Rudy Gobert vs. Walker Kessler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walker Kessler 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 13 years in the NBA, 9 more than Walker Kessler, who played 4. Rudy Gobert had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Walker Kessler had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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.

Rookie Season
	Rudy Gobert	Walker Kessler
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz
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:	+29	+13.4	+6.9	+2.0	+3.0	+5.0	+0.7	+0.2	+1.4	-0.1	-1.0	+3.2	+4.0	+.234				+0.4	+0.7	+.024
Walker Kessler	74	23.0	9.2	3.1	5.3	8.4	0.9	0.4	2.3	0.8	2.3	4.0	5.6	.720	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.1	.516
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gobert nor Walker Kessler played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Rudy Gobert	Walker Kessler
Season	2016-17	2025-26
Team	Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+76	+3.1	+0.4	+0.7	+2.7	+2.0	+1.8	+0.8	+0.8	-1.4	-1.4	+0.1	+0.3	+.042	+1.2	+1.6		+1.0	+1.9	+.047
Walker Kessler	5	30.8	14.4	4.6	6.2	10.8	3.0	1.4	1.8	3.2	4.4	5.2	7.4	.703	1.2	1.6	.750	2.8	4.0	.700
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
Walker Kessler	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Rudy Gobert played 9 seasons more than Walker Kessler in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 13, from 2018 to 2026—Rudy Gobert played in 8 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Walker Kessler, Rudy Gobert got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 4 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Rebounds Leader 3 All-Star Game