Rudy Gobert vs. Michael Porter Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Porter Jr. 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, 6 more than Michael Porter Jr., who played 6. Rudy Gobert had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Michael Porter Jr. had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2016-17	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+19	+4.9	+3.4	+2.9	+4.4	+7.3	+0.2		+2.1	-0.7	-1.1	+1.3	+5.5	+.174	+3.0	+7.3		+2.3	+4.0	+.147
Michael Porter Jr.	62	29.0	17.4	1.0	4.5	5.5	1.0	0.6	0.5	1.1	1.9	6.4	13.2	.487	3.0	7.3	.414	1.5	1.9	.800
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:	+11	+5.4	+1.8	+1.4	+0.3	+1.8	+0.4	+0.5	+0.7	-0.5	-1.2	+0.6	+4.7	+.212	+2.3	+6.6		+1.5	+4.1	+.313
Michael Porter Jr.	20	32.7	13.4	1.0	7.1	8.1	1.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	2.1	5.0	11.7	.423	2.3	6.6	.351	1.2	1.5	.793

Season 5
	Rudy Gobert	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2017-18	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+25	+0.7	+3.2	+1.6	+2.1	+3.7	+0.1	+0.3	+1.6	-0.8	-0.9	+1.5	+5.4	+.138	+2.7	+6.8		+2.5	+3.9	+.154
Michael Porter Jr.	81	31.7	16.7	1.3	5.7	7.0	1.5	0.5	0.7	1.1	1.8	6.4	13.3	.484	2.7	6.8	.397	1.1	1.4	.836
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:	+1	+2.1	+2.6	+3.2	+0.6	+3.9	+0.1		+1.5	-0.4	-0.8	+0.7	+4.6	+.189	+2.8	+6.8		+1.5	+3.1	+.166
Michael Porter Jr.	12	36.9	15.8	0.7	6.2	6.8	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.5	2.3	5.7	12.2	.466	2.8	6.8	.407	1.7	2.2	.769

Season 6
	Rudy Gobert	Michael Porter Jr.
Season	2018-19	2024-25
Team	Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+4	+1.9	+2.3	+2.0	+3.8	+5.9	+0.1	+0.2	+1.8	-0.2	-0.9	+1.0	+4.8	+.165	+2.5	+6.4		+2.2	+3.9	+.132
Michael Porter Jr.	77	33.7	18.2	1.8	5.2	7.0	2.1	0.6	0.5	1.4	2.0	6.9	13.6	.504	2.5	6.4	.395	1.9	2.5	.768
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	+0.7	+2.1	+3.6	+1.1	+4.7	+0.8		+2.2	-0.9	-1.3	+0.4	+2.2	+.202	+1.7	+5.0		+2.9	+3.6	+.069
Michael Porter Jr.	14	31.1	9.1	1.0	4.5	5.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.9	3.4	8.6	.392	1.7	5.0	.343	0.7	1.0	.714

Additional Years
* Rudy Gobert played 6 seasons more than Michael Porter Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 12, from 2020 to 2025—Rudy Gobert played in 6 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Michael Porter Jr., Rudy Gobert got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Rebounds Leader 3 All-Star Game