Kristaps Porzingis vs. Jason Terry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Terry 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 9 years in the NBA, 10 less than Jason Terry, who played 19. Kristaps Porzingis had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Jason Terry had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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	Jason Terry
Season	2015-16	1999-00
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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		%
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:	+9	+5.1	+6.2	+1.5	+3.7	+5.3	+3.0	+0.4	+1.8	-0.2	-1.2	+2.1	+4.9	+.006	+0.5	+1.5	+.040	+1.4	+1.6	+.031
Jason Terry	81	23.3	8.1	0.3	1.8	2.0	4.3	1.1	0.1	1.9	1.6	3.1	7.4	.415	0.6	1.9	.293	1.4	1.7	.807
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kristaps Porzingis nor Jason Terry played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Kristaps Porzingis	Jason Terry
Season	2017-18	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	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:	+30	+5.6	+3.4	+0.8	+2.4	+3.1	+4.5	+1.0	+2.2	-0.4	-0.9	+1.4	+2.9	+.009	+0.3	+0.9	+.008	+0.9	+1.3	+.042
Jason Terry	78	38.0	19.3	0.5	2.9	3.5	5.7	1.8	0.2	2.3	2.0	6.7	15.6	.430	2.2	5.7	.387	3.6	4.4	.835
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kristaps Porzingis nor Jason Terry played in the postseason in their season 3

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

Season 8
	Kristaps Porzingis	Jason Terry
Season	2023-24	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
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:	+24	+5.5	+3.4	+1.2	+3.2	+4.3	+3.2	+0.3	+1.7	-0.3	-0.6	+0.5	+0.1	+.032	+0.1	+0.5	+.063	+2.5	+2.8	+.054
Jason Terry	81	35.1	16.7	0.5	2.3	2.9	5.2	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.1	6.3	13.1	.484	2.0	4.6	.438	2.0	2.5	.804
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
difference:	+1	+14.6	+4.7	+0.1	+2.1	+2.1	+2.6	+0.1	+1.3	-2.1	-0.1	+2.5	+6.7	+.043	+0.1	+1.2	+.064	+0.4	+0.1	+.076
Jason Terry	6	38.2	17.0	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.7	0.8	0.3	2.8	2.0	6.5	15.3	.424	1.5	5.3	.281	2.5	3.0	.833

Additional Years
* Jason Terry played 10 seasons more than Kristaps Porzingis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 19, from 2009 to 2018—Jason Terry played in 9 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Kristaps Porzingis, Jason Terry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year