Walter Davis vs. Rudy Gobert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gobert and Walter Davis, 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.

Walter Davis played 15 years in the NBA, 4 more than Rudy Gobert, who played 11. Walter Davis had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Rudy Gobert had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
Walter Davis	15	10	1977-78 to 1991-92
Rudy Gobert	11	8	2013-14 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Walter Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1977-78	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Walter Davis	81	32.0	24.2	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.2	3.5	3.0	9.7	18.4	.526	-	-	-	4.8	5.8	.830
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	2	33.0	25.0	2.0	6.5	8.5	4.0	1.5	0.0	3.0	4.0	9.5	20.0	.475	-	-	-	6.0	8.0	.750
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Walter Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1978-79	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Walter Davis	79	30.8	23.6	1.4	3.3	4.7	4.3	1.9	0.3	3.7	3.2	9.7	17.2	.561	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.831
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	15	32.7	22.1	1.6	3.0	4.6	5.3	1.7	0.3	4.4	2.7	8.5	16.3	.520	-	-	-	5.2	6.4	.813
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Walter Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1979-80	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Walter Davis	75	30.8	21.5	1.0	2.6	3.6	4.5	1.5	0.3	3.2	2.7	8.8	15.5	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	4.0	4.9	.819
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	8	30.6	20.8	1.1	1.8	2.9	4.4	0.5	0.1	2.5	2.5	8.6	17.1	.504	0.0	0.4	.000	3.5	4.8	.737
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Walter Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1980-81	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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		%
Walter Davis	78	28.0	18.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.9	1.2	0.2	2.8	2.5	7.6	14.1	.539	0.1	0.2	.412	2.7	3.2	.836
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	7	28.4	16.0	1.0	1.7	2.7	3.1	1.0	0.1	2.4	2.4	7.3	15.1	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.4	.588
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


Season 5
	Walter Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1981-82	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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		%
Walter Davis	55	21.5	14.4	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.9	0.8	0.1	2.0	1.9	6.4	12.2	.523	0.1	0.3	.188	1.7	2.0	.820
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	7	24.7	18.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	4.3	0.7	0.1	1.7	2.7	7.4	16.6	.448	0.1	0.4	.333	3.1	3.4	.917
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


Season 6
	Walter Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1982-83	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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		%
Walter Davis	80	31.1	19.0	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.0	1.5	0.2	2.4	2.3	8.3	16.1	.516	0.1	0.3	.304	2.3	2.8	.818
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	3	37.7	26.0	1.7	3.3	5.0	4.3	2.0	1.7	1.7	2.0	10.0	23.0	.435	0.3	0.7	.500	5.7	7.0	.810
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


Season 7
	Walter Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1983-84	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Jazz 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		%
Walter Davis	78	32.6	20.0	0.5	2.1	2.6	5.5	1.4	0.2	2.7	2.6	8.4	16.3	.512	0.3	1.1	.230	3.0	3.5	.863
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	17	36.6	24.9	0.9	1.8	2.7	6.4	1.7	0.2	2.5	3.2	10.3	19.2	.535	0.2	0.6	.273	4.1	4.6	.897
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


Season 8
	Walter Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1984-85	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
Walter Davis	23	24.8	15.0	0.3	1.3	1.5	4.3	0.8	0.0	2.2	1.8	6.0	13.4	.450	0.1	0.4	.300	2.8	3.2	.877
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 9
	Walter Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1985-86	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
Walter Davis	70	32.0	21.8	0.8	2.1	2.9	5.2	1.4	0.0	3.1	2.2	8.9	18.4	.485	0.3	1.1	.237	3.7	4.4	.843
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 10
	Walter Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1986-87	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Walter Davis	79	33.5	23.6	1.1	1.9	3.1	4.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.3	9.9	19.2	.514	0.3	1.0	.259	3.6	4.2	.862
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 11
	Walter Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1987-88	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	68	28.7	17.9	0.5	1.9	2.3	4.1	1.3	0.0	1.9	1.9	7.2	15.2	.473	0.5	1.4	.375	3.0	3.4	.887
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gobert	8	34.8	12.6	3.1	7.6	10.8	1.8	1.0	1.1	1.8	3.6	4.4	6.8	.648	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	5.4	.721


Season 12
	Walter Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Walter Davis	81	22.9	15.6	0.5	1.4	1.9	2.3	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.3	6.6	13.3	.498	0.2	0.9	.290	2.2	2.5	.879
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	3	31.3	25.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.3	1.0	0.0	2.7	3.7	10.3	20.0	.517	0.0	1.3	.000	5.0	5.0	1.000
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Walter Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Walter Davis	69	23.7	17.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	2.2	0.9	0.1	1.5	2.3	7.2	15.0	.481	0.1	0.7	.130	3.0	3.3	.912
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	3	23.3	14.0	1.3	1.7	3.0	2.0	0.3	0.0	1.7	1.3	6.0	15.0	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Walter Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Walter Davis	71	20.9	13.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.8	1.1	0.0	1.2	2.1	5.7	12.1	.468	0.2	0.5	.306	1.5	1.6	.915
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	13	8.5	3.3	0.5	0.6	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.4	1.5	3.7	.396	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.5	.833
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Walter Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
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		%
Walter Davis	46	16.1	9.9	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.5	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.5	4.0	8.8	.459	0.1	0.3	.313	1.8	2.0	.872
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Walter Davis vs. Rudy Gobert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gobert and Walter Davis, 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

Season 15