Enes Kanter vs. Tim Kempton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Kempton and Enes Kanter, 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.

Enes Kanter played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than Tim Kempton, who played 8. Enes Kanter had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Tim Kempton had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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
Enes Kanter	11	6	2011-12 to 2021-22
Tim Kempton	8	2	1986-87 to 1997-98

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Enes Kanter	Tim Kempton
Season	2011-12	1986-87
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Enes Kanter	66	13.2	4.6	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.3	1.8	3.6	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.6	.667
Tim Kempton	66	14.2	4.4	1.1	1.9	2.9	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.7	2.5	1.5	3.1	.471	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.1	.693

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Enes Kanter	4	10.8	3.5	2.0	2.0	4.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.8	1.8	4.0	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.3	.000
Tim Kempton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Tim Kempton didn't play in 1987-88.


Season 2
	Enes Kanter	Tim Kempton
Season	2012-13	1988-89
Team	Utah Jazz	Charlotte Hornets
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		%
Enes Kanter	70	15.4	7.2	1.9	2.4	4.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.4	1.7	2.9	5.4	.544	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.3	1.7	.795
Tim Kempton	79	17.0	6.1	1.2	2.7	3.8	1.3	0.5	0.2	1.5	2.7	2.2	4.2	.510	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.6	.686

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Kempton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Enes Kanter	Tim Kempton
Season	2013-14	1989-90
Team	Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Enes Kanter	80	26.7	12.3	2.8	4.7	7.5	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.8	2.9	5.2	10.7	.491	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.730
Tim Kempton	71	14.9	5.4	0.7	2.4	3.1	1.7	0.4	0.1	1.1	2.0	2.2	4.4	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.6	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Kempton	3	10.7	6.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.7	2.3	3.0	.778	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000

Note: Tim Kempton didn't play in 1990-91 and 1991-92.


Season 4
	Enes Kanter	Tim Kempton
Season	2014-15	1992-93
Team	Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder	Phoenix Suns
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		%
Enes Kanter	75	28.5	15.5	3.7	5.3	8.9	0.7	0.5	0.4	1.9	2.5	6.4	12.4	.519	0.2	0.6	.356	2.4	3.1	.782
Tim Kempton	30	5.6	1.9	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.0	0.6	1.6	.396	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.581

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Kempton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Enes Kanter	Tim Kempton
Season	2015-16	1993-94
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Charlotte Hornets, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Cavaliers 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		%
Enes Kanter	82	21.0	12.7	3.0	5.1	8.1	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.4	2.0	5.0	8.8	.576	0.1	0.3	.476	2.4	3.1	.797
Tim Kempton	13	10.5	3.0	0.8	1.1	1.8	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.5	1.2	2.9	.395	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.2	.563

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Enes Kanter	18	17.9	9.4	2.6	3.6	6.2	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	2.2	3.6	6.6	.551	0.1	0.8	.143	2.1	2.5	.844
Tim Kempton	3	29.7	8.7	3.3	2.0	5.3	2.7	1.0	0.0	1.3	3.0	3.3	8.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000

Note: Tim Kempton didn't play in 1994-95.


Season 6
	Enes Kanter	Tim Kempton
Season	2016-17	1995-96
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Enes Kanter	72	21.3	14.3	2.7	4.0	6.7	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.7	2.1	5.6	10.2	.545	0.1	0.5	.132	3.1	4.0	.786
Tim Kempton	3	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.7	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Enes Kanter	5	9.0	4.8	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	5.2	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000
Tim Kempton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Enes Kanter	Tim Kempton
Season	2017-18	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
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		%
Enes Kanter	71	25.8	14.1	3.8	7.1	11.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.7	2.6	5.9	10.0	.592	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.6	.848
Tim Kempton	10	5.9	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.5	.200	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Kempton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Enes Kanter	Tim Kempton
Season	2018-19	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers	Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 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		%
Enes Kanter	67	24.5	13.7	3.8	6.0	9.8	1.7	0.5	0.4	1.8	2.5	5.6	10.2	.549	0.1	0.5	.294	2.3	2.9	.787
Tim Kempton	8	5.9	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.5	1.3	0.3	1.1	.222	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Enes Kanter	16	28.8	11.4	3.3	6.4	9.6	1.2	0.7	0.6	1.6	2.3	4.7	9.1	.514	0.1	0.3	.250	1.9	2.6	.756
Tim Kempton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Enes Kanter	Tim Kempton
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Enes Kanter	58	16.9	8.1	2.8	4.6	7.4	1.0	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.7	3.4	6.0	.572	0.0	0.1	.143	1.2	1.7	.707
Tim Kempton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Enes Kanter	11	9.3	4.5	1.7	2.2	3.9	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.7	2.0	3.8	.524	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.5	0.9	.500
Tim Kempton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Enes Kanter	Tim Kempton
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Enes Kanter	72	24.4	11.2	3.9	7.1	11.0	1.2	0.5	0.7	1.1	2.3	4.7	7.8	.604	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.3	.774
Tim Kempton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Enes Kanter	5	11.2	2.0	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.8	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
Tim Kempton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Enes Kanter	Tim Kempton
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
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		%
Enes Kanter	35	11.7	3.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.8	.526	0.1	0.1	.400	0.7	0.8	.857
Tim Kempton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Kempton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Enes Kanter vs. Tim Kempton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Kempton and Enes Kanter, 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