Kentavious Caldwell-Pope vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, 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.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope played 13 years in the NBA, 3 more than Kristaps Porzingis, who played 10. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, 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.

Rookie Season
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2013-14	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	80	19.8	5.9	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.4	1.8	2.3	5.8	.396	0.7	2.3	.319	0.6	0.8	.770
difference:	+8	+8.6	+8.4	+1.3	+4.0	+5.3	+0.6	+0.2	+1.7	-1.3	-1.0	+2.9	+6.5	+.025	+0.4	+1.1	+.014	+2.2	+2.5	+.068
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
* Neiher Kentavious Caldwell-Pope nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2015-16	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	36.7	14.5	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.8	1.4	0.2	1.4	2.2	5.3	12.6	.420	1.5	4.9	.309	2.4	3.0	.811
difference:	+28	+4.3	+8.2	+0.4	+2.5	+2.9	+0.6	+0.6	+2.2	-0.5	-0.7	+2.8	+5.9	+.019	+0.4	+0.1	+.086	+2.1	+2.7	+.018
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	4	40.3	15.3	0.5	3.8	4.3	2.8	1.8	0.3	0.5	1.8	5.5	12.5	.440	3.0	6.8	.444	1.3	1.8	.714
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 7
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2019-20	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	69	25.5	9.3	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.9	1.9	3.4	7.3	.467	1.3	3.5	.385	1.1	1.5	.775
difference:	+4	+7.1	+13.9	+1.2	+5.1	+6.3	+1.1	+0.1	+1.3	-1.2	-1.1	+4.4	+8.4	+.031	+0.8	+2.0		+4.3	+4.9	+.076
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	21	29.0	10.7	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.7	1.9	3.8	9.0	.418	2.1	5.7	.378	1.0	1.3	.815
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2020-21	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	67	28.4	9.7	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.7	3.3	7.6	.431	1.8	4.4	.410	1.4	1.7	.866
difference:	+10	+1.2	+10.4	+1.3	+3.2	+4.5	+0.1	+0.2	+1.5	-0.6	-1.0	+3.5	+5.6	+.085	+0.1	+0.7	+.035	+3.1	+3.6	+.008
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	5	29.2	6.2	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.4	3.0	2.2	5.8	.379	0.8	3.8	.211	1.0	1.0	1.000
difference:	+2	+5.6	+6.1	+0.2	+1.5	+1.6	+0.1	+0.3	+1.6	-0.3	-0.9	+1.8	+2.8	+.088	+0.6	+0.3	+.134	+1.9	+2.1	+.091
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 10
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2022-23	2025-26
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	31.3	10.8	0.5	2.3	2.7	2.4	1.5	0.5	1.1	1.9	3.8	8.3	.462	1.8	4.2	.423	1.4	1.6	.824
difference:	+67	+5.5	+6.5	+1.4	+1.5	+3.0	+1.3	+0.9	+1.1		-1.1	+1.6	+4.4	+.032	+0.2	+0.8	+.112	+3.5	+4.1	+.039
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	20	33.6	10.6	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.6	1.3	0.7	0.8	2.4	3.7	8.1	.457	1.8	4.6	.380	1.5	1.8	.829
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-