Joakim Noah vs. Nick Weatherspoon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Weatherspoon and Joakim Noah, 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.

Joakim Noah played 13 years in the NBA, 6 more than Nick Weatherspoon, who played 7. Joakim Noah had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while Nick Weatherspoon had his rookie season in 1973-74. 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
	Joakim Noah	Nick Weatherspoon
Season	2007-08	1973-74
Team	Chicago Bulls	Capital Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
Joakim Noah	74	20.7	6.6	2.4	3.3	5.6	1.1	0.9	0.9	1.2	2.3	2.4	5.0	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.6	.691
Nick Weatherspoon	65	18.7	7.6	2.0	4.1	6.1	0.6	0.7	0.2	-	2.8	3.1	7.4	.412	-	-	-	1.5	2.1	.691
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Weatherspoon	7	12.4	2.9	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.0	0.3	0.3	-	1.6	1.3	2.7	.474	-	-	-	0.3	0.7	.400

Season 4
	Joakim Noah	Nick Weatherspoon
Season	2010-11	1976-77
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Bullets, Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Joakim Noah	48	32.8	11.7	3.8	6.6	10.4	2.2	1.0	1.5	1.9	3.3	4.4	8.4	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.9	.739
Nick Weatherspoon	62	26.7	11.5	1.9	5.0	6.9	0.9	0.8	0.5	-	2.7	5.0	11.1	.449	-	-	-	1.5	2.3	.632
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	16	33.1	8.7	4.3	5.9	10.2	2.5	1.0	2.1	1.2	3.9	3.2	7.8	.411	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.2	.725
Nick Weatherspoon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Joakim Noah	Nick Weatherspoon
Season	2012-13	1978-79
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Joakim Noah	66	36.8	11.9	3.9	7.2	11.1	4.0	1.2	2.1	2.7	2.8	4.6	9.5	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.6	.751
Nick Weatherspoon	82	32.2	13.8	2.2	3.4	5.5	1.6	1.0	0.5	2.2	3.5	5.8	12.2	.480	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.739
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	12	34.1	10.8	4.3	5.3	9.6	2.3	0.8	2.2	2.0	3.6	4.3	9.9	.437	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.3	.641
Nick Weatherspoon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Joakim Noah	Nick Weatherspoon
Season	2013-14	1979-80
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Joakim Noah	80	35.3	12.6	3.5	7.7	11.3	5.4	1.2	1.5	2.4	3.1	4.8	10.0	.475	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.2	.737
Nick Weatherspoon	57	19.7	6.9	1.5	2.2	3.6	0.9	0.6	0.3	1.5	2.4	2.9	6.6	.434	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.6	.692
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	5	42.0	10.4	3.0	9.8	12.8	4.6	1.0	1.4	3.8	3.8	4.2	8.2	.512	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.4	.588
Nick Weatherspoon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-