Tim Duncan vs. Evan Fournier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Evan Fournier and Tim Duncan, 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.

Tim Duncan played 19 years in the NBA, 7 more than Evan Fournier, who played 12. Tim Duncan had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Evan Fournier had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
	Tim Duncan	Evan Fournier
Season	1997-98	2012-13
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tim Duncan	82	39.1	21.1	3.3	8.6	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	3.4	3.1	8.6	15.7	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	5.9	.662
difference:	+44	+27.8	+15.8	+3.1	+7.8	+11.0	+1.5	+0.2	+2.5	-2.6	-1.4	+6.6	+11.7	+.056	+0.6	+1.3	+.407	+3.1	+4.9	+.107
Evan Fournier	38	11.3	5.3	0.2	0.8	0.9	1.2	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.7	2.0	4.0	.493	0.6	1.4	.407	0.8	1.0	.769
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	9	41.6	20.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	1.9	0.6	2.6	2.8	2.7	8.1	15.6	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	4.4	6.7	.667
difference:	+5	+28.3	+15.9	+2.2	+6.8	+9.0	+0.9	+0.1	+2.6	-1.3	-1.2	+6.6	+11.3	+.168		+1.9		+2.6	+4.7	+.208
Evan Fournier	4	13.3	4.8	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	4.3	.353	0.0	2.0	.000	1.8	2.0	.875

Season 2
	Tim Duncan	Evan Fournier
Season	1998-99	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tim Duncan	50	39.3	21.7	3.2	8.2	11.4	2.4	0.9	2.5	2.9	2.9	8.4	16.9	.495	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	7.2	.690
difference:	+26	+19.5	+13.3	+2.8	+6.0	+8.7	+0.9	+0.5	+2.4	-1.6	-0.5	+5.4	+9.7	+.076	+1.2	+3.0	+.233	+3.7	+5.6	+.066
Evan Fournier	76	19.8	8.4	0.4	2.2	2.7	1.5	0.4	0.1	1.3	2.4	3.0	7.2	.419	1.2	3.1	.376	1.2	1.6	.756
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	17	43.1	23.2	3.2	8.2	11.5	2.8	0.8	2.6	3.1	2.9	8.5	16.6	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	6.3	8.4	.748
Evan Fournier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tim Duncan	Evan Fournier
Season	1999-00	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
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		%
Tim Duncan	74	38.9	23.2	3.5	8.9	12.4	3.2	0.9	2.2	3.3	2.8	8.5	17.3	.490	0.0	0.1	.091	6.2	8.1	.761
difference:	+16	+10.3	+11.2	+3.0	+6.7	+9.8	+1.1	+0.2	+2.2	-1.9	-0.8	+4.1	+7.4	+.050	+1.5	+3.8	+.287	+4.4	+5.6	+.033
Evan Fournier	58	28.6	12.0	0.5	2.2	2.6	2.1	0.7	0.0	1.4	2.0	4.4	9.9	.440	1.5	3.9	.378	1.8	2.5	.728
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Duncan nor Evan Fournier played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Tim Duncan	Evan Fournier
Season	2000-01	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Tim Duncan	82	38.7	22.2	3.2	9.0	12.2	3.0	0.9	2.3	3.0	3.0	8.6	17.1	.499	0.1	0.3	.259	5.0	8.1	.618
difference:	+3	+6.2	+6.8	+2.8	+6.6	+9.4	+0.3	+0.3	+2.3	-1.3	-0.3	+3.2	+5.3	+.037	+1.9	+4.6	+.141	+2.5	+5.1	+.218
Evan Fournier	79	32.5	15.4	0.4	2.4	2.8	2.7	1.2	0.0	1.7	2.7	5.4	11.8	.462	2.0	4.9	.400	2.5	3.0	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	13	40.5	24.4	4.2	10.3	14.5	3.8	1.1	2.7	3.8	3.3	9.2	18.9	.488	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.8	9.2	.639
Evan Fournier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Tim Duncan	Evan Fournier
Season	2001-02	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tim Duncan	82	40.6	25.5	3.3	9.4	12.7	3.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.6	9.3	18.3	.508	0.0	0.1	.100	6.8	8.5	.799
difference:	+14	+7.7	+8.3	+2.7	+7.0	+9.6	+0.7	+0.3	+2.4	-1.1		+3.3	+4.6	+.069	+1.9	+5.2	+.256	+3.5	+4.4	+.006
Evan Fournier	68	32.9	17.2	0.6	2.4	3.1	3.0	1.0	0.1	2.1	2.6	6.0	13.7	.439	1.9	5.3	.356	3.3	4.1	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	9	42.2	27.6	3.1	11.3	14.4	5.0	0.7	4.3	4.1	2.4	9.1	20.1	.453	0.1	0.3	.333	9.2	11.2	.822
Evan Fournier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Tim Duncan	Evan Fournier
Season	2002-03	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tim Duncan	81	39.3	23.3	3.2	9.7	12.9	3.9	0.7	2.9	3.1	2.9	8.8	17.2	.513	0.1	0.3	.273	5.6	7.8	.710
difference:	+24	+7.1	+5.5	+2.8	+6.9	+9.7	+1.0	+0.1	+2.6	-1.4	-0.5	+2.3	+3.1	+.054	+2.1	+5.6	+.106	+3.0	+4.8	+.157
Evan Fournier	57	32.2	17.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.9	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.4	6.5	14.1	.459	2.2	5.9	.379	2.6	3.0	.867
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	24	42.5	24.7	4.0	11.4	15.4	5.3	0.6	3.3	3.2	3.3	9.1	17.2	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	6.5	9.7	.677
Evan Fournier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Tim Duncan	Evan Fournier
Season	2003-04	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	69	36.6	22.3	3.3	9.2	12.4	3.1	0.9	2.7	2.7	2.4	8.6	17.1	.501	0.0	0.2	.167	5.1	8.5	.599
difference:	+12	+5.1	+7.2	+2.8	+6.5	+9.2	+0.5		+2.6	-0.8	-0.4	+2.8	+3.9	+.063	+1.9	+5.4	+.173	+3.4	+6.4	+.207
Evan Fournier	81	31.5	15.1	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.6	0.9	0.1	1.9	2.8	5.8	13.2	.438	1.9	5.6	.340	1.7	2.1	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	10	40.4	22.1	3.3	8.0	11.3	3.2	0.8	2.0	4.2	3.4	8.3	15.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	8.7	.632
difference:	+5	+5.4	+9.7	+2.7	+5.4	+8.1	+1.2	+0.6	+2.0	-1.8	-0.6	+3.5	+2.1	+.174	+1.6	+6.7	+.235	+4.3	+7.1	+.118
Evan Fournier	5	35.0	12.4	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.0	1.4	0.0	2.4	2.8	4.8	13.8	.348	1.6	6.8	.235	1.2	1.6	.750

Season 8
	Tim Duncan	Evan Fournier
Season	2004-05	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tim Duncan	66	33.4	20.3	3.1	8.0	11.1	2.7	0.7	2.6	1.9	2.2	7.8	15.8	.496	0.0	0.1	.333	4.6	6.9	.670
difference:		+1.9	+1.8	+2.8	+5.7	+8.5	+0.5	+0.4	+2.4		-0.2	+1.2	+1.7	+.029	+2.6	+6.5	+.066	+1.9	+3.6	+.148
Evan Fournier	66	31.5	18.5	0.3	2.3	2.6	3.2	1.1	0.2	1.9	2.4	6.6	14.1	.467	2.6	6.6	.399	2.7	3.3	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	23	37.7	23.6	3.8	8.7	12.4	2.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.9	8.6	18.5	.464	0.0	0.2	.200	6.4	8.9	.717
difference:	+18	+3.5	+10.8	+3.2	+5.3	+8.4	+0.1	+0.9	+1.7	-0.9	-0.9	+4.6	+7.1	+.113	+2.4	+6.8	+.143	+4.0	+5.5	+.011
Evan Fournier	5	34.2	12.8	0.6	3.4	4.0	2.6	1.2	0.6	1.8	2.0	4.0	11.4	.351	2.4	7.0	.343	2.4	3.4	.706

Season 9
	Tim Duncan	Evan Fournier
Season	2005-06	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Orlando Magic, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Tim Duncan	80	34.8	18.6	2.9	8.1	11.0	3.2	0.9	2.0	2.5	2.7	7.2	14.8	.484	0.0	0.1	.400	4.2	6.7	.629
difference:	+38	+4.8	+1.5	+2.7	+5.3	+8.0	+0.2	+0.2	+1.5	-0.8	-0.4	+1.3	+1.9	+.027	+2.8	+6.6	+.013	+1.6	+3.4	+.159
Evan Fournier	42	30.0	17.1	0.2	2.8	3.0	3.4	1.1	0.5	1.7	2.3	5.9	12.9	.457	2.8	6.7	.413	2.6	3.3	.788
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	13	37.9	25.8	2.5	8.0	10.5	3.3	0.8	1.9	2.6	3.8	9.3	16.2	.573	0.0	0.2	.000	7.2	10.1	.718
difference:	+8	+4.5	+10.4	+1.5	+5.4	+6.9	+1.9	+0.4	+1.9	-1.6	-0.2	+3.9	+3.6	+.144	+2.6	+5.8	+.433	+5.2	+7.7	+.115
Evan Fournier	5	33.4	15.4	1.0	2.6	3.6	1.4	1.2	0.0	1.0	4.0	5.4	12.6	.429	2.6	6.0	.433	2.0	2.4	.833

Season 10
	Tim Duncan	Evan Fournier
Season	2006-07	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tim Duncan	80	34.1	20.0	2.7	7.9	10.6	3.4	0.8	2.4	2.8	2.5	7.7	14.1	.546	0.0	0.1	.111	4.5	7.1	.637
difference:		+4.6	+5.9	+2.3	+5.7	+8.0	+1.3	+0.2	+2.1	-1.5	-0.2	+2.7	+2.0	+.129	+3.0	+7.6	+.278	+3.5	+5.7	+.071
Evan Fournier	80	29.5	14.1	0.4	2.2	2.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.3	2.3	5.0	12.1	.417	3.0	7.7	.389	1.0	1.4	.708
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	20	36.8	22.2	3.7	7.8	11.5	3.3	0.7	3.1	3.0	3.0	8.7	16.7	.521	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	7.5	.644
Evan Fournier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Tim Duncan	Evan Fournier
Season	2007-08	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tim Duncan	78	34.0	19.3	3.0	8.3	11.3	2.8	0.7	1.9	2.3	2.4	7.5	15.1	.497	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.9	.730
difference:	+51	+17.0	+13.2	+2.9	+6.6	+9.5	+1.5	+0.1	+1.8	-1.5	-0.7	+5.4	+9.0	+.160	+1.3	+4.1	+.307	+3.6	+5.1	+.127
Evan Fournier	27	17.0	6.1	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.7	2.1	6.1	.337	1.3	4.2	.307	0.7	0.8	.857
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	17	39.2	20.2	3.6	10.9	14.5	3.3	0.9	2.1	2.4	2.4	7.9	17.7	.449	0.1	0.3	.200	4.2	6.8	.626
Evan Fournier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Tim Duncan	Evan Fournier
Season	2008-09	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tim Duncan	75	33.7	19.3	2.7	8.0	10.7	3.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.3	7.4	14.8	.504	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.4	.692
difference:	+43	+15.6	+12.4	+2.5	+6.3	+8.9	+2.0	+0.4	+1.5	-1.5	-0.8	+4.9	+7.9	+.147	+1.0	+4.1		+3.6	+5.3	+.114
Evan Fournier	32	18.1	6.9	0.2	1.7	1.8	1.5	0.9	0.2	0.7	1.5	2.5	6.9	.357	1.0	4.1	.254	0.9	1.1	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	5	32.8	19.8	2.4	5.6	8.0	3.2	0.6	1.2	1.4	2.2	8.2	15.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.6	.607
Evan Fournier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Tim Duncan played 7 seasons more than Evan Fournier in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 19, from 2010 to 2016—Tim Duncan played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Evan Fournier, Tim Duncan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 4 All-Star Game