D.J. Mbenga vs. Bobby Portis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Portis and D.J. Mbenga, 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.

D.J. Mbenga played 7 years in the NBA, 2 less than Bobby Portis, who played 9. D.J. Mbenga had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Bobby Portis 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
D.J. Mbenga	7	5	2004-05 to 2010-11
Bobby Portis	9	5	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	D.J. Mbenga	Bobby Portis
Season	2004-05	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
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		%
D.J. Mbenga	15	3.9	1.0	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.4	0.9	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.750
Bobby Portis	62	17.8	7.0	2.0	3.5	5.4	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.0	7.0	.427	0.3	0.8	.308	0.8	1.1	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	D.J. Mbenga	Bobby Portis
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
D.J. Mbenga	43	5.5	1.7	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.4	1.1	0.7	1.4	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.5	.500
Bobby Portis	64	15.6	6.8	1.2	3.5	4.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.9	5.9	.488	0.5	1.5	.333	0.6	0.9	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	7	3.6	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	1.3	0.1	0.4	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Bobby Portis	6	20.2	6.7	0.8	5.2	6.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.7	2.8	5.5	.515	1.0	2.2	.462	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	D.J. Mbenga	Bobby Portis
Season	2006-07	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
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		%
D.J. Mbenga	21	3.8	0.8	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.2	0.8	.313	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.875
Bobby Portis	73	22.5	13.2	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.8	5.2	11.1	.471	1.1	3.1	.359	1.6	2.1	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	D.J. Mbenga	Bobby Portis
Season	2007-08	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
D.J. Mbenga	42	7.8	2.0	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.3	1.7	0.9	2.0	.464	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.417
Bobby Portis	50	26.0	14.2	2.2	5.9	8.1	1.4	0.7	0.4	1.5	2.9	5.6	12.6	.444	1.5	3.8	.393	1.5	1.9	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	7	4.3	1.4	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.3	0.7	1.1	.625	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	D.J. Mbenga	Bobby Portis
Season	2008-09	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
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		%
D.J. Mbenga	23	7.9	2.7	0.4	1.0	1.3	0.4	0.4	1.0	0.6	1.4	1.2	2.5	.474	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.3	.875
Bobby Portis	66	21.1	10.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.7	4.0	8.9	.450	1.0	2.8	.358	1.1	1.4	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	7	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.9	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	D.J. Mbenga	Bobby Portis
Season	2009-10	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
D.J. Mbenga	49	7.2	2.1	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.0	2.1	.466	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.474
Bobby Portis	66	20.8	11.4	1.9	5.2	7.1	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.7	4.7	9.1	.523	1.1	2.4	.471	0.8	1.1	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	3	4.0	1.7	0.0	1.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Bobby Portis	20	18.3	8.8	1.7	3.4	5.0	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.5	1.6	3.5	7.6	.464	0.9	2.6	.346	0.9	1.3	.720


Season 7
	D.J. Mbenga	Bobby Portis
Season	2010-11	2021-22
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks 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		%
D.J. Mbenga	41	8.0	1.4	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.5	1.3	0.6	1.2	.469	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.722
Bobby Portis	72	28.2	14.6	2.5	6.6	9.1	1.2	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.4	5.8	12.1	.479	1.8	4.7	.393	1.2	1.6	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	5	5.2	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.2	1.4	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500
Bobby Portis	12	24.8	10.6	2.1	7.9	10.0	0.8	0.4	0.3	1.3	2.2	4.0	9.6	.417	1.2	3.9	.298	1.4	1.8	.773


Season 8
	D.J. Mbenga	Bobby Portis
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
D.J. Mbenga	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	70	26.0	14.1	2.2	7.4	9.6	1.5	0.4	0.2	1.2	1.6	5.7	11.5	.496	1.4	3.7	.370	1.4	1.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	5	21.4	9.6	2.0	6.2	8.2	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.8	3.0	4.0	8.2	.488	1.0	3.6	.278	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 9
	D.J. Mbenga	Bobby Portis
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
D.J. Mbenga	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	82	24.5	13.8	1.7	5.7	7.4	1.3	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.3	5.7	11.2	.508	1.2	3.0	.407	1.2	1.5	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Mbenga	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	6	31.2	16.5	2.7	8.7	11.3	1.0	0.5	0.2	1.5	2.2	7.3	15.2	.484	0.5	2.0	.250	1.3	2.2	.615

D.J. Mbenga vs. Bobby Portis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Portis and D.J. Mbenga, 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