Kawhi Leonard vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and Kawhi Leonard, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Kawhi Leonard played 14 years in the NBA, 4 more than Kristaps Porzingis, who played 10. Kawhi Leonard had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Kristaps Porzingis 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
Kawhi Leonard	14	12	2011-12 to 2025-26
Kristaps Porzingis	10	4	2015-16 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kawhi Leonard	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2011-12	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	64	24.0	7.9	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.1	6.3	.493	0.6	1.7	.376	1.1	1.4	.773
difference:	+8	+4.4	+6.4	+0.2	+2.0	+2.2	+0.2	+0.6	+1.5	-1.0	-1.4	+2.1	+6.0	+.072	+0.5	+1.7	+.043	+1.7	+1.9	+.065
Kristaps Porzingis	72	28.4	14.3	1.8	5.5	7.3	1.3	0.7	1.9	1.7	2.8	5.2	12.3	.421	1.1	3.4	.333	2.8	3.3	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	14	27.1	8.6	1.3	4.6	5.9	0.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.2	6.4	.500	1.3	2.9	.450	0.9	1.1	.813
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kawhi Leonard	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2012-13	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kawhi Leonard	58	31.2	11.9	1.1	4.9	6.0	1.6	1.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	4.5	9.1	.494	1.1	3.0	.374	1.8	2.2	.825
difference:	+8	+1.6	+6.2	+0.6	+0.6	+1.2	+0.1	+1.0	+1.4	-0.7	-2.0	+2.2	+5.8	+.044	+0.6	+1.8	+.017	+1.2	+1.6	+.039
Kristaps Porzingis	66	32.8	18.1	1.7	5.5	7.2	1.5	0.7	2.0	1.8	3.7	6.7	14.9	.450	1.7	4.8	.357	3.0	3.8	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	21	36.9	13.5	2.4	6.7	9.0	1.0	1.8	0.5	1.1	1.9	5.5	10.0	.545	1.1	2.8	.390	1.5	2.3	.633
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kawhi Leonard	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2013-14	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	66	29.1	12.8	1.2	5.1	6.2	2.0	1.7	0.8	1.2	1.9	5.1	9.8	.522	1.0	2.8	.379	1.5	1.9	.802
difference:	+18	+3.3	+9.9	+0.1	+0.2	+0.4	+0.8	+0.9	+1.6	-0.7	-1.0	+3.0	+8.7	+.083	+0.9	+2.0	+.016	+3.0	+3.8	+.009
Kristaps Porzingis	48	32.4	22.7	1.3	5.3	6.6	1.2	0.8	2.4	1.9	2.9	8.1	18.5	.439	1.9	4.8	.395	4.5	5.7	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	23	32.0	14.3	1.3	5.4	6.7	1.7	1.7	0.6	1.3	2.9	5.3	10.4	.510	1.3	3.2	.419	2.3	3.1	.736
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Kristaps Porzingis didn't play in 2018-19.


Season 4
	Kawhi Leonard	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2014-15	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kawhi Leonard	64	31.8	16.5	1.3	5.9	7.2	2.5	2.3	0.8	1.5	2.0	6.2	12.8	.479	1.0	3.0	.349	3.2	3.9	.802
difference:	+7		+3.9	+0.5	+1.8	+2.3	+0.7	+1.6	+1.2	-0.1	-1.2	+0.8	+3.6	+.052	+1.5	+4.1	+.003	+0.8	+1.1	+.003
Kristaps Porzingis	57	31.8	20.4	1.8	7.7	9.5	1.8	0.7	2.0	1.6	3.2	7.0	16.4	.427	2.5	7.1	.352	4.0	5.0	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	7	35.7	20.3	1.9	5.6	7.4	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.6	7.4	15.6	.477	1.6	3.7	.423	3.9	5.0	.771
difference:	+4	+4.4	+3.4	+0.9	+2.1	+1.3	+1.9	+1.1	+0.4	-1.1	-0.4	+0.4	+2.3	+.048	+1.4	+2.0	+.106	+2.8	+2.7	+.099
Kristaps Porzingis	3	31.3	23.7	1.0	7.7	8.7	0.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	7.0	13.3	.525	3.0	5.7	.529	6.7	7.7	.870


Season 5
	Kawhi Leonard	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2015-16	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Mavericks 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		%
Kawhi Leonard	72	33.1	21.2	1.3	5.5	6.8	2.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	1.8	7.7	15.1	.506	1.8	4.0	.443	4.1	4.6	.874
difference:	+29	+2.2	+1.1	+0.6	+1.5	+2.1	+1.0	+1.3	+0.3	-0.3	-0.9	+0.1	+0.8	+.030	+0.5	+2.0	+.067	+1.4	+1.4	+.019
Kristaps Porzingis	43	30.9	20.1	1.9	7.0	8.9	1.6	0.5	1.3	1.2	2.7	7.6	15.9	.476	2.3	6.0	.376	2.7	3.2	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	10	33.9	22.5	1.4	4.9	6.3	2.8	2.6	1.4	1.6	2.1	8.3	16.6	.500	1.7	3.9	.436	4.2	5.1	.824
difference:	+3	+0.6	+9.4	+0.4	+0.5	+0.9	+1.5	+1.3	+0.7	-1.2	-0.6	+3.4	+6.3	+.028	+0.6		+.140	+1.9	+2.4	+.018
Kristaps Porzingis	7	33.3	13.1	1.0	4.4	5.4	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.4	2.7	4.9	10.3	.472	1.1	3.9	.296	2.3	2.7	.842


Season 6
	Kawhi Leonard	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	74	33.4	25.5	1.1	4.7	5.8	3.5	1.8	0.7	2.1	1.6	8.6	17.7	.485	2.0	5.2	.380	6.3	7.2	.880
difference:	+23	+4.4	+5.3	+0.9	+1.4	+2.3	+1.2	+1.1	+0.9	-0.5	-1.1	+1.7	+2.7	+.026	+0.5	+0.3	+.070	+1.4	+1.6	+.013
Kristaps Porzingis	51	29.0	20.2	2.0	6.1	8.1	2.3	0.7	1.6	1.6	2.7	6.9	15.0	.459	1.5	4.9	.310	4.9	5.6	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	12	35.8	27.7	1.6	6.2	7.8	4.6	1.7	0.5	2.2	1.8	8.8	16.8	.525	2.1	4.6	.455	7.9	8.5	.931
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Kawhi Leonard	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kawhi Leonard	9	23.3	16.2	0.7	4.0	4.7	2.3	2.0	1.0	1.8	1.0	5.8	12.3	.468	1.2	3.9	.314	3.4	4.2	.816
difference:	+56	+9.3	+7.0	+1.1	+2.6	+3.7	+0.4	+1.1	+0.5	-0.3	-2.0	+2.0	+3.4	+.030	+0.9	+1.6	+.071	+2.0	+2.2	+.035
Kristaps Porzingis	65	32.6	23.2	1.8	6.6	8.4	2.7	0.9	1.5	2.1	3.0	7.8	15.7	.498	2.1	5.5	.385	5.4	6.4	.851

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kawhi Leonard nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Kawhi Leonard	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA 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		%
Kawhi Leonard	60	34.0	26.6	1.3	6.0	7.3	3.3	1.8	0.4	2.0	1.5	9.3	18.8	.496	1.9	5.0	.371	6.1	7.1	.854
difference:	+3	+4.4	+6.5	+0.4	+0.5	+0.1	+1.3	+1.1	+1.5	-0.4	-1.2	+2.5	+5.6	+.020		+0.1	+.004	+1.6	+1.8	+.004
Kristaps Porzingis	57	29.6	20.1	1.7	5.5	7.2	2.0	0.7	1.9	1.6	2.7	6.8	13.2	.516	1.9	5.1	.375	4.5	5.3	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	24	39.1	30.5	2.3	6.8	9.1	3.9	1.7	0.7	3.1	2.3	10.1	20.7	.490	2.3	6.0	.379	8.0	9.0	.884
difference:	+17	+15.5	+18.2	+1.7	+2.9	+4.7	+2.8	+1.0	+0.9	-2.4	-0.2	+6.1	+12.1	+.023	+0.9	+1.9	+.034	+5.1	+5.9	+.025
Kristaps Porzingis	7	23.6	12.3	0.6	3.9	4.4	1.1	0.7	1.6	0.7	2.1	4.0	8.6	.467	1.4	4.1	.345	2.9	3.1	.909


Season 9
	Kawhi Leonard	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Kawhi Leonard	57	32.4	27.1	0.9	6.1	7.1	4.9	1.8	0.6	2.6	2.0	9.3	19.9	.470	2.2	5.7	.378	6.2	7.1	.886
difference:	+15	+3.6	+7.6	+0.7	+1.0	+0.3	+2.8	+1.1	+0.9	-1.3	-0.8	+2.7	+6.2	+.013	+0.3	+0.3	+.034	+2.4	+2.4	+.077
Kristaps Porzingis	42	28.8	19.5	1.6	5.1	6.8	2.1	0.7	1.5	1.3	2.8	6.6	13.7	.483	2.5	6.0	.412	3.8	4.7	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	13	39.3	28.2	1.8	7.5	9.3	5.5	2.3	0.8	2.5	2.2	10.1	20.6	.489	1.8	5.6	.329	6.2	7.2	.862
difference:	+2	+18.3	+20.5	+0.1	+4.8	+4.7	+4.8	+1.4		-1.6	-0.2	+7.8	+13.4	+.173	+1.4	+3.2	+.175	+3.4	+3.1	+.173
Kristaps Porzingis	11	21.0	7.7	1.9	2.7	4.6	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.9	2.4	2.3	7.2	.316	0.4	2.4	.154	2.8	4.1	.689


Season 10
	Kawhi Leonard	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2020-21	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kawhi Leonard	52	34.1	24.8	1.1	5.4	6.5	5.2	1.6	0.4	2.0	1.6	8.9	17.5	.512	1.9	4.9	.398	5.0	5.7	.885
difference:	+43	+8.3	+7.5	+0.8	+1.6	+0.8	+1.5	+1.0	+1.2	-0.9	-1.4	+3.5	+4.8	+.082	+0.3	+0.1	+.087	+0.1		+.022
Kristaps Porzingis	9	25.8	17.3	1.9	3.8	5.7	3.7	0.6	1.6	1.1	3.0	5.4	12.7	.430	1.6	5.0	.311	4.9	5.7	.863

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	11	39.3	30.4	2.0	5.7	7.7	4.4	2.1	0.8	2.2	2.6	11.1	19.4	.573	2.2	5.5	.393	6.0	6.8	.880
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Kawhi Leonard played 4 seasons more than Kristaps Porzingis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 14, from 2023 to 2026—Kawhi Leonard played in 3 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Kristaps Porzingis, Kawhi Leonard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game

Kawhi Leonard vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and Kawhi Leonard, 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