Josh Giddey vs. David Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Robinson and Josh Giddey, 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.

Josh Giddey played 5 years in the NBA, 9 less than David Robinson, who played 14. Josh Giddey had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while David Robinson had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
	Josh Giddey	David Robinson
Season	2021-22	1989-90
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Josh Giddey	54	31.5	12.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	3.2	1.6	5.2	12.4	.419	1.0	3.9	.263	1.0	1.5	.709
difference:	+28	+5.1	+11.8	+1.9	+2.3	+4.2	+4.4	+0.8	+3.5	-0.1	-1.6	+3.2	+3.5	+.112	+1.0	+3.9		+6.5	+8.7	+.023
David Robinson	82	36.6	24.3	3.7	8.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	3.1	3.2	8.4	15.9	.531	0.0	0.0	-	7.5	10.2	.732
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	10	37.5	24.3	3.6	8.4	12.0	2.3	1.1	4.0	2.4	3.5	8.9	16.7	.533	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	9.6	.677

Season 2
	Josh Giddey	David Robinson
Season	2022-23	1990-91
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	76	31.2	16.6	1.9	5.9	7.9	6.2	0.8	0.4	2.8	1.9	7.1	14.7	.482	1.0	3.1	.325	1.4	1.9	.731
difference:	+6	+6.5	+9.0	+2.2	+3.0	+5.1	+3.7	+0.7	+3.5	-0.5	-1.3	+2.1	+2.0	+.070	+1.0	+3.0	+.182	+5.8	+7.6	+.031
David Robinson	82	37.7	25.6	4.1	8.9	13.0	2.5	1.5	3.9	3.3	3.2	9.2	16.7	.552	0.0	0.1	.143	7.2	9.5	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	4	41.5	25.8	2.8	10.8	13.5	2.0	1.5	3.8	3.8	2.8	8.8	12.8	.686	0.0	0.3	.000	8.3	9.5	.868

Season 3
	Josh Giddey	David Robinson
Season	2023-24	1991-92
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Josh Giddey	80	25.1	12.3	1.4	5.0	6.4	4.8	0.7	0.6	2.1	1.4	5.0	10.6	.475	1.0	3.0	.337	1.3	1.6	.806
difference:	+12	+12.6	+10.9	+2.4	+3.4	+5.8	+2.1	+1.6	+3.9	-0.6	-1.8	+3.7	+5.2	+.076	+1.0	+2.9	+.212	+4.5	+6.7	+.105
David Robinson	68	37.7	23.2	3.8	8.4	12.2	2.7	2.3	4.5	2.7	3.2	8.7	15.8	.551	0.0	0.1	.125	5.8	8.3	.701
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	10	18.1	8.7	0.7	2.9	3.6	2.1	0.2	0.4	1.2	0.9	3.4	7.5	.453	1.2	3.4	.353	0.7	0.8	.875
David Robinson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Josh Giddey	David Robinson
Season	2024-25	1992-93
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Josh Giddey	70	30.2	14.6	1.8	6.3	8.1	7.2	1.2	0.6	2.9	1.7	5.3	11.4	.465	1.5	4.0	.378	2.5	3.2	.781
difference:	+12	+9.0	+8.8	+1.0	+2.6	+3.6	+3.5	+0.3	+2.6		-1.2	+2.9	+5.0	+.036	+1.5	+3.8	+.202	+4.3	+6.1	+.049
David Robinson	82	39.2	23.4	2.8	8.9	11.7	3.7	1.5	3.2	2.9	2.9	8.2	16.4	.501	0.0	0.2	.176	6.8	9.3	.732
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	10	42.1	23.1	2.9	9.7	12.6	4.0	1.0	3.6	2.5	3.9	7.9	17.0	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	7.3	11.0	.664

Season 5
	Josh Giddey	David Robinson
Season	2025-26	1993-94
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	3	31.3	19.3	1.0	7.7	8.7	6.3	0.7	0.7	3.7	2.3	6.3	14.7	.432	1.7	4.0	.417	5.0	7.0	.714
difference:	+77	+9.2	+10.5	+2.0		+2.0	+1.5	+1.0	+2.6	-0.5	-0.6	+4.2	+6.0	+.075	+1.6	+3.6	+.072	+3.7	+4.6	+.035
David Robinson	80	40.5	29.8	3.0	7.7	10.7	4.8	1.7	3.3	3.2	2.9	10.5	20.7	.507	0.1	0.4	.345	8.7	11.6	.749
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	4	36.5	20.0	3.3	6.8	10.0	3.5	0.8	2.5	2.3	3.5	7.5	18.3	.411	0.0	0.3	.000	5.0	6.8	.741

Additional Years
* David Robinson played 9 seasons more than Josh Giddey in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 14, from 1995 to 2003—David Robinson played in 8 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 9 extra years over Josh Giddey, David Robinson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 5 All-Star Game