Kyrie Irving vs. Bill Sharman Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Sharman and Kyrie Irving, 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.
Kyrie Irving played 13 years in the NBA, 2 more than Bill Sharman, who played 11. Kyrie Irving had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Bill Sharman had his rookie season in 1950-51. 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 |
Kyrie Irving |
13 |
7 |
2011-12 to 2023-24 |
Bill Sharman |
11 |
10 |
1950-51 to 1960-61 |
Comparison Season by Season |
|
|
|
Rookie Season |
|
Kyrie Irving |
Bill Sharman |
Season |
2011-12 | 1950-51 |
Team |
Cleveland Cavaliers | Washington Capitols |
Honors & Awards |
Rookie of the Year | - |
All-Rookie 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 |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
51 |
30.5 |
18.5 |
0.9 |
2.9 |
3.7 |
5.4 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
3.1 |
2.2 |
6.9 |
14.6 |
.469 |
1.4 |
3.6 |
.399 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
.872 |
Bill Sharman |
31 |
- |
12.2 |
- |
- |
3.5 |
1.3 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
4.5 |
12.3 |
.370 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
3.5 |
.889 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Sharman |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
59 |
34.7 |
22.5 |
0.6 |
3.1 |
3.7 |
5.9 |
1.5 |
0.4 |
3.2 |
2.5 |
8.2 |
18.1 |
.452 |
1.8 |
4.7 |
.391 |
4.2 |
4.9 |
.855 |
Bill Sharman |
63 |
22.0 |
10.7 |
- |
- |
3.5 |
2.4 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
3.9 |
10.0 |
.389 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
3.4 |
.859 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Sharman |
1 |
27.0 |
15.0 |
- |
- |
3.0 |
7.0 |
- |
- |
- |
4.0 |
7.0 |
12.0 |
.583 |
- |
- |
- |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.000 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
71 |
35.2 |
20.8 |
0.7 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
6.1 |
1.5 |
0.3 |
2.7 |
2.3 |
7.5 |
17.4 |
.430 |
1.7 |
4.8 |
.358 |
4.1 |
4.8 |
.861 |
Bill Sharman |
71 |
32.9 |
16.2 |
- |
- |
4.1 |
2.7 |
- |
- |
- |
3.4 |
5.7 |
13.0 |
.436 |
- |
- |
- |
4.8 |
5.6 |
.850 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Sharman |
6 |
33.5 |
11.7 |
- |
- |
2.5 |
2.5 |
- |
- |
- |
4.3 |
3.3 |
10.0 |
.333 |
- |
- |
- |
5.0 |
5.3 |
.938 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
75 |
36.4 |
21.7 |
0.7 |
2.4 |
3.2 |
5.2 |
1.5 |
0.3 |
2.5 |
1.9 |
7.7 |
16.5 |
.468 |
2.1 |
5.0 |
.415 |
4.2 |
4.9 |
.863 |
Bill Sharman |
72 |
34.3 |
16.0 |
- |
- |
3.5 |
3.2 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
5.7 |
12.7 |
.450 |
- |
- |
- |
4.6 |
5.4 |
.844 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
13 |
35.7 |
19.0 |
0.8 |
2.8 |
3.6 |
3.8 |
1.3 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
2.2 |
6.2 |
14.2 |
.438 |
2.1 |
4.6 |
.450 |
4.5 |
5.3 |
.841 |
Bill Sharman |
6 |
34.3 |
18.8 |
- |
- |
4.2 |
1.7 |
- |
- |
- |
4.8 |
5.8 |
13.5 |
.432 |
- |
- |
- |
7.2 |
8.3 |
.860 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
53 |
31.5 |
19.6 |
0.8 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
4.7 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
2.3 |
2.0 |
7.4 |
16.6 |
.448 |
1.6 |
4.9 |
.321 |
3.2 |
3.6 |
.885 |
Bill Sharman |
68 |
36.1 |
18.4 |
- |
- |
4.4 |
4.1 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
6.7 |
15.6 |
.427 |
- |
- |
- |
5.1 |
5.7 |
.897 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
21 |
36.9 |
25.2 |
0.7 |
2.2 |
3.0 |
4.7 |
1.7 |
0.6 |
2.3 |
2.2 |
9.6 |
20.1 |
.475 |
2.4 |
5.5 |
.440 |
3.7 |
4.2 |
.875 |
Bill Sharman |
7 |
41.4 |
20.7 |
- |
- |
5.4 |
5.4 |
- |
- |
- |
3.4 |
7.9 |
15.7 |
.500 |
- |
- |
- |
5.0 |
5.4 |
.921 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
72 |
35.1 |
25.2 |
0.7 |
2.5 |
3.2 |
5.8 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
2.5 |
2.2 |
9.3 |
19.7 |
.473 |
2.5 |
6.1 |
.401 |
4.1 |
4.6 |
.905 |
Bill Sharman |
72 |
37.5 |
19.9 |
- |
- |
3.6 |
4.7 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
7.5 |
17.1 |
.438 |
- |
- |
- |
5.0 |
5.7 |
.867 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
18 |
36.3 |
25.9 |
0.7 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
5.3 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
2.7 |
2.1 |
9.6 |
20.6 |
.468 |
2.4 |
6.6 |
.373 |
4.2 |
4.7 |
.905 |
Bill Sharman |
3 |
39.7 |
17.3 |
- |
- |
2.3 |
4.0 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
6.0 |
15.3 |
.391 |
- |
- |
- |
5.3 |
5.7 |
.941 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
60 |
32.2 |
24.4 |
0.6 |
3.2 |
3.8 |
5.1 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
2.3 |
2.0 |
8.9 |
18.1 |
.491 |
2.8 |
6.8 |
.408 |
3.9 |
4.4 |
.889 |
Bill Sharman |
67 |
35.9 |
21.1 |
- |
- |
4.3 |
3.5 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
7.7 |
18.5 |
.416 |
- |
- |
- |
5.7 |
6.3 |
.905 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Sharman |
10 |
37.7 |
21.1 |
- |
- |
3.5 |
2.9 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
7.5 |
19.7 |
.381 |
- |
- |
- |
6.1 |
6.4 |
.953 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
67 |
33.0 |
23.8 |
1.1 |
3.9 |
5.0 |
6.9 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
9.0 |
18.5 |
.487 |
2.6 |
6.5 |
.401 |
3.2 |
3.7 |
.873 |
Bill Sharman |
63 |
35.1 |
22.3 |
- |
- |
4.7 |
2.7 |
- |
- |
- |
2.5 |
8.7 |
20.6 |
.424 |
- |
- |
- |
4.8 |
5.4 |
.893 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
9 |
36.7 |
21.3 |
0.6 |
3.8 |
4.3 |
7.0 |
1.4 |
0.4 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
7.7 |
19.9 |
.385 |
2.0 |
6.4 |
.310 |
4.0 |
4.4 |
.900 |
Bill Sharman |
11 |
36.9 |
21.1 |
- |
- |
4.9 |
2.3 |
- |
- |
- |
2.5 |
8.2 |
20.1 |
.407 |
- |
- |
- |
4.7 |
5.1 |
.929 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
20 |
32.9 |
27.4 |
1.1 |
4.1 |
5.2 |
6.4 |
1.4 |
0.5 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
10.0 |
20.8 |
.478 |
2.8 |
7.1 |
.394 |
4.7 |
5.1 |
.922 |
Bill Sharman |
72 |
33.1 |
20.4 |
- |
- |
4.1 |
2.5 |
- |
- |
- |
2.4 |
7.8 |
19.1 |
.408 |
- |
- |
- |
4.8 |
5.1 |
.932 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Sharman |
11 |
29.3 |
20.1 |
- |
- |
3.3 |
2.5 |
- |
- |
- |
3.2 |
7.5 |
17.5 |
.425 |
- |
- |
- |
5.2 |
5.4 |
.966 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
54 |
34.9 |
26.9 |
1.0 |
3.8 |
4.8 |
6.0 |
1.4 |
0.7 |
2.4 |
2.6 |
10.2 |
20.1 |
.506 |
2.8 |
7.0 |
.402 |
3.7 |
4.0 |
.922 |
Bill Sharman |
71 |
27.0 |
19.3 |
- |
- |
3.7 |
2.0 |
- |
- |
- |
2.2 |
7.9 |
17.3 |
.456 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
4.1 |
.866 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
9 |
36.1 |
22.7 |
1.3 |
4.4 |
5.8 |
3.4 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
2.1 |
8.6 |
18.1 |
.472 |
2.7 |
7.2 |
.369 |
2.9 |
3.1 |
.929 |
Bill Sharman |
13 |
28.0 |
16.8 |
- |
- |
3.5 |
1.5 |
- |
- |
- |
1.7 |
6.8 |
16.1 |
.421 |
- |
- |
- |
3.3 |
4.1 |
.811 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
29 |
37.6 |
27.4 |
0.6 |
3.8 |
4.4 |
5.8 |
1.4 |
0.6 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
10.0 |
21.2 |
.469 |
3.4 |
8.2 |
.418 |
4.1 |
4.4 |
.915 |
Bill Sharman |
61 |
25.2 |
16.0 |
- |
- |
3.7 |
2.4 |
- |
- |
- |
2.1 |
6.3 |
14.9 |
.422 |
- |
- |
- |
3.4 |
3.7 |
.921 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
4 |
42.5 |
21.3 |
1.5 |
3.8 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
1.8 |
1.3 |
2.3 |
3.3 |
7.0 |
15.8 |
.444 |
2.0 |
5.3 |
.381 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
1.000 |
Bill Sharman |
10 |
26.1 |
16.8 |
- |
- |
2.7 |
1.7 |
- |
- |
- |
2.2 |
6.8 |
13.3 |
.511 |
- |
- |
- |
3.2 |
3.6 |
.889 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
60 |
37.3 |
27.1 |
1.0 |
4.1 |
5.1 |
5.5 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
9.9 |
20.1 |
.494 |
3.1 |
8.3 |
.379 |
4.1 |
4.6 |
.905 |
Bill Sharman |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bill Sharman |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
58 |
35.0 |
25.6 |
0.8 |
4.2 |
5.0 |
5.2 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
9.7 |
19.5 |
.497 |
3.0 |
7.3 |
.411 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
.905 |
Bill Sharman |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Kyrie Irving |
7 |
39.6 |
25.6 |
1.1 |
3.9 |
5.0 |
4.4 |
1.9 |
0.4 |
2.6 |
3.1 |
9.1 |
17.9 |
.512 |
3.6 |
7.6 |
.472 |
3.7 |
4.3 |
.867 |
Bill Sharman |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |