Josh Giddey vs. Larry Steele Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Steele and Josh Giddey, 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.

Josh Giddey played 3 years in the NBA, 6 less than Larry Steele, who played 9. Josh Giddey had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Larry Steele had his rookie season in 1971-72. 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
	Josh Giddey	Larry Steele
Season	2021-22	1971-72
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Josh Giddey	54	31.5	12.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	3.2	1.6	5.2	12.4	.419	1.0	3.9	.263	1.0	1.5	.709
Larry Steele	72	18.2	5.1	-	-	3.9	2.2	-	-	-	2.8	2.1	4.3	.481	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Steele	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Josh Giddey	Larry Steele
Season	2023-24	1973-74
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Steals Leader
Playoffs	Thunder TBD	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		%
Josh Giddey	80	25.1	12.3	1.4	5.0	6.4	4.8	0.7	0.6	2.1	1.4	5.0	10.6	.475	1.0	3.0	.337	1.3	1.6	.806
Larry Steele	81	32.7	9.7	1.1	2.7	3.8	4.0	2.7	0.4	-	3.6	4.0	8.4	.478	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	9	19.0	9.4	0.4	3.1	3.6	2.2	0.2	0.4	1.2	0.9	3.7	8.0	.458	1.3	3.6	.375	0.8	0.9	.875
Larry Steele	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Josh Giddey	Larry Steele
Season	-	1976-77
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Steele	81	20.7	10.3	0.9	1.4	2.3	2.1	1.5	0.2	-	2.7	4.0	8.0	.500	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Steele	18	14.5	4.2	0.7	0.8	1.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	-	1.7	1.4	3.9	.371	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.750