Taurean Prince vs. David Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Robinson and Taurean Prince, 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.

Taurean Prince played 9 years in the NBA, 5 less than David Robinson, who played 14. Taurean Prince had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while David Robinson had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
	Taurean Prince	David Robinson
Season	2016-17	1989-90
Team	Atlanta Hawks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Taurean Prince	59	16.6	5.7	0.4	2.2	2.7	0.9	0.7	0.5	1.0	1.6	1.9	4.8	.400	0.6	1.7	.324	1.3	1.6	.787
difference:	+23	+20.0	+18.6	+3.3	+6.1	+9.3	+1.1	+1.0	+3.4	-2.1	-1.6	+6.5	+11.1	+.131	+0.6	+1.7		+6.2	+8.6	+.055
David Robinson	82	36.6	24.3	3.7	8.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	3.1	3.2	8.4	15.9	.531	0.0	0.0	-	7.5	10.2	.732
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	6	31.2	11.2	1.2	4.2	5.3	1.3	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.5	4.8	8.7	.558	0.7	2.3	.286	0.8	0.8	1.000
difference:	+4	+6.3	+13.1	+2.4	+4.2	+6.7	+1.0	+0.8	+3.8	-1.2	-2.0	+4.1	+8.0	+.025	+0.7	+2.3		+5.7	+8.8	+.323
David Robinson	10	37.5	24.3	3.6	8.4	12.0	2.3	1.1	4.0	2.4	3.5	8.9	16.7	.533	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	9.6	.677

Season 2
	Taurean Prince	David Robinson
Season	2017-18	1990-91
Team	Atlanta Hawks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Taurean Prince	82	30.0	14.1	0.6	4.1	4.7	2.6	1.0	0.5	2.3	2.0	5.1	11.9	.426	2.1	5.6	.385	1.9	2.2	.844
difference:		+7.7	+11.5	+3.5	+4.8	+8.3	+0.1	+0.5	+3.4	-1.0	-1.2	+4.1	+4.8	+.126	+2.1	+5.5	+.242	+5.3	+7.3	+.082
David Robinson	82	37.7	25.6	4.1	8.9	13.0	2.5	1.5	3.9	3.3	3.2	9.2	16.7	.552	0.0	0.1	.143	7.2	9.5	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	4	41.5	25.8	2.8	10.8	13.5	2.0	1.5	3.8	3.8	2.8	8.8	12.8	.686	0.0	0.3	.000	8.3	9.5	.868

Season 3
	Taurean Prince	David Robinson
Season	2018-19	1991-92
Team	Atlanta Hawks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Taurean Prince	55	28.2	13.5	0.4	3.2	3.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.8	2.6	4.8	10.8	.441	2.2	5.7	.390	1.7	2.1	.819
difference:	+13	+9.5	+9.7	+3.4	+5.2	+8.6	+0.6	+1.3	+4.2	-0.9	-0.6	+3.9	+5.0	+.110	+2.2	+5.6	+.265	+4.1	+6.2	+.118
David Robinson	68	37.7	23.2	3.8	8.4	12.2	2.7	2.3	4.5	2.7	3.2	8.7	15.8	.551	0.0	0.1	.125	5.8	8.3	.701
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Taurean Prince nor David Robinson played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Taurean Prince	David Robinson
Season	2019-20	1992-93
Team	Brooklyn Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Taurean Prince	64	29.0	12.1	0.8	5.2	6.0	1.8	0.9	0.4	2.0	2.5	4.3	11.5	.376	2.3	6.7	.339	1.1	1.4	.798
difference:	+18	+10.2	+11.3	+2.0	+3.7	+5.7	+1.9	+0.6	+2.8	-0.9	-0.4	+3.9	+4.9	+.125	+2.3	+6.5	+.163	+5.7	+7.9	+.066
David Robinson	82	39.2	23.4	2.8	8.9	11.7	3.7	1.5	3.2	2.9	2.9	8.2	16.4	.501	0.0	0.2	.176	6.8	9.3	.732
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	10	42.1	23.1	2.9	9.7	12.6	4.0	1.0	3.6	2.5	3.9	7.9	17.0	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	7.3	11.0	.664

Season 5
	Taurean Prince	David Robinson
Season	2020-21	1993-94
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Taurean Prince	41	22.1	9.5	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.9	0.7	0.6	1.1	1.8	3.2	8.0	.401	1.5	3.8	.400	1.6	1.9	.855
difference:	+39	+18.4	+20.3	+2.5	+4.7	+7.2	+2.9	+1.0	+2.7	-2.1	-1.1	+7.3	+12.7	+.106	+1.4	+3.4	+.055	+7.1	+9.7	+.106
David Robinson	80	40.5	29.8	3.0	7.7	10.7	4.8	1.7	3.3	3.2	2.9	10.5	20.7	.507	0.1	0.4	.345	8.7	11.6	.749
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	4	36.5	20.0	3.3	6.8	10.0	3.5	0.8	2.5	2.3	3.5	7.5	18.3	.411	0.0	0.3	.000	5.0	6.8	.741

Season 6
	Taurean Prince	David Robinson
Season	2021-22	1994-95
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Taurean Prince	69	17.1	7.3	0.4	2.1	2.5	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.7	2.6	5.7	.454	1.2	3.3	.376	0.9	1.2	.756
difference:	+12	+20.9	+20.3	+2.5	+5.8	+8.3	+1.9	+1.0	+2.9	-2.1	-1.1	+7.1	+12.7	+.076	+1.1	+3.1	+.076	+7.2	+9.3	+.018
David Robinson	81	38.0	27.6	2.9	7.9	10.8	2.9	1.7	3.2	2.9	2.8	9.7	18.4	.530	0.1	0.2	.300	8.1	10.5	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	5	13.0	6.0	0.2	1.4	1.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.0	5.4	.370	0.8	2.8	.286	1.2	1.4	.857
difference:	+10	+28.5	+19.3	+3.6	+6.9	+10.5	+1.9	+1.1	+2.4	-2.9	-3.2	+6.6	+13.9	+.076	+0.7	+2.5	+.086	+6.9	+8.5	+.045
David Robinson	15	41.5	25.3	3.8	8.3	12.1	3.1	1.5	2.6	3.7	4.2	8.6	19.3	.446	0.1	0.3	.200	8.1	9.9	.812

Season 7
	Taurean Prince	David Robinson
Season	2022-23	1995-96
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Taurean Prince	54	22.1	9.1	0.3	2.2	2.4	1.6	0.5	0.3	1.3	2.3	3.3	7.0	.467	1.4	3.6	.381	1.2	1.4	.844
difference:	+28	+14.7	+15.9	+3.6	+6.1	+9.8	+1.4	+0.9	+3.0	-1.0	-0.9	+5.4	+9.8	+.049	+1.4	+3.5	+.048	+6.4	+8.6	+.083
David Robinson	82	36.8	25.0	3.9	8.3	12.2	3.0	1.4	3.3	2.3	3.2	8.7	16.8	.516	0.0	0.1	.333	7.6	10.0	.761
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	5	20.0	7.8	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.8	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.8	2.4	6.6	.364	1.6	4.2	.381	1.4	1.8	.778
difference:	+5	+15.3	+15.8	+3.1	+5.6	+8.7	+1.6	+0.9	+2.3	-1.4	-2.0	+5.9	+9.5	+.152	+1.6	+4.2		+5.6	+8.7	+.111
David Robinson	10	35.3	23.6	3.7	6.4	10.1	2.4	1.5	2.5	2.4	3.8	8.3	16.1	.516	0.0	0.0	-	7.0	10.5	.667

Season 8
	Taurean Prince	David Robinson
Season	2023-24	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Taurean Prince	78	27.0	8.9	0.3	2.7	2.9	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.9	1.9	3.2	7.3	.442	1.8	4.6	.396	0.6	0.9	.735
difference:	+72	+2.5	+8.8	+2.9	+2.6	+5.6	+0.2	+0.3	+0.6	-0.4	-0.4	+2.8	+4.7	+.058	+1.8	+4.6		+5.1	+7.8	+.081
David Robinson	6	24.5	17.7	3.2	5.3	8.5	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.5	6.0	12.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	8.7	.654
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	5	22.2	7.4	0.2	2.2	2.4	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	1.8	2.4	5.8	.414	1.0	3.4	.294	1.6	1.6	1.000
David Robinson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Taurean Prince	David Robinson
Season	2024-25	1997-98
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Taurean Prince	80	27.1	8.2	0.4	3.2	3.6	1.9	1.0	0.2	1.0	2.1	2.9	6.4	.457	1.8	4.2	.439	0.5	0.6	.813
difference:	+7	+6.6	+13.4	+2.9	+4.1	+7.0	+0.8	+0.1	+2.4	-1.8	-0.7	+4.6	+8.2	+.054	+1.8	+4.1	+.189	+6.1	+8.4	+.078
David Robinson	73	33.7	21.6	3.3	7.3	10.6	2.7	0.9	2.6	2.8	2.8	7.5	14.6	.511	0.0	0.1	.250	6.6	9.0	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Taurean Prince	5	12.2	1.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.6	0.4	2.0	.200	0.4	1.8	.222	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+4	+27.0	+18.2	+4.6	+8.6	+13.1	+1.0	+0.8	+3.1	-1.8	-2.5	+5.9	+12.9	+.225	+0.4	+1.8		+6.8	+10.7
David Robinson	9	39.2	19.4	4.6	9.6	14.1	2.6	1.2	3.3	2.8	3.1	6.3	14.9	.425	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	10.7	.635

Additional Years
* David Robinson played 5 seasons more than Taurean Prince in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 1999 to 2003—David Robinson played in 5 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 5 extra years over Taurean Prince, David Robinson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game