Luka Doncic vs. Gary Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gary Neal 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 Gary Neal, who played 7. Luka Doncic had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Gary Neal had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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	Gary Neal
Season	2018-19	2010-11
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
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
Gary Neal	80	21.1	9.8	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.2	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.9	3.6	7.9	.451	1.6	3.9	.419	1.1	1.3	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Neal	6	18.5	7.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.8	2.8	7.7	.370	0.8	3.2	.263	1.2	1.2	1.000

Season 2
	Luka Doncic	Gary Neal
Season	2019-20	2011-12
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
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
Gary Neal	56	21.5	9.9	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.1	0.5	0.0	1.1	1.3	3.8	8.7	.436	1.5	3.5	.419	0.9	1.1	.781
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
Gary Neal	14	15.5	7.5	0.1	1.2	1.3	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.8	1.5	2.8	5.9	.476	1.1	2.6	.444	0.8	0.9	.846

Season 3
	Luka Doncic	Gary Neal
Season	2020-21	2012-13
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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	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
Gary Neal	68	21.8	9.5	0.2	1.9	2.1	1.9	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.4	3.6	8.8	.412	1.3	3.7	.355	0.9	1.1	.865
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
Gary Neal	21	18.6	6.8	0.0	2.1	2.1	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.6	1.6	2.5	6.4	.385	1.1	3.1	.348	0.8	0.8	1.000

Season 4
	Luka Doncic	Gary Neal
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Milwaukee Bucks, Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Bobcats 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		%
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
Gary Neal	52	21.4	10.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.6	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.3	3.7	9.1	.410	1.3	3.5	.378	1.8	2.0	.895
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
Gary Neal	4	26.0	11.3	0.8	1.3	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.3	4.5	12.8	.353	1.0	4.5	.222	1.3	1.8	.714

Season 5
	Luka Doncic	Gary Neal
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Charlotte Hornets, Minnesota Timberwolves
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
Gary Neal	54	22.1	10.1	0.3	2.1	2.4	1.9	0.4	0.0	1.2	1.6	3.5	9.3	.374	0.9	3.0	.305	2.2	2.5	.867
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Luka Doncic	Gary Neal
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Washington Wizards
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
Gary Neal	40	20.2	9.8	0.3	1.8	2.1	1.2	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.4	3.8	8.1	.465	1.0	2.5	.410	1.2	1.4	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luka Doncic	8	42.1	28.4	1.0	7.6	8.6	9.1	1.4	0.5	3.5	2.5	9.9	24.1	.409	2.8	10.4	.265	5.9	7.4	.797
Gary Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-