Dante Exum vs. David Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Robinson and Dante Exum, 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.

Dante Exum played 7 years in the NBA, 7 less than David Robinson, who played 14. Dante Exum had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while David Robinson had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
Dante Exum	7	3	2014-15 to 2023-24
David Robinson	14	12	1989-90 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dante Exum	David Robinson
Season	2014-15	1989-90
Team	Utah Jazz	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dante Exum	82	22.2	4.8	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.4	0.5	0.2	1.4	1.8	1.8	5.1	.349	1.0	3.2	.314	0.2	0.4	.625
David Robinson	82	36.6	24.3	3.7	8.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	3.1	3.2	8.4	15.9	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	7.5	10.2	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dante Exum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	10	37.5	24.3	3.6	8.4	12.0	2.3	1.1	4.0	2.4	3.5	8.9	16.7	.533	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	9.6	.677

Note: Dante Exum didn't play in 2015-16.


Season 2
	Dante Exum	David Robinson
Season	2016-17	1990-91
Team	Utah Jazz	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Dante Exum	66	18.6	6.2	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.7	0.3	0.2	1.2	2.2	2.3	5.5	.427	0.7	2.3	.295	0.9	1.1	.795
David Robinson	82	37.7	25.6	4.1	8.9	13.0	2.5	1.5	3.9	3.3	3.2	9.2	16.7	.552	0.0	0.1	.143	7.2	9.5	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dante Exum	7	12.0	4.6	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.4	1.4	1.6	3.9	.407	0.6	1.7	.333	0.9	0.9	1.000
David Robinson	4	41.5	25.8	2.8	10.8	13.5	2.0	1.5	3.8	3.8	2.8	8.8	12.8	.686	0.0	0.3	.000	8.3	9.5	.868


Season 3
	Dante Exum	David Robinson
Season	2017-18	1991-92
Team	Utah Jazz	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Dante Exum	14	16.8	8.1	0.3	1.6	1.9	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.4	3.0	6.2	.483	0.4	1.3	.278	1.8	2.2	.806
David Robinson	68	37.7	23.2	3.8	8.4	12.2	2.7	2.3	4.5	2.7	3.2	8.7	15.8	.551	0.0	0.1	.125	5.8	8.3	.701

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dante Exum	10	11.4	5.1	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.0	0.1	0.1	1.5	1.5	2.0	4.1	.488	0.2	0.7	.286	0.9	1.2	.750
David Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Dante Exum	David Robinson
Season	2018-19	1992-93
Team	Utah Jazz	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dante Exum	42	15.8	6.9	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.6	0.3	0.1	1.2	1.6	2.4	5.7	.419	0.4	1.5	.290	1.6	2.0	.791
David Robinson	82	39.2	23.4	2.8	8.9	11.7	3.7	1.5	3.2	2.9	2.9	8.2	16.4	.501	0.0	0.2	.176	6.8	9.3	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dante Exum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	10	42.1	23.1	2.9	9.7	12.6	4.0	1.0	3.6	2.5	3.9	7.9	17.0	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	7.3	11.0	.664


Season 5
	Dante Exum	David Robinson
Season	2019-20	1993-94
Team	Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dante Exum	35	13.9	4.5	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.6	3.4	.471	0.4	1.2	.349	0.9	1.2	.744
David Robinson	80	40.5	29.8	3.0	7.7	10.7	4.8	1.7	3.3	3.2	2.9	10.5	20.7	.507	0.1	0.4	.345	8.7	11.6	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dante Exum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	4	36.5	20.0	3.3	6.8	10.0	3.5	0.8	2.5	2.3	3.5	7.5	18.3	.411	0.0	0.3	.000	5.0	6.8	.741


Season 6
	Dante Exum	David Robinson
Season	2020-21	1994-95
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dante Exum	6	19.3	3.8	0.3	2.5	2.8	2.2	0.7	0.3	1.2	1.5	1.7	4.3	.385	0.3	1.8	.182	0.2	0.3	.500
David Robinson	81	38.0	27.6	2.9	7.9	10.8	2.9	1.7	3.2	2.9	2.8	9.7	18.4	.530	0.1	0.2	.300	8.1	10.5	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dante Exum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	15	41.5	25.3	3.8	8.3	12.1	3.1	1.5	2.6	3.7	4.2	8.6	19.3	.446	0.1	0.3	.200	8.1	9.9	.812

Note: Dante Exum didn't play in 2021-22 and 2022-23.


Season 7
	Dante Exum	David Robinson
Season	2023-24	1995-96
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks TBD	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		%
Dante Exum	55	19.8	7.8	0.5	2.3	2.7	2.9	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.5	2.9	5.5	.533	1.0	2.0	.491	1.0	1.2	.779
David Robinson	82	36.8	25.0	3.9	8.3	12.2	3.0	1.4	3.3	2.3	3.2	8.7	16.8	.516	0.0	0.1	.333	7.6	10.0	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dante Exum	11	7.3	1.7	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.6	2.6	.241	0.2	1.0	.182	0.3	0.4	.750
David Robinson	10	35.3	23.6	3.7	6.4	10.1	2.4	1.5	2.5	2.4	3.8	8.3	16.1	.516	0.0	0.0	-	7.0	10.5	.667


Season 8
	Dante Exum	David Robinson
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Dante Exum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	6	24.5	17.7	3.2	5.3	8.5	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.5	6.0	12.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	8.7	.654

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dante Exum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Dante Exum	David Robinson
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Dante Exum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	73	33.7	21.6	3.3	7.3	10.6	2.7	0.9	2.6	2.8	2.8	7.5	14.6	.511	0.0	0.1	.250	6.6	9.0	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dante Exum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	9	39.2	19.4	4.6	9.6	14.1	2.6	1.2	3.3	2.8	3.1	6.3	14.9	.425	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	10.7	.635


Season 10
	Dante Exum	David Robinson
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
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		%
Dante Exum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	49	31.7	15.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.1	1.4	2.4	2.2	2.9	5.5	10.8	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	4.9	7.4	.658

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dante Exum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	17	35.4	15.6	2.1	7.8	9.9	2.5	1.6	2.4	2.4	3.6	5.1	10.6	.483	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.4	.722


Season 11
	Dante Exum	David Robinson
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Dante Exum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	80	32.0	17.8	2.4	7.2	9.6	1.8	1.2	2.3	2.1	3.1	6.6	12.9	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	4.6	6.4	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dante Exum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	4	38.8	23.5	4.3	9.5	13.8	2.5	1.8	3.0	2.0	3.8	7.8	20.8	.373	0.0	0.3	.000	8.0	10.5	.762


Season 12
	Dante Exum	David Robinson
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Dante Exum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	80	29.6	14.4	2.6	6.0	8.6	1.5	1.0	2.5	1.5	2.7	5.0	10.3	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	5.9	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dante Exum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	13	31.4	16.6	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.7	1.3	2.4	2.2	3.2	5.8	12.2	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	5.1	7.3	.695


Season 13
	Dante Exum	David Robinson
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
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		%
Dante Exum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	78	29.5	12.2	2.4	5.8	8.3	1.2	1.1	1.8	1.3	2.5	4.4	8.6	.507	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.1	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dante Exum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	4	20.5	4.5	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.3	0.8	0.8	0.5	3.5	2.3	4.8	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	1.0	.000


Season 14
	Dante Exum	David Robinson
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
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		%
Dante Exum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	64	26.2	8.5	2.5	5.4	7.9	1.0	0.8	1.7	1.3	2.0	3.1	6.6	.469	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dante Exum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Robinson	23	23.5	7.8	2.0	4.7	6.6	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.0	2.7	2.8	5.1	.542	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.667

Dante Exum vs. David Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Robinson and Dante Exum, 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

Season 14