Jeff Foster vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and Jeff Foster, 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

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.

Jeff Foster played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than Kristaps Porzingis, who played 8. Jeff Foster had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jeff Foster	13	7	1999-00 to 2011-12
Kristaps Porzingis	8	3	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Jeff Foster	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1999-00	2015-16
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jeff Foster	19	4.5	2.3	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.7	1.2	.565	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.3	.680
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		%
Jeff Foster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jeff Foster	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2000-01	2016-17
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Jeff Foster	71	16.2	3.5	2.0	3.5	5.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	2.1	1.4	3.0	.469	0.0	0.1	.286	0.7	1.3	.516
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	4	12.8	2.5	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.3	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jeff Foster	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2001-02	2017-18
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Jeff Foster	82	21.8	5.7	2.5	4.3	6.8	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.0	2.8	2.2	4.8	.449	0.0	0.2	.133	1.4	2.2	.610
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		%
Jeff Foster	5	15.6	4.0	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.4	0.6	0.2	1.8	2.6	1.4	2.6	.538	0.4	0.8	.500	0.8	1.8	.444
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 4
	Jeff Foster	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2002-03	2019-20
Team	Indiana Pacers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Jeff Foster	77	10.4	2.1	1.5	2.1	3.6	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.3	0.8	2.3	.360	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.540
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		%
Jeff Foster	6	6.2	2.3	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.8	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
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
	Jeff Foster	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2003-04	2020-21
Team	Indiana Pacers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Jeff Foster	82	23.9	6.1	3.0	4.4	7.4	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.7	2.3	2.4	4.4	.544	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.669
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		%
Jeff Foster	16	19.4	3.6	2.8	3.8	6.6	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.8	2.3	1.6	2.7	.581	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.6	.800
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
	Jeff Foster	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2004-05	2021-22
Team	Indiana Pacers	Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jeff Foster	61	26.1	7.0	3.4	5.7	9.0	0.7	0.8	0.2	0.9	3.0	2.8	5.3	.519	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.3	.634
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		%
Jeff Foster	13	18.8	5.9	3.5	3.8	7.4	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.6	2.1	2.4	4.0	.596	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.714
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jeff Foster	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2005-06	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Jeff Foster	63	25.1	5.9	3.6	5.6	9.1	0.8	0.7	0.4	1.0	3.0	2.2	4.0	.552	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.5	.604
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		%
Jeff Foster	4	20.0	2.8	2.8	3.3	6.0	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.0	2.3	1.0	2.8	.364	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.750
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Jeff Foster	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2006-07	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	75	23.2	4.3	3.4	4.7	8.1	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.9	2.7	1.6	3.5	.469	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.6	.639
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		%
Jeff Foster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kristaps Porzingis	4	26.3	12.3	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.8	1.3	1.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	9.0	.389	2.0	5.0	.400	3.3	3.5	.929


Season 9
	Jeff Foster	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jeff Foster	77	24.5	6.4	3.4	5.2	8.7	1.7	0.7	0.4	0.8	2.9	2.7	4.8	.550	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.9	.593
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	Jeff Foster	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jeff Foster	74	24.7	6.1	2.9	4.0	6.9	1.8	0.7	0.7	1.2	3.1	2.4	4.8	.501	0.0	0.1	.286	1.3	2.0	.658
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Jeff Foster	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jeff Foster	16	15.9	3.1	2.1	2.9	5.1	1.3	0.2	0.3	0.9	2.8	1.4	2.9	.478	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.6	.556
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Jeff Foster	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Jeff Foster	56	16.8	3.3	2.9	3.4	6.3	0.8	0.4	0.6	0.5	2.3	1.4	3.0	.479	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.9	.563
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	5	18.6	3.4	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.0	2.8	1.4	2.4	.583	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.6	.375
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Jeff Foster	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jeff Foster	11	12.8	2.3	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.4	0.7	0.1	0.6	2.4	0.8	1.6	.500	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.5	0.8	.667
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Jeff Foster vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and Jeff Foster, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13