Kristaps Porzingis vs. David Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Robinson and Kristaps Porzingis, 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.

Kristaps Porzingis played 10 years in the NBA, 4 less than David Robinson, who played 14. Kristaps Porzingis had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, 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
	Kristaps Porzingis	David Robinson
Season	2015-16	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First 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		%
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
difference:	+10	+8.2	+10.0	+1.9	+2.8	+4.7	+0.7	+1.0	+2.0	-1.4	-0.4	+3.2	+3.6	+.110	+1.1	+3.4		+4.7	+6.9	+.106
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		%
Kristaps Porzingis	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
	Kristaps Porzingis	David Robinson
Season	2016-17	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	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		%
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
difference:	+16	+4.9	+7.5	+2.4	+3.4	+5.8	+1.0	+0.8	+1.9	-1.5	-0.5	+2.5	+1.8	+.102	+1.7	+4.7	+.214	+4.2	+5.7	+.024
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		%
Kristaps Porzingis	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
	Kristaps Porzingis	David Robinson
Season	2017-18	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
difference:	+20	+5.3	+0.5	+2.5	+3.1	+5.6	+1.5	+1.5	+2.1	-0.8	-0.3	+0.6	+2.7	+.112	+1.9	+4.7	+.270	+1.3	+2.6	+.092
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
* Neiher Kristaps Porzingis nor David Robinson played in the postseason in their season 3

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

Season 4
	Kristaps Porzingis	David Robinson
Season	2019-20	1992-93
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
difference:	+25	+7.4	+3.0	+1.0	+1.2	+2.2	+1.9	+0.8	+1.2	-1.3	-0.3	+1.2		+.074	+2.5	+6.9	+.176	+2.8	+4.3	+.067
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		%
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
difference:	+7	+10.8	+0.6	+1.9	+2.0	+3.9	+3.3	+1.0	+2.6	-1.5	-0.9	+0.9	+3.7	+.060	+3.0	+5.6	+.529	+0.6	+3.3	+.206
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
	Kristaps Porzingis	David Robinson
Season	2020-21	1993-94
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
difference:	+37	+9.6	+9.7	+1.1	+0.7	+1.8	+3.2	+1.2	+2.0	-2.0	-0.2	+2.9	+4.8	+.031	+2.2	+5.6	+.031	+6.0	+8.4	+.106
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		%
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
difference:	+3	+3.2	+6.9	+2.3	+2.4	+4.6	+2.2	+0.5	+1.8	-1.9	-0.8	+2.6	+8.0	+.061	+1.1	+3.6	+.296	+2.7	+4.1	+.101
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

Season 6
	Kristaps Porzingis	David Robinson
Season	2021-22	1994-95
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+30	+9.0	+7.4	+0.9	+1.8	+2.7	+0.6	+1.0	+1.6	-1.3	-0.1	+2.8	+3.4	+.071	+1.4	+4.7	+.010	+3.2	+4.9	+.093
David Robinson	81	38.0	27.6	2.9	7.9	10.8	2.9	1.7	3.2	2.9	2.8	9.7	18.4	.530	0.1	0.2	.300	8.1	10.5	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	15	41.5	25.3	3.8	8.3	12.1	3.1	1.5	2.6	3.7	4.2	8.6	19.3	.446	0.1	0.3	.200	8.1	9.9	.812

Season 7
	Kristaps Porzingis	David Robinson
Season	2022-23	1995-96
Team	Washington Wizards	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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		%
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
difference:	+17	+4.2	+1.8	+2.1	+1.7	+3.8	+0.3	+0.5	+1.8	-0.2	-0.2	+0.9	+1.1	+.018	+2.1	+5.4	+.052	+2.2	+3.6	+.090
David Robinson	82	36.8	25.0	3.9	8.3	12.2	3.0	1.4	3.3	2.3	3.2	8.7	16.8	.516	0.0	0.1	.333	7.6	10.0	.761
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	10	35.3	23.6	3.7	6.4	10.1	2.4	1.5	2.5	2.4	3.8	8.3	16.1	.516	0.0	0.0	-	7.0	10.5	.667

Season 8
	Kristaps Porzingis	David Robinson
Season	2023-24	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+51	+5.1	+2.4	+1.5	+0.2	+1.3	+0.7	+0.3	+0.9	-0.3	-1.2	+0.8	+1.2	+.016	+1.9	+5.1		+1.2	+3.4	+.204
David Robinson	6	24.5	17.7	3.2	5.3	8.5	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.5	6.0	12.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	8.7	.654
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
David Robinson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Kristaps Porzingis	David Robinson
Season	2024-25	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West 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		%
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
difference:	+31	+4.9	+2.1	+1.7	+2.2	+3.8	+0.6	+0.2	+1.1	-1.5		+0.9	+0.9	+.028	+2.5	+5.9	+.162	+2.8	+4.3	+.074
David Robinson	73	33.7	21.6	3.3	7.3	10.6	2.7	0.9	2.6	2.8	2.8	7.5	14.6	.511	0.0	0.1	.250	6.6	9.0	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+2	+18.2	+11.7	+2.7	+6.9	+9.5	+1.9	+0.3	+2.5	-1.9	-0.7	+4.0	+7.7	+.109	+0.4	+2.4		+4.0	+6.6	+.054
David Robinson	9	39.2	19.4	4.6	9.6	14.1	2.6	1.2	3.3	2.8	3.1	6.3	14.9	.425	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	10.7	.635

Season 10
	Kristaps Porzingis	David Robinson
Season	2025-26	1998-99
Team	Atlanta Hawks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA 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		%
Kristaps Porzingis	3	25.3	20.3	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.7	0.7	1.0	1.3	3.7	7.3	14.3	.512	3.0	6.7	.450	2.7	3.0	.889
difference:	+46	+6.4	+4.5	+1.3	+3.7	+5.0	+1.6	+0.7	+1.4	-0.9	-0.8	+1.8	+3.5	+.003	+3.0	+6.7		+2.2	+4.4	+.231
David Robinson	49	31.7	15.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.1	1.4	2.4	2.2	2.9	5.5	10.8	.509	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	7.4	.658
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	17	35.4	15.6	2.1	7.8	9.9	2.5	1.6	2.4	2.4	3.6	5.1	10.6	.483	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.4	.722

Additional Years
* David Robinson played 4 seasons more than Kristaps Porzingis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 14, from 2000 to 2003—David Robinson played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 4 extra years over Kristaps Porzingis, David Robinson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game