VJ Edgecombe vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and VJ Edgecombe, 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.

VJ Edgecombe played 1 year in the NBA, 9 less than Kristaps Porzingis, who played 10. VJ Edgecombe had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Kristaps Porzingis had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
	VJ Edgecombe	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2025-26	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
VJ Edgecombe	21	34.8	14.7	1.8	3.8	5.6	4.0	1.3	0.4	1.7	3.2	5.4	12.9	.421	2.0	5.0	.387	1.9	2.5	.755
difference:	+51	+6.4	+0.4		+1.7	+1.7	+2.7	+0.6	+1.5		-0.4	+0.2	+0.6		+0.9	+1.6	+.054	+0.9	+0.8	+.083
Kristaps Porzingis	72	28.4	14.3	1.8	5.5	7.3	1.3	0.7	1.9	1.7	2.8	5.2	12.3	.421	1.1	3.4	.333	2.8	3.3	.838
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher VJ Edgecombe nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Kristaps Porzingis played 9 seasons more than VJ Edgecombe in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 10, from 2017 to 2026—Kristaps Porzingis played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over VJ Edgecombe, Kristaps Porzingis got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game