Tim Duncan vs. Julius Randle Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Julius Randle 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 Julius Randle, who played 12. Tim Duncan had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Julius Randle had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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	Julius Randle
Season	1997-98	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
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	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		%
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:	+81	+25.1	+19.1	+3.3	+8.6	+11.9	+2.7	+0.7	+2.5	-2.4	-2.1	+7.6	+12.7	+.216		+0.1		+3.9	+3.9	+.662
Julius Randle	1	14.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	2.0	.000
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Tim Duncan	Julius Randle
Season	1998-99	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
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:	+31	+11.1	+10.4	+1.1	+0.1	+1.2	+0.6	+0.2	+2.1	-1.1	-0.1	+4.0	+6.6	+.066	+0.1	+0.3	+.135	+2.5	+3.9	+.025
Julius Randle	81	28.2	11.3	2.1	8.1	10.2	1.8	0.7	0.4	1.8	3.0	4.4	10.3	.429	0.1	0.4	.278	2.4	3.3	.715
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tim Duncan	Julius Randle
Season	1999-00	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
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:		+10.1	+10.0	+1.5	+2.3	+3.8	+0.4	+0.2	+1.7	-1.0	-0.6	+3.4	+6.9	+.002	+0.2	+0.8	+.179	+3.4	+4.3	+.038
Julius Randle	74	28.8	13.2	2.0	6.6	8.6	3.6	0.7	0.5	2.3	3.4	5.1	10.4	.488	0.2	0.9	.270	2.8	3.8	.723
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Duncan nor Julius Randle played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Tim Duncan	Julius Randle
Season	2000-01	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
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:		+12.0	+6.1	+1.0	+3.2	+4.2	+0.4	+0.4	+1.8	-0.4	-0.3	+2.5	+6.1	+.059		+0.2	+.037	+1.3	+2.9	+.100
Julius Randle	82	26.7	16.1	2.2	5.8	8.0	2.6	0.5	0.5	2.6	3.3	6.1	11.0	.558	0.1	0.5	.222	3.7	5.2	.718
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Tim Duncan	Julius Randle
Season	2001-02	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Orleans Pelicans
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:	+9	+10.0	+4.1	+1.1	+2.9	+4.0	+0.6		+1.9	-0.4	-0.8	+1.5	+3.4	+.016	+0.9	+2.6	+.244	+1.9	+1.8	+.068
Julius Randle	73	30.6	21.4	2.2	6.5	8.7	3.1	0.7	0.6	2.8	3.4	7.8	14.9	.524	0.9	2.7	.344	4.9	6.7	.731
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Tim Duncan	Julius Randle
Season	2002-03	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
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:	+17	+6.8	+3.8	+0.8	+2.3	+3.2	+0.8	+0.1	+2.6	-0.1	-0.1	+1.6	+1.5	+.053	+0.9	+3.3	+.004	+1.6	+2.3	+.023
Julius Randle	64	32.5	19.5	2.4	7.4	9.7	3.1	0.8	0.3	3.0	2.8	7.2	15.7	.460	1.0	3.6	.277	4.0	5.5	.733
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Tim Duncan	Julius Randle
Season	2003-04	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks 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:	+2	+1.0	+1.8	+2.1	+0.2	+2.2	+2.9		+2.4	-0.7	-0.8	+0.1	+1.5	+.045	+2.3	+5.3	+.244	+0.2	+2.5	+.212
Julius Randle	71	37.6	24.1	1.2	9.0	10.2	6.0	0.9	0.3	3.4	3.2	8.5	18.6	.456	2.3	5.5	.411	4.9	6.0	.811
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	+4.4	+4.1	+1.1	+1.4	+0.3	+0.8	+0.2	+2.0	-0.4	-0.2	+2.7	+2.9	+.224	+2.2	+6.5	+.333	+0.9	+3.3	+.220
Julius Randle	5	36.0	18.0	2.2	9.4	11.6	4.0	0.6	0.0	4.6	3.6	5.6	18.8	.298	2.2	6.6	.333	4.6	5.4	.852

Season 8
	Tim Duncan	Julius Randle
Season	2004-05	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+6	+1.9	+0.2	+1.4	+0.2	+1.2	+2.4		+2.1	-1.5	-0.6	+0.7	+1.5	+.085	+1.7	+5.3	+.025	+0.4	+1.3	+.086
Julius Randle	72	35.3	20.1	1.7	8.2	9.9	5.1	0.7	0.5	3.4	2.8	7.1	17.3	.411	1.7	5.4	.308	4.2	5.6	.756
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Tim Duncan	Julius Randle
Season	2005-06	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+3	+0.7	+6.5	+1.1		+1.0	+0.9	+0.3	+1.7	-0.3	-0.3	+1.3	+3.8	+.025	+2.8	+8.2	+.057	+1.0	+0.2	+.128
Julius Randle	77	35.5	25.1	1.8	8.1	10.0	4.1	0.6	0.3	2.8	3.0	8.5	18.6	.459	2.8	8.3	.343	5.2	6.9	.757
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:	+3	+4.9	+9.2	+0.8	+1.4	+2.2	+0.3	+0.3	+1.6	-0.9	-1.4	+3.8	+1.5	+.199	+1.7	+6.4	+.258	+3.3	+4.6	+.009
Julius Randle	10	33.0	16.6	1.7	6.6	8.3	3.6	0.5	0.3	3.5	2.4	5.5	14.7	.374	1.7	6.6	.258	3.9	5.5	.709

Season 10
	Tim Duncan	Julius Randle
Season	2006-07	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	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:	+34	+1.3	+4.0	+0.5	+0.9	+1.4	+1.6	+0.3	+2.1	-0.7	-0.2	+0.9	+4.1	+.074	+1.7	+5.2	+.200	+0.6	+0.5	+.144
Julius Randle	46	35.4	24.0	2.2	7.0	9.2	5.0	0.5	0.3	3.5	2.7	8.6	18.2	.472	1.7	5.3	.311	5.1	6.6	.781
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Tim Duncan	Julius Randle
Season	2007-08	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+9	+1.7	+0.6	+0.9	+3.3	+4.2	+1.9		+1.7	-0.5	-0.1	+0.9	+1.5	+.012	+1.6	+4.5	+.344	+0.4	+1.0	+.076
Julius Randle	69	32.3	18.7	2.1	5.0	7.1	4.7	0.7	0.2	2.8	2.5	6.6	13.6	.485	1.6	4.6	.344	3.9	4.9	.806
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
difference:	+2	+3.7	+1.5	+1.8	+6.8	+8.6	+1.6	+0.1	+2.0	-0.9	-0.6	+0.2	+2.4	+.053	+1.9	+4.9	+.185	+0.2	+1.8	+.254
Julius Randle	15	35.5	21.7	1.8	4.1	5.9	4.9	0.8	0.1	3.3	3.0	7.7	15.3	.502	2.0	5.2	.385	4.4	5.0	.880

Season 12
	Tim Duncan	Julius Randle
Season	2008-09	2025-26
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
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:	+50	+0.1	+3.7	+1.2	+2.3	+3.5	+2.5	+0.4	+1.5	-0.5	-0.3	+0.3	+0.6	+.005	+1.8	+5.0		+1.4	+0.7	+.144
Julius Randle	25	33.8	23.0	1.5	5.7	7.2	6.0	0.9	0.2	2.7	2.6	7.7	15.4	.499	1.8	5.0	.355	5.9	7.1	.836
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Tim Duncan played 7 seasons more than Julius Randle 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 Julius Randle, 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