Alex English vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and Alex English, 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.

Alex English played 15 years in the NBA, 5 more than Kristaps Porzingis, who played 10. Alex English had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Kristaps Porzingis had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Alex English	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1976-77	2015-16
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	60	10.8	5.2	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	-	1.3	2.2	4.6	.477	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.767
difference:	+12	+17.6	+9.1	+0.7	+3.8	+4.5	+0.9	+0.4	+1.6		-1.5	+3.0	+7.7	+.056				+2.0	+2.3	+.071
Kristaps Porzingis	72	28.4	14.3	1.8	5.5	7.3	1.3	0.7	1.9	1.7	2.8	5.2	12.3	.421	1.1	3.4	.333	2.8	3.3	.838
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex English nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Alex English	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1978-79	2017-18
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	81	33.3	16.0	3.1	5.0	8.1	3.3	0.9	1.0	2.4	2.6	7.0	13.6	.511	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.752
difference:	+33	+0.9	+6.7	+1.8	+0.3	+1.5	+2.1	+0.1	+1.4	-0.5	-0.3	+1.1	+4.9	+.072				+2.4	+2.9	+.041
Kristaps Porzingis	48	32.4	22.7	1.3	5.3	6.6	1.2	0.8	2.4	1.9	2.9	8.1	18.5	.439	1.9	4.8	.395	4.5	5.7	.793
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex English nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 3

Note: Kristaps Porzingis didn't play in 2018-19.

Season 6
	Alex English	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1981-82	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	82	36.8	25.4	2.6	4.2	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	3.2	3.2	10.4	18.9	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.4	.840
difference:	+31	+7.8	+5.2	+0.6	+1.9	+1.3	+3.0	+0.4	+0.1	-1.6	-0.5	+3.5	+3.9	+.092	+1.5	+4.8	+.310	+0.4	+0.2	+.027
Kristaps Porzingis	51	29.0	20.2	2.0	6.1	8.1	2.3	0.7	1.6	1.6	2.7	6.9	15.0	.459	1.5	4.9	.310	4.9	5.6	.867
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	3	39.3	19.3	2.7	5.0	7.7	5.7	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.7	18.3	.473	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Alex English	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1982-83	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	82	36.4	28.4	3.2	4.1	7.3	4.8	1.4	1.5	3.2	2.9	11.7	22.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.167	5.0	6.0	.829
difference:	+17	+3.8	+5.2	+1.4	+2.5	+1.1	+2.1	+0.5		-1.1	-0.1	+3.9	+6.9	+.018	+2.1	+5.4	+.218	+0.4	+0.4	+.022
Kristaps Porzingis	65	32.6	23.2	1.8	6.6	8.4	2.7	0.9	1.5	2.1	3.0	7.8	15.7	.498	2.1	5.5	.385	5.4	6.4	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	7	38.6	25.9	2.9	3.4	6.3	6.0	0.6	1.0	3.0	3.0	9.6	21.4	.447	0.0	0.3	.000	6.7	7.6	.887
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Alex English	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1983-84	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	82	35.0	26.4	2.6	3.0	5.7	5.0	1.0	1.2	2.7	3.1	11.1	20.9	.529	0.0	0.1	.143	4.3	5.2	.824
difference:	+25	+5.4	+6.3	+0.9	+2.5	+1.5	+3.0	+0.3	+0.7	-1.1	-0.4	+4.3	+7.7	+.013	+1.9	+5.0	+.232	+0.2	+0.1	+.034
Kristaps Porzingis	57	29.6	20.1	1.7	5.5	7.2	2.0	0.7	1.9	1.6	2.7	6.8	13.2	.516	1.9	5.1	.375	4.5	5.3	.858
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	5	40.6	29.0	3.2	4.8	8.0	5.6	0.6	0.4	1.4	3.4	12.0	20.4	.588	0.0	0.2	.000	5.0	5.6	.893
difference:	+2	+17.0	+16.7	+2.6	+0.9	+3.6	+4.5	+0.1	+1.2	-0.7	-1.3	+8.0	+11.8	+.121	+1.4	+3.9	+.345	+2.1	+2.5	+.016
Kristaps Porzingis	7	23.6	12.3	0.6	3.9	4.4	1.1	0.7	1.6	0.7	2.1	4.0	8.6	.467	1.4	4.1	.345	2.9	3.1	.909

Season 9
	Alex English	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1984-85	2024-25
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	81	36.1	27.9	2.5	3.1	5.7	4.2	1.2	0.6	3.1	3.2	11.6	22.4	.518	0.0	0.1	.200	4.7	5.7	.829
difference:	+39	+7.3	+8.4	+0.9	+2.0	+1.1	+2.1	+0.5	+0.9	-1.8	-0.4	+5.0	+8.7	+.035	+2.5	+5.9	+.212	+0.9	+1.0	+.020
Kristaps Porzingis	42	28.8	19.5	1.6	5.1	6.8	2.1	0.7	1.5	1.3	2.8	6.6	13.7	.483	2.5	6.0	.412	3.8	4.7	.809
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	14	38.3	30.2	2.6	4.0	6.6	4.5	1.2	0.4	2.1	2.9	11.6	21.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.000	6.9	7.8	.890
difference:	+3	+17.3	+22.5	+0.7	+1.3	+2.0	+3.8	+0.3	+0.4	-1.2	-0.5	+9.3	+14.5	+.220	+0.4	+2.3	+.154	+4.1	+3.7	+.201
Kristaps Porzingis	11	21.0	7.7	1.9	2.7	4.6	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.9	2.4	2.3	7.2	.316	0.4	2.4	.154	2.8	4.1	.689

Season 10
	Alex English	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1985-86	2025-26
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	81	37.3	29.8	2.4	2.6	5.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	3.1	2.9	11.7	23.3	.504	0.0	0.1	.200	6.3	7.3	.862
difference:	+68	+11.4	+10.6	+0.9	+1.6	+0.6	+0.9	+0.4	+1.2	-2.2	-0.5	+5.3	+10.5	+.007	+1.8	+5.0	+.164	+1.8	+2.0	+.007
Kristaps Porzingis	13	25.9	19.2	1.5	4.2	5.6	3.1	0.5	1.6	0.9	3.4	6.4	12.8	.497	1.8	5.1	.364	4.5	5.3	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex English	10	39.4	27.3	1.8	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.4	0.4	2.8	2.9	10.6	22.9	.463	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	7.1	.859
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Alex English played 5 seasons more than Kristaps Porzingis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 15, from 1987 to 1991—Alex English played in 4 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Kristaps Porzingis, Alex English got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Star Game