Shane Battier vs. Rudy Gobert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gobert and Shane Battier, 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 / 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.

Shane Battier played 13 years in the NBA, 2 more than Rudy Gobert, who played 11. Shane Battier had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Rudy Gobert had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
Shane Battier	13	10	2001-02 to 2013-14
Rudy Gobert	11	8	2013-14 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Shane Battier	Rudy Gobert
Season	2001-02	2013-14
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Shane Battier	78	39.7	14.4	2.3	3.1	5.4	2.8	1.6	1.0	2.0	2.8	5.3	12.3	.429	1.3	3.5	.373	2.5	3.6	.700
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

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


Season 2
	Shane Battier	Rudy Gobert
Season	2002-03	2014-15
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
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		%
Shane Battier	78	30.6	9.7	1.6	2.8	4.4	1.3	1.3	1.1	0.9	2.7	3.5	7.3	.483	1.1	2.8	.398	1.5	1.9	.828
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

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


Season 3
	Shane Battier	Rudy Gobert
Season	2003-04	2015-16
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Shane Battier	79	24.6	8.5	1.3	2.5	3.8	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.7	2.4	3.1	6.9	.446	0.8	2.4	.349	1.5	2.1	.732
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	4	18.0	4.8	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	4.3	1.5	3.8	.400	0.8	1.8	.429	1.0	1.5	.667
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Shane Battier	Rudy Gobert
Season	2004-05	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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		%
Shane Battier	80	31.5	9.9	2.0	3.2	5.2	1.6	1.1	1.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	7.7	.442	0.9	2.2	.395	2.3	2.9	.789
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	4	29.5	7.3	2.5	4.3	6.8	1.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.5	3.3	7.8	.419	0.3	1.8	.143	0.5	1.3	.400
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


Season 5
	Shane Battier	Rudy Gobert
Season	2005-06	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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		%
Shane Battier	81	35.0	10.1	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.7	1.1	1.4	1.1	2.8	3.7	7.7	.488	0.8	2.0	.394	1.8	2.6	.707
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	4	32.3	6.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	0.5	1.0	0.5	2.0	4.0	2.5	5.0	.500	0.5	1.8	.286	0.5	1.5	.333
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


Season 6
	Shane Battier	Rudy Gobert
Season	2006-07	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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		%
Shane Battier	82	36.4	10.1	0.8	3.3	4.1	2.1	1.0	0.7	0.9	2.3	3.6	8.0	.446	1.9	4.5	.421	1.1	1.4	.779
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	7	38.9	10.3	0.4	2.1	2.6	2.1	1.7	1.0	1.1	2.9	3.3	7.3	.451	2.7	6.1	.442	1.0	1.1	.875
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


Season 7
	Shane Battier	Rudy Gobert
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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		%
Shane Battier	80	36.3	9.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.9	1.0	1.1	1.0	2.5	3.3	7.7	.428	1.7	4.6	.377	0.9	1.3	.743
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	6	41.0	10.0	1.2	2.7	3.8	0.5	1.0	0.8	1.3	3.2	3.3	7.5	.444	2.0	4.2	.480	1.3	1.8	.727
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


Season 8
	Shane Battier	Rudy Gobert
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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		%
Shane Battier	60	33.9	7.3	0.9	3.9	4.8	2.3	0.8	0.9	0.8	1.9	2.4	5.9	.410	1.5	4.0	.384	0.9	1.1	.821
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	13	38.2	8.1	1.6	3.3	4.9	2.4	1.1	0.7	1.2	2.5	2.5	6.2	.407	1.3	4.2	.315	1.7	1.8	.957
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


Season 9
	Shane Battier	Rudy Gobert
Season	2009-10	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
Shane Battier	67	32.4	8.0	1.1	3.6	4.7	2.4	0.8	1.1	1.0	2.1	2.7	6.7	.398	1.5	4.2	.362	1.1	1.6	.726
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 10
	Shane Battier	Rudy Gobert
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Timberwolves 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		%
Shane Battier	82	29.0	7.6	1.1	3.5	4.5	2.3	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.9	2.8	6.2	.450	1.2	3.3	.382	0.8	1.1	.688
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	13	26.1	5.5	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.1	2.2	5.1	.439	0.6	2.2	.276	0.5	0.7	.667
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


Season 11
	Shane Battier	Rudy Gobert
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	Miami Heat	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Timberwolves TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	65	23.1	4.8	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.3	1.0	0.5	0.6	1.6	1.7	4.5	.387	1.0	2.8	.339	0.4	0.6	.622
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	23	33.4	7.0	0.7	2.6	3.2	1.2	1.0	0.6	0.7	3.0	2.3	6.1	.379	1.8	4.8	.382	0.6	0.7	.813
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


Season 12
	Shane Battier	Rudy Gobert
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	72	24.8	6.6	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.1	5.0	.420	1.9	4.4	.430	0.4	0.5	.842
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	22	17.8	4.7	0.4	1.3	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.2	2.2	1.2	4.2	.290	1.2	4.0	.295	1.0	1.3	.821
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Shane Battier	Rudy Gobert
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Shane Battier	73	20.1	4.1	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.3	1.7	1.4	3.8	.382	1.0	2.9	.348	0.2	0.3	.652
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	16	12.6	2.3	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.4	0.8	1.6	.462	0.6	1.3	.450	0.3	0.3	.800
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Shane Battier vs. Rudy Gobert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gobert and Shane Battier, 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