Luka Doncic vs. Daniel Gibson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Daniel Gibson and Luka Doncic, 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.

Luka Doncic played 6 years in the NBA, 1 less than Daniel Gibson, who played 7. Luka Doncic had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Daniel Gibson had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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
	Luka Doncic	Daniel Gibson
Season	2018-19	2006-07
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Luka Doncic	72	32.2	21.2	1.2	6.6	7.8	6.0	1.1	0.3	3.4	1.9	7.0	16.5	.427	2.3	7.1	.327	4.8	6.7	.713
Daniel Gibson	60	16.5	4.6	0.5	1.1	1.5	1.2	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.6	1.6	3.9	.424	0.9	2.1	.419	0.5	0.7	.718
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Daniel Gibson	20	20.1	8.3	0.5	1.2	1.6	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.7	2.5	5.8	.431	1.4	3.3	.409	1.9	2.2	.884

Season 2
	Luka Doncic	Daniel Gibson
Season	2019-20	2007-08
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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		%
Luka Doncic	61	33.6	28.8	1.3	8.1	9.4	8.8	1.0	0.2	4.3	2.5	9.5	20.6	.463	2.8	8.9	.316	7.0	9.2	.758
Daniel Gibson	58	30.4	10.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	2.5	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.8	3.5	8.0	.432	2.0	4.6	.440	1.5	1.8	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	6	35.8	31.0	0.7	9.2	9.8	8.7	1.2	0.5	5.2	2.8	10.7	21.3	.500	2.7	7.3	.364	7.0	10.7	.656
Daniel Gibson	11	25.8	9.0	0.4	1.4	1.7	2.5	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.2	7.1	.449	1.7	3.8	.452	0.9	1.3	.714

Season 3
	Luka Doncic	Daniel Gibson
Season	2020-21	2008-09
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Luka Doncic	66	34.3	27.7	0.8	7.2	8.0	8.6	1.0	0.5	4.3	2.3	9.8	20.5	.479	2.9	8.3	.350	5.2	7.1	.730
Daniel Gibson	75	23.9	7.8	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.8	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.2	2.7	7.0	.391	1.4	3.8	.382	0.9	1.1	.767
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	7	40.1	35.7	0.6	7.3	7.9	10.3	1.3	0.4	4.6	2.4	13.7	28.0	.490	4.4	10.9	.408	3.9	7.3	.529
Daniel Gibson	14	12.3	3.4	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.5	1.3	0.9	2.9	.325	0.7	2.0	.357	0.8	0.8	1.000

Season 4
	Luka Doncic	Daniel Gibson
Season	2021-22	2009-10
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Cavaliers 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		%
Luka Doncic	65	35.4	28.4	0.9	8.3	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	4.5	2.2	9.9	21.6	.457	3.1	8.8	.353	5.6	7.5	.744
Daniel Gibson	56	19.1	6.3	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.3	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.4	2.2	4.8	.466	1.3	2.7	.477	0.6	0.9	.694
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	15	36.8	31.7	0.7	9.1	9.8	6.4	1.8	0.6	3.9	2.9	10.7	23.5	.455	3.4	9.9	.345	6.9	9.0	.770
Daniel Gibson	5	4.6	1.4	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	0.4	1.4	.286	0.2	0.8	.250	0.4	0.4	1.000

Season 5
	Luka Doncic	Daniel Gibson
Season	2022-23	2010-11
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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		%
Luka Doncic	66	36.2	32.4	0.8	7.8	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	3.6	2.5	10.9	22.0	.496	2.8	8.2	.342	7.8	10.5	.742
Daniel Gibson	67	27.8	11.6	0.4	2.3	2.6	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.2	2.3	3.9	9.9	.400	1.8	4.4	.403	2.0	2.4	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Daniel Gibson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Luka Doncic	Daniel Gibson
Season	2023-24	2011-12
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Luka Doncic	70	37.5	33.9	0.8	8.4	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	4.0	2.1	11.5	23.6	.487	4.1	10.6	.382	6.8	8.7	.786
Daniel Gibson	35	26.2	7.5	0.3	2.6	2.9	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.0	2.5	7.1	.351	1.6	4.0	.396	1.0	1.2	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	12	42.1	27.3	1.0	8.7	9.7	9.1	1.4	0.5	4.1	2.7	9.4	22.3	.423	2.8	9.4	.301	5.6	7.1	.788
Daniel Gibson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-