Rudy Gobert vs. Dwight Howard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwight Howard 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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, 6 less than Dwight Howard, who played 18. Rudy Gobert had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Dwight Howard had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Rudy Gobert	12	9	2013-14 to 2024-25
Dwight Howard	18	12	2004-05 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Rudy Gobert	Dwight Howard
Season	2013-14	2004-05
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+37	+23.0	+9.7	+2.4	+4.2	+6.6	+0.7	+0.7	+0.8	-1.3	-1.5	+3.5	+6.7	+.034				+2.7	+3.6	+.179
Dwight Howard	82	32.6	12.0	3.5	6.5	10.0	0.9	0.9	1.7	2.0	2.8	4.3	8.3	.520	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.671

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gobert nor Dwight Howard played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Rudy Gobert	Dwight Howard
Season	2014-15	2005-06
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd 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	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	-	2.1	3.3	.623
difference:		+10.5	+7.4	+0.3	+2.8	+3.0	+0.2		+0.9	-1.2	-1.3	+2.6	+5.5	+.073				+2.2	+4.0	+.028
Dwight Howard	82	36.8	15.8	3.5	9.0	12.5	1.5	0.8	1.4	2.6	3.4	5.7	10.7	.531	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	7.3	.595

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gobert nor Dwight Howard played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Rudy Gobert	Dwight Howard
Season	2015-16	2006-07
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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3rd 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	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
difference:	+21	+5.2	+8.5	+0.1	+1.3	+1.3	+0.4	+0.2	+0.3	-2.0	-0.3	+3.2	+4.8	+.044				+2.2	+3.5	+.017
Dwight Howard	82	36.9	17.6	3.5	8.8	12.3	1.9	0.9	1.9	3.9	3.0	6.4	10.6	.603	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	8.1	.586

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	4	41.8	15.3	4.0	10.8	14.8	1.8	0.5	1.0	4.3	3.3	5.8	10.5	.548	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	8.3	.455


Season 4
	Rudy Gobert	Dwight Howard
Season	2016-17	2007-08
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Magic Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+3.8	+6.7	+0.5	+1.9	+1.4	+0.1	+0.3	+0.5	-1.4	-0.3	+2.0	+4.2	+.062				+2.7	+5.0	+.063
Dwight Howard	82	37.7	20.7	3.4	10.8	14.2	1.3	0.9	2.1	3.2	3.3	7.1	11.9	.599	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	10.9	.590

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:	+1	+14.8	+7.3	+3.6	+2.4	+5.9	+0.3	+0.2	+2.1	-2.2	-0.5	+2.8	+5.4	+.054				+1.8	+2.7	+.062
Dwight Howard	10	42.1	18.9	6.0	9.8	15.8	0.9	0.8	3.4	3.2	3.8	7.2	12.4	.581	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	8.3	.542


Season 5
	Rudy Gobert	Dwight Howard
Season	2017-18	2008-09
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Defensive Player of the Year	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Magic 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:	+23	+3.3	+7.1	+1.4	+1.8	+3.1		+0.2	+0.6	-1.1	-0.7	+2.2	+4.5	+.050				+2.8	+5.4	+.088
Dwight Howard	79	35.7	20.6	4.3	9.6	13.8	1.4	1.0	2.9	3.0	3.4	7.1	12.4	.572	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	10.7	.594

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	+4.5	+7.1	+0.4	+4.2	+4.6	+0.9		+0.3	-1.0	-1.3	+2.0	+4.1	+.054		+0.1		+3.1	+4.6	+.033
Dwight Howard	23	39.3	20.3	4.3	11.0	15.3	1.9	0.9	2.6	2.9	4.4	7.0	11.7	.601	0.0	0.1	.000	6.3	9.9	.636


Season 6
	Rudy Gobert	Dwight Howard
Season	2018-19	2009-10
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Defensive Player of the Year	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+2.9	+2.4	+0.3	+0.7	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.5	-1.7	-0.6	+0.3	+1.4	+.057		+0.1		+1.8	+3.6	+.044
Dwight Howard	82	34.7	18.3	3.5	9.7	13.2	1.8	0.9	2.8	3.3	3.5	6.2	10.2	.612	0.0	0.1	.000	5.9	10.0	.592

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
difference:	+9	+5.1	+6.9	+1.9	+2.8	+0.9		+0.2	+0.9	-1.8	-1.0	+2.3	+3.6	+.020				+2.3	+6.7	+.264
Dwight Howard	14	35.5	18.1	2.7	8.4	11.1	1.4	0.8	3.5	3.6	4.2	6.1	10.0	.614	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	11.3	.519


Season 7
	Rudy Gobert	Dwight Howard
Season	2019-20	2010-11
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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7th 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	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
difference:	+10	+3.3	+7.8	+0.6		+0.6	+0.1	+0.6	+0.4	-1.7	-0.1	+2.2	+5.2	+.100		+0.1		+3.3	+5.8	+.034
Dwight Howard	78	37.6	22.9	4.0	10.1	14.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	3.6	3.3	7.9	13.4	.593	0.0	0.1	.000	7.0	11.7	.596

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
difference:	+1	+4.4	+10.1	+1.1	+3.0	+4.1	+0.6	+0.1	+0.4	-4.2	-0.5	+1.6	+2.9	+.019		+0.2		+6.9	+8.7	+.158
Dwight Howard	6	43.0	27.0	4.5	11.0	15.5	0.5	0.7	1.8	5.5	4.2	8.5	13.5	.630	0.0	0.2	.000	10.0	14.7	.682


Season 8
	Rudy Gobert	Dwight Howard
Season	2020-21	2011-12
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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8th 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	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
difference:	+17	+7.5	+6.3	+0.3	+0.7	+1.0	+0.6	+0.9	+0.6	-1.5	-0.6	+2.2	+5.2	+.102				+1.9	+5.3	+.132
Dwight Howard	54	38.3	20.6	3.7	10.8	14.5	1.9	1.5	2.1	3.2	2.9	7.7	13.4	.573	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	10.6	.491

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
Dwight Howard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Rudy Gobert	Dwight Howard
Season	2021-22	2012-13
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th 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	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
difference:	+10	+3.7	+1.5	+0.4	+1.9	+2.3	+0.3	+0.4	+0.3	-1.2	-1.1	+0.7	+3.0	+.135			+.167	+0.1	+2.8	+.198
Dwight Howard	76	35.8	17.1	3.3	9.1	12.4	1.4	1.1	2.4	3.0	3.8	6.2	10.7	.578	0.0	0.1	.167	4.7	9.5	.492

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
difference:	+2	+1.3	+5.0	+1.0	+1.4	+2.4	+0.5	+0.3	+1.0	-2.7	-1.1	+3.0	+5.0	+.017				+1.0	+1.7	+.238
Dwight Howard	4	31.5	17.0	2.5	8.3	10.8	1.0	0.5	2.0	4.0	4.3	6.5	10.5	.619	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	9.0	.444


Season 10
	Rudy Gobert	Dwight Howard
Season	2022-23	2013-14
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th 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	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	-	3.1	4.9	.644
difference:	+1	+3.0	+4.9		+0.6	+0.6	+0.6		+0.4	-1.5	-0.4	+1.6	+3.5	+.068		+0.1		+1.8	+4.1	+.097
Dwight Howard	71	33.7	18.3	3.3	8.9	12.2	1.8	0.8	1.8	3.2	3.4	6.7	11.3	.591	0.0	0.1	.286	4.9	9.0	.547

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
difference:	+1	+3.1	+11.0	+0.9	+0.6	+1.5	+0.2	+0.3	+1.8	-1.6	-0.6	+3.9	+8.5	+.083				+3.3	+5.3	+.005
Dwight Howard	6	38.5	26.0	4.5	9.2	13.7	1.8	0.7	2.8	3.2	4.2	9.7	17.7	.547	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	10.7	.625


Season 11
	Rudy Gobert	Dwight Howard
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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11th 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	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	-	3.3	5.1	.638
difference:	+35	+4.3	+1.8	+1.1	+1.4	+2.4	+0.1		+0.8	-1.2	-0.2	+0.8	+2.2	+.068				+0.2	+1.5	+.110
Dwight Howard	41	29.8	15.8	2.7	7.8	10.5	1.2	0.7	1.3	2.8	3.3	6.1	10.3	.593	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	6.6	.528

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	15	34.1	12.1	2.7	7.1	9.8	1.6	0.9	1.0	1.5	3.7	4.3	6.9	.615	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	5.3	.671
difference:	+2	+0.3	+4.3	+0.9	+3.3	+4.2	+0.4	+0.5	+1.3	-0.7	-0.2	+1.9	+3.8	+.038				+0.5	+4.4	+.259
Dwight Howard	17	33.8	16.4	3.6	10.4	14.0	1.2	1.4	2.3	2.2	3.5	6.2	10.7	.577	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	9.7	.412


Season 12
	Rudy Gobert	Dwight Howard
Season	2024-25	2015-16
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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12th 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	72	33.2	12.0	3.7	7.2	10.9	1.8	0.8	1.4	1.2	2.5	4.7	7.1	.669	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.8	.674
difference:	+1	+1.1	+1.7	+0.3	+1.2	+0.9	+0.4	+0.2	+0.2	-1.1	-0.6	+0.5	+1.4	+.049		+0.1		+0.7	+2.9	+.185
Dwight Howard	71	32.1	13.7	3.4	8.4	11.8	1.4	1.0	1.6	2.3	3.1	5.2	8.5	.620	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	6.7	.489

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	15	27.4	7.9	3.1	5.5	8.6	0.7	0.5	1.2	0.9	2.5	3.1	5.3	.582	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.3	.520
difference:	+10	+8.6	+5.3	+2.1	+3.3	+5.4	+0.9	+0.3	+0.2	-1.5	-1.7	+2.1	+4.3	+.040		+0.2		+1.1	+4.3	+.152
Dwight Howard	5	36.0	13.2	5.2	8.8	14.0	1.6	0.8	1.4	2.4	4.2	5.2	9.6	.542	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	7.6	.368

Additional Years

* Dwight Howard played 6 seasons more than Rudy Gobert in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 18, from 2017 to 2022—Dwight Howard played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Rudy Gobert vs. Dwight Howard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwight Howard 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years