Kyrie Irving vs. Garrett Temple Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Garrett Temple 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 / 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.

Kyrie Irving played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Garrett Temple, who played 14. Kyrie Irving had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Garrett Temple had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
Garrett Temple	14	6	2009-10 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kyrie Irving	Garrett Temple
Season	2011-12	2009-10
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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	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
Garrett Temple	27	12.4	5.0	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.8	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.6	1.6	3.7	.436	0.5	1.4	.351	1.3	1.9	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	6	2.5	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.5	.333	0.2	0.5	.333	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 2
	Kyrie Irving	Garrett Temple
Season	2012-13	2010-11
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks, Charlotte Bobcats
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
Garrett Temple	24	9.6	2.4	0.0	0.9	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.0	0.8	2.8	.294	0.4	1.5	.270	0.3	0.7	.412

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

Note: Garrett Temple didn't play in 2011-12.


Season 3
	Kyrie Irving	Garrett Temple
Season	2013-14	2012-13
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
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	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
Garrett Temple	51	22.7	5.1	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.3	1.0	0.3	1.2	1.8	2.1	5.1	.407	0.5	1.6	.325	0.5	0.7	.703

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


Season 4
	Kyrie Irving	Garrett Temple
Season	2014-15	2013-14
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Wizards Lost East 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	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
Garrett Temple	75	8.5	1.8	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.0	0.7	1.9	.362	0.1	0.4	.207	0.4	0.6	.698

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
Garrett Temple	10	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 5
	Kyrie Irving	Garrett Temple
Season	2015-16	2014-15
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Wizards Lost East 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	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
Garrett Temple	52	14.1	3.9	0.5	1.3	1.7	1.1	0.8	0.2	0.7	1.5	1.3	3.3	.400	0.6	1.7	.375	0.7	0.9	.729

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
Garrett Temple	4	6.5	1.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.0	0.3	1.5	.167	0.0	0.8	.000	1.3	2.0	.625


Season 6
	Kyrie Irving	Garrett Temple
Season	2016-17	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Washington Wizards
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	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
Garrett Temple	80	24.4	7.3	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.8	0.9	0.2	0.8	2.4	2.5	6.3	.398	1.1	3.2	.345	1.1	1.6	.728

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
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Kyrie Irving	Garrett Temple
Season	2017-18	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
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	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
Garrett Temple	65	26.6	7.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	2.6	1.3	0.4	1.2	2.2	2.8	6.6	.424	1.3	3.4	.373	0.9	1.1	.784

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


Season 8
	Kyrie Irving	Garrett Temple
Season	2018-19	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
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
Garrett Temple	65	24.8	8.4	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.2	2.1	3.1	7.3	.418	1.4	3.5	.392	0.9	1.2	.769

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
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Kyrie Irving	Garrett Temple
Season	2019-20	2018-19
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
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	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
Garrett Temple	75	27.2	7.8	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.9	2.7	2.8	6.6	.422	1.2	3.5	.341	1.1	1.4	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	6	10.5	2.3	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.3	0.5	1.8	.273	0.2	1.2	.143	1.2	1.7	.700


Season 10
	Kyrie Irving	Garrett Temple
Season	2020-21	2019-20
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Nets 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	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
Garrett Temple	62	27.9	10.3	0.5	3.0	3.5	2.5	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.7	3.6	9.5	.378	2.0	6.2	.329	1.1	1.4	.805

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
Garrett Temple	4	34.3	12.0	0.0	2.8	2.8	2.0	0.8	0.3	1.5	3.0	4.3	12.3	.347	2.3	9.0	.250	1.3	1.5	.833


Season 11
	Kyrie Irving	Garrett Temple
Season	2021-22	2020-21
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Chicago Bulls
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
Garrett Temple	56	27.3	7.6	0.5	2.3	2.9	2.2	0.8	0.5	1.0	2.3	2.8	6.8	.415	1.2	3.6	.335	0.7	0.9	.800

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
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Kyrie Irving	Garrett Temple
Season	2022-23	2021-22
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans 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	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
Garrett Temple	59	18.6	5.2	0.5	1.9	2.4	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.7	1.4	1.9	5.0	.376	1.0	3.1	.319	0.5	0.7	.683

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Kyrie Irving	Garrett Temple
Season	2023-24	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Orleans Pelicans
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
Garrett Temple	25	6.5	2.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.7	1.8	.400	0.4	1.0	.423	0.1	0.2	.750

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
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Kyrie Irving	Garrett Temple
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
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		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	27	10.7	3.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.1	2.9	.372	0.4	1.5	.300	0.7	0.8	.818

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

Kyrie Irving vs. Garrett Temple Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Garrett Temple 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

Season 14