Joakim Noah vs. Coby White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Coby White and Joakim Noah, 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.

Joakim Noah played 13 years in the NBA, 7 more than Coby White, who played 6. Joakim Noah had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while Coby White had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Joakim Noah	Coby White
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Joakim Noah	74	20.7	6.6	2.4	3.3	5.6	1.1	0.9	0.9	1.2	2.3	2.4	5.0	.482	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.6	.691
difference:	+9	+5.1	+6.6	+2.0	+0.2	+2.1	+1.6	+0.1	+0.8	-0.5	-0.5	+2.4	+7.2	+.088	+2.0	+5.8		+0.2	+0.6	+.100
Coby White	65	25.8	13.2	0.4	3.1	3.5	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.7	1.8	4.8	12.2	.394	2.0	5.8	.354	1.6	2.0	.791
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Joakim Noah nor Coby White played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Joakim Noah	Coby White
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Joakim Noah	48	32.8	11.7	3.8	6.6	10.4	2.2	1.0	1.5	1.9	3.3	4.4	8.4	.525	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.739
difference:	+26	+9.4	+2.0	+3.6	+4.0	+7.5	+0.6	+0.3	+1.4	-0.9	-1.7	+0.8	+0.4	+.082	+1.7	+4.6		+2.1	+3.0	+.132
Coby White	74	23.4	9.7	0.2	2.6	2.9	2.8	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.6	3.6	8.0	.443	1.7	4.6	.372	0.8	0.9	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	16	33.1	8.7	4.3	5.9	10.2	2.5	1.0	2.1	1.2	3.9	3.2	7.8	.411	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.2	.725
Coby White	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Joakim Noah	Coby White
Season	2012-13	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Joakim Noah	66	36.8	11.9	3.9	7.2	11.1	4.0	1.2	2.1	2.7	2.8	4.6	9.5	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.6	.751
difference:	+8	+3.7	+8.5	+3.6	+3.8	+7.4	+0.5	+0.3	+1.9	-0.3	-0.7	+2.3	+5.6	+.028	+2.9	+7.8	+.370	+1.0	+0.5	+.151
Coby White	74	33.1	20.4	0.3	3.4	3.7	4.5	0.9	0.2	2.4	2.1	6.9	15.1	.453	2.9	7.9	.370	3.7	4.1	.902
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	12	34.1	10.8	4.3	5.3	9.6	2.3	0.8	2.2	2.0	3.6	4.3	9.9	.437	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.3	.641
Coby White	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Joakim Noah played 7 seasons more than Coby White in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 13, from 2014 to 2020—Joakim Noah played in 3 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Coby White, Joakim Noah got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 All-Star Game