Darius Garland vs. Rudy Gobert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gobert and Darius Garland, 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.

Darius Garland played 6 years in the NBA, 6 less than Rudy Gobert, who played 12. Darius Garland had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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.

Season 3
	Darius Garland	Rudy Gobert
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Darius Garland	68	35.7	21.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.6	1.7	8.0	17.3	.462	2.6	6.7	.383	3.2	3.5	.892
difference:	+7	+4.0	+12.6	+2.8	+4.8	+7.7	+7.1	+0.6	+2.1	-1.7	-1.0	+4.8	+11.5	+.097	+2.6	+6.7		+0.6	+1.1	+.323
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
* Neiher Darius Garland nor Rudy Gobert played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Darius Garland	Rudy Gobert
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Darius Garland	69	35.5	21.6	0.4	2.3	2.7	7.8	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.1	7.6	16.4	.462	2.4	6.0	.410	4.0	4.7	.863
difference:	+12	+1.6	+7.6	+3.5	+6.6	+10.1	+6.6	+0.6	+2.5	-1.1	-0.9	+2.5	+8.7	+.199	+2.4	+6.0		+0.2	+1.2	+.210
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		%
Darius Garland	5	37.8	20.6	0.0	1.8	1.8	5.0	1.6	0.2	3.6	3.4	7.0	16.0	.438	2.4	6.2	.387	4.2	5.0	.840
difference:	+4	+10.5	+9.0	+2.4	+5.6	+8.1	+3.8	+0.6	+1.1	-2.6	-0.1	+2.6	+9.0	+.197	+2.4	+6.2		+1.5	+0.6	+.360
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
	Darius Garland	Rudy Gobert
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Darius Garland	57	33.4	18.0	0.5	2.1	2.7	6.5	1.3	0.1	3.1	1.7	6.6	14.8	.446	2.3	6.2	.371	2.6	3.1	.834
difference:	+1	+1.0	+4.5	+2.4	+5.7	+8.0	+5.1	+0.5	+2.2	-1.2	-1.0	+1.7	+6.9	+.176	+2.3	+6.2		+1.0	+2.2	+.152
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		%
Darius Garland	12	36.0	15.7	0.1	3.5	3.6	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.8	6.1	14.3	.427	2.1	5.9	.352	1.4	1.8	.810
difference:	+1	+1.2	+2.5	+3.8	+3.3	+7.1	+4.8	+0.2	+2.1	-0.4	-0.3	+1.1	+6.7	+.228	+2.1	+5.9		+1.8	+3.5	+.207
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
	Darius Garland	Rudy Gobert
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Darius Garland	75	30.7	20.6	0.6	2.2	2.9	6.7	1.2	0.1	2.5	1.9	7.4	15.7	.472	2.8	7.1	.401	3.0	3.4	.878
difference:	+6	+1.1	+4.7	+3.2	+6.8	+10.0	+4.7	+0.4	+2.2	-0.9	-1.0	+1.5	+6.9	+.197	+2.8	+7.1		+1.1	+3.0	+.242
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		%
Darius Garland	5	29.6	18.0	0.2	2.0	2.2	5.2	0.4	0.0	3.0	3.4	5.8	13.8	.420	2.0	7.0	.286	4.4	4.8	.917
difference:		+0.8	+6.8	+4.4	+3.6	+8.0	+3.8	+0.2	+2.6	-1.2	-0.2	+2.0	+7.4	+.174	+2.0	+7.0		+0.8	+0.2	+.134
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

Additional Years
* Rudy Gobert played 6 seasons more than Darius Garland in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 12, from 2020 to 2025—Rudy Gobert played in 6 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Darius Garland, Rudy Gobert got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Rebounds Leader 3 All-Star Game