Goran Dragic vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and Goran Dragic, 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.

Goran Dragic played 15 years in the NBA, 5 more than Kristaps Porzingis, who played 10. Goran Dragic had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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.

Rookie Season
	Goran Dragic	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2008-09	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Goran Dragic	55	13.2	4.5	0.6	1.3	1.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.6	1.6	4.1	.393	0.4	1.0	.370	0.9	1.2	.769
difference:	+17	+15.2	+9.8	+1.2	+4.2	+5.4	+0.7	+0.2	+1.8	-0.4	-1.2	+3.6	+8.2	+.028	+0.7	+2.4	+.037	+1.9	+2.1	+.069
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 Goran Dragic nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Goran Dragic	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2010-11	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
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		%
Goran Dragic	70	17.6	7.5	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.9	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.8	2.7	6.3	.435	0.8	2.2	.361	1.2	1.9	.624
difference:	+22	+14.8	+15.2	+0.8	+3.8	+4.6	+1.7	+0.1	+2.3	-0.2	-1.1	+5.4	+12.2	+.004	+1.1	+2.6	+.034	+3.3	+3.8	+.169
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
* Neiher Goran Dragic nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 3

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

Season 6
	Goran Dragic	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Goran Dragic	76	35.1	20.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.9	1.4	0.3	2.8	2.7	7.3	14.4	.505	1.6	3.9	.408	4.2	5.5	.760
difference:	+25	+6.1	+0.1	+1.1	+3.8	+4.9	+3.6	+0.7	+1.3	-1.2		+0.4	+0.6	+.046	+0.1	+1.0	+.098	+0.7	+0.1	+.107
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
* Neiher Goran Dragic nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 8
	Goran Dragic	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Goran Dragic	72	32.8	14.1	0.8	3.1	3.8	5.8	1.0	0.2	2.6	2.6	5.8	12.2	.477	0.9	2.8	.312	1.7	2.3	.727
difference:	+15	+3.2	+6.0	+0.9	+2.4	+3.4	+3.8	+0.3	+1.7	-1.0	-0.1	+1.0	+1.0	+.039	+1.0	+2.3	+.063	+2.8	+3.0	+.131
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		%
Goran Dragic	14	33.7	16.5	0.8	4.1	4.9	3.9	0.4	0.2	2.2	3.3	6.5	14.7	.442	1.1	3.3	.348	2.4	3.1	.767
difference:	+7	+10.1	+4.2	+0.2	+0.2	+0.5	+2.8	+0.3	+1.4	-1.5	-1.2	+2.5	+6.1	+.025	+0.3	+0.8	+.003	+0.5		+.142
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 10
	Goran Dragic	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2017-18	2025-26
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Goran Dragic	75	31.7	17.3	0.7	3.4	4.1	4.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.4	6.5	14.3	.450	1.5	4.0	.370	2.9	3.6	.801
difference:	+66	+5.9		+1.2	+0.4	+1.6	+1.1	+0.2	+1.4	-1.1	-0.6	+1.1	+1.6	+.020	+0.1	+1.0	+.059	+2.0	+2.1	+.062
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		%
Goran Dragic	5	31.2	18.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	4.6	1.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	7.0	15.0	.467	1.6	4.2	.381	3.0	4.4	.682
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-