Draymond Green vs. Wes Matthews Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wes Matthews and Draymond Green, 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.

Draymond Green played 12 years in the NBA, 3 more than Wes Matthews, who played 9. Draymond Green had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Wes Matthews had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
Draymond Green	12	9	2012-13 to 2023-24
Wes Matthews	9	7	1980-81 to 1989-90

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Draymond Green	Wes Matthews
Season	2012-13	1980-81
Team	Golden State Warriors	Washington Bullets, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Draymond Green	79	13.4	2.9	0.7	2.6	3.3	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.6	2.0	1.1	3.3	.327	0.2	0.8	.209	0.6	0.7	.818
Wes Matthews	79	28.7	12.4	0.6	1.2	1.8	5.2	1.4	0.2	3.3	3.1	4.9	9.9	.494	0.1	0.3	.238	2.6	3.2	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	12	18.6	5.8	1.2	3.1	4.3	1.6	0.5	0.8	1.0	2.9	2.0	4.7	.429	0.8	1.9	.391	1.1	1.4	.765
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Draymond Green	Wes Matthews
Season	2013-14	1981-82
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Draymond Green	82	21.9	6.2	1.0	3.9	5.0	1.9	1.2	0.9	1.1	2.8	2.3	5.6	.407	0.7	2.0	.333	1.0	1.5	.667
Wes Matthews	47	17.8	6.9	0.4	0.8	1.2	3.0	1.1	0.0	1.3	2.7	2.8	6.3	.440	0.0	0.2	.250	1.3	1.7	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	7	32.6	11.9	2.6	5.7	8.3	2.9	1.7	1.7	2.4	4.7	4.0	8.6	.467	1.1	4.1	.276	2.7	3.4	.792
Wes Matthews	2	14.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	.200	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 3
	Draymond Green	Wes Matthews
Season	2014-15	1982-83
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Draymond Green	79	31.5	11.7	1.4	6.7	8.2	3.7	1.6	1.3	1.7	3.2	4.3	9.7	.443	1.4	4.2	.337	1.7	2.5	.660
Wes Matthews	64	18.5	6.9	0.4	1.0	1.4	3.9	0.9	0.1	1.9	2.0	2.7	6.6	.403	0.2	0.8	.292	1.3	1.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	21	37.3	13.7	2.2	7.9	10.1	5.2	1.8	1.2	2.8	4.2	4.8	11.4	.417	1.1	4.3	.264	3.0	4.1	.736
Wes Matthews	3	12.7	3.3	0.0	0.0	0	3.7	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.7	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	1.7	.800


Season 4
	Draymond Green	Wes Matthews
Season	2015-16	1983-84
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	76ers 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		%
Draymond Green	81	34.7	14.0	1.7	7.8	9.5	7.4	1.5	1.4	3.2	3.0	5.0	10.1	.490	1.2	3.2	.388	2.8	4.1	.696
Wes Matthews	20	19.4	7.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.0	2.3	3.1	6.6	.466	0.1	0.4	.125	1.4	1.8	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	23	38.2	15.4	1.7	8.3	9.9	6.0	1.6	1.8	2.4	3.5	5.2	12.0	.431	1.7	4.5	.365	3.4	4.7	.738
Wes Matthews	4	5.8	2.5	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 5
	Draymond Green	Wes Matthews
Season	2016-17	1984-85
Team	Golden State Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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		%
Draymond Green	76	32.5	10.2	1.3	6.6	7.9	7.0	2.0	1.4	2.4	2.9	3.6	8.6	.418	1.1	3.5	.308	2.0	2.8	.709
Wes Matthews	78	19.5	5.7	0.2	0.7	0.9	4.5	0.9	0.2	1.6	1.7	2.4	4.9	.495	0.0	0.2	.125	0.8	1.1	.694

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	17	34.9	13.1	1.2	7.9	9.1	6.5	1.8	1.6	2.1	3.5	4.2	9.5	.447	1.9	4.6	.410	2.7	3.9	.687
Wes Matthews	4	22.8	7.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	3.0	1.3	0.0	1.8	2.5	2.8	8.0	.344	0.0	0.8	.000	1.8	2.3	.778


Season 6
	Draymond Green	Wes Matthews
Season	2017-18	1985-86
Team	Golden State Warriors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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		%
Draymond Green	70	32.7	11.0	1.1	6.6	7.6	7.3	1.4	1.3	2.9	2.6	4.0	8.8	.454	1.1	3.7	.301	1.9	2.5	.775
Wes Matthews	75	24.7	10.9	0.4	1.3	1.7	6.3	1.2	0.4	3.1	2.2	4.3	8.0	.531	0.1	0.3	.160	2.3	2.8	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	21	39.0	10.8	2.0	8.6	10.6	8.1	2.0	1.5	3.0	3.6	4.0	9.1	.432	1.0	3.8	.266	1.9	2.3	.796
Wes Matthews	3	38.7	25.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	8.0	2.0	0.0	3.7	2.3	11.7	18.0	.648	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.7	.750


Season 7
	Draymond Green	Wes Matthews
Season	2018-19	1986-87
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Draymond Green	66	31.3	7.4	0.9	6.4	7.3	6.9	1.4	1.1	2.6	3.0	2.8	6.4	.445	0.7	2.5	.285	1.0	1.4	.692
Wes Matthews	50	10.6	4.2	0.3	0.7	0.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.1	1.8	3.7	.476	0.0	0.1	.333	0.6	0.7	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	22	38.7	13.3	1.9	8.3	10.1	8.5	1.5	1.5	3.8	3.9	5.2	10.4	.498	0.6	2.6	.228	2.3	3.2	.718
Wes Matthews	12	5.1	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.9	.478	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.6	.857


Season 8
	Draymond Green	Wes Matthews
Season	2019-20	1987-88
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Draymond Green	43	28.4	8.0	0.5	5.7	6.2	6.2	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.6	2.9	7.3	.389	0.8	3.0	.279	1.5	1.9	.759
Wes Matthews	51	13.8	5.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.7	0.5	0.1	1.4	1.3	2.2	4.9	.460	0.1	0.6	.233	1.1	1.3	.831

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Matthews	10	2.7	1.2	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.5	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.0	.800

Note: Wes Matthews didn't play in 1988-89.


Season 9
	Draymond Green	Wes Matthews
Season	2020-21	1989-90
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
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		%
Draymond Green	63	31.5	7.0	0.9	6.3	7.1	8.9	1.7	0.8	3.0	3.1	2.7	6.0	.447	0.5	2.0	.270	1.1	1.4	.795
Wes Matthews	1	13.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	1.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Draymond Green	Wes Matthews
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Draymond Green	46	28.9	7.5	1.0	6.3	7.3	7.0	1.3	1.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	5.6	.525	0.3	1.2	.296	1.3	2.0	.659
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	22	32.0	8.0	1.2	6.0	7.2	6.3	1.1	1.0	2.7	4.0	3.1	6.5	.479	0.4	1.8	.205	1.4	2.1	.638
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Draymond Green	Wes Matthews
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Draymond Green	73	31.5	8.5	0.9	6.3	7.2	6.8	1.0	0.8	2.8	3.1	3.4	6.5	.527	0.5	1.8	.305	1.1	1.5	.713
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	12	30.6	9.4	1.6	5.3	6.9	6.8	1.5	1.0	2.3	4.0	3.5	7.6	.462	0.4	1.7	.250	2.0	2.8	.727
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Draymond Green	Wes Matthews
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
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		%
Draymond Green	55	27.1	8.6	1.4	5.9	7.2	6.0	1.0	0.9	2.5	3.0	3.4	6.8	.497	0.9	2.3	.395	1.0	1.3	.730
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Draymond Green vs. Wes Matthews Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wes Matthews and Draymond Green, 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