Karl Malone vs. Bobby Portis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Portis and Karl Malone, 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.

Karl Malone played 19 years in the NBA, 9 more than Bobby Portis, who played 10. Karl Malone had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Bobby Portis 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 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Karl Malone	19	19	1985-86 to 2003-04
Bobby Portis	10	6	2015-16 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Karl Malone	Bobby Portis
Season	1985-86	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Karl Malone	81	30.6	14.9	2.1	6.7	8.9	2.9	1.3	0.5	3.4	3.6	6.2	12.5	.496	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	5.0	.481
difference:	+19	+12.8	+7.9	+0.1	+3.2	+3.5	+2.1	+0.9	+0.1	-2.5	-2.0	+3.2	+5.5	+.069	+0.3	+0.8		+1.6	+3.9	+.246
Bobby Portis	62	17.8	7.0	2.0	3.5	5.4	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.0	7.0	.427	0.3	0.8	.308	0.8	1.1	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	4	36.0	21.8	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	4.5	9.5	18.0	.528	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	6.5	.423
Bobby Portis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Karl Malone	Bobby Portis
Season	1986-87	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Karl Malone	82	34.8	21.7	3.4	7.0	10.4	1.9	1.3	0.7	2.9	3.9	8.9	17.3	.512	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	6.6	.598
difference:	+18	+19.2	+14.9	+2.2	+3.5	+5.8	+1.4	+1.0	+0.5	-2.3	-2.4	+6.0	+11.4	+.024	+0.5	+1.4	+.333	+3.3	+5.7	+.063
Bobby Portis	64	15.6	6.8	1.2	3.5	4.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.9	5.9	.488	0.5	1.5	.333	0.6	0.9	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	5	40.0	20.0	3.0	6.6	9.6	1.2	2.2	0.8	3.4	4.0	7.4	17.6	.420	0.0	0.0	-	5.2	7.2	.722
difference:	+1	+19.8	+13.3	+2.2	+1.4	+3.6		+1.7	+0.3	-2.4	-2.3	+4.6	+12.1	+.095	+1.0	+2.2		+5.2	+7.2
Bobby Portis	6	20.2	6.7	0.8	5.2	6.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.7	2.8	5.5	.515	1.0	2.2	.462	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Karl Malone	Bobby Portis
Season	1987-88	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Karl Malone	82	39.0	27.7	3.4	8.6	12.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	4.0	3.6	10.5	20.1	.520	0.0	0.1	.000	6.7	9.6	.700
difference:	+9	+16.5	+14.5	+1.2	+4.0	+5.2	+0.7	+0.7	+0.3	-2.6	-1.8	+5.3	+9.0	+.049	+1.1	+3.0	+.359	+5.1	+7.5	+.069
Bobby Portis	73	22.5	13.2	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.8	5.2	11.1	.471	1.1	3.1	.359	1.6	2.1	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	11	44.9	29.7	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.5	1.2	0.6	3.5	3.2	11.2	23.2	.482	0.0	0.1	.000	7.4	10.2	.723
Bobby Portis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Karl Malone	Bobby Portis
Season	1988-89	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Karl Malone	80	39.1	29.1	3.2	7.4	10.7	2.7	1.8	0.9	3.6	3.6	10.1	19.5	.519	0.1	0.2	.313	8.8	11.5	.766
difference:	+30	+13.1	+14.9	+1.0	+1.5	+2.6	+1.3	+1.1	+0.5	-2.1	-0.7	+4.5	+6.9	+.075	+1.4	+3.6	+.080	+7.3	+9.6	+.028
Bobby Portis	50	26.0	14.2	2.2	5.9	8.1	1.4	0.7	0.4	1.5	2.9	5.6	12.6	.444	1.5	3.8	.393	1.5	1.9	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	3	45.3	30.7	7.3	9.0	16.3	1.3	1.0	0.3	4.3	5.3	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	8.7	10.7	.813
Bobby Portis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Karl Malone	Bobby Portis
Season	1989-90	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Karl Malone	82	38.1	31.0	2.8	8.3	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	3.7	3.2	11.1	19.8	.562	0.2	0.5	.372	8.5	11.1	.762
difference:	+16	+17.0	+20.9	+1.6	+4.4	+6.0	+1.3	+1.0	+0.3	-2.6	-1.5	+7.1	+10.9	+.112	+0.8	+2.3	+.014	+7.4	+9.7	+.001
Bobby Portis	66	21.1	10.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.7	4.0	8.9	.450	1.0	2.8	.358	1.1	1.4	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	5	40.6	25.2	3.2	7.0	10.2	2.2	2.2	1.0	2.4	4.4	9.2	21.0	.438	0.0	0.2	.000	6.8	9.0	.756
Bobby Portis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Karl Malone	Bobby Portis
Season	1990-91	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
Karl Malone	82	40.3	29.0	2.9	8.9	11.8	3.3	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.3	10.3	19.6	.527	0.0	0.2	.286	8.3	10.8	.770
difference:	+16	+19.5	+17.6	+1.0	+3.7	+4.7	+2.2	+0.3	+0.6	-2.2	-1.6	+5.6	+10.5	+.004	+1.1	+2.2	+.185	+7.5	+9.7	+.030
Bobby Portis	66	20.8	11.4	1.9	5.2	7.1	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.7	4.7	9.1	.523	1.1	2.4	.471	0.8	1.1	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	9	42.6	29.7	2.6	10.8	13.3	3.2	1.0	1.2	2.9	3.9	10.6	23.2	.455	0.0	0.9	.000	8.6	10.1	.846
difference:	+11	+24.3	+20.9	+0.9	+7.4	+8.3	+2.6	+0.3	+0.8	-2.4	-2.3	+7.1	+15.6	+.009	+0.9	+1.7	+.346	+7.7	+8.8	+.126
Bobby Portis	20	18.3	8.8	1.7	3.4	5.0	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.5	1.6	3.5	7.6	.464	0.9	2.6	.346	0.9	1.3	.720


Season 7
	Karl Malone	Bobby Portis
Season	1991-92	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Karl Malone	81	37.7	28.0	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.0	1.3	0.6	3.1	2.8	9.9	18.7	.526	0.0	0.2	.176	8.3	10.7	.778
difference:	+9	+9.5	+13.4	+0.3	+1.8	+2.1	+1.8	+0.6	+0.1	-1.8	-0.4	+4.1	+6.6	+.047	+1.8	+4.5	+.217	+7.1	+9.1	+.026
Bobby Portis	72	28.2	14.6	2.5	6.6	9.1	1.2	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.4	5.8	12.1	.479	1.8	4.7	.393	1.2	1.6	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	16	43.0	29.1	2.7	8.6	11.3	2.6	1.4	1.2	2.9	3.6	9.3	17.8	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	10.6	13.1	.805
difference:	+4	+18.2	+18.5	+0.6	+0.7	+1.3	+1.8	+1.0	+0.9	-1.6	-1.4	+5.3	+8.2	+.104	+1.2	+3.8	+.298	+9.2	+11.3	+.032
Bobby Portis	12	24.8	10.6	2.1	7.9	10.0	0.8	0.4	0.3	1.3	2.2	4.0	9.6	.417	1.2	3.9	.298	1.4	1.8	.773


Season 8
	Karl Malone	Bobby Portis
Season	1992-93	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Karl Malone	82	37.8	27.0	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.8	1.5	1.0	2.9	3.2	9.7	17.6	.552	0.0	0.2	.200	7.5	10.2	.740
difference:	+12	+11.8	+12.9	+0.6	+1.0	+1.6	+2.3	+1.1	+0.8	-1.7	-1.6	+4.0	+6.1	+.056	+1.4	+3.5	+.170	+6.1	+8.4	+.028
Bobby Portis	70	26.0	14.1	2.2	7.4	9.6	1.5	0.4	0.2	1.2	1.6	5.7	11.5	.496	1.4	3.7	.370	1.4	1.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	5	43.2	24.0	2.4	8.0	10.4	2.0	1.2	0.4	4.0	4.2	8.8	19.4	.454	0.2	0.4	.500	6.2	7.6	.816
difference:		+21.8	+14.4	+0.4	+1.8	+2.2	+0.8	+0.6		-3.2	-1.2	+4.8	+11.2	+.034	+0.8	+3.2	+.222	+5.6	+7.0	+.184
Bobby Portis	5	21.4	9.6	2.0	6.2	8.2	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.8	3.0	4.0	8.2	.488	1.0	3.6	.278	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 9
	Karl Malone	Bobby Portis
Season	1993-94	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Karl Malone	82	40.6	25.2	2.9	8.6	11.5	4.0	1.5	1.5	2.9	3.3	9.4	18.9	.497	0.1	0.4	.250	6.2	9.0	.694
difference:		+16.1	+11.4	+1.2	+2.9	+4.1	+2.7	+0.7	+1.1	-1.8	-1.0	+3.7	+7.7	+.011	+1.1	+2.6	+.157	+5.0	+7.5	+.096
Bobby Portis	82	24.5	13.8	1.7	5.7	7.4	1.3	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.3	5.7	11.2	.508	1.2	3.0	.407	1.2	1.5	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	16	43.9	27.1	3.3	9.1	12.4	3.4	1.4	0.8	2.1	3.7	9.9	21.1	.467	0.0	0.3	.000	7.4	10.0	.738
difference:	+10	+12.7	+10.6	+0.6	+0.4	+1.1	+2.4	+0.9	+0.6	-0.6	-1.5	+2.6	+5.9	+.017	+0.5	+1.7	+.250	+6.1	+7.8	+.123
Bobby Portis	6	31.2	16.5	2.7	8.7	11.3	1.0	0.5	0.2	1.5	2.2	7.3	15.2	.484	0.5	2.0	.250	1.3	2.2	.615


Season 10
	Karl Malone	Bobby Portis
Season	1994-95	2024-25
Team	Utah Jazz	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	82	38.1	26.7	1.9	8.7	10.6	3.5	1.6	1.0	2.9	3.3	10.1	18.9	.536	0.1	0.5	.268	6.3	8.5	.742
difference:	+33	+12.7	+12.8	+0.1	+2.1	+2.2	+1.4	+0.9	+0.5	-1.7	-1.4	+4.4	+6.8	+.070	+1.2	+3.1	+.097	+5.1	+7.0	+.094
Bobby Portis	49	25.4	13.9	1.8	6.6	8.4	2.1	0.7	0.5	1.2	1.9	5.7	12.1	.466	1.3	3.6	.365	1.2	1.5	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	5	43.2	30.2	3.0	10.2	13.2	3.8	1.4	0.4	2.8	3.6	9.6	20.6	.466	0.2	0.6	.333	10.8	15.6	.692
difference:		+11.6	+16.2	+1.4	+3.6	+5.0	+2.4	+1.0		-1.6	-2.0	+3.6	+7.0	+.025	+1.8	+5.0	+.024	+10.8	+15.4	+.692
Bobby Portis	5	31.6	14.0	1.6	6.6	8.2	1.4	0.4	0.4	1.2	1.6	6.0	13.6	.441	2.0	5.6	.357	0.0	0.2	.000


Additional Years
* Karl Malone played 9 seasons more than Bobby Portis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 19, from 1996 to 2004—Karl Malone played in 9 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Bobby Portis, Karl Malone got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Season MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 6 All-Star Game

Karl Malone vs. Bobby Portis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Portis and Karl Malone, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years