Bruce Bowen vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and Bruce Bowen, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Bruce Bowen played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than Kristaps Porzingis, who played 8. Bruce Bowen had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Bruce Bowen	13	10	1996-97 to 2008-09
Kristaps Porzingis	8	3	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Bruce Bowen	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1996-97	2015-16
Team	Miami Heat	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Bruce Bowen	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1997-98	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	61	21.4	5.6	1.3	1.6	2.9	1.3	1.4	0.5	0.9	2.9	2.0	4.9	.409	0.3	1.0	.339	1.2	2.0	.623
Kristaps Porzingis	66	32.8	18.1	1.7	5.5	7.2	1.5	0.7	2.0	1.8	3.7	6.7	14.9	.450	1.7	4.8	.357	3.0	3.8	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bruce Bowen	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1998-99	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	30	16.5	2.3	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.7	0.9	3.1	.280	0.2	0.9	.269	0.4	0.8	.458
Kristaps Porzingis	48	32.4	22.7	1.3	5.3	6.6	1.2	0.8	2.4	1.9	2.9	8.1	18.5	.439	1.9	4.8	.395	4.5	5.7	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Kristaps Porzingis didn't play in 2018-19.


Season 4
	Bruce Bowen	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1999-00	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Bruce Bowen	69	12.7	2.8	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.3	1.7	1.0	2.8	.371	0.4	0.8	.466	0.4	0.6	.581
Kristaps Porzingis	57	31.8	20.4	1.8	7.7	9.5	1.8	0.7	2.0	1.6	3.2	7.0	16.4	.427	2.5	7.1	.352	4.0	5.0	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	10	15.8	3.5	0.1	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.6	2.7	1.0	2.7	.370	0.5	2.2	.227	1.0	1.6	.625
Kristaps Porzingis	3	31.3	23.7	1.0	7.7	8.7	0.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	7.0	13.3	.525	3.0	5.7	.529	6.7	7.7	.870


Season 5
	Bruce Bowen	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2000-01	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Bruce Bowen	82	32.7	7.6	0.5	2.4	3.0	1.6	1.0	0.6	0.9	3.3	2.6	7.1	.363	1.3	3.7	.336	1.2	2.0	.609
Kristaps Porzingis	43	30.9	20.1	1.9	7.0	8.9	1.6	0.5	1.3	1.2	2.7	7.6	15.9	.476	2.3	6.0	.376	2.7	3.2	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	3	19.3	4.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	2.7	1.7	5.3	.313	0.7	2.7	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Kristaps Porzingis	7	33.3	13.1	1.0	4.4	5.4	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.4	2.7	4.9	10.3	.472	1.1	3.9	.296	2.3	2.7	.842


Season 6
	Bruce Bowen	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2001-02	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	59	28.8	7.0	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.5	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.0	2.6	6.7	.389	0.9	2.5	.378	0.8	1.6	.479
Kristaps Porzingis	51	29.0	20.2	2.0	6.1	8.1	2.3	0.7	1.6	1.6	2.7	6.9	15.0	.459	1.5	4.9	.310	4.9	5.6	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	10	34.5	6.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.4	1.1	0.7	0.7	2.8	2.5	6.1	.410	1.1	2.5	.440	0.7	1.4	.500
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Bruce Bowen	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2002-03	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	82	31.3	7.1	0.7	2.2	2.9	1.4	0.8	0.5	0.9	2.4	2.7	5.8	.466	1.2	2.8	.441	0.4	1.1	.404
Kristaps Porzingis	65	32.6	23.2	1.8	6.6	8.4	2.7	0.9	1.5	2.1	3.0	7.8	15.7	.498	2.1	5.5	.385	5.4	6.4	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	24	31.2	6.9	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.6	0.8	0.7	0.6	2.2	2.3	6.0	.372	1.5	3.3	.438	1.0	1.8	.548
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Bruce Bowen	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2003-04	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	82	32.0	6.9	0.5	2.5	3.1	1.4	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.0	2.6	6.1	.420	0.9	2.6	.363	0.8	1.4	.579
Kristaps Porzingis	57	29.6	20.1	1.7	5.5	7.2	2.0	0.7	1.9	1.6	2.7	6.8	13.2	.516	1.9	5.1	.375	4.5	5.3	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	10	29.9	6.0	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.0	0.4	0.3	0.4	2.4	2.3	6.3	.365	1.1	2.9	.379	0.3	1.3	.231
Kristaps Porzingis	4	26.3	12.3	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.8	1.3	1.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	9.0	.389	2.0	5.0	.400	3.3	3.5	.929


Season 9
	Bruce Bowen	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2004-05	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	82	32.0	8.2	0.6	2.9	3.5	1.5	0.7	0.5	0.7	2.1	3.1	7.3	.420	1.2	3.1	.403	0.9	1.4	.634
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	23	35.4	5.7	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.6	0.5	0.6	0.7	3.3	2.0	5.6	.359	1.3	2.9	.433	0.5	0.7	.647
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Bruce Bowen	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2005-06	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Bruce Bowen	82	33.6	7.5	0.4	3.5	3.9	1.5	1.0	0.4	0.8	2.3	2.8	6.5	.433	1.3	3.0	.424	0.6	1.0	.607
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	13	34.0	6.2	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.2	0.8	0.6	0.7	3.2	2.5	4.7	.525	1.2	2.3	.500	0.1	0.2	.500
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Bruce Bowen	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2006-07	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	82	30.0	6.2	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.4	0.8	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.3	5.7	.405	1.1	2.8	.384	0.5	0.9	.589
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	20	34.5	6.5	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.3	1.4	0.2	0.7	2.7	2.4	6.0	.395	1.7	3.7	.446	0.2	0.3	.500
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bruce Bowen	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2007-08	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Bruce Bowen	81	30.2	6.0	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.6	2.2	2.1	5.3	.407	1.1	2.7	.419	0.6	0.9	.652
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	17	29.9	6.1	0.1	1.8	1.9	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.5	2.4	2.2	5.5	.398	1.3	3.2	.407	0.5	0.6	.727
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Bruce Bowen	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2008-09	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Bruce Bowen	80	18.8	2.7	0.2	1.6	1.8	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.5	1.0	2.3	.422	0.5	1.2	.429	0.2	0.3	.538
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bruce Bowen	5	26.0	4.2	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.6	2.0	1.4	2.6	.538	1.0	1.8	.556	0.4	0.4	1.000
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bruce Bowen vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and Bruce Bowen, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13