Toby Knight vs. Joakim Noah Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joakim Noah and Toby Knight, 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.

Toby Knight played 4 years in the NBA, 9 less than Joakim Noah, who played 13. Toby Knight had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Joakim Noah had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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.

Note: Toby Knight didn't play in 1980-81.

Season 4
	Toby Knight	Joakim Noah
Season	1981-82	2010-11
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf 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		%
Toby Knight	40	13.8	5.5	0.8	1.2	2.1	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.9	2.6	4.6	.557	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.680
Joakim Noah	48	32.8	11.7	3.8	6.6	10.4	2.2	1.0	1.5	1.9	3.3	4.4	8.4	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.9	.739
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Toby Knight	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	16	33.1	8.7	4.3	5.9	10.2	2.5	1.0	2.1	1.2	3.9	3.2	7.8	.411	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.2	.725

Season 6
	Toby Knight	Joakim Noah
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Toby Knight	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	66	36.8	11.9	3.9	7.2	11.1	4.0	1.2	2.1	2.7	2.8	4.6	9.5	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.6	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Toby Knight	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	12	34.1	10.8	4.3	5.3	9.6	2.3	0.8	2.2	2.0	3.6	4.3	9.9	.437	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.3	.641

Season 7
	Toby Knight	Joakim Noah
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Toby Knight	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	80	35.3	12.6	3.5	7.7	11.3	5.4	1.2	1.5	2.4	3.1	4.8	10.0	.475	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.2	.737
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Toby Knight	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joakim Noah	5	42.0	10.4	3.0	9.8	12.8	4.6	1.0	1.4	3.8	3.8	4.2	8.2	.512	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.4	.588