Donatas Motiejunas vs. Myles Turner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Myles Turner and Donatas Motiejunas, 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.

Donatas Motiejunas played 6 years in the NBA, 3 less than Myles Turner, who played 9. Donatas Motiejunas had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Myles Turner had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
Donatas Motiejunas	6	3	2012-13 to 2018-19
Myles Turner	9	6	2015-16 to 2023-24

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


Rookie Season
	Donatas Motiejunas	Myles Turner
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donatas Motiejunas	44	12.2	5.7	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.7	2.2	4.8	.455	0.5	1.9	.289	0.7	1.2	.627
Myles Turner	60	22.8	10.3	1.1	4.4	5.5	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.1	2.6	4.4	8.8	.498	0.1	0.2	.214	1.5	2.0	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donatas Motiejunas	1	5.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Myles Turner	7	28.1	10.3	2.3	4.1	6.4	0.4	0.3	3.3	1.7	3.4	4.7	10.1	.465	0.0	0.3	.000	0.9	1.3	.667


Season 2
	Donatas Motiejunas	Myles Turner
Season	2013-14	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donatas Motiejunas	62	15.4	5.5	1.0	2.7	3.6	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.1	4.8	.443	0.3	1.4	.250	0.9	1.5	.604
Myles Turner	81	31.4	14.5	1.7	5.6	7.3	1.3	0.9	2.1	1.3	3.2	5.5	10.7	.511	0.5	1.4	.348	3.0	3.7	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donatas Motiejunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	4	33.3	10.8	1.5	5.3	6.8	0.8	1.8	1.3	1.5	3.8	4.8	11.0	.432	0.0	1.5	.000	1.3	2.0	.625


Season 3
	Donatas Motiejunas	Myles Turner
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donatas Motiejunas	71	28.7	12.0	1.9	4.0	5.9	1.8	0.8	0.5	1.7	2.9	5.0	9.9	.504	0.7	1.9	.368	1.4	2.3	.602
Myles Turner	65	28.2	12.7	1.4	5.0	6.4	1.3	0.6	1.8	1.5	2.9	4.7	9.8	.479	0.9	2.4	.357	2.5	3.2	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donatas Motiejunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	7	28.0	12.4	0.9	4.3	5.1	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.6	3.6	4.7	7.7	.611	0.9	1.9	.462	2.1	2.7	.789


Season 4
	Donatas Motiejunas	Myles Turner
Season	2015-16	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donatas Motiejunas	37	14.8	6.2	1.0	1.9	2.9	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.9	2.4	5.5	.439	0.4	1.5	.281	0.9	1.4	.642
Myles Turner	74	28.6	13.3	1.4	5.8	7.2	1.6	0.8	2.7	1.4	2.6	5.1	10.5	.487	1.0	2.6	.388	2.0	2.7	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donatas Motiejunas	5	19.6	8.8	2.0	3.2	5.2	1.0	0.8	0.4	2.4	2.2	3.2	7.4	.432	0.8	1.8	.444	1.6	3.4	.471
Myles Turner	4	31.5	9.8	1.0	5.3	6.3	1.5	0.0	1.8	0.8	3.5	3.5	8.8	.400	0.8	3.5	.214	2.0	3.3	.615


Season 5
	Donatas Motiejunas	Myles Turner
Season	2016-17	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donatas Motiejunas	34	14.1	4.4	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.6	1.7	4.1	.413	0.3	1.4	.234	0.7	1.4	.510
Myles Turner	62	29.5	12.1	1.4	5.2	6.6	1.2	0.7	2.1	1.4	2.7	4.3	9.5	.457	1.4	4.0	.344	2.0	2.7	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donatas Motiejunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	4	36.5	15.8	2.8	8.0	10.8	0.8	0.5	4.0	2.3	3.3	6.3	11.0	.568	1.5	3.5	.429	1.8	4.0	.438

Note: Donatas Motiejunas didn't play in 2017-18.


Season 6
	Donatas Motiejunas	Myles Turner
Season	2018-19	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donatas Motiejunas	3	4.3	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.7	.000
Myles Turner	47	31.0	12.6	1.3	5.2	6.5	1.0	0.9	3.4	1.4	3.5	4.4	9.2	.477	1.5	4.4	.335	2.4	3.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donatas Motiejunas	5	3.8	2.6	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.2	2.0	.600	0.0	0.2	.000	0.2	0.4	.500
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Donatas Motiejunas	Myles Turner
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donatas Motiejunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	42	29.4	12.9	1.5	5.5	7.1	1.0	0.7	2.8	1.3	2.8	4.8	9.4	.509	1.5	4.4	.333	1.9	2.5	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donatas Motiejunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Donatas Motiejunas	Myles Turner
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donatas Motiejunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	62	29.4	18.0	1.4	6.1	7.5	1.4	0.6	2.3	1.7	3.5	6.5	11.8	.548	1.5	4.0	.373	3.5	4.5	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donatas Motiejunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Donatas Motiejunas	Myles Turner
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers TBD

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donatas Motiejunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	77	27.0	17.1	1.5	5.5	6.9	1.3	0.5	1.9	1.4	3.0	6.2	11.8	.524	1.5	4.2	.358	3.2	4.1	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donatas Motiejunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myles Turner	9	33.4	18.3	1.8	5.1	6.9	2.4	0.4	1.3	0.8	2.6	6.6	13.9	.472	2.4	6.0	.407	2.8	4.0	.694

Donatas Motiejunas vs. Myles Turner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Myles Turner and Donatas Motiejunas, 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