Chris Paul vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and Chris Paul, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Chris Paul played 21 years in the NBA, 11 more than Kristaps Porzingis, who played 10. Chris Paul had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Chris Paul	21	15	2005-06 to 2025-26
Kristaps Porzingis	10	4	2015-16 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10


Rookie Season
	Chris Paul	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2005-06	2015-16
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
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
difference:	+6	+7.6	+1.8	+1.0	+1.2	+2.2	+6.5	+1.5	+1.8	-0.6			+0.2	+.009	+0.5	+1.1	+.051	+2.3	+2.7	+.009
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 Chris Paul nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Chris Paul	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2006-07	2016-17
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	64	36.8	17.3	0.8	3.5	4.4	8.9	1.8	0.0	2.5	2.4	6.0	13.6	.437	0.8	2.2	.350	4.6	5.6	.818
difference:	+2	+4.0	+0.8	+0.9	+2.0	+2.8	+7.4	+1.1	+2.0	-0.7	-1.3	+0.7	+1.3	+.013	+0.9	+2.6	+.007	+1.6	+1.8	+.032
Kristaps Porzingis	66	32.8	18.1	1.7	5.5	7.2	1.5	0.7	2.0	1.8	3.7	6.7	14.9	.450	1.7	4.8	.357	3.0	3.8	.786

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Chris Paul nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Chris Paul	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2007-08	2017-18
Team	New Orleans Hornets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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
difference:	+32	+5.2	+1.6	+0.5	+2.1	+2.6	+10.4	+1.9	+2.3	-0.6	-0.6	+0.2	+2.4	+.049	+0.7	+1.7	+.026	+0.3	+0.8	+.058
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 4
	Chris Paul	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2008-09	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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		%
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
difference:	+21	+6.7	+2.4	+0.9	+3.0	+4.0	+9.2	+2.1	+1.9	-1.4	-0.5	+1.1	+0.3	+.076	+1.7	+4.8	+.012	+1.8	+1.7	+.069
Kristaps Porzingis	57	31.8	20.4	1.8	7.7	9.5	1.8	0.7	2.0	1.6	3.2	7.0	16.4	.427	2.5	7.1	.352	4.0	5.0	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+2	+8.9	+7.1	+0.2	+4.1	+4.3	+9.7	+1.6	+1.0	-3.8	-1.4	+1.0	+1.3	+.114	+2.0	+2.5	+.216	+3.1	+3.5	+.013
Kristaps Porzingis	3	31.3	23.7	1.0	7.7	8.7	0.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	7.0	13.3	.525	3.0	5.7	.529	6.7	7.7	.870


Season 5
	Chris Paul	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2009-10	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+2	+7.1	+1.4	+1.5	+3.2	+4.7	+9.1	+1.6	+1.1	-1.3	-0.1	+0.6	+1.7	+.017	+1.1	+3.2	+.033	+0.9	+1.0	+.008
Kristaps Porzingis	43	30.9	20.1	1.9	7.0	8.9	1.6	0.5	1.3	1.2	2.7	7.6	15.9	.476	2.3	6.0	.376	2.7	3.2	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kristaps Porzingis	7	33.3	13.1	1.0	4.4	5.4	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.4	2.7	4.9	10.3	.472	1.1	3.9	.296	2.3	2.7	.842


Season 6
	Chris Paul	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2010-11	2021-22
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
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
difference:	+29	+7.0	+4.3	+1.5	+2.5	+4.0	+7.5	+1.7	+1.5	-0.6	-0.2	+1.5	+3.4	+.004	+0.6	+2.6	+.078	+0.7	+0.8	+.011
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		%
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
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Chris Paul	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2011-12	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
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
difference:	+5	+3.8	+3.4	+1.1	+3.7	+4.8	+6.4	+1.6	+1.4		-0.7	+0.7	+0.9	+.020	+0.8	+1.9	+.014	+1.1	+1.4	+.010
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		%
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
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Chris Paul	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2012-13	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
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
difference:	+13	+3.8	+3.2	+0.9	+2.5	+3.5	+7.7	+1.7	+1.8	-0.7	-0.7	+0.9	+1.0	+.035	+0.8	+1.8	+.047	+0.4	+0.7	+.027
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		%
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
difference:	+1	+13.7	+10.5	+0.1	+0.4	+0.4	+5.2	+1.1	+1.6	-0.8	-0.7	+4.2	+6.7	+.066	+0.4	+0.9	+.029	+2.6	+3.1	+.017
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
	Chris Paul	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2013-14	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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
difference:	+20	+6.2	+0.4	+1.0	+1.4	+2.5	+8.6	+1.8	+1.4	-1.0	-0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+.016	+1.2	+2.6	+.044	+1.0	+0.9	+.046
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		%
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
difference:	+2	+15.3	+12.1	+1.0	+0.6	+0.4	+9.6	+1.9	+0.8	-2.1	-1.4	+4.8	+8.0	+.151	+2.1	+3.0	+.303	+0.4		+.085
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
	Chris Paul	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2014-15	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
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
difference:	+73	+9.0	+1.8	+1.3	+0.2	+1.1	+6.5	+1.3	+1.4	-1.2	-0.5	+1.5	+1.6	+.055	+0.1	+0.7	+.087	+1.4	+1.8	+.037
Kristaps Porzingis	9	25.8	17.3	1.9	3.8	5.7	3.7	0.6	1.6	1.1	3.0	5.4	12.7	.430	1.6	5.0	.311	4.9	5.7	.863

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


Additional Years
* Chris Paul played 11 seasons more than Kristaps Porzingis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 21, from 2016 to 2026—Chris Paul played in 8 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Kristaps Porzingis, Chris Paul got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 1 Assists Leader 4 All-Star Game

Chris Paul vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and Chris Paul, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years