Rudy Gobert vs. Mike Riordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Riordan and Rudy Gobert, 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.

Rudy Gobert played 11 years in the NBA, 2 more than Mike Riordan, who played 9. Rudy Gobert had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Mike Riordan had his rookie season in 1968-69. 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
Rudy Gobert	11	8	2013-14 to 2023-24
Mike Riordan	9	9	1968-69 to 1976-77

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rudy Gobert	Mike Riordan
Season	2013-14	1968-69
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Rudy Gobert	45	9.6	2.3	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.3	0.8	1.6	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.492
Mike Riordan	54	7.4	2.3	-	-	1.1	0.9	-	-	-	1.7	0.9	2.7	.340	-	-	-	0.5	0.8	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Riordan	10	10.8	5.2	-	-	1.7	0.3	-	-	-	2.7	2.0	3.9	.513	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.750


Season 2
	Rudy Gobert	Mike Riordan
Season	2014-15	1969-70
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Rudy Gobert	82	26.3	8.4	3.2	6.2	9.5	1.3	0.8	2.3	1.4	2.1	3.1	5.2	.604	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.3	.623
Mike Riordan	81	20.7	7.7	-	-	2.4	2.5	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	6.8	.464	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.691

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Riordan	19	15.6	6.9	-	-	2.4	1.4	-	-	-	1.7	2.8	5.7	.486	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.714


Season 3
	Rudy Gobert	Mike Riordan
Season	2015-16	1970-71
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Rudy Gobert	61	31.7	9.1	3.4	7.5	11.0	1.5	0.7	2.2	1.9	2.7	3.2	5.8	.559	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	4.6	.569
Mike Riordan	82	16.1	4.8	-	-	2.1	1.5	-	-	-	1.8	2.0	4.7	.418	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.620

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Riordan	12	14.0	3.8	-	-	2.5	0.8	-	-	-	2.2	1.7	4.3	.385	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.750


Season 4
	Rudy Gobert	Mike Riordan
Season	2016-17	1971-72
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Bullets 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		%
Rudy Gobert	81	33.9	14.0	3.9	8.9	12.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.0	5.1	7.7	.661	0.0	0.0	.000	3.8	5.9	.653
Mike Riordan	58	23.7	9.5	-	-	2.2	2.2	-	-	-	2.2	4.0	8.6	.467	-	-	-	1.4	2.1	.677

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	9	27.3	11.6	2.4	7.4	9.9	1.2	1.0	1.3	1.0	3.3	4.4	7.0	.635	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	5.6	.480
Mike Riordan	6	26.8	13.8	-	-	2.5	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	9.5	.579	-	-	-	2.8	3.5	.810


Season 5
	Rudy Gobert	Mike Riordan
Season	2017-18	1972-73
Team	Utah Jazz	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Bullets 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		%
Rudy Gobert	56	32.4	13.5	2.9	7.8	10.7	1.4	0.8	2.3	1.9	2.7	4.9	7.9	.622	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.3	.682
Mike Riordan	82	42.3	18.1	-	-	4.9	5.2	-	-	-	2.6	8.0	15.6	.510	-	-	-	2.2	2.7	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	11	34.8	13.2	3.9	6.8	10.7	1.0	0.9	2.3	1.9	3.1	5.0	7.6	.655	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	5.3	.603
Mike Riordan	5	46.2	15.0	-	-	3.6	3.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.6	12.4	.452	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.792


Season 6
	Rudy Gobert	Mike Riordan
Season	2018-19	1973-74
Team	Utah Jazz	Capital Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets 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		%
Rudy Gobert	81	31.8	15.9	3.8	9.0	12.9	2.0	0.8	2.3	1.6	2.9	5.9	8.8	.669	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.4	.636
Mike Riordan	81	39.9	15.9	1.5	3.2	4.7	3.3	1.3	0.2	-	2.9	7.1	15.1	.472	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	5	30.4	11.2	4.6	5.6	10.2	1.4	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.2	3.8	6.4	.594	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.6	.783
Mike Riordan	7	38.1	12.3	1.0	2.4	3.4	2.4	0.6	0.3	-	4.0	5.1	12.4	.414	-	-	-	2.0	2.3	.875


Season 7
	Rudy Gobert	Mike Riordan
Season	2019-20	1974-75
Team	Utah Jazz	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets 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		%
Rudy Gobert	68	34.3	15.1	3.4	10.1	13.5	1.5	0.8	2.0	1.9	3.2	5.7	8.2	.693	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.9	.630
Mike Riordan	74	29.6	15.4	1.2	2.6	3.8	2.7	1.0	0.1	-	3.2	7.0	14.3	.492	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	7	38.6	16.9	3.4	8.0	11.4	1.1	0.6	1.4	1.3	3.7	6.9	10.6	.649	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	6.0	.524
Mike Riordan	17	22.2	7.9	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.6	0.9	0.1	-	2.9	3.5	8.9	.397	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.778


Season 8
	Rudy Gobert	Mike Riordan
Season	2020-21	1975-76
Team	Utah Jazz	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Bullets 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		%
Rudy Gobert	71	30.8	14.3	3.4	10.1	13.5	1.3	0.6	2.7	1.7	2.3	5.5	8.2	.675	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	5.3	.623
Mike Riordan	78	24.9	8.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.6	0.7	0.2	-	2.6	3.7	8.5	.440	-	-	-	0.9	1.2	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	11	34.2	14.7	3.9	8.4	12.3	0.8	0.5	2.1	1.5	4.2	5.5	7.4	.741	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	6.0	.636
Mike Riordan	6	5.2	1.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.5	1.3	.375	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	Rudy Gobert	Mike Riordan
Season	2021-22	1976-77
Team	Utah Jazz	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets 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		%
Rudy Gobert	66	32.1	15.6	3.7	11.0	14.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	1.8	2.7	5.5	7.7	.713	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.7	.690
Mike Riordan	49	5.9	1.6	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.9	.362	-	-	-	0.2	0.3	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	6	32.8	12.0	3.5	9.7	13.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.3	3.2	3.5	5.5	.636	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	7.3	.682
Mike Riordan	2	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Rudy Gobert	Mike Riordan
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Rudy Gobert	70	30.7	13.4	3.3	8.3	11.6	1.2	0.8	1.4	1.7	3.0	5.1	7.8	.659	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.9	.644
Mike Riordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	5	35.4	15.0	3.6	8.6	12.2	2.0	0.4	1.0	1.6	4.8	5.8	9.2	.630	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.4	.630
Mike Riordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Rudy Gobert	Mike Riordan
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Rudy Gobert	76	34.1	14.0	3.8	9.2	12.9	1.3	0.7	2.1	1.6	3.1	5.3	8.1	.661	0.0	0.0	.000	3.3	5.1	.638
Mike Riordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	15	34.1	12.1	2.7	7.1	9.8	1.6	0.9	1.0	1.5	3.7	4.3	6.9	.615	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	5.3	.671
Mike Riordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rudy Gobert vs. Mike Riordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Riordan and Rudy Gobert, 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