Billy Paultz vs. Bobby Portis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Portis and Billy Paultz, 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.

Billy Paultz and Bobby Portis both played 9 years in the NBA. Billy Paultz had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Bobby Portis 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 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
Billy Paultz	9	9	1976-77 to 1984-85
Bobby Portis	9	5	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Billy Paultz	Bobby Portis
Season	1976-77	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East 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		%
Billy Paultz	82	32.9	15.6	2.3	6.0	8.4	2.7	0.7	2.1	-	3.2	6.4	13.4	.473	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.744
Bobby Portis	62	17.8	7.0	2.0	3.5	5.4	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.0	7.0	.427	0.3	0.8	.308	0.8	1.1	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Paultz	2	37.0	17.0	0.5	8.0	8.5	2.5	1.0	0.5	-	1.5	6.0	12.0	.500	-	-	-	5.0	6.5	.769
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Billy Paultz	Bobby Portis
Season	1977-78	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls 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		%
Billy Paultz	80	31.0	15.8	2.2	6.3	8.4	2.7	0.5	2.4	2.1	2.8	6.5	12.2	.529	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.752
Bobby Portis	64	15.6	6.8	1.2	3.5	4.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.9	5.9	.488	0.5	1.5	.333	0.6	0.9	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Paultz	6	31.8	11.5	1.2	5.7	6.8	2.3	0.8	0.8	1.0	1.7	4.8	10.5	.460	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.647
Bobby Portis	6	20.2	6.7	0.8	5.2	6.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.7	2.8	5.5	.515	1.0	2.2	.462	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Billy Paultz	Bobby Portis
Season	1978-79	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Billy Paultz	79	26.9	11.5	2.1	5.8	7.9	2.3	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.6	5.1	9.6	.526	-	-	-	1.4	2.5	.588
Bobby Portis	73	22.5	13.2	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.8	5.2	11.1	.471	1.1	3.1	.359	1.6	2.1	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Paultz	13	23.0	6.3	1.8	5.7	7.5	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.1	2.5	2.3	6.2	.375	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.667
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Billy Paultz	Bobby Portis
Season	1979-80	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Billy Paultz	84	26.1	9.1	2.2	4.8	7.0	2.2	0.8	1.0	1.4	2.5	3.9	8.0	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.2	.599
Bobby Portis	50	26.0	14.2	2.2	5.9	8.1	1.4	0.7	0.4	1.5	2.9	5.6	12.6	.444	1.5	3.8	.393	1.5	1.9	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Paultz	7	18.3	4.3	1.7	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.1	0.4	1.6	1.9	1.9	5.7	.325	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.571
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Billy Paultz	Bobby Portis
Season	1980-81	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA 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		%
Billy Paultz	81	20.5	7.4	1.4	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.3	0.9	1.1	2.2	3.2	6.4	.507	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.9	.490
Bobby Portis	66	21.1	10.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.7	4.0	8.9	.450	1.0	2.8	.358	1.1	1.4	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Paultz	21	34.3	12.1	2.5	4.5	7.0	1.7	0.6	1.3	1.3	3.3	5.3	11.7	.451	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.3	.667
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Billy Paultz	Bobby Portis
Season	1981-82	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Billy Paultz	65	12.4	3.3	0.8	1.9	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.5	1.4	3.5	.394	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.523
Bobby Portis	66	20.8	11.4	1.9	5.2	7.1	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.7	4.7	9.1	.523	1.1	2.4	.471	0.8	1.1	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Paultz	3	11.3	2.3	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.333
Bobby Portis	20	18.3	8.8	1.7	3.4	5.0	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.5	1.6	3.5	7.6	.464	0.9	2.6	.346	0.9	1.3	.720


Season 7
	Billy Paultz	Bobby Portis
Season	1982-83	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Bucks 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		%
Billy Paultz	64	12.8	3.6	1.0	2.1	3.1	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.7	1.6	3.5	.445	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.9	.458
Bobby Portis	72	28.2	14.6	2.5	6.6	9.1	1.2	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.4	5.8	12.1	.479	1.8	4.7	.393	1.2	1.6	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Paultz	11	12.1	2.7	1.0	1.9	2.9	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.6	1.2	2.9	.406	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
Bobby Portis	12	24.8	10.6	2.1	7.9	10.0	0.8	0.4	0.3	1.3	2.2	4.0	9.6	.417	1.2	3.9	.298	1.4	1.8	.773


Season 8
	Billy Paultz	Bobby Portis
Season	1983-84	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bucks 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		%
Billy Paultz	40	12.2	2.2	0.9	2.0	2.8	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.4	0.9	2.2	.409	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.515
Bobby Portis	70	26.0	14.1	2.2	7.4	9.6	1.5	0.4	0.2	1.2	1.6	5.7	11.5	.496	1.4	3.7	.370	1.4	1.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Paultz	2	3.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bobby Portis	5	21.4	9.6	2.0	6.2	8.2	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.8	3.0	4.0	8.2	.488	1.0	3.6	.278	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 9
	Billy Paultz	Bobby Portis
Season	1984-85	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks 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		%
Billy Paultz	62	6.0	1.3	0.4	1.2	1.5	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.5	1.4	.368	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.643
Bobby Portis	82	24.5	13.8	1.7	5.7	7.4	1.3	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.3	5.7	11.2	.508	1.2	3.0	.407	1.2	1.5	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Paultz	5	6.0	1.4	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.4	0.6	1.6	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.8	.250
Bobby Portis	6	31.2	16.5	2.7	8.7	11.3	1.0	0.5	0.2	1.5	2.2	7.3	15.2	.484	0.5	2.0	.250	1.3	2.2	.615

Billy Paultz vs. Bobby Portis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Portis and Billy Paultz, 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