Kyle Kuzma vs. Obi Toppin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Obi Toppin and Kyle Kuzma, 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.

Kyle Kuzma played 9 years in the NBA, 3 more than Obi Toppin, who played 6. Kyle Kuzma had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Obi Toppin had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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
	Kyle Kuzma	Obi Toppin
Season	2017-18	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kyle Kuzma	77	31.2	16.1	1.1	5.1	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.1	6.1	13.5	.450	2.1	5.6	.366	1.9	2.7	.707
difference:	+15	+20.2	+12.0	+0.7	+3.3	+4.1	+1.3	+0.3	+0.2	-1.4	-1.2	+4.4	+10.1	+.048	+1.7	+4.2	+.060	+1.6	+2.3	+.024
Obi Toppin	62	11.0	4.1	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.9	1.7	3.4	.498	0.4	1.4	.306	0.3	0.4	.731
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Obi Toppin	5	13.0	6.4	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.2	2.4	4.6	.522	0.6	1.8	.333	1.0	1.2	.833

Season 3
	Kyle Kuzma	Obi Toppin
Season	2019-20	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Kyle Kuzma	61	25.0	12.8	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	2.1	4.8	11.0	.436	1.4	4.5	.316	1.9	2.5	.735
difference:	+6	+9.3	+5.4	+0.5	+1.2	+1.7	+0.3	+0.2	+0.2	-0.9	-1.1	+2.0	+4.7	+.010	+0.1	+0.8	+.028	+1.3	+1.8	+.074
Obi Toppin	67	15.7	7.4	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.0	2.8	6.3	.446	1.3	3.7	.344	0.6	0.7	.809
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	21	23.0	10.0	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.7	8.5	.430	1.2	4.0	.313	1.4	1.8	.784
difference:	+10	+7.1	+3.0		+0.4	+0.4	+0.2	+0.4		-0.3	-1.3	+1.0	+2.1	+.001		+0.1	+.011	+1.0	+1.3	+.016
Obi Toppin	11	15.9	7.0	0.9	2.6	3.5	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.1	2.7	6.4	.429	1.2	3.9	.302	0.4	0.5	.800