Carlos Boozer vs. Chris Paul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Paul and Carlos Boozer, 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.

Carlos Boozer played 13 years in the NBA, 8 less than Chris Paul, who played 21. Carlos Boozer had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Chris Paul had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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
	Carlos Boozer	Chris Paul
Season	2002-03	2005-06
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Carlos Boozer	81	25.3	10.0	2.5	5.0	7.5	1.3	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.8	4.1	7.6	.536	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.771
difference:	+3	+10.7	+6.1	+1.7	+0.7	+2.4	+6.5	+1.5	+0.5	-1.0		+1.1	+4.5	+.106	+0.6	+2.3		+3.3	+3.6	+.076
Chris Paul	78	36.0	16.1	0.8	4.3	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	2.3	2.8	5.2	12.1	.430	0.6	2.3	.282	5.1	6.0	.847
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Carlos Boozer nor Chris Paul played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Carlos Boozer	Chris Paul
Season	2004-05	2007-08
Team	Utah Jazz	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	51	34.7	17.8	2.8	6.2	9.0	2.8	0.8	0.5	2.7	3.5	7.1	13.6	.521	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.3	.698
difference:	+29	+2.9	+3.3	+2.0	+3.0	+5.0	+8.8	+1.9	+0.4	-0.2	-1.2	+0.8	+2.5	+.033	+1.2	+3.1		+0.5	+0.4	+.153
Chris Paul	80	37.6	21.1	0.8	3.2	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	2.5	2.3	7.9	16.1	.488	1.2	3.1	.369	4.2	4.9	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	12	40.5	24.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	11.3	2.3	0.2	1.8	3.6	9.3	18.4	.502	0.4	1.8	.238	5.2	6.6	.785

Season 4
	Carlos Boozer	Chris Paul
Season	2005-06	2008-09
Team	Utah Jazz	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	33	31.1	16.3	2.2	6.4	8.6	2.7	0.9	0.2	2.1	3.2	6.6	12.1	.549	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.2	.723
difference:	+45	+7.4	+6.5	+1.3	+1.7	+3.1	+8.3	+1.9	+0.1	-0.9	-0.5	+1.5	+4.0	+.046	+0.8	+2.3		+2.8	+2.5	+.145
Chris Paul	78	38.5	22.8	0.9	4.7	5.5	11.0	2.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	8.1	16.1	.503	0.8	2.3	.364	5.8	6.7	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	5	40.2	16.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	10.4	1.6	0.0	4.8	1.6	6.0	14.6	.411	1.0	3.2	.313	3.6	4.2	.857

Season 5
	Carlos Boozer	Chris Paul
Season	2006-07	2009-10
Team	Utah Jazz	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	74	34.6	20.9	3.2	8.5	11.7	3.0	0.9	0.3	2.6	2.9	8.7	15.6	.561	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.685
difference:	+29	+3.4	+2.2	+2.8	+4.7	+7.5	+7.7	+1.2	+0.1	-0.1	-0.3	+1.7	+1.4	+.068	+1.2	+2.8		+0.2	+0.8	+.162
Chris Paul	45	38.0	18.7	0.4	3.8	4.2	10.7	2.1	0.2	2.5	2.6	7.0	14.2	.493	1.2	2.8	.409	3.6	4.2	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	17	38.5	23.5	3.2	9.0	12.2	2.9	1.0	0.3	3.0	3.1	9.5	17.8	.536	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.1	.738
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Carlos Boozer	Chris Paul
Season	2007-08	2010-11
Team	Utah Jazz	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	81	34.9	21.1	2.4	8.0	10.4	2.9	1.2	0.5	2.6	3.6	8.8	16.0	.547	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.9	.738
difference:	+1	+1.1	+5.2	+1.9	+4.4	+6.3	+6.9	+1.2	+0.4	-0.4	-1.1	+3.4	+4.4	+.084	+0.9	+2.3		+0.6	+0.1	+.140
Chris Paul	80	36.0	15.9	0.5	3.6	4.1	9.8	2.4	0.1	2.2	2.5	5.4	11.6	.463	0.9	2.3	.388	4.2	4.8	.878
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	12	36.8	16.0	3.5	8.8	12.3	2.8	0.5	0.2	3.0	3.9	6.3	15.3	.415	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.7	.714
difference:	+6	+4.9	+6.0	+3.0	+2.6	+5.6	+8.7	+1.3	+0.2	-0.7	-2.1	+0.7	+2.5	+.130	+1.5	+3.2		+3.2	+3.5	+.082
Chris Paul	6	41.7	22.0	0.5	6.2	6.7	11.5	1.8	0.0	3.7	1.8	7.0	12.8	.545	1.5	3.2	.474	6.5	8.2	.796

Season 7
	Carlos Boozer	Chris Paul
Season	2008-09	2011-12
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	37	32.4	16.2	3.0	7.4	10.4	2.1	1.1	0.2	2.1	3.6	6.8	13.8	.490	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.8	.698
difference:	+23	+4.0	+3.6	+2.3	+4.5	+6.8	+7.0	+1.4	+0.1		-1.3	+0.3	+1.0	+.012	+1.3	+3.6		+1.7	+1.2	+.163
Chris Paul	60	36.4	19.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	9.1	2.5	0.1	2.1	2.3	7.1	14.8	.478	1.3	3.6	.371	4.3	5.0	.861
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	5	37.2	20.6	2.4	10.8	13.2	2.2	1.6	0.4	3.0	3.6	7.6	14.4	.528	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.0	.771
difference:	+6	+1.3	+3.0	+1.9	+6.3	+8.1	+5.7	+1.1	+0.3	-0.9	-0.9	+1.2	+0.5	+.101	+1.2	+3.5		+1.7	+2.7	+.101
Chris Paul	11	38.5	17.6	0.5	4.5	5.1	7.9	2.7	0.1	3.9	2.7	6.4	14.9	.427	1.2	3.5	.333	3.7	4.3	.872

Season 8
	Carlos Boozer	Chris Paul
Season	2009-10	2012-13
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	78	34.3	19.5	2.3	8.9	11.2	3.2	1.1	0.5	2.7	3.5	7.9	14.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	4.9	.742
difference:	+8	+0.9	+2.6	+1.5	+5.9	+7.5	+6.5	+1.3	+0.4	-0.4	-1.5	+2.0	+1.9	+.081	+1.1	+3.3		+0.4	+0.3	+.143
Chris Paul	70	33.4	16.9	0.8	3.0	3.7	9.7	2.4	0.1	2.3	2.0	5.9	12.2	.481	1.1	3.3	.328	4.1	4.6	.885
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	10	40.2	19.7	3.3	9.9	13.2	3.0	0.4	0.7	2.4	3.8	8.9	16.8	.530	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.5	.543
difference:	+4	+2.9	+3.1	+2.8	+6.4	+9.2	+3.3	+1.4	+0.7	-0.9	-1.0	+0.7	+1.5	+.003	+1.0	+3.2		+3.6	+2.7	+.349
Chris Paul	6	37.3	22.8	0.5	3.5	4.0	6.3	1.8	0.0	1.5	2.8	8.2	15.3	.533	1.0	3.2	.316	5.5	6.2	.892

Season 9
	Carlos Boozer	Chris Paul
Season	2010-11	2013-14
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Carlos Boozer	59	31.9	17.5	2.2	7.4	9.6	2.5	0.8	0.3	2.5	3.2	7.3	14.3	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.1	.701
difference:	+3	+3.1	+1.6	+1.6	+3.7	+5.3	+8.2	+1.7	+0.2	-0.2	-0.7	+0.8	+0.3	+.043	+1.3	+3.4		+1.9	+1.5	+.154
Chris Paul	62	35.0	19.1	0.6	3.7	4.3	10.7	2.5	0.1	2.3	2.5	6.5	14.0	.467	1.3	3.4	.368	4.8	5.6	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	16	31.7	12.6	2.5	7.2	9.7	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	3.1	4.8	11.1	.433	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.8	.800
difference:	+3	+4.6	+7.2	+1.6	+3.9	+5.5	+8.5	+2.2	+0.4	-1.2	-0.7	+2.3	+4.1	+.034	+2.5	+5.3	+.457	+0.2	+0.3	+.026
Chris Paul	13	36.3	19.8	0.9	3.3	4.2	10.3	2.8	0.0	3.0	3.8	7.1	15.2	.467	2.5	5.4	.457	3.2	4.1	.774

Season 10
	Carlos Boozer	Chris Paul
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Carlos Boozer	66	29.5	15.0	1.7	6.8	8.5	1.9	1.0	0.4	1.7	2.5	6.8	12.8	.532	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.693
difference:	+16	+5.3	+4.1	+1.1	+2.8	+3.9	+8.3	+0.9	+0.2	-0.6		+0.1	+1.5	+.047	+1.7	+4.3		+2.1	+1.8	+.207
Chris Paul	82	34.8	19.1	0.6	4.0	4.6	10.2	1.9	0.2	2.3	2.5	6.9	14.3	.485	1.7	4.3	.398	3.5	3.9	.900
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	6	33.3	13.5	1.7	8.2	9.8	3.0	0.8	0.3	3.8	3.3	6.3	15.0	.422	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.714
difference:	+6	+3.8	+8.6	+1.1	+4.4	+5.4	+5.8	+1.0		-1.6	-0.2	+1.6	+0.8	+.081	+2.3	+5.4		+3.2	+3.1	+.227
Chris Paul	12	37.1	22.1	0.6	3.8	4.4	8.8	1.8	0.3	2.2	3.1	7.9	15.8	.503	2.3	5.4	.415	4.0	4.3	.941

Season 11
	Carlos Boozer	Chris Paul
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	79	32.2	16.2	2.2	7.5	9.8	2.3	0.8	0.4	2.2	3.0	6.9	14.4	.477	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.731
difference:	+5	+0.5	+3.3	+1.7	+3.8	+5.6	+7.7	+1.3	+0.2	-0.4	-0.5	+0.1	+0.7	+.015	+1.6	+4.4		+1.6	+1.1	+.165
Chris Paul	74	32.7	19.5	0.5	3.7	4.2	10.0	2.1	0.2	2.6	2.5	7.0	15.1	.462	1.6	4.4	.371	4.0	4.4	.896
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	12	35.9	16.4	2.9	6.7	9.6	1.5	0.8	0.1	2.4	3.0	6.9	14.0	.494	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.8	.689
difference:	+8	+4.6	+7.4	+1.9	+3.7	+5.6	+5.8	+1.5	+0.1	-1.4		+2.4	+5.0	+.007	+1.5	+4.9	+.300	+1.2		+.311
Chris Paul	4	31.3	23.8	1.0	3.0	4.0	7.3	2.3	0.0	1.0	3.0	9.3	19.0	.487	1.5	5.0	.300	3.8	3.8	1.000

Season 12
	Carlos Boozer	Chris Paul
Season	2013-14	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	76	28.2	13.7	1.8	6.5	8.3	1.6	0.7	0.3	2.0	2.8	5.9	12.9	.456	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.5	.767
difference:	+15	+3.3	+4.4	+1.1	+2.2	+3.3	+7.6	+1.3	+0.2	-0.4	-0.4	+0.2		+.020	+2.0	+5.0		+1.9	+1.8	+.125
Chris Paul	61	31.5	18.1	0.7	4.3	5.0	9.2	2.0	0.1	2.4	2.4	6.1	12.9	.476	2.0	5.0	.411	3.8	4.3	.892
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	5	24.2	9.6	1.6	6.2	7.8	1.0	0.2	0.0	1.4	2.6	4.0	9.4	.426	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	1.8	.889
difference:	+2	+12.9	+15.7	+1.0	+1.8	+2.8	+8.9	+1.5	+0.1	-1.3	-0.8	+5.6	+9.9	+.070	+2.0	+5.4		+2.5	+2.9	+.010
Chris Paul	7	37.1	25.3	0.6	4.4	5.0	9.9	1.7	0.1	2.7	3.4	9.6	19.3	.496	2.0	5.4	.368	4.1	4.7	.879

Additional Years
* Chris Paul played 8 seasons more than Carlos Boozer in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 21, from 2019 to 2026—Chris Paul played in 5 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Carlos Boozer, Chris Paul got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Assists Leader 3 All-Star Game