Carmelo Anthony vs. Rudy Gobert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gobert and Carmelo Anthony, 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.

Carmelo Anthony played 19 years in the NBA, 7 more than Rudy Gobert, who played 12. Carmelo Anthony had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, 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 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
	Carmelo Anthony	Rudy Gobert
Season	2003-04	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	82	36.5	21.0	2.2	3.8	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	3.0	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	0.8	2.6	.322	5.0	6.4	.777
difference:	+37	+26.9	+18.7	+1.1	+1.5	+2.7	+2.6	+1.0	+0.4	-2.3	-1.4	+6.8	+16.3	+.060	+0.8	+2.6		+4.3	+5.0	+.285
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		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.3	15.0	1.8	6.5	8.3	2.8	1.3	0.0	4.3	2.8	5.3	16.0	.328	0.5	2.8	.182	4.0	5.0	.800
Rudy Gobert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Carmelo Anthony	Rudy Gobert
Season	2005-06	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Carmelo Anthony	80	36.8	26.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	2.7	1.1	0.5	2.7	2.9	9.5	19.7	.481	0.5	1.9	.243	7.2	8.9	.808
difference:	+19	+5.1	+17.4	+1.9	+4.1	+6.1	+1.2	+0.4	+1.7	-0.8	-0.2	+6.3	+13.9	+.078	+0.5	+1.9		+4.6	+4.3	+.239
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		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	38.6	21.0	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.8	0.8	0.2	3.0	4.0	6.6	19.8	.333	0.0	0.8	.000	7.8	10.4	.750
Rudy Gobert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Carmelo Anthony	Rudy Gobert
Season	2006-07	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	65	38.2	28.9	2.2	3.8	6.0	3.8	1.2	0.4	3.6	3.1	10.6	22.4	.476	0.6	2.3	.268	7.1	8.7	.808
difference:	+16	+4.3	+14.9	+1.7	+5.1	+6.8	+2.6	+0.6	+2.2	-1.8	-0.1	+5.5	+14.7	+.185	+0.6	+2.3		+3.3	+2.8	+.155
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	-	3.8	5.9	.653
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	42.0	26.8	3.6	5.0	8.6	1.2	1.0	0.0	3.8	2.4	9.4	19.6	.480	1.8	3.6	.500	6.2	7.8	.795
difference:	+4	+14.7	+15.2	+1.2	+2.4	+1.3			+1.3	-2.8	-0.9	+5.0	+12.6	+.155	+1.8	+3.6		+3.5	+2.2	+.315
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
	Carmelo Anthony	Rudy Gobert
Season	2007-08	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	36.4	25.7	2.3	5.1	7.4	3.4	1.3	0.5	3.3	3.3	9.5	19.2	.492	0.8	2.1	.354	6.0	7.7	.786
difference:	+21	+4.0	+12.2	+0.6	+2.7	+3.3	+2.0	+0.5	+1.8	-1.4	-0.6	+4.6	+11.3	+.130	+0.8	+2.1		+2.4	+2.4	+.104
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		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.5	22.5	4.8	4.8	9.5	2.0	0.5	0.3	3.0	4.3	8.0	22.0	.364	0.5	2.0	.250	6.0	7.3	.828
difference:	+7	+1.7	+9.3	+0.9	+2.0	+1.2	+1.0	+0.4	+2.0	-1.1	-1.2	+3.0	+14.4	+.291	+0.5	+2.0		+2.8	+2.0	+.225
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
	Carmelo Anthony	Rudy Gobert
Season	2008-09	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Jazz 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		%
Carmelo Anthony	66	34.5	22.8	1.6	5.2	6.8	3.4	1.1	0.4	3.0	3.0	8.1	18.3	.443	1.0	2.6	.371	5.6	7.1	.793
difference:	+15	+2.7	+6.9	+2.2	+3.8	+6.1	+1.4	+0.3	+1.9	-1.4	-0.1	+2.2	+9.5	+.226	+1.0	+2.6		+1.5	+0.7	+.157
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		%
Carmelo Anthony	16	38.3	27.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.3	3.8	9.1	20.1	.453	1.5	4.1	.364	7.4	9.0	.826
difference:	+11	+7.9	+16.0	+3.0	+1.4	+4.4	+2.7	+1.2	+2.0	-0.5	-0.6	+5.3	+13.7	+.141	+1.5	+4.1		+3.8	+4.4	+.043
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
	Carmelo Anthony	Rudy Gobert
Season	2009-10	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	69	38.2	28.2	2.2	4.4	6.6	3.2	1.3	0.4	3.0	3.3	10.0	21.8	.458	0.9	2.7	.316	7.4	8.9	.830
difference:	+1	+3.9	+13.1	+1.2	+5.7	+6.9	+1.7	+0.5	+1.6	-1.1	-0.1	+4.3	+13.6	+.235	+0.9	+2.7		+3.7	+3.0	+.200
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		%
Carmelo Anthony	6	42.3	30.7	2.3	6.2	8.5	3.3	2.0	0.5	3.5	4.3	10.7	23.0	.464	1.0	3.2	.316	8.3	9.5	.877
difference:	+1	+3.7	+13.8	+1.1	+1.8	+2.9	+2.2	+1.4	+0.9	-2.2	-0.6	+3.8	+12.4	+.185	+1.0	+3.2		+5.2	+3.5	+.353
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
	Carmelo Anthony	Rudy Gobert
Season	2010-11	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	35.7	25.6	1.5	5.8	7.3	2.9	0.9	0.6	2.7	2.9	8.9	19.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.378	6.6	7.9	.838
difference:	+6	+4.9	+11.3	+1.9	+4.3	+6.2	+1.6	+0.3	+2.1	-1.0	-0.6	+3.4	+11.3	+.220	+1.2	+3.2	+.378	+3.3	+2.6	+.215
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		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	39.0	26.0	3.3	7.0	10.3	4.8	1.3	0.8	3.3	4.0	8.3	22.0	.375	2.3	6.5	.346	7.3	8.5	.853
difference:	+7	+4.8	+11.3	+0.6	+1.4	+2.0	+4.0	+0.8	+1.3	-1.8	-0.2	+2.8	+14.6	+.366	+2.3	+6.4	+.346	+3.5	+2.5	+.217
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
	Carmelo Anthony	Rudy Gobert
Season	2011-12	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	55	34.1	22.6	1.6	4.7	6.3	3.6	1.1	0.4	2.6	2.8	8.0	18.6	.430	1.2	3.7	.335	5.4	6.7	.804
difference:	+11	+2.0	+7.0	+2.1	+6.3	+8.4	+2.5	+0.4	+1.7	-0.8	-0.1	+2.5	+10.9	+.283	+1.2	+3.6	+.335	+0.8		+.114
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		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	40.8	27.8	2.6	5.6	8.2	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.8	4.2	10.4	24.8	.419	0.8	3.6	.222	6.2	8.2	.756
difference:	+1	+8.0	+15.8	+0.9	+4.1	+5.0	+1.7	+1.0	+0.8	-1.5	-1.0	+6.9	+19.3	+.217	+0.8	+3.6		+1.2	+0.9	+.074
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
	Carmelo Anthony	Rudy Gobert
Season	2012-13	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	67	37.0	28.7	2.0	4.9	6.9	2.6	0.8	0.5	2.6	3.1	10.0	22.2	.449	2.3	6.2	.379	6.3	7.6	.830
difference:	+3	+6.3	+15.3	+1.3	+3.4	+4.7	+1.4		+0.9	-0.9	-0.1	+4.9	+14.4	+.210	+2.3	+6.2		+3.2	+2.7	+.186
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	-	3.1	4.9	.644
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	12	40.1	28.8	0.9	5.7	6.6	1.6	1.1	0.2	2.6	3.8	10.5	25.8	.406	1.4	4.8	.298	6.4	7.3	.885
difference:	+7	+4.7	+13.8	+2.7	+2.9	+5.6	+0.4	+0.7	+0.8	-1.0	-1.0	+4.7	+16.6	+.224	+1.4	+4.8		+3.0	+1.9	+.255
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
	Carmelo Anthony	Rudy Gobert
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	38.7	27.4	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.1	1.2	0.7	2.6	2.9	9.6	21.3	.452	2.2	5.4	.402	6.0	7.0	.848
difference:	+1	+4.6	+13.4	+1.9	+3.0	+4.8	+1.8	+0.5	+1.4	-1.0	-0.2	+4.3	+13.2	+.209	+2.2	+5.4		+2.7	+1.9	+.210
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	-	3.3	5.1	.638
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 12
	Carmelo Anthony	Rudy Gobert
Season	2014-15	2024-25
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Carmelo Anthony	40	35.7	24.2	1.8	4.8	6.6	3.1	1.0	0.4	2.2	2.2	9.0	20.2	.444	1.5	4.5	.341	4.7	5.9	.797
difference:	+32	+2.5	+12.2	+1.9	+2.4	+4.3	+1.3	+0.2	+1.0	-1.0	-0.3	+4.3	+13.1	+.225	+1.5	+4.5		+2.1	+2.1	+.123
Rudy Gobert	72	33.2	12.0	3.7	7.2	10.9	1.8	0.8	1.4	1.2	2.5	4.7	7.1	.669	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.8	.674
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gobert	15	27.4	7.9	3.1	5.5	8.6	0.7	0.5	1.2	0.9	2.5	3.1	5.3	.582	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.3	.520

Additional Years
* Carmelo Anthony played 7 seasons more than Rudy Gobert in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 19, from 2016 to 2022—Carmelo Anthony played in 3 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Rudy Gobert, Carmelo Anthony got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game