Nathaniel Clifton vs. Danny Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Green and Nathaniel Clifton, 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.

Nathaniel Clifton played 8 years in the NBA, 7 less than Danny Green, who played 15. Nathaniel Clifton had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Danny Green 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
Nathaniel Clifton 8 6 1950-51 to 1957-58
Danny Green 15 13 2009-10 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Nathaniel Clifton Danny Green
Season 1950-512009-10
Team New York KnicksCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Knicks Lost NBA FinalsDid 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 %
Nathaniel Clifton 65 - 8.6 - - 7.6 2.5 - - - 4.1 3.2 10.1 .322 - - - 2.2 4.0 .532
Danny Green 20 5.8 2.0 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.8 2.0 .385 0.3 1.1 .273 0.2 0.3 .667
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nathaniel Clifton 14 - 7.1 - - 9.8 3.3 - - - 4.4 2.9 8.4 .347 - - - 1.3 3.3 .391
Danny Green ------- --- ----------

Season 2
Nathaniel Clifton Danny Green
Season 1951-522010-11
Team New York KnicksSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Knicks Lost NBA FinalsSpurs 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 %
Nathaniel Clifton 62 33.9 10.6 - - 11.8 3.4 - - - 3.7 3.9 11.8 .335 - - - 2.7 4.1 .664
Danny Green 8 11.5 5.1 0.4 1.5 1.9 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.9 2.1 4.4 .486 0.9 2.4 .368 0.0 0.0 -
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nathaniel Clifton 14 33.0 9.4 - - 9.5 2.4 - - - 4.8 2.8 9.5 .293 - - - 3.9 5.4 .711
Danny Green 4 1.8 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 1.5 .333 0.3 1.0 .250 0.0 0.0 -

Season 3
Nathaniel Clifton Danny Green
Season 1952-532011-12
Team New York KnicksSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Knicks Lost NBA FinalsSpurs 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 %
Nathaniel Clifton 70 35.7 10.6 - - 10.9 3.3 - - - 3.9 3.9 11.3 .343 - - - 2.9 4.9 .583
Danny Green 66 23.1 9.1 0.8 2.6 3.5 1.3 0.9 0.7 1.0 1.6 3.2 7.2 .442 1.5 3.5 .436 1.2 1.5 .790
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nathaniel Clifton 11 36.8 12.0 - - 12.7 3.5 - - - 4.4 4.6 11.7 .395 - - - 2.7 4.3 .638
Danny Green 14 20.6 7.4 0.2 3.0 3.2 1.1 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.7 2.7 6.5 .418 1.4 4.1 .345 0.5 0.7 .700

Season 4
Nathaniel Clifton Danny Green
Season 1953-542012-13
Team New York KnicksSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Knicks Lost E Div Round RobinSpurs 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 %
Nathaniel Clifton 72 30.3 9.6 - - 7.3 2.4 - - - 3.0 3.6 9.7 .368 - - - 2.4 3.8 .628
Danny Green 80 27.5 10.5 0.5 2.6 3.1 1.8 1.2 0.7 1.2 1.6 3.7 8.3 .448 2.2 5.2 .429 0.8 1.0 .848
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nathaniel Clifton 4 31.3 6.3 - - 9.8 1.5 - - - 3.8 2.0 6.8 .296 - - - 2.3 4.3 .529
Danny Green 21 31.9 11.1 0.9 3.3 4.1 1.5 1.0 1.1 0.9 2.4 4.0 8.9 .446 2.6 5.4 .482 0.6 0.7 .800

Season 5
Nathaniel Clifton Danny Green
Season 1954-552013-14
Team New York KnicksSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Div SemisNBA Champion NBA Champion
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nathaniel Clifton 72 33.2 13.1 - - 8.5 2.8 - - - 3.1 5.0 12.9 .386 - - - 3.1 4.6 .683
Danny Green 68 24.3 9.1 0.4 3.0 3.4 1.5 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.6 3.2 7.4 .432 1.9 4.7 .415 0.7 0.9 .794
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nathaniel Clifton 3 36.7 19.7 - - 7.7 4.3 - - - 4.0 6.7 17.3 .385 - - - 6.3 8.0 .792
Danny Green 23 23.0 9.3 0.4 2.6 3.0 0.9 1.4 0.7 0.9 2.2 3.4 6.9 .491 2.1 4.4 .475 0.4 0.5 .818

Season 6
Nathaniel Clifton Danny Green
Season 1955-562014-15
Team New York KnicksSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlaySpurs 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 %
Nathaniel Clifton 64 24.0 8.8 - - 6.0 2.4 - - - 3.0 3.3 8.5 .394 - - - 2.1 3.0 .707
Danny Green 81 28.5 11.7 0.7 3.6 4.2 2.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 2.0 4.0 9.1 .436 2.4 5.6 .418 1.4 1.6 .874
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nathaniel Clifton ------- --- ----------
Danny Green 7 29.1 8.3 1.0 2.1 3.1 2.1 1.0 1.0 0.7 1.7 3.0 8.7 .344 1.7 5.7 .300 0.6 0.9 .667

Season 7
Nathaniel Clifton Danny Green
Season 1956-572015-16
Team New York KnicksSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlaySpurs 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 %
Nathaniel Clifton 71 31.4 10.7 - - 7.8 2.3 - - - 3.4 4.3 11.5 .377 - - - 2.1 3.1 .673
Danny Green 79 26.1 7.2 0.6 3.2 3.8 1.8 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.8 2.7 7.1 .376 1.5 4.4 .332 0.4 0.6 .739
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nathaniel Clifton ------- --- ----------
Danny Green 10 26.7 8.6 0.0 3.1 3.1 0.7 2.1 0.8 0.6 2.0 3.0 6.5 .462 2.4 4.8 .500 0.2 0.3 .667

Season 8
Nathaniel Clifton Danny Green
Season 1957-582016-17
Team Detroit PistonsSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs Pistons Lost West Div FinalsSpurs 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 %
Nathaniel Clifton 68 21.1 7.7 - - 5.9 1.1 - - - 3.0 3.2 8.8 .363 - - - 1.3 2.1 .623
Danny Green 68 26.6 7.3 0.5 2.8 3.3 1.8 1.0 0.8 1.1 1.8 2.6 6.6 .392 1.7 4.6 .379 0.4 0.5 .844
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nathaniel Clifton 7 10.6 4.0 - - 3.3 0.6 - - - 1.6 1.6 4.3 .367 - - - 0.9 1.1 .750
Danny Green 16 27.3 7.8 0.8 2.8 3.6 1.4 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.9 2.8 6.9 .405 1.6 4.8 .342 0.5 0.9 .571

Season 9
Nathaniel Clifton Danny Green
Season -2017-18
Team -San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -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 %
Nathaniel Clifton ------- --- ----------
Danny Green 70 25.6 8.6 0.6 3.0 3.6 1.6 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.7 3.1 8.0 .387 1.7 4.6 .363 0.7 0.9 .769
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nathaniel Clifton ------- --- ----------
Danny Green 5 20.6 4.2 0.8 1.4 2.2 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.4 1.6 1.6 6.0 .267 1.0 4.0 .250 0.0 0.0 -

Season 10
Nathaniel Clifton Danny Green
Season -2018-19
Team -Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -NBA Champion NBA Champion
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nathaniel Clifton ------- --- ----------
Danny Green 80 27.7 10.3 0.8 3.2 4.0 1.6 0.9 0.7 0.9 2.1 3.7 7.9 .465 2.5 5.4 .455 0.5 0.6 .841
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nathaniel Clifton ------- --- ----------
Danny Green 24 28.5 6.9 0.7 2.9 3.6 1.1 1.3 0.5 1.1 2.5 2.2 6.5 .342 1.6 5.0 .328 0.9 1.0 .913

Season 11
Nathaniel Clifton Danny Green
Season -2019-20
Team -Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -NBA Champion NBA Champion
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nathaniel Clifton ------- --- ----------
Danny Green 68 24.8 8.0 0.8 2.6 3.3 1.3 1.3 0.5 0.9 2.0 2.9 7.0 .416 1.8 4.8 .367 0.5 0.7 .688
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nathaniel Clifton ------- --- ----------
Danny Green 21 25.0 8.0 1.2 2.0 3.1 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 2.3 2.8 8.1 .347 1.9 5.5 .339 0.5 0.7 .667

Season 12
Nathaniel Clifton Danny Green
Season -2020-21
Team -Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -76ers 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 %
Nathaniel Clifton ------- --- ----------
Danny Green 69 28.0 9.5 0.8 3.0 3.8 1.7 1.3 0.8 1.0 1.8 3.2 7.9 .412 2.5 6.3 .405 0.4 0.6 .775
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nathaniel Clifton ------- --- ----------
Danny Green 8 24.9 7.0 1.1 1.5 2.6 2.6 1.1 1.0 0.6 1.6 2.6 6.0 .438 1.8 4.6 .378 0.0 0.0 -

Season 13
Nathaniel Clifton Danny Green
Season -2021-22
Team -Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -76ers 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 %
Nathaniel Clifton ------- --- ----------
Danny Green 62 21.8 5.9 0.5 2.0 2.5 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.7 1.7 2.0 5.2 .394 1.7 4.4 .380 0.2 0.2 .786
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nathaniel Clifton ------- --- ----------
Danny Green 12 26.6 8.6 0.8 2.3 3.1 0.8 1.0 0.3 1.1 1.9 3.0 7.4 .404 2.6 6.3 .408 0.0 0.1 .000

Season 14
Nathaniel Clifton Danny Green
Season -2022-23
Team -Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -Cavaliers 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 %
Nathaniel Clifton ------- --- ----------
Danny Green 11 12.6 5.5 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.9 1.5 2.0 4.5 .449 1.5 3.4 .432 0.1 0.1 1.000
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nathaniel Clifton ------- --- ----------
Danny Green 4 10.0 0.8 0.5 1.3 1.8 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.5 1.8 0.3 1.3 .200 0.3 1.0 .250 0.0 0.0 -

Season 15
Nathaniel Clifton Danny Green
Season -2023-24
Team -Philadelphia 76ers
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 %
Nathaniel Clifton ------- --- ----------
Danny Green 2 9.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 -
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nathaniel Clifton ------- --- ----------
Danny Green ------- --- ----------
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