LaMarcus Aldridge vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and LaMarcus Aldridge, 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.

LaMarcus Aldridge played 16 years in the NBA, 7 more than Kristaps Porzingis, who played 9. LaMarcus Aldridge had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, 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
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2006-07	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	63	22.1	9.0	2.3	2.7	5.0	0.4	0.3	1.2	0.7	3.0	3.8	7.6	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.722
difference:	+9	+6.3	+5.3	+0.5	+2.8	+2.3	+0.9	+0.4	+0.7	-1.0	-0.2	+1.4	+4.7	+.082	+1.1	+3.4		+1.5	+1.5	+.116
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 LaMarcus Aldridge nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	37.1	18.1	2.9	4.6	7.5	1.9	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.6	7.4	15.3	.484	0.1	0.3	.250	3.2	4.1	.781
difference:	+33	+4.7	+4.6	+1.6	+0.7	+0.9	+0.7	+0.2	+1.4	-0.4	-0.3	+0.7	+3.2	+.045	+1.8	+4.5	+.145	+1.3	+1.6	+.012
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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	39.5	19.5	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.3	0.5	1.7	1.7	2.7	8.5	17.3	.490	0.2	0.7	.250	2.3	3.3	.700
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 5
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2010-11	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	39.6	21.8	3.4	5.3	8.8	2.1	1.0	1.2	1.9	2.7	8.7	17.5	.500	0.0	0.3	.174	4.3	5.5	.791
difference:	+38	+8.7	+1.7	+1.5	+1.7	+0.1	+0.5	+0.5	+0.1	-0.7		+1.1	+1.6	+.024	+2.3	+5.7	+.202	+1.6	+2.3	+.064
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	43.0	20.8	2.7	4.8	7.5	1.3	1.3	1.7	1.5	3.2	8.8	19.2	.461	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.0	.792
difference:	+1	+9.7	+7.7	+1.7	+0.4	+2.1			+1.0	-1.1	-0.5	+3.9	+8.9	+.011	+1.1	+3.9		+0.9	+1.3	+.050
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

Season 6
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2011-12	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	55	36.3	21.7	2.7	5.3	8.0	2.4	0.9	0.8	2.0	2.8	8.8	17.1	.512	0.0	0.2	.182	4.1	5.0	.814
difference:	+4	+7.3	+1.5	+0.7	+0.8	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.8	-0.4	-0.1	+1.9	+2.1	+.053	+1.5	+4.7	+.128	+0.8	+0.6	+.053
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMarcus Aldridge nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2012-13	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	74	37.7	21.1	2.4	6.7	9.1	2.6	0.8	1.2	1.9	2.5	8.6	17.8	.484	0.0	0.2	.143	3.8	4.7	.810
difference:	+9	+5.1	+2.1	+0.6	+0.1	+0.7	+0.1	+0.1	+0.3	-0.2	-0.5	+0.8	+2.1	+.014	+2.1	+5.3	+.242	+1.6	+1.7	+.041
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
* Neiher LaMarcus Aldridge nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	69	36.2	23.2	2.4	8.7	11.1	2.6	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.1	9.4	20.6	.458	0.0	0.2	.200	4.3	5.2	.822
difference:	+12	+6.6	+3.1	+0.7	+3.2	+3.9	+0.6	+0.2	+0.9	-0.2	-0.6	+2.6	+7.4	+.058	+1.9	+4.9	+.175	+0.2	+0.1	+.036
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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	11	40.1	26.2	2.7	7.9	10.6	1.5	0.6	1.6	1.7	3.6	10.3	22.7	.452	0.2	0.3	.667	5.5	6.8	.800
difference:	+4	+16.5	+13.9	+2.1	+4.0	+6.2	+0.4	+0.1		-1.0	-1.5	+6.3	+14.1	+.015	+1.2	+3.8	+.322	+2.6	+3.7	+.109
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 9
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2014-15	2024-25
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East 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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	71	35.4	23.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	1.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.8	9.3	19.9	.466	0.5	1.5	.352	4.3	5.1	.845
difference:	+29	+6.6	+3.9	+0.9	+2.6	+3.4	+0.4		+0.5	-0.4	-1.0	+2.7	+6.2	+.017	+2.0	+4.5	+.060	+0.5	+0.4	+.036
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	5	41.6	21.8	4.2	7.0	11.2	1.8	0.4	2.4	1.6	3.2	7.4	22.4	.330	0.6	2.2	.273	6.4	7.2	.889
difference:	+6	+20.6	+14.1	+2.3	+4.3	+6.6	+1.1	+0.5	+1.6	-0.7	-0.8	+5.1	+15.2	+.014	+0.2	+0.2	+.119	+3.6	+3.1	+.200
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

Additional Years
* LaMarcus Aldridge played 7 seasons more than Kristaps Porzingis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 16, from 2016 to 2022—LaMarcus Aldridge played in 4 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Kristaps Porzingis, LaMarcus Aldridge got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Star Game