Johnny Davis vs. Rudy Gobert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gobert and Johnny Davis, 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.

Johnny Davis played 10 years in the NBA, 1 less than Rudy Gobert, who played 11. Johnny Davis had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Rudy Gobert had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
Johnny Davis	10	7	1976-77 to 1985-86
Rudy Gobert	11	8	2013-14 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Johnny Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1976-77	2013-14
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Johnny Davis	79	18.4	8.0	0.8	0.8	1.6	1.9	0.5	0.1	-	1.6	3.0	6.7	.441	-	-	-	2.1	2.6	.794
Rudy Gobert	45	9.6	2.3	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.3	0.8	1.6	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.492

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	16	27.3	10.5	0.6	1.4	2.1	3.3	1.8	0.2	-	2.0	4.1	8.3	.489	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.717
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Johnny Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1977-78	2014-15
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Johnny Davis	82	26.7	10.7	0.8	1.3	2.1	2.6	1.0	0.2	1.8	2.1	4.2	9.2	.454	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.828
Rudy Gobert	82	26.3	8.4	3.2	6.2	9.5	1.3	0.8	2.3	1.4	2.1	3.1	5.2	.604	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.3	.623

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	6	33.5	14.3	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.2	0.2	0.3	1.8	2.5	5.8	12.7	.461	-	-	-	2.7	3.8	.696
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Johnny Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1978-79	2015-16
Team	Indiana Pacers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
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		%
Johnny Davis	79	37.6	18.3	0.9	1.5	2.4	5.7	1.2	0.3	2.7	2.2	7.2	15.7	.456	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.793
Rudy Gobert	61	31.7	9.1	3.4	7.5	11.0	1.5	0.7	2.2	1.9	2.7	3.2	5.8	.559	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	4.6	.569

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Johnny Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1979-80	2016-17
Team	Indiana Pacers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	82	35.5	15.9	1.2	1.5	2.8	5.4	1.3	0.3	2.5	2.2	6.0	14.1	.428	0.0	0.5	.095	3.7	4.3	.864
Rudy Gobert	81	33.9	14.0	3.9	8.9	12.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.0	5.1	7.7	.661	0.0	0.0	.000	3.8	5.9	.653

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gobert	9	27.3	11.6	2.4	7.4	9.9	1.2	1.0	1.3	1.0	3.3	4.4	7.0	.635	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	5.6	.480


Season 5
	Johnny Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1980-81	2017-18
Team	Indiana Pacers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	76	33.4	14.4	0.7	1.5	2.2	6.3	1.3	0.2	2.2	2.4	5.6	12.1	.465	0.1	0.4	.121	3.1	3.9	.796
Rudy Gobert	56	32.4	13.5	2.9	7.8	10.7	1.4	0.8	2.3	1.9	2.7	4.9	7.9	.622	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.3	.682

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	2	37.0	20.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	3.0	7.0	17.5	.400	0.0	0.5	.000	6.0	6.5	.923
Rudy Gobert	11	34.8	13.2	3.9	6.8	10.7	1.0	0.9	2.3	1.9	3.1	5.0	7.6	.655	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	5.3	.603


Season 6
	Johnny Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1981-82	2018-19
Team	Indiana Pacers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
Johnny Davis	82	32.5	17.0	0.9	1.3	2.2	4.2	0.9	0.1	2.3	2.1	6.6	14.1	.467	0.1	0.3	.185	3.8	4.8	.799
Rudy Gobert	81	31.8	15.9	3.8	9.0	12.9	2.0	0.8	2.3	1.6	2.9	5.9	8.8	.669	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.4	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gobert	5	30.4	11.2	4.6	5.6	10.2	1.4	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.2	3.8	6.4	.594	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.6	.783


Season 7
	Johnny Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1982-83	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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		%
Johnny Davis	53	27.6	12.9	0.7	1.7	2.4	5.9	0.8	0.1	2.2	1.9	4.9	10.7	.455	0.1	0.3	.278	3.1	3.9	.796
Rudy Gobert	68	34.3	15.1	3.4	10.1	13.5	1.5	0.8	2.0	1.9	3.2	5.7	8.2	.693	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.9	.630

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	3	37.7	17.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	9.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.0	7.0	17.3	.404	0.0	0.3	.000	3.0	3.3	.900
Rudy Gobert	7	38.6	16.9	3.4	8.0	11.4	1.1	0.6	1.4	1.3	3.7	6.9	10.6	.649	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	6.0	.524


Season 8
	Johnny Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1983-84	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	75	27.7	12.3	0.7	1.1	1.9	4.3	0.8	0.1	1.8	1.9	4.7	10.7	.443	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	3.4	.848
Rudy Gobert	71	30.8	14.3	3.4	10.1	13.5	1.3	0.6	2.7	1.7	2.3	5.5	8.2	.675	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	5.3	.623

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	5	26.2	10.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	4.8	0.2	0.0	0.8	2.0	4.4	11.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.2	1.000
Rudy Gobert	11	34.2	14.7	3.9	8.4	12.3	0.8	0.5	2.1	1.5	4.2	5.5	7.4	.741	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	6.0	.636


Season 9
	Johnny Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1984-85	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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		%
Johnny Davis	76	25.3	12.4	0.5	1.1	1.6	5.6	0.6	0.1	2.0	1.8	4.4	10.4	.426	0.2	0.6	.261	3.4	3.9	.850
Rudy Gobert	66	32.1	15.6	3.7	11.0	14.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	1.8	2.7	5.5	7.7	.713	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.7	.690

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	3	16.7	9.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.0	1.7	0.0	0.7	1.7	4.0	5.3	.750	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	1.7	.800
Rudy Gobert	6	32.8	12.0	3.5	9.7	13.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.3	3.2	3.5	5.5	.636	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	7.3	.682


Season 10
	Johnny Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	1985-86	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Timberwolves 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		%
Johnny Davis	66	15.4	6.3	0.1	0.7	0.8	3.3	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.2	2.2	5.2	.430	0.0	0.2	.231	1.8	2.1	.855
Rudy Gobert	70	30.7	13.4	3.3	8.3	11.6	1.2	0.8	1.4	1.7	3.0	5.1	7.8	.659	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.9	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	8	8.1	2.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.1	3.1	.360	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Rudy Gobert	5	35.4	15.0	3.6	8.6	12.2	2.0	0.4	1.0	1.6	4.8	5.8	9.2	.630	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.4	.630


Season 11
	Johnny Davis	Rudy Gobert
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	-	Timberwolves 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		%
Johnny Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gobert	76	34.1	14.0	3.8	9.2	12.9	1.3	0.7	2.1	1.6	3.1	5.3	8.1	.661	0.0	0.0	.000	3.3	5.1	.638

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Johnny Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gobert	7	34.0	11.9	3.3	7.4	10.7	1.6	0.9	1.0	1.9	3.6	4.0	6.7	.596	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	5.1	.750

Johnny Davis vs. Rudy Gobert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gobert and Johnny Davis, 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