Jim Holstein vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and Jim Holstein, 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.

Jim Holstein played 4 years in the NBA, 4 less than Kristaps Porzingis, who played 8. Jim Holstein had the first of his seasons in 1952-53, 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
	Jim Holstein	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1952-53	2015-16
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Jim Holstein	66	15.0	4.0	-	-	2.6	1.1	-	-	-	1.9	1.5	4.2	.358	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.667
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		%
Jim Holstein	12	16.0	4.3	-	-	2.5	0.9	-	-	-	2.5	1.7	3.5	.476	-	-	-	1.0	1.9	.522
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jim Holstein	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1953-54	2016-17
Team	Minneapolis 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		%
Jim Holstein	70	16.5	3.4	-	-	2.9	1.1	-	-	-	2.0	1.3	4.1	.306	-	-	-	0.9	1.6	.571
Kristaps Porzingis	66	32.8	18.1	1.7	5.5	7.2	1.5	0.7	2.0	1.8	3.7	6.7	14.9	.450	1.7	4.8	.357	3.0	3.8	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Holstein	13	14.5	3.5	-	-	2.7	0.8	-	-	-	2.2	1.2	3.8	.306	-	-	-	1.2	1.8	.696
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jim Holstein	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1954-55	2017-18
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Jim Holstein	62	15.8	4.5	-	-	3.3	0.9	-	-	-	1.7	1.7	5.3	.324	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.713
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		%
Jim Holstein	7	16.7	5.7	-	-	4.3	0.9	-	-	-	1.1	2.3	5.4	.421	-	-	-	1.1	1.3	.889
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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