Rudy Gobert vs. Doc Rivers Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Doc Rivers 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, 2 less than Doc Rivers, who played 13. Rudy Gobert had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Doc Rivers had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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
Doc Rivers	13	10	1983-84 to 1995-96

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rudy Gobert	Doc Rivers
Season	2013-14	1983-84
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East 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		%
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
Doc Rivers	81	23.9	9.3	0.9	1.8	2.7	3.9	1.6	0.4	2.1	3.5	3.1	6.7	.462	0.0	0.1	.167	3.1	4.0	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	5	26.0	13.6	1.4	0.6	2.0	3.2	2.4	0.8	1.8	3.2	3.2	6.4	.500	0.0	0.6	.000	7.2	8.2	.878


Season 2
	Rudy Gobert	Doc Rivers
Season	2014-15	1984-85
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Doc Rivers	69	30.8	14.1	1.0	2.1	3.1	5.9	2.4	0.8	2.6	3.6	4.8	10.2	.476	0.2	0.5	.417	4.2	5.5	.770

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


Season 3
	Rudy Gobert	Doc Rivers
Season	2015-16	1985-86
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Doc Rivers	53	29.6	11.5	0.9	2.1	3.1	8.4	2.3	0.2	2.7	3.5	4.2	8.8	.474	0.0	0.3	.000	3.2	5.3	.608

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	9	29.1	12.7	1.1	3.6	4.7	8.7	2.0	0.0	2.9	4.2	4.4	10.2	.435	0.3	0.7	.500	3.4	4.7	.738


Season 4
	Rudy Gobert	Doc Rivers
Season	2016-17	1986-87
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Doc Rivers	82	31.6	12.8	1.0	2.6	3.6	10.0	2.1	0.4	2.6	3.5	4.2	9.2	.451	0.0	0.3	.190	4.5	5.4	.828

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
Doc Rivers	8	30.6	7.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	11.3	1.1	0.4	3.1	4.0	2.3	5.9	.383	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	6.5	.500


Season 5
	Rudy Gobert	Doc Rivers
Season	2017-18	1987-88
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Doc Rivers	80	31.3	14.2	1.0	3.5	4.6	9.3	1.8	0.5	2.6	3.4	5.0	11.1	.453	0.1	0.4	.273	4.0	5.3	.758

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
Doc Rivers	12	34.1	15.7	0.7	4.3	4.9	9.6	2.1	0.2	2.1	3.3	5.9	11.6	.511	0.6	1.8	.318	3.3	3.6	.907


Season 6
	Rudy Gobert	Doc Rivers
Season	2018-19	1988-89
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East 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		%
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
Doc Rivers	76	32.4	13.6	1.2	2.6	3.8	6.9	2.4	0.5	2.1	3.5	4.9	10.7	.455	0.6	1.6	.347	3.3	3.8	.861

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
Doc Rivers	5	38.2	13.4	0.8	4.0	4.8	6.8	1.4	0.4	2.4	4.4	4.4	11.4	.386	1.2	3.8	.316	3.4	4.8	.708


Season 7
	Rudy Gobert	Doc Rivers
Season	2019-20	1989-90
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
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
Doc Rivers	48	31.8	12.5	1.0	3.2	4.2	5.5	2.4	0.5	2.0	3.1	4.5	10.0	.454	0.5	1.4	.364	2.9	3.5	.812

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
Doc Rivers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Rudy Gobert	Doc Rivers
Season	2020-21	1990-91
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East 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		%
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
Doc Rivers	79	32.7	15.2	0.6	2.6	3.2	4.3	1.9	0.6	1.6	2.7	5.6	12.9	.435	1.1	3.3	.336	2.8	3.3	.844

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
Doc Rivers	5	34.6	15.6	1.2	2.8	4.0	3.0	1.0	0.4	0.8	2.8	6.0	12.8	.469	0.2	2.2	.091	3.4	3.8	.895


Season 9
	Rudy Gobert	Doc Rivers
Season	2021-22	1991-92
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers 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		%
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
Doc Rivers	59	28.1	10.9	0.4	2.1	2.5	3.9	1.9	0.3	1.6	2.8	3.8	9.0	.424	0.4	1.6	.283	2.8	3.3	.832

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
Doc Rivers	5	37.4	15.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	4.2	1.2	0.0	0.6	3.2	5.0	11.2	.446	0.8	1.6	.500	4.4	5.4	.815


Season 10
	Rudy Gobert	Doc Rivers
Season	2022-23	1992-93
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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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
Doc Rivers	77	24.5	7.8	0.3	2.2	2.5	5.3	1.6	0.1	1.5	2.8	2.8	6.4	.437	0.5	1.6	.317	1.7	2.1	.821

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
Doc Rivers	15	30.5	10.2	0.4	2.2	2.6	5.7	1.9	0.1	2.0	2.9	3.2	7.1	.453	0.7	2.1	.355	3.1	4.0	.767


Season 11
	Rudy Gobert	Doc Rivers
Season	2023-24	1993-94
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves TBD	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		%
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
Doc Rivers	19	26.3	7.5	0.2	1.8	2.1	5.3	1.3	0.3	1.5	2.3	2.9	6.7	.433	1.0	2.7	.365	0.7	1.2	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	7	34.0	11.9	3.3	7.4	10.7	1.6	0.9	1.0	1.9	3.6	4.0	6.7	.596	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	5.1	.750
Doc Rivers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Rudy Gobert	Doc Rivers
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	63	15.7	5.1	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.6	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.4	1.7	4.8	.358	0.7	2.0	.354	1.0	1.3	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	15	21.2	7.8	0.2	1.7	1.9	1.6	0.9	0.6	1.2	2.7	2.5	6.3	.389	1.1	3.1	.370	1.7	2.1	.839


Season 13
	Rudy Gobert	Doc Rivers
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	78	15.8	4.0	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.6	0.9	0.3	0.7	2.2	1.4	3.7	.372	0.6	1.8	.343	0.6	0.8	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doc Rivers	2	10.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Rudy Gobert vs. Doc Rivers Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Doc Rivers 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

Season 12

Season 13