Jack Nichols vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

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

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.

Jack Nichols played 9 years in the NBA, 1 more than Kristaps Porzingis, who played 8. Jack Nichols had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jack Nichols	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1948-49	2015-16
Team	Washington Capitols	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Capitols 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		%
Jack Nichols	34	-	11.7	-	-	-	1.6	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	11.5	.390	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.730
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		%
Jack Nichols	11	-	14.4	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	4.0	5.6	13.8	.408	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	.667
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jack Nichols	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1950-51	2017-18
Team	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	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		%
Jack Nichols	6	-	11.7	-	-	10.5	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	4.5	13.2	.342	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.762
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		%
Jack Nichols	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jack Nichols didn't play in 1951-52.

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

Season 8
	Jack Nichols	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1956-57	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Jack Nichols	61	22.5	8.2	-	-	6.1	1.4	-	-	-	3.0	3.2	8.8	.363	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.794
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		%
Jack Nichols	10	11.7	3.5	-	-	1.7	0.7	-	-	-	2.3	1.6	4.0	.400	-	-	-	0.3	0.5	.600
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