.8	1.5	4.7	6.2	2.7	1.3	0.2	1.8	2.3	6.5	18.5	.351	2.2	7.2	.302	4.7	5.5	.848
Sam Perkins	5	28.2	9.8	1.2	6.0	7.2	0.8	0.8	0.4	1.2	3.0	2.8	8.4	.333	1.2	2.8	.429	3.0	3.4	.882


Season 11
	Danilo Gallinari	Sam Perkins
Season	2019-20	1994-95
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	62	29.6	18.7	0.5	4.6	5.2	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.2	1.2	5.8	13.2	.438	2.9	7.1	.405	4.3	4.8	.893
Sam Perkins	82	28.7	12.7	1.2	3.7	4.9	1.6	0.9	0.5	0.9	2.3	4.2	9.0	.466	1.7	4.2	.397	2.6	3.3	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	7	30.3	15.0	0.7	4.7	5.4	1.0	0.7	0.1	2.1	1.6	4.6	11.3	.405	1.7	5.3	.324	4.1	4.3	.967
Sam Perkins	4	35.3	13.5	1.5	6.3	7.8	3.3	0.8	1.3	2.3	3.0	5.3	12.0	.438	2.5	5.5	.455	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 12
	Danilo Gallinari	Sam Perkins
Season	2020-21	1995-96
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Supersonics 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	51	24.0	13.3	0.3	3.8	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.1	4.0	9.3	.434	2.0	5.0	.406	3.2	3.4	.925
Sam Perkins	82	26.5	11.8	1.2	3.2	4.5	1.5	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.1	4.0	9.7	.408	1.6	4.4	.355	2.3	2.9	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	18	24.6	12.8	0.4	3.4	3.9	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.6	4.1	9.7	.425	1.9	4.7	.405	2.7	2.9	.942
Sam Perkins	21	31.1	12.3	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.1	4.3	9.3	.459	1.5	4.1	.368	2.2	2.9	.754


Season 13
	Danilo Gallinari	Sam Perkins
Season	2021-22	1996-97
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	66	25.3	11.7	0.5	4.1	4.7	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.4	3.9	9.0	.434	1.7	4.5	.381	2.1	2.4	.904
Sam Perkins	81	24.4	11.0	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.3	0.9	0.6	1.0	1.7	3.6	8.2	.439	1.5	3.8	.395	2.3	2.8	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	5	22.4	10.2	0.4	3.8	4.2	0.8	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.2	3.6	9.0	.400	0.8	3.0	.267	2.2	2.2	1.000
Sam Perkins	12	28.3	8.4	1.3	3.2	4.4	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.1	2.8	2.6	7.7	.337	1.2	3.8	.311	2.1	2.4	.862

Note: Danilo Gallinari didn't play in 2022-23.


Season 14
	Danilo Gallinari	Sam Perkins
Season	2023-24	1997-98
Team	Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	49	12.8	5.7	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.7	3.9	.437	0.6	1.9	.323	1.7	2.0	.857
Sam Perkins	81	20.7	7.2	0.7	2.5	3.1	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.0	2.4	5.8	.416	1.1	2.7	.392	1.2	1.6	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	3	12.3	3.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.7	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	1.0	1.3	.750
Sam Perkins	10	21.0	5.4	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.4	0.3	0.5	1.1	2.2	1.6	4.2	.381	1.0	2.4	.417	1.2	2.0	.600


Season 15
	Danilo Gallinari	Sam Perkins
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	48	16.4	5.0	0.8	2.1	2.9	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.5	1.7	4.2	.400	0.7	1.9	.389	0.9	1.3	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	13	11.2	4.1	0.2	1.8	1.9	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.5	1.0	1.4	2.7	.514	0.8	1.8	.458	0.5	0.7	.667


Season 16
	Danilo Gallinari	Sam Perkins
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	81	20.0	6.6	0.8	2.8	3.6	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	2.3	5.4	.417	1.1	2.7	.408	1.0	1.2	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	23	18.2	4.8	0.7	2.4	3.2	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	2.0	1.5	4.6	.324	1.0	2.9	.348	0.8	0.9	.905


Season 17
	Danilo Gallinari	Sam Perkins
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	64	15.6	3.8	0.5	2.1	2.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.5	.381	0.6	1.7	.345	0.5	0.6	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danilo Gallinari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Perkins	3	6.7	1.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.7	2.7	.250	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0	-

Danilo Gallinari vs. Sam Perkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Perkins and Danilo Gallinari, 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

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17