Kristaps Porzingis vs. P.J. Tucker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Tucker 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 P.J. Tucker, who played 14. Kristaps Porzingis had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while P.J. Tucker had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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	P.J. Tucker
Season	2015-16	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks	Toronto Raptors
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		%
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:	+55	+23.5	+12.5	+1.2	+4.8	+5.9	+1.1	+0.6	+1.9	-1.3	-2.1	+4.6	+11.0	+.079	+1.1	+3.4		+2.3	+2.5	+.267
P.J. Tucker	17	4.9	1.8	0.6	0.7	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.6	1.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.571
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kristaps Porzingis nor P.J. Tucker played in the postseason in their season 1

Note: P.J. Tucker didn't play in 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12.

Season 3
	Kristaps Porzingis	P.J. Tucker
Season	2017-18	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
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:	+33	+1.7	+13.3	+0.7	+0.8	+0.1	+0.5	+0.6	+2.1	-0.6	-0.4	+4.8	+10.9	+.008	+1.0	+2.4	+.008	+2.6	+3.2	+.017
P.J. Tucker	81	30.7	9.4	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.7	1.4	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.3	7.6	.431	0.9	2.4	.387	1.9	2.5	.776
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kristaps Porzingis nor P.J. Tucker played in the postseason in their season 3

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

Season 8
	Kristaps Porzingis	P.J. Tucker
Season	2023-24	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+25	+4.6	+12.8	+0.2	+1.1	+1.4	+0.8	+0.9	+1.4	-0.8	-0.4	+4.3	+6.8	+.120	+0.1	+0.4	+.002	+4.0	+4.6	+.163
P.J. Tucker	82	34.2	7.3	1.5	4.4	5.8	1.2	1.6	0.5	0.8	3.1	2.5	6.4	.396	1.8	4.7	.377	0.5	0.7	.695
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:	+4	+15.1	+0.9	+1.1	+1.8	+3.1	+0.6	+1.0	+0.9		-1.1	+0.4	+0.6	+.012	+1.0	+1.1	+.111	+1.2	+1.0	+.083
P.J. Tucker	11	38.7	11.4	1.7	5.7	7.5	1.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	3.2	3.6	8.0	.455	2.4	5.2	.456	1.7	2.1	.826

Season 10
	Kristaps Porzingis	P.J. Tucker
Season	2025-26	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks
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	13	25.9	19.2	1.5	4.2	5.6	3.1	0.5	1.6	0.9	3.4	6.4	12.8	.497	1.8	5.1	.364	4.5	5.3	.855
difference:	+39	+0.2	+15.5	+0.5	+1.3	+1.7	+1.9	+0.3	+1.2	-0.1	-1.0	+5.1	+9.4	+.124	+1.0	+2.8	+.028	+4.1	+4.8	+.105
P.J. Tucker	52	26.1	3.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.4	1.3	3.4	.373	0.8	2.3	.336	0.4	0.5	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Tucker	23	29.6	4.3	2.1	2.7	4.8	1.1	1.0	0.1	0.4	3.3	1.7	4.3	.388	0.8	2.6	.322	0.1	0.2	.750