Joakim Noah vs. Paul Westphal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Westphal 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.

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.

Joakim Noah played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Paul Westphal, who played 12. Joakim Noah had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, 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
Joakim Noah	13	8	2007-08 to 2019-20
Paul Westphal	12	9	1972-73 to 1983-84

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Joakim Noah	Paul Westphal
Season	2007-08	1972-73
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
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
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		%
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Joakim Noah	Paul Westphal
Season	2008-09	1973-74
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Joakim Noah	80	24.2	6.7	3.1	4.5	7.6	1.3	0.6	1.4	1.0	3.0	2.6	4.7	.556	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.3	.676
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		%
Joakim Noah	7	38.7	10.1	4.0	9.1	13.1	2.3	0.9	2.1	1.1	4.4	3.7	7.3	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.6	.760
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
	Joakim Noah	Paul Westphal
Season	2009-10	1974-75
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Joakim Noah	64	30.1	10.7	3.4	7.6	11.0	2.1	0.5	1.6	1.8	3.1	4.1	8.1	.504	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.4	.744
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		%
Joakim Noah	5	37.6	14.8	4.0	9.0	13.0	2.6	1.8	1.4	3.0	4.0	5.6	10.6	.528	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	3.8	.947
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
	Joakim Noah	Paul Westphal
Season	2010-11	1975-76
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
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
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		%
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
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
	Joakim Noah	Paul Westphal
Season	2011-12	1976-77
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	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	64	30.4	10.2	3.8	6.0	9.8	2.5	0.6	1.4	1.4	2.5	3.9	7.7	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.2	.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		%
Joakim Noah	3	33.0	15.0	3.0	6.3	9.3	3.0	0.7	1.3	0.3	1.7	6.3	8.7	.731	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.7	.636
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Joakim Noah	Paul Westphal
Season	2012-13	1977-78
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
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		%
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
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
	Joakim Noah	Paul Westphal
Season	2013-14	1978-79
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
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		%
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
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
	Joakim Noah	Paul Westphal
Season	2014-15	1979-80
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Joakim Noah	67	30.6	7.2	3.3	6.4	9.6	4.7	0.7	1.1	1.8	3.0	2.8	6.4	.445	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.6	.603
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		%
Joakim Noah	12	32.9	5.8	3.8	7.3	11.0	3.2	0.8	1.2	1.7	3.1	2.6	6.3	.408	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.7	.350
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
	Joakim Noah	Paul Westphal
Season	2015-16	1980-81
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Joakim Noah	29	21.9	4.3	3.0	5.8	8.8	3.8	0.6	1.0	1.8	2.7	1.8	4.6	.383	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.6	.489
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		%
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Joakim Noah	Paul Westphal
Season	2016-17	1981-82
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
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		%
Joakim Noah	46	22.1	5.0	3.5	5.2	8.8	2.2	0.7	0.8	1.3	2.8	2.2	4.4	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.7	.436
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		%
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Joakim Noah	Paul Westphal
Season	2017-18	1982-83
Team	New York Knicks	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		%
Joakim Noah	7	5.7	1.7	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.500
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		%
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Joakim Noah	Paul Westphal
Season	2018-19	1983-84
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
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		%
Joakim Noah	42	16.5	7.1	1.4	4.3	5.7	2.1	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.3	2.6	5.1	.516	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.716
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		%
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Joakim Noah	Paul Westphal
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Joakim Noah	5	10.0	2.8	1.0	2.2	3.2	1.4	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.8	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.750
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	2	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Joakim Noah vs. Paul Westphal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Westphal 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.

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