Obi Toppin vs. Myles Turner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Myles Turner and Obi Toppin, 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.

Obi Toppin played 6 years in the NBA, 5 less than Myles Turner, who played 11. Obi Toppin had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Myles Turner 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
	Obi Toppin	Myles Turner
Season	2020-21	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
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
difference:	+2	+11.8	+6.2	+0.7	+2.6	+3.3	+0.2	+0.1	+1.2	-0.7	-1.7	+2.7	+5.4		+0.3	+1.2	+.092	+1.2	+1.6	+.004
Myles Turner	60	22.8	10.3	1.1	4.4	5.5	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.1	2.6	4.4	8.8	.498	0.1	0.2	.214	1.5	2.0	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+2	+15.1	+3.9	+1.5	+2.3	+3.8		+0.3	+3.1	-1.1	-2.2	+2.3	+5.5	+.057	+0.6	+1.5	+.333	+0.1	+0.1	+.166
Myles Turner	7	28.1	10.3	2.3	4.1	6.4	0.4	0.3	3.3	1.7	3.4	4.7	10.1	.465	0.0	0.3	.000	0.9	1.3	.667

Season 4
	Obi Toppin	Myles Turner
Season	2023-24	2018-19
Team	Indiana Pacers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Obi Toppin	82	21.1	10.3	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.6	0.6	0.5	0.8	1.7	4.0	7.1	.573	1.2	3.1	.403	0.9	1.2	.770
difference:	+8	+7.5	+3.0	+0.4	+2.9	+3.3		+0.2	+2.2	-0.6	-0.9	+1.1	+3.4	+.086	+0.2	+0.5	+.015	+1.1	+1.5	+.034
Myles Turner	74	28.6	13.3	1.4	5.8	7.2	1.6	0.8	2.7	1.4	2.6	5.1	10.5	.487	1.0	2.6	.388	2.0	2.7	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Obi Toppin	17	20.2	10.9	0.6	3.8	4.4	1.7	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.2	4.3	7.9	.541	1.2	3.3	.357	1.1	1.5	.760
difference:	+13	+11.3	+1.1	+0.4	+1.5	+1.9	+0.2	+0.4	+1.4		-2.3	+0.8	+0.9	+.141	+0.4	+0.2	+.143	+0.9	+1.8	+.145
Myles Turner	4	31.5	9.8	1.0	5.3	6.3	1.5	0.0	1.8	0.8	3.5	3.5	8.8	.400	0.8	3.5	.214	2.0	3.3	.615

Season 6
	Obi Toppin	Myles Turner
Season	2025-26	2020-21
Team	Indiana Pacers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	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		%
Obi Toppin	3	27.3	14.0	1.0	5.7	6.7	1.7	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.3	5.0	12.0	.417	1.0	5.7	.176	3.0	3.0	1.000
difference:	+44	+3.7	+1.4	+0.3	+0.5	+0.2	+0.7	+0.1	+3.4	-0.6	-1.2	+0.6	+2.8	+.060	+0.5	+1.3	+.159	+0.6		+.218
Myles Turner	47	31.0	12.6	1.3	5.2	6.5	1.0	0.9	3.4	1.4	3.5	4.4	9.2	.477	1.5	4.4	.335	2.4	3.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Obi Toppin nor Myles Turner played in the postseason in their season 6