Dalton Knecht vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and Dalton Knecht, 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.
Dalton Knecht played 2 years in the NBA, 8 less than Kristaps Porzingis, who played 10. Dalton Knecht had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, 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.
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Dalton Knecht |
78 |
19.2 |
9.1 |
0.5 |
2.3 |
2.8 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
3.3 |
7.1 |
.461 |
1.6 |
4.4 |
.376 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
.762 |
| difference: | +6 | +9.2 | +5.2 | +1.3 | +3.2 | +4.5 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +1.8 | -1.2 | -1.6 | +1.9 | +5.2 | +.040 | +0.5 | +1.0 | +.043 | +2.0 | +2.2 | +.076 |
| 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 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Dalton Knecht |
2 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
.400 |
0.5 |
2.0 |
.250 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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| Kristaps Porzingis |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Dalton Knecht |
7 |
18.7 |
7.0 |
0.3 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
1.6 |
2.9 |
6.4 |
.444 |
0.7 |
3.6 |
.200 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
.800 |
| difference: | +59 | +14.1 | +11.1 | +1.4 | +4.1 | +5.5 | +0.9 | +0.1 | +1.4 | -1.1 | -2.1 | +3.8 | +8.5 | +.006 | +1.0 | +1.2 | +.157 | +2.4 | +3.1 | +.014 |
| 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 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Dalton Knecht nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 2 |
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Additional Years |
* Kristaps Porzingis played 8 seasons more than Dalton Knecht in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 3 to 10, from 2018 to 2026—Kristaps Porzingis played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Dalton Knecht, Kristaps Porzingis got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  1 All-Star Game
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