Joakim Noah vs. Tom Sanders Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom Sanders 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 and Tom Sanders both played 13 years in the NBA. Joakim Noah had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while Tom Sanders had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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
Tom Sanders	13	11	1960-61 to 1972-73

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Joakim Noah	Tom Sanders
Season	2007-08	1960-61
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Tom Sanders	68	15.9	5.3	-	-	5.7	0.6	-	-	-	1.9	2.2	5.2	.420	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.670

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Sanders	10	21.6	8.9	-	-	8.4	0.7	-	-	-	4.2	3.7	7.5	.493	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.625

Season 2
	Joakim Noah	Tom Sanders
Season	2008-09	1961-62
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
Tom Sanders	80	29.1	11.2	-	-	9.5	0.9	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	10.1	.435	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.749

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
Tom Sanders	14	31.4	10.1	-	-	8.2	1.0	-	-	-	4.6	4.0	9.3	.431	-	-	-	2.1	2.6	.806

Season 3
	Joakim Noah	Tom Sanders
Season	2009-10	1962-63
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	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
Tom Sanders	80	26.9	10.8	-	-	7.2	1.2	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	9.3	.456	-	-	-	2.3	3.2	.738

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
Tom Sanders	13	29.8	9.8	-	-	7.4	1.5	-	-	-	4.7	4.0	9.2	.437	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.774

Season 4
	Joakim Noah	Tom Sanders
Season	2010-11	1963-64
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
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
Tom Sanders	80	29.6	11.4	-	-	8.3	1.3	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	10.5	.417	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.761

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
Tom Sanders	10	30.2	9.1	-	-	6.8	0.6	-	-	-	4.5	3.4	9.4	.362	-	-	-	2.3	3.4	.676

Season 5
	Joakim Noah	Tom Sanders
Season	2011-12	1964-65
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	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
Tom Sanders	80	30.7	11.8	-	-	8.3	1.2	-	-	-	4.0	4.7	10.9	.429	-	-	-	2.4	3.2	.745

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
Tom Sanders	12	30.4	13.3	-	-	8.5	1.6	-	-	-	4.8	5.3	12.7	.421	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.721

Season 6
	Joakim Noah	Tom Sanders
Season	2012-13	1965-66
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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	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
Tom Sanders	72	26.3	12.6	-	-	7.1	1.3	-	-	-	4.4	4.8	11.3	.428	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.764

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
Tom Sanders	17	29.4	13.5	-	-	6.5	1.6	-	-	-	4.1	5.7	11.8	.483	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.750

Season 7
	Joakim Noah	Tom Sanders
Season	2013-14	1966-67
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
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	Celtics Lost East Div 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
Tom Sanders	81	23.8	10.2	-	-	5.4	1.1	-	-	-	3.8	4.0	9.3	.428	-	-	-	2.2	2.7	.817

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
Tom Sanders	9	16.0	4.9	-	-	4.8	0.6	-	-	-	3.4	2.3	6.8	.344	-	-	-	0.2	0.6	.400

Season 8
	Joakim Noah	Tom Sanders
Season	2014-15	1967-68
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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	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
Tom Sanders	78	25.4	10.2	-	-	5.8	1.3	-	-	-	3.8	3.8	8.9	.428	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	.784

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
Tom Sanders	14	20.6	8.3	-	-	4.5	0.9	-	-	-	3.8	3.6	7.1	.505	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.762

Season 9
	Joakim Noah	Tom Sanders
Season	2015-16	1968-69
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Tom Sanders	82	26.6	11.2	-	-	7.0	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	4.4	10.3	.430	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Sanders	15	13.1	5.8	-	-	3.2	0.5	-	-	-	2.7	2.1	4.9	.438	-	-	-	1.5	2.1	.742

Season 10
	Joakim Noah	Tom Sanders
Season	2016-17	1969-70
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
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
Tom Sanders	57	28.4	11.5	-	-	5.5	1.6	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	9.7	.443	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Sanders	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Joakim Noah	Tom Sanders
Season	2017-18	1970-71
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
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	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
Tom Sanders	17	7.1	2.3	-	-	1.0	0.6	-	-	-	1.5	0.9	2.6	.364	-	-	-	0.4	0.5	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Sanders	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Joakim Noah	Tom Sanders
Season	2018-19	1971-72
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	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	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
Tom Sanders	82	19.9	6.6	-	-	4.3	1.2	-	-	-	3.1	2.6	6.4	.410	-	-	-	1.4	1.7	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Sanders	11	16.9	4.3	-	-	2.4	0.9	-	-	-	3.3	1.5	4.8	.321	-	-	-	1.2	1.9	.619

Season 13
	Joakim Noah	Tom Sanders
Season	2019-20	1972-73
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
Tom Sanders	59	7.2	2.0	-	-	1.5	0.5	-	-	-	1.4	0.8	2.5	.315	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.657

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	-
Tom Sanders	5	4.8	2.0	-	-	1.0	0.2	-	-	-	1.4	1.0	1.8	.556	-	-	-	0.0	0.4	.000

Joakim Noah vs. Tom Sanders Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom Sanders 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