Kyrie Irving vs. Darrick Martin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darrick Martin 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.

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.

Kyrie Irving and Darrick Martin both played 13 years in the NBA. Kyrie Irving had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Darrick Martin had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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
Darrick Martin	13	5	1994-95 to 2007-08

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kyrie Irving	Darrick Martin
Season	2011-12	1994-95
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	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
Darrick Martin	34	23.6	7.5	0.4	1.5	1.9	3.9	1.0	0.0	1.8	2.6	2.8	6.9	.408	0.2	1.1	.184	1.7	1.9	.877

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darrick Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kyrie Irving	Darrick Martin
Season	2012-13	1995-96
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Vancouver Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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	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
Darrick Martin	59	19.5	7.0	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.7	0.9	0.1	1.8	2.1	2.5	6.1	.406	0.3	1.2	.290	1.7	2.0	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darrick Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kyrie Irving	Darrick Martin
Season	2013-14	1996-97
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
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
Darrick Martin	82	22.2	10.9	0.3	1.1	1.4	4.1	0.7	0.0	1.5	2.0	3.6	8.8	.407	1.1	2.9	.389	2.7	3.0	.872

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darrick Martin	3	25.7	11.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	3.0	3.7	8.3	.440	1.7	3.0	.556	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 4
	Kyrie Irving	Darrick Martin
Season	2014-15	1997-98
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	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	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
Darrick Martin	82	28.0	10.3	0.2	1.8	2.0	4.0	1.0	0.1	1.9	2.4	3.4	8.9	.377	1.3	3.6	.365	2.2	2.6	.848

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
Darrick Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kyrie Irving	Darrick Martin
Season	2015-16	1998-99
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	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
Darrick Martin	37	25.4	8.0	0.1	1.2	1.3	3.9	1.2	0.1	1.8	2.2	2.8	7.5	.367	0.8	2.9	.292	1.6	2.1	.803

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
Darrick Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Kyrie Irving	Darrick Martin
Season	2016-17	1999-00
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Kings 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		%
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
Darrick Martin	71	12.6	5.7	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.7	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.3	1.9	4.9	.380	0.5	1.7	.306	1.4	1.7	.824

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
Darrick Martin	2	10.0	5.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	2.0	1.5	4.5	.333	0.5	1.5	.333	1.5	2.0	.750


Season 7
	Kyrie Irving	Darrick Martin
Season	2017-18	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
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
Darrick Martin	31	5.7	3.3	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.9	0.9	2.5	.382	0.5	0.9	.519	1.0	1.1	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darrick Martin	2	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	3.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Kyrie Irving	Darrick Martin
Season	2018-19	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
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
Darrick Martin	3	7.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.0	3.3	.000	0.0	0.7	.000	0.3	0.7	.500

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
Darrick Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Darrick Martin didn't play in 2002-03.


Season 9
	Kyrie Irving	Darrick Martin
Season	2019-20	2003-04
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves 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		%
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
Darrick Martin	16	10.8	3.4	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.4	1.3	4.2	.299	0.4	1.6	.231	0.6	0.6	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darrick Martin	16	11.4	3.1	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.1	0.9	3.2	.275	0.4	1.3	.300	1.0	1.3	.800


Season 10
	Kyrie Irving	Darrick Martin
Season	2020-21	2004-05
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
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
Darrick Martin	11	17.3	3.8	0.3	0.6	0.9	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.7	1.5	4.5	.320	0.5	1.6	.278	0.5	0.7	.625

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
Darrick Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Kyrie Irving	Darrick Martin
Season	2021-22	2005-06
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Darrick Martin	40	8.5	2.6	0.1	0.5	0.5	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.4	1.1	0.9	2.4	.351	0.4	1.0	.400	0.5	0.6	.750

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
Darrick Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Kyrie Irving	Darrick Martin
Season	2022-23	2006-07
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors 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		%
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
Darrick Martin	31	7.1	3.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.7	1.1	3.0	.351	0.4	1.2	.351	0.5	0.7	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darrick Martin	2	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 13
	Kyrie Irving	Darrick Martin
Season	2023-24	2007-08
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
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
Darrick Martin	17	8.3	1.6	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.7	0.6	2.5	.233	0.1	0.9	.125	0.3	0.4	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	11	39.9	21.0	1.3	2.9	4.2	5.6	1.5	0.5	2.4	3.2	7.7	15.6	.494	2.6	5.9	.446	2.9	3.5	.842
Darrick Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kyrie Irving vs. Darrick Martin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darrick Martin 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.

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