Goran Dragic vs. Paul Westphal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Westphal and Goran Dragic, 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.

Goran Dragic played 15 years in the NBA, 3 more than Paul Westphal, who played 12. Goran Dragic had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Paul Westphal had his rookie season in 1972-73. 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
Goran Dragic	15	7	2008-09 to 2022-23
Paul Westphal	12	9	1972-73 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Goran Dragic	Paul Westphal
Season	2008-09	1972-73
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Goran Dragic	55	13.2	4.5	0.6	1.3	1.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.6	1.6	4.1	.393	0.4	1.0	.370	0.9	1.2	.769
Paul Westphal	60	8.0	4.1	-	-	1.1	1.2	-	-	-	1.5	1.5	3.5	.420	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Westphal	11	9.9	3.9	-	-	0.6	0.8	-	-	-	2.2	1.7	3.5	.487	-	-	-	0.5	0.6	.714


Season 2
	Goran Dragic	Paul Westphal
Season	2009-10	1973-74
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Goran Dragic	80	18.0	7.9	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.0	0.6	0.1	1.6	1.6	2.8	6.1	.452	0.9	2.4	.394	1.5	2.0	.736
Paul Westphal	82	14.2	7.2	0.6	1.1	1.7	2.1	0.5	0.4	-	2.1	2.9	5.8	.501	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	16	14.8	7.6	0.6	1.2	1.8	2.3	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	2.7	6.3	.430	0.8	2.5	.325	1.4	1.9	.742
Paul Westphal	18	13.4	5.7	0.3	0.8	1.2	1.7	0.4	0.1	-	2.1	2.6	5.6	.460	-	-	-	0.6	0.8	.733


Season 3
	Goran Dragic	Paul Westphal
Season	2010-11	1974-75
Team	Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Goran Dragic	70	17.6	7.5	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.9	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.8	2.7	6.3	.435	0.8	2.2	.361	1.2	1.9	.624
Paul Westphal	82	19.3	9.8	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.9	1.0	0.4	-	2.3	4.2	8.2	.510	-	-	-	1.5	1.9	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Westphal	11	16.6	8.0	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.9	0.5	0.2	-	1.9	3.5	7.4	.469	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.667


Season 4
	Goran Dragic	Paul Westphal
Season	2011-12	1975-76
Team	Houston Rockets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost NBA 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		%
Goran Dragic	66	26.5	11.7	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.3	1.3	0.2	2.4	2.5	4.2	9.1	.462	1.0	3.1	.337	2.3	2.9	.805
Paul Westphal	82	36.1	20.5	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.4	2.6	0.5	-	2.7	8.0	16.2	.494	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Westphal	19	36.1	21.1	0.7	1.7	2.5	5.1	1.8	0.5	-	3.2	8.7	17.0	.511	-	-	-	3.7	4.9	.763


Season 5
	Goran Dragic	Paul Westphal
Season	2012-13	1976-77
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
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		%
Goran Dragic	77	33.5	14.7	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.4	1.6	0.3	2.8	2.8	5.2	11.8	.443	1.1	3.6	.319	3.2	4.2	.748
Paul Westphal	81	32.1	21.3	0.7	1.6	2.3	5.7	1.7	0.3	-	2.1	8.4	16.3	.518	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Goran Dragic	Paul Westphal
Season	2013-14	1977-78
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Goran Dragic	76	35.1	20.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.9	1.4	0.3	2.8	2.7	7.3	14.4	.505	1.6	3.9	.408	4.2	5.5	.760
Paul Westphal	80	31.0	25.2	0.5	1.5	2.1	5.5	1.7	0.4	3.5	2.0	10.1	19.6	.516	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Westphal	2	33.0	26.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	9.5	0.5	0.0	2.5	2.0	11.0	23.5	.468	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	.889


Season 7
	Goran Dragic	Paul Westphal
Season	2014-15	1978-79
Team	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Goran Dragic	78	33.8	16.3	1.0	2.5	3.5	4.5	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.4	12.8	.501	1.2	3.3	.347	2.3	3.0	.774
Paul Westphal	81	32.6	24.0	0.4	1.5	2.0	6.5	1.4	0.3	2.9	2.0	9.9	18.5	.535	-	-	-	4.2	5.0	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Westphal	15	35.6	22.4	0.5	1.7	2.2	4.3	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.5	9.5	19.1	.495	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.788


Season 8
	Goran Dragic	Paul Westphal
Season	2015-16	1979-80
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Suns 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		%
Goran Dragic	72	32.8	14.1	0.8	3.1	3.8	5.8	1.0	0.2	2.6	2.6	5.8	12.2	.477	0.9	2.8	.312	1.7	2.3	.727
Paul Westphal	82	32.5	21.9	0.6	1.7	2.3	5.1	1.5	0.4	2.5	2.0	8.4	16.1	.525	0.3	1.1	.280	4.7	5.4	.862

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	14	33.7	16.5	0.8	4.1	4.9	3.9	0.4	0.2	2.2	3.3	6.5	14.7	.442	1.1	3.3	.348	2.4	3.1	.767
Paul Westphal	8	31.6	20.9	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.9	1.4	0.4	1.6	2.5	8.6	17.8	.486	0.1	1.5	.083	3.5	4.0	.875


Season 9
	Goran Dragic	Paul Westphal
Season	2016-17	1980-81
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
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		%
Goran Dragic	73	33.7	20.3	0.8	3.0	3.8	5.8	1.2	0.2	2.9	2.7	7.3	15.4	.475	1.6	4.0	.405	4.1	5.2	.790
Paul Westphal	36	29.9	16.7	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.1	1.3	0.4	2.2	1.9	6.1	13.9	.442	0.2	0.7	.240	4.3	5.1	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Goran Dragic	Paul Westphal
Season	2017-18	1981-82
Team	Miami Heat	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East 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		%
Goran Dragic	75	31.7	17.3	0.7	3.4	4.1	4.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.4	6.5	14.3	.450	1.5	4.0	.370	2.9	3.6	.801
Paul Westphal	18	25.1	11.7	0.5	0.7	1.2	5.6	1.1	0.4	2.6	3.4	4.8	10.8	.443	0.1	0.4	.250	2.0	2.6	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	5	31.2	18.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	4.6	1.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	7.0	15.0	.467	1.6	4.2	.381	3.0	4.4	.682
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Goran Dragic	Paul Westphal
Season	2018-19	1982-83
Team	Miami Heat	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Goran Dragic	36	27.5	13.7	0.6	2.5	3.1	4.8	0.8	0.1	2.0	2.3	5.0	12.0	.413	1.6	4.6	.348	2.2	2.8	.782
Paul Westphal	80	24.7	10.0	0.2	1.2	1.4	5.5	1.1	0.2	2.5	2.3	4.0	8.7	.459	0.2	0.6	.292	1.9	2.3	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Westphal	6	26.0	9.5	0.0	1.3	1.3	5.7	0.3	0.3	1.5	2.2	3.7	8.3	.440	0.5	1.3	.375	1.7	2.2	.769


Season 12
	Goran Dragic	Paul Westphal
Season	2019-20	1983-84
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Suns 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		%
Goran Dragic	59	28.2	16.2	0.5	2.7	3.2	5.1	0.7	0.2	2.4	2.1	5.4	12.3	.441	2.1	5.7	.367	3.2	4.2	.776
Paul Westphal	59	14.7	7.0	0.1	0.6	0.7	2.5	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.2	2.4	5.3	.460	0.1	0.4	.269	2.0	2.4	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	17	32.5	19.1	0.8	3.3	4.1	4.4	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.9	7.0	15.8	.444	2.2	6.3	.346	2.9	3.6	.803
Paul Westphal	17	13.1	5.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	2.2	0.7	0.0	1.4	1.4	1.8	4.7	.375	0.1	0.5	.222	1.6	1.9	.875


Season 13
	Goran Dragic	Paul Westphal
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Goran Dragic	50	26.7	13.4	0.5	2.9	3.4	4.4	0.7	0.2	2.4	2.3	4.8	11.1	.432	1.8	4.9	.373	2.0	2.4	.828
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	4	29.3	16.0	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.8	1.0	0.5	1.5	2.8	5.8	13.5	.426	2.3	6.5	.346	2.3	3.0	.750
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Goran Dragic	Paul Westphal
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Goran Dragic	21	23.7	7.5	0.6	2.5	3.1	4.1	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.1	2.7	7.2	.377	0.8	3.0	.254	1.3	1.6	.818
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	4	19.8	10.5	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.5	0.8	0.0	1.3	2.8	4.5	8.0	.563	1.0	3.0	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Goran Dragic	Paul Westphal
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Chicago Bulls, 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		%
Goran Dragic	58	15.0	6.3	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.6	0.2	0.1	1.1	1.1	2.4	5.8	.421	0.9	2.5	.359	0.5	0.8	.689
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	2	3.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Goran Dragic vs. Paul Westphal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Westphal and Goran Dragic, 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

Season 15