Kyrie Irving vs. Jim King Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jim King 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, 3 more than Jim King, who played 10. Kyrie Irving had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Jim King had his rookie season in 1963-64. 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
	Kyrie Irving	Jim King
Season	2011-12	1963-64
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Div 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
Jim King	60	12.7	3.9	-	-	1.9	1.8	-	-	-	1.7	1.4	3.3	.424	-	-	-	1.1	1.7	.653
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim King	4	12.8	3.0	-	-	1.0	1.5	-	-	-	0.5	1.0	2.5	.400	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 2
	Kyrie Irving	Jim King
Season	2012-13	1964-65
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA 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	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
Jim King	77	21.7	6.3	-	-	2.8	2.3	-	-	-	2.5	2.4	6.1	.392	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim King	11	16.7	6.5	-	-	3.3	2.2	-	-	-	2.6	2.5	5.7	.444	-	-	-	1.4	1.5	.882

Season 3
	Kyrie Irving	Jim King
Season	2013-14	1965-66
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA 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	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
Jim King	76	19.7	7.5	-	-	2.7	2.9	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	7.2	.437	-	-	-	1.2	1.5	.817
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim King	13	22.1	6.3	-	-	2.5	2.4	-	-	-	3.1	2.7	6.5	.417	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.706

Season 4
	Kyrie Irving	Jim King
Season	2014-15	1966-67
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Warriors Lost NBA 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	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
Jim King	67	24.9	11.1	-	-	4.8	3.6	-	-	-	2.9	4.3	10.2	.418	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	.787
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
Jim King	15	30.5	16.3	-	-	6.7	3.3	-	-	-	3.9	6.8	14.4	.472	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.690

Season 5
	Kyrie Irving	Jim King
Season	2015-16	1967-68
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors Lost West Div 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	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
Jim King	54	32.3	16.6	-	-	4.5	4.2	-	-	-	3.2	6.3	14.8	.425	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.810
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
Jim King	9	12.6	4.9	-	-	2.1	2.2	-	-	-	1.7	1.8	4.2	.421	-	-	-	1.3	2.1	.632

Season 6
	Kyrie Irving	Jim King
Season	2016-17	1968-69
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Warriors Lost West Div 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	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
Jim King	46	22.0	7.7	-	-	2.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	8.6	.348	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.722
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
Jim King	6	23.7	12.0	-	-	4.2	2.8	-	-	-	1.7	4.8	13.0	.372	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.778

Season 7
	Kyrie Irving	Jim King
Season	2017-18	1969-70
Team	Boston Celtics	San Francisco Warriors, Cincinnati Royals
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
Jim King	34	11.5	4.1	-	-	1.8	1.5	-	-	-	1.4	1.6	3.8	.411	-	-	-	1.0	1.2	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Kyrie Irving	Jim King
Season	2018-19	1970-71
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls 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	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
Jim King	55	11.7	4.8	-	-	1.2	1.4	-	-	-	1.0	1.8	4.1	.439	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	.810
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
Jim King	7	21.0	6.6	-	-	3.0	3.9	-	-	-	3.6	2.7	6.4	.422	-	-	-	1.1	1.7	.667

Season 10
	Kyrie Irving	Jim King
Season	2020-21	1972-73
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls 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	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
Jim King	65	12.1	4.2	-	-	1.2	1.2	-	-	-	1.2	1.8	4.0	.441	-	-	-	0.7	0.8	.846
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
Jim King	4	3.5	1.3	-	-	0.3	0.5	-	-	-	0.8	0.5	1.5	.333	-	-	-	0.3	0.5	.500

Season 12
	Kyrie Irving	Jim King
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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	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
Jim King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-