Manute Bol vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and Manute Bol, 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.

Manute Bol played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than Kristaps Porzingis, who played 8. Manute Bol had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Manute Bol	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1985-86	2015-16
Team	Washington Bullets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manute Bol	80	26.1	3.7	1.5	4.4	6.0	0.3	0.4	5.0	0.8	3.2	1.6	3.5	.460	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.1	.488
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manute Bol	5	30.4	4.6	3.2	4.4	7.6	0.2	0.6	5.8	0.8	3.0	2.0	3.4	.588	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.6	.375
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Manute Bol	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1987-88	2017-18
Team	Washington Bullets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manute Bol	77	14.8	2.3	0.9	2.6	3.6	0.2	0.1	2.7	0.5	2.1	1.0	2.1	.455	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.6	.531
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		%
Manute Bol	5	8.8	1.8	1.4	1.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.8	1.4	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 4
	Manute Bol	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1988-89	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manute Bol	80	22.1	3.9	1.5	4.3	5.8	0.3	0.1	4.3	1.0	2.8	1.6	4.3	.369	0.3	1.1	.220	0.5	0.8	.606
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manute Bol	8	18.5	2.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	0.1	0.3	3.6	0.4	2.6	0.9	4.5	.194	0.3	2.8	.091	0.3	0.9	.286
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