Drazen Petrovic vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and Drazen Petrovic, 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.

Drazen Petrovic played 4 years in the NBA, 4 less than Kristaps Porzingis, who played 8. Drazen Petrovic had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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 achivements, 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
	Drazen Petrovic	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1989-90	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drazen Petrovic	77	12.6	7.6	0.6	0.8	1.4	1.5	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.7	2.7	5.5	.485	0.4	1.0	.459	1.8	2.1	.844
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drazen Petrovic	20	12.7	6.1	0.5	1.1	1.6	1.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.9	2.4	5.5	.440	0.3	0.8	.313	1.1	1.8	.583
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Drazen Petrovic	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1991-92	2017-18
Team	New Jersey Nets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drazen Petrovic	82	36.9	20.6	1.2	2.0	3.1	3.1	1.3	0.1	2.6	3.0	8.1	16.0	.508	1.5	3.4	.444	2.8	3.5	.808
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		%
Drazen Petrovic	4	40.8	24.3	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.3	1.0	0.3	2.0	3.3	10.3	19.0	.539	1.0	3.0	.333	2.8	3.3	.846
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 4
	Drazen Petrovic	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1992-93	2019-20
Team	New Jersey Nets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drazen Petrovic	70	38.0	22.3	0.6	2.1	2.7	3.5	1.3	0.2	2.9	3.4	8.4	16.2	.518	1.1	2.4	.449	4.5	5.2	.870
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		%
Drazen Petrovic	5	38.6	15.6	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.8	0.4	0.0	4.4	3.6	6.0	13.2	.455	0.4	1.2	.333	3.2	4.0	.800
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