Phil Chenier vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis and Phil Chenier, 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.

Phil Chenier played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than Kristaps Porzingis, who played 8. Phil Chenier had the first of his seasons in 1971-72, 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
	Phil Chenier	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1971-72	2015-16
Team	Baltimore Bullets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Phil Chenier	81	30.6	12.3	-	-	3.3	2.5	-	-	-	2.4	5.0	12.1	.415	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	.737
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		%
Phil Chenier	6	25.5	9.0	-	-	2.7	0.8	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	9.8	.373	-	-	-	1.7	2.0	.833
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Phil Chenier	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1973-74	2017-18
Team	Capital Bullets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Phil Chenier	76	38.7	21.9	1.5	3.6	5.1	3.1	2.0	0.9	-	1.8	9.2	21.1	.434	-	-	-	3.6	4.4	.820
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		%
Phil Chenier	7	44.3	22.4	0.9	5.3	6.1	1.7	1.9	1.1	-	2.7	8.9	19.6	.453	-	-	-	4.7	5.3	.892
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 4
	Phil Chenier	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1974-75	2019-20
Team	Washington Bullets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Mavericks 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		%
Phil Chenier	77	37.3	21.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.2	2.3	0.8	-	2.1	9.0	19.9	.450	-	-	-	3.9	4.7	.825
Kristaps Porzingis	57	31.8	20.4	1.8	7.7	9.5	1.8	0.7	2.0	1.6	3.2	7.0	16.4	.427	2.5	7.1	.352	4.0	5.0	.799
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	17	40.7	24.2	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.2	1.3	0.6	-	2.6	9.1	19.4	.470	-	-	-	6.0	6.7	.895
Kristaps Porzingis	3	31.3	23.7	1.0	7.7	8.7	0.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	7.0	13.3	.525	3.0	5.7	.529	6.7	7.7	.870

Season 6
	Phil Chenier	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1976-77	2021-22
Team	Washington Bullets	Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Phil Chenier	78	36.4	20.2	0.7	3.1	3.8	3.8	1.5	0.5	-	2.1	8.4	18.9	.444	-	-	-	3.5	4.1	.841
Kristaps Porzingis	51	29.0	20.2	2.0	6.1	8.1	2.3	0.7	1.6	1.6	2.7	6.9	15.0	.459	1.5	4.9	.310	4.9	5.6	.867
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	9	40.0	25.0	0.9	3.6	4.4	2.6	1.7	0.4	-	1.8	10.0	21.0	.476	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.804
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Phil Chenier	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	1977-78	2022-23
Team	Washington Bullets	Washington Wizards
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		%
Phil Chenier	36	26.0	14.1	0.4	2.4	2.8	2.0	1.0	0.3	1.9	1.5	5.6	12.5	.443	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.790
Kristaps Porzingis	65	32.6	23.2	1.8	6.6	8.4	2.7	0.9	1.5	2.1	3.0	7.8	15.7	.498	2.1	5.5	.385	5.4	6.4	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Chenier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kristaps Porzingis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-