Rudy Gobert vs. Bob Thornton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Thornton 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than Bob Thornton, who played 8. Rudy Gobert had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Bob Thornton had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Rudy Gobert	11	8	2013-14 to 2023-24
Bob Thornton	8	2	1985-86 to 1995-96

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Rudy Gobert	Bob Thornton
Season	2013-14	1985-86
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	45	9.6	2.3	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.3	0.8	1.6	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.492
Bob Thornton	71	18.6	4.7	1.6	2.5	4.1	0.6	0.4	0.1	1.2	2.9	1.8	3.9	.456	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.3	.531

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Rudy Gobert	Bob Thornton
Season	2014-15	1986-87
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	82	26.3	8.4	3.2	6.2	9.5	1.3	0.8	2.3	1.4	2.1	3.1	5.2	.604	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.3	.623
Bob Thornton	33	8.5	2.2	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.5	0.9	2.0	.433	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Rudy Gobert	Bob Thornton
Season	2015-16	1987-88
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	61	31.7	9.1	3.4	7.5	11.0	1.5	0.7	2.2	1.9	2.7	3.2	5.8	.559	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	4.6	.569
Bob Thornton	48	12.4	3.4	1.0	1.4	2.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.7	2.1	1.4	2.7	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.1	.618

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Rudy Gobert	Bob Thornton
Season	2016-17	1988-89
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

more >>

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	.000	3.8	5.9	.653
Bob Thornton	54	8.3	2.4	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.6	0.9	2.1	.423	0.0	0.1	.333	0.6	1.1	.533

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
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Rudy Gobert	Bob Thornton
Season	2017-18	1989-90
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

more >>

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
Bob Thornton	56	10.6	2.2	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.9	0.9	2.0	.429	0.0	0.1	.333	0.5	0.9	.510

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
Bob Thornton	9	9.9	2.1	1.2	0.4	1.7	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.2	2.4	0.8	2.0	.389	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.1	.500


Season 6
	Rudy Gobert	Bob Thornton
Season	2018-19	1990-91
Team	Utah Jazz	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	81	31.8	15.9	3.8	9.0	12.9	2.0	0.8	2.3	1.6	2.9	5.9	8.8	.669	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.4	.636
Bob Thornton	12	9.2	1.3	0.1	1.2	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.5	0.3	1.1	.308	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.8	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	5	30.4	11.2	4.6	5.6	10.2	1.4	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.2	3.8	6.4	.594	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.6	.783
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Rudy Gobert	Bob Thornton
Season	2019-20	1991-92
Team	Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	68	34.3	15.1	3.4	10.1	13.5	1.5	0.8	2.0	1.9	3.2	5.7	8.2	.693	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.9	.630
Bob Thornton	2	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	3.5	.143	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	7	38.6	16.9	3.4	8.0	11.4	1.1	0.6	1.4	1.3	3.7	6.9	10.6	.649	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	6.0	.524
Bob Thornton	7	4.6	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.750

Note: Bob Thornton didn't play in 1992-93, 1993-94 and 1994-95.


Season 8
	Rudy Gobert	Bob Thornton
Season	2020-21	1995-96
Team	Utah Jazz	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	71	30.8	14.3	3.4	10.1	13.5	1.3	0.6	2.7	1.7	2.3	5.5	8.2	.675	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	5.3	.623
Bob Thornton	7	4.4	0.4	0.9	0.9	1.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.1	0.9	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	11	34.2	14.7	3.9	8.4	12.3	0.8	0.5	2.1	1.5	4.2	5.5	7.4	.741	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	6.0	.636
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Rudy Gobert	Bob Thornton
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	66	32.1	15.6	3.7	11.0	14.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	1.8	2.7	5.5	7.7	.713	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.7	.690
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	6	32.8	12.0	3.5	9.7	13.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.3	3.2	3.5	5.5	.636	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	7.3	.682
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Rudy Gobert	Bob Thornton
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	70	30.7	13.4	3.3	8.3	11.6	1.2	0.8	1.4	1.7	3.0	5.1	7.8	.659	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.9	.644
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	5	35.4	15.0	3.6	8.6	12.2	2.0	0.4	1.0	1.6	4.8	5.8	9.2	.630	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.4	.630
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Rudy Gobert	Bob Thornton
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves TBD	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	76	34.1	14.0	3.8	9.2	12.9	1.3	0.7	2.1	1.6	3.1	5.3	8.1	.661	0.0	0.0	.000	3.3	5.1	.638
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	9	34.1	12.1	3.0	8.1	11.1	1.8	1.0	1.0	1.7	3.3	4.3	6.9	.629	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.689
Bob Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rudy Gobert vs. Bob Thornton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Thornton 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11