Paul George vs. Courtney Lee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Courtney Lee and Paul George, 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.

Paul George played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Courtney Lee, who played 12. Paul George had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Courtney Lee had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
Paul George	14	11	2010-11 to 2023-24
Courtney Lee	12	5	2008-09 to 2019-20

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Paul George	Courtney Lee
Season	2010-11	2008-09
Team	Indiana Pacers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic 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		%
Paul George	61	20.7	7.8	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.1	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.9	6.5	.453	0.7	2.3	.297	1.3	1.7	.762
Courtney Lee	77	25.2	8.4	0.2	2.1	2.3	1.2	1.0	0.2	0.9	2.0	3.2	7.0	.450	1.1	2.6	.404	1.0	1.2	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	5	26.6	6.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.4	2.0	1.4	2.2	2.0	6.6	.303	0.6	2.6	.231	1.4	1.6	.875
Courtney Lee	21	26.2	8.0	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.3	0.9	0.1	1.0	2.0	3.2	7.3	.435	0.6	2.1	.273	1.1	1.2	.885


Season 2
	Paul George	Courtney Lee
Season	2011-12	2009-10
Team	Indiana Pacers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Paul George	66	29.7	12.1	0.8	4.8	5.6	2.4	1.6	0.6	1.8	2.9	4.3	9.7	.440	1.4	3.5	.385	2.2	2.8	.802
Courtney Lee	71	33.5	12.5	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.7	1.3	0.3	1.1	1.8	4.8	10.9	.436	1.1	3.2	.338	1.9	2.2	.869

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	11	33.7	9.7	1.4	5.3	6.6	2.4	1.6	0.4	1.9	2.9	3.4	8.6	.389	1.0	3.7	.268	2.0	2.5	.786
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Paul George	Courtney Lee
Season	2012-13	2010-11
Team	Indiana Pacers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Paul George	79	37.6	17.4	1.1	6.5	7.6	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.9	2.9	6.2	14.9	.419	2.2	5.9	.362	2.8	3.5	.807
Courtney Lee	81	21.3	8.3	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.2	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.3	3.1	7.1	.439	0.9	2.1	.408	1.2	1.5	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	19	41.1	19.2	0.8	6.6	7.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	3.9	3.8	6.3	14.6	.430	1.8	5.5	.327	4.9	6.7	.727
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Paul George	Courtney Lee
Season	2013-14	2011-12
Team	Indiana Pacers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Paul George	80	36.2	21.7	0.8	6.0	6.8	3.5	1.9	0.3	2.8	2.5	7.2	17.0	.424	2.3	6.3	.364	5.0	5.8	.864
Courtney Lee	58	30.3	11.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.5	1.2	0.4	1.1	1.8	4.3	10.0	.433	1.5	3.7	.401	1.2	1.5	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	19	41.1	22.6	0.7	6.9	7.6	3.8	2.2	0.4	2.6	2.9	7.3	16.6	.438	2.7	6.8	.403	5.3	6.7	.789
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Paul George	Courtney Lee
Season	2014-15	2012-13
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Paul George	6	15.2	8.8	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.0	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.8	3.0	8.2	.367	1.5	3.7	.409	1.3	1.8	.727
Courtney Lee	78	24.9	7.8	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.8	1.1	0.3	1.1	1.8	3.2	6.8	.464	0.7	2.0	.372	0.8	0.9	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	4	9.8	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.3	1.3	.200	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 6
	Paul George	Courtney Lee
Season	2015-16	2013-14
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies 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		%
Paul George	81	34.8	23.1	1.0	6.0	7.0	4.1	1.9	0.4	3.3	2.8	7.5	17.9	.418	2.6	7.0	.371	5.6	6.5	.860
Courtney Lee	79	25.0	9.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.5	0.8	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.7	7.8	.480	0.9	2.5	.371	1.3	1.4	.884

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	7	39.3	27.3	1.3	6.3	7.6	4.3	2.0	0.7	3.3	3.4	8.0	17.6	.455	2.6	6.1	.419	8.7	9.1	.953
Courtney Lee	7	32.0	10.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.9	2.9	3.6	8.6	.417	0.9	2.7	.316	2.0	2.6	.778


Season 7
	Paul George	Courtney Lee
Season	2016-17	2014-15
Team	Indiana Pacers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies 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		%
Paul George	75	35.9	23.7	0.8	5.8	6.6	3.3	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.7	8.3	18.0	.461	2.6	6.6	.393	4.5	5.0	.898
Courtney Lee	77	30.6	10.1	0.3	2.0	2.3	2.0	1.0	0.2	1.0	1.7	3.7	8.4	.448	1.2	2.9	.402	1.4	1.7	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	4	43.0	28.0	1.3	7.5	8.8	7.3	1.8	0.5	3.3	3.3	8.5	22.0	.386	4.5	10.5	.429	6.5	7.5	.867
Courtney Lee	11	33.4	13.3	0.3	2.3	2.5	2.2	1.1	0.0	1.2	2.2	5.0	9.1	.550	1.3	2.7	.467	2.0	2.1	.957


Season 8
	Paul George	Courtney Lee
Season	2017-18	2015-16
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Memphis Grizzlies, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hornets 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		%
Paul George	79	36.6	21.9	0.9	4.7	5.7	3.3	2.0	0.5	2.7	2.9	7.3	17.0	.430	3.1	7.7	.401	4.3	5.2	.822
Courtney Lee	79	29.5	9.6	0.4	2.2	2.6	1.7	1.1	0.4	0.9	1.7	3.7	8.1	.454	1.0	2.7	.378	1.3	1.5	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	6	41.8	24.7	0.7	5.3	6.0	2.7	1.3	0.7	4.0	2.8	8.2	20.0	.408	3.2	8.7	.365	5.2	6.0	.861
Courtney Lee	7	36.7	8.6	0.7	2.1	2.9	1.3	0.9	0.4	0.7	2.7	3.0	7.3	.412	0.6	1.3	.444	2.0	2.1	.933


Season 9
	Paul George	Courtney Lee
Season	2018-19	2016-17
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Paul George	77	36.9	28.0	1.4	6.8	8.2	4.1	2.2	0.4	2.7	2.8	9.2	21.0	.438	3.8	9.8	.386	5.9	7.0	.839
Courtney Lee	77	31.9	10.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	2.3	1.1	0.3	0.9	1.8	4.2	9.1	.456	1.4	3.5	.401	1.1	1.3	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	5	40.8	28.6	1.2	7.4	8.6	3.6	1.4	0.2	4.2	4.2	8.8	20.2	.436	3.0	9.4	.319	8.0	9.8	.816
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Paul George	Courtney Lee
Season	2019-20	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Paul George	48	29.6	21.5	0.5	5.2	5.7	3.9	1.4	0.4	2.6	2.4	7.1	16.3	.439	3.3	7.9	.412	4.0	4.5	.876
Courtney Lee	76	30.4	12.0	0.4	2.6	2.9	2.4	1.1	0.2	1.1	1.4	4.5	9.9	.454	1.5	3.7	.406	1.5	1.6	.919

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	13	36.8	20.2	1.1	5.0	6.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	3.1	3.8	6.8	17.0	.398	2.8	8.5	.333	3.8	4.2	.909
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Paul George	Courtney Lee
Season	2020-21	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 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		%
Paul George	54	33.7	23.3	0.8	5.8	6.6	5.2	1.1	0.4	3.3	2.4	8.2	17.6	.467	3.2	7.7	.411	3.7	4.2	.868
Courtney Lee	34	12.6	4.0	0.3	1.3	1.6	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.8	.411	0.5	1.6	.291	0.4	0.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	19	40.8	26.9	0.9	8.7	9.6	5.4	1.0	0.5	3.5	3.1	8.7	19.7	.441	2.7	8.0	.336	6.8	8.1	.844
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Paul George	Courtney Lee
Season	2021-22	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
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		%
Paul George	31	34.7	24.3	0.4	6.5	6.9	5.7	2.2	0.4	4.1	2.4	8.6	20.5	.421	2.9	8.3	.354	4.1	4.8	.858
Courtney Lee	24	14.4	4.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.4	1.7	3.4	.488	0.9	2.0	.447	0.3	0.3	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Paul George	Courtney Lee
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
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		%
Paul George	56	34.6	23.8	0.8	5.3	6.1	5.1	1.5	0.4	3.1	2.8	8.2	17.9	.457	2.8	7.6	.371	4.6	5.3	.871
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Paul George	Courtney Lee
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Paul George	74	33.8	22.6	0.5	4.7	5.2	3.5	1.5	0.5	2.1	2.7	7.9	16.7	.471	3.3	7.9	.413	3.6	3.9	.907
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	6	37.0	19.5	0.5	6.3	6.8	4.8	1.2	0.5	2.3	3.7	6.5	15.8	.411	3.0	8.2	.367	3.5	4.2	.840
Courtney Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Paul George vs. Courtney Lee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Courtney Lee and Paul George, 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