Joakim Noah vs. Taurean Prince Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Taurean Prince 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, 4 more than Taurean Prince, who played 9. Joakim Noah had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while Taurean Prince had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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 4
	Joakim Noah	Taurean Prince
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Brooklyn Nets
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:	+16	+3.8	+0.4	+3.0	+1.4	+4.4	+0.4	+0.1	+1.1	-0.1	-0.8	+0.1	+3.1	+.149	+2.3	+6.7		+1.8	+2.5	+.059
Taurean Prince	64	29.0	12.1	0.8	5.2	6.0	1.8	0.9	0.4	2.0	2.5	4.3	11.5	.376	2.3	6.7	.339	1.1	1.4	.798
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
Taurean Prince	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Joakim Noah	Taurean Prince
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Timberwolves 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		%
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:	+3	+19.7	+4.6	+3.5	+5.1	+8.6	+3.0	+0.5	+1.8	-1.9	-1.1	+2.0	+3.8	+.027	+1.2	+3.2	+.376	+1.8	+2.4	+.005
Taurean Prince	69	17.1	7.3	0.4	2.1	2.5	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.7	2.6	5.7	.454	1.2	3.3	.376	0.9	1.2	.756
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
difference:	+7	+21.1	+4.8	+4.1	+3.9	+8.0	+1.1	+0.4	+2.0	-1.2	-2.6	+2.3	+4.5	+.067	+0.8	+2.8		+0.9	+1.9	+.216
Taurean Prince	5	13.0	6.0	0.2	1.4	1.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.0	5.4	.370	0.8	2.8	.286	1.2	1.4	.857

Season 7
	Joakim Noah	Taurean Prince
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th 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	80	35.3	12.6	3.5	7.7	11.3	5.4	1.2	1.5	2.4	3.1	4.8	10.0	.475	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.2	.737
difference:	+26	+13.2	+3.5	+3.2	+5.5	+8.9	+3.8	+0.7	+1.2	-1.1	-0.8	+1.5	+3.0	+.008	+1.4	+3.6		+1.9	+2.8	+.107
Taurean Prince	54	22.1	9.1	0.3	2.2	2.4	1.6	0.5	0.3	1.3	2.3	3.3	7.0	.467	1.4	3.6	.381	1.2	1.4	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	5	42.0	10.4	3.0	9.8	12.8	4.6	1.0	1.4	3.8	3.8	4.2	8.2	.512	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.4	.588
difference:		+22.0	+2.6	+2.4	+9.0	+11.4	+3.8	+0.4	+1.2	-2.8	-2.0	+1.8	+1.6	+.148	+1.6	+4.2		+0.6	+1.6	+.190
Taurean Prince	5	20.0	7.8	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.8	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.8	2.4	6.6	.364	1.6	4.2	.381	1.4	1.8	.778

Season 8
	Joakim Noah	Taurean Prince
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup 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		%
Joakim Noah	67	30.6	7.2	3.3	6.4	9.6	4.7	0.7	1.1	1.8	3.0	2.8	6.4	.445	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.603
difference:	+11	+3.6	+1.7	+3.0	+3.7	+6.7	+3.2		+0.7	-0.9	-1.1	+0.4	+0.9	+.003	+1.8	+4.6		+1.0	+1.7	+.132
Taurean Prince	78	27.0	8.9	0.3	2.7	2.9	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.9	1.9	3.2	7.3	.442	1.8	4.6	.396	0.6	0.9	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	12	32.9	5.8	3.8	7.3	11.0	3.2	0.8	1.2	1.7	3.1	2.6	6.3	.408	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.7	.350
difference:	+7	+10.7	+1.6	+3.6	+5.1	+8.6	+2.6	+0.6	+0.8	-1.5	-1.3	+0.2	+0.5	+.006	+1.0	+3.4		+1.0	+0.1	+.650
Taurean Prince	5	22.2	7.4	0.2	2.2	2.4	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	1.8	2.4	5.8	.414	1.0	3.4	.294	1.6	1.6	1.000

Season 9
	Joakim Noah	Taurean Prince
Season	2015-16	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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9th 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	29	21.9	4.3	3.0	5.8	8.8	3.8	0.6	1.0	1.8	2.7	1.8	4.6	.383	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.6	.489
difference:	+51	+5.2	+3.9	+2.6	+2.6	+5.2	+1.9	+0.4	+0.8	-0.8	-0.6	+1.1	+1.8	+.074	+1.8	+4.2		+0.3	+1.0	+.324
Taurean Prince	80	27.1	8.2	0.4	3.2	3.6	1.9	1.0	0.2	1.0	2.1	2.9	6.4	.457	1.8	4.2	.439	0.5	0.6	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taurean Prince	5	12.2	1.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.6	0.4	2.0	.200	0.4	1.8	.222	0.0	0.0	-