Rudy Gobert vs. Aaron Nesmith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Aaron Nesmith and Rudy Gobert, 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.

Rudy Gobert played 12 years in the NBA, 7 more than Aaron Nesmith, who played 5. Rudy Gobert had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Aaron Nesmith 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.

Season 4
	Rudy Gobert	Aaron Nesmith
Season	2016-17	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Rudy Gobert	81	33.9	14.0	3.9	8.9	12.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.0	5.1	7.7	.661	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	5.9	.653
difference:	+9	+6.2	+1.8	+3.0	+6.0	+9.0	+0.3	+0.3	+1.9	-0.9	-0.3	+0.7	+1.1	+.165	+1.9	+4.6		+2.3	+4.0	+.128
Aaron Nesmith	72	27.7	12.2	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.5	0.9	0.7	0.9	3.3	4.4	8.8	.496	1.9	4.6	.419	1.5	1.9	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	9	27.3	11.6	2.4	7.4	9.9	1.2	1.0	1.3	1.0	3.3	4.4	7.0	.635	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	5.6	.480
difference:	+8	+5.6	+1.1	+1.3	+3.6	+5.0	+1.0	+0.4	+0.8	-0.4	-0.6	+0.8	+1.3	+.202	+1.3	+4.6		+0.7	+3.4	+.439
Aaron Nesmith	17	32.9	10.5	1.1	3.8	4.9	2.2	0.6	0.5	1.4	3.9	3.6	8.3	.433	1.3	4.6	.278	2.0	2.2	.919

Season 5
	Rudy Gobert	Aaron Nesmith
Season	2017-18	2024-25
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Rudy Gobert	56	32.4	13.5	2.9	7.8	10.7	1.4	0.8	2.3	1.9	2.7	4.9	7.9	.622	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.3	.682
difference:	+11	+7.4	+1.5	+2.1	+4.7	+6.7	+0.2		+1.9	-1.1	-0.2	+0.6	+0.5	+.115	+1.9	+4.3		+2.0	+3.5	+.231
Aaron Nesmith	45	25.0	12.0	0.8	3.1	4.0	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.5	4.3	8.4	.507	1.9	4.3	.431	1.6	1.8	.913
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	11	34.8	13.2	3.9	6.8	10.7	1.0	0.9	2.3	1.9	3.1	5.0	7.6	.655	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	5.3	.603
difference:	+12	+6.5	+0.5	+2.7	+2.3	+5.0	+0.1		+1.5	-0.9	-1.0	+0.7	+1.6	+.183	+2.6	+5.3		+1.9	+3.7	+.258
Aaron Nesmith	23	28.3	12.7	1.2	4.5	5.7	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.0	4.1	4.3	9.2	.472	2.6	5.3	.492	1.3	1.6	.861

Additional Years
* Rudy Gobert played 7 seasons more than Aaron Nesmith in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 12, from 2019 to 2025—Rudy Gobert played in 7 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Aaron Nesmith, Rudy Gobert got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 3 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Rebounds Leader 3 All-Star Game