Rudy Gobert vs. Kenny Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Thomas and Rudy Gobert, 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.

Rudy Gobert and Kenny Thomas both played 11 years in the NBA. Rudy Gobert had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Kenny Thomas had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
Rudy Gobert	11	8	2013-14 to 2023-24
Kenny Thomas	11	3	1999-00 to 2009-10

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rudy Gobert	Kenny Thomas
Season	2013-14	1999-00
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
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		%
Rudy Gobert	45	9.6	2.3	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.3	0.8	1.6	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.492
Kenny Thomas	72	25.0	8.3	2.0	4.0	6.1	1.6	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.3	2.9	7.4	.399	0.4	1.7	.262	1.9	2.9	.660

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Rudy Gobert	Kenny Thomas
Season	2014-15	2000-01
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
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		%
Rudy Gobert	82	26.3	8.4	3.2	6.2	9.5	1.3	0.8	2.3	1.4	2.1	3.1	5.2	.604	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.3	.623
Kenny Thomas	74	24.6	7.1	1.6	4.0	5.6	1.0	0.5	0.6	1.6	2.4	2.8	6.3	.443	0.3	1.2	.272	1.2	1.7	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Rudy Gobert	Kenny Thomas
Season	2015-16	2001-02
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
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		%
Rudy Gobert	61	31.7	9.1	3.4	7.5	11.0	1.5	0.7	2.2	1.9	2.7	3.2	5.8	.559	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	4.6	.569
Kenny Thomas	72	34.5	14.1	2.2	5.0	7.2	1.9	1.2	0.9	2.0	2.7	5.5	11.5	.478	0.0	0.2	.000	3.1	4.7	.664

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Rudy Gobert	Kenny Thomas
Season	2016-17	2002-03
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	76ers 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		%
Rudy Gobert	81	33.9	14.0	3.9	8.9	12.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.0	5.1	7.7	.661	0.0	0.0	.000	3.8	5.9	.653
Kenny Thomas	66	30.0	10.1	2.8	5.2	8.0	1.7	0.9	0.4	1.8	2.6	3.9	8.5	.465	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.0	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	9	27.3	11.6	2.4	7.4	9.9	1.2	1.0	1.3	1.0	3.3	4.4	7.0	.635	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	5.6	.480
Kenny Thomas	12	32.6	10.6	3.5	5.8	9.3	0.9	0.7	0.4	1.6	3.5	4.5	8.4	.535	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.655


Season 5
	Rudy Gobert	Kenny Thomas
Season	2017-18	2003-04
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Rudy Gobert	56	32.4	13.5	2.9	7.8	10.7	1.4	0.8	2.3	1.9	2.7	4.9	7.9	.622	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.3	.682
Kenny Thomas	74	36.5	13.6	3.5	6.6	10.1	1.5	1.1	0.4	2.3	3.0	5.1	11.0	.469	0.0	0.1	.200	3.3	4.4	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	11	34.8	13.2	3.9	6.8	10.7	1.0	0.9	2.3	1.9	3.1	5.0	7.6	.655	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	5.3	.603
Kenny Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Rudy Gobert	Kenny Thomas
Season	2018-19	2004-05
Team	Utah Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings 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		%
Rudy Gobert	81	31.8	15.9	3.8	9.0	12.9	2.0	0.8	2.3	1.6	2.9	5.9	8.8	.669	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.4	.636
Kenny Thomas	73	29.7	12.4	2.5	4.8	7.3	2.1	0.9	0.2	1.8	3.1	5.0	10.7	.470	0.0	0.1	.200	2.4	3.1	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	5	30.4	11.2	4.6	5.6	10.2	1.4	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.2	3.8	6.4	.594	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.6	.783
Kenny Thomas	5	30.8	12.0	3.4	5.4	8.8	2.4	0.8	0.4	1.6	4.4	4.6	9.0	.511	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.0	.700


Season 7
	Rudy Gobert	Kenny Thomas
Season	2019-20	2005-06
Team	Utah Jazz	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings 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		%
Rudy Gobert	68	34.3	15.1	3.4	10.1	13.5	1.5	0.8	2.0	1.9	3.2	5.7	8.2	.693	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.9	.630
Kenny Thomas	82	28.0	9.1	2.4	5.1	7.5	2.0	0.9	0.5	1.6	2.4	3.7	7.4	.505	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.5	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	7	38.6	16.9	3.4	8.0	11.4	1.1	0.6	1.4	1.3	3.7	6.9	10.6	.649	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	6.0	.524
Kenny Thomas	6	24.7	5.8	2.0	2.5	4.5	1.3	0.8	0.0	1.5	3.7	2.2	4.0	.542	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.2	.692


Season 8
	Rudy Gobert	Kenny Thomas
Season	2020-21	2006-07
Team	Utah Jazz	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Rudy Gobert	71	30.8	14.3	3.4	10.1	13.5	1.3	0.6	2.7	1.7	2.3	5.5	8.2	.675	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	5.3	.623
Kenny Thomas	62	22.8	5.3	2.2	3.9	6.1	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.5	2.3	2.4	4.9	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.2	.513

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	11	34.2	14.7	3.9	8.4	12.3	0.8	0.5	2.1	1.5	4.2	5.5	7.4	.741	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	6.0	.636
Kenny Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Rudy Gobert	Kenny Thomas
Season	2021-22	2007-08
Team	Utah Jazz	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Rudy Gobert	66	32.1	15.6	3.7	11.0	14.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	1.8	2.7	5.5	7.7	.713	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.7	.690
Kenny Thomas	23	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.7	0.7	1.7	.421	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.2	.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	6	32.8	12.0	3.5	9.7	13.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.3	3.2	3.5	5.5	.636	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	7.3	.682
Kenny Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Rudy Gobert	Kenny Thomas
Season	2022-23	2008-09
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Rudy Gobert	70	30.7	13.4	3.3	8.3	11.6	1.2	0.8	1.4	1.7	3.0	5.1	7.8	.659	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.9	.644
Kenny Thomas	8	7.8	0.8	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.4	1.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	5	35.4	15.0	3.6	8.6	12.2	2.0	0.4	1.0	1.6	4.8	5.8	9.2	.630	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.4	.630
Kenny Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Rudy Gobert	Kenny Thomas
Season	2023-24	2009-10
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves TBD	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		%
Rudy Gobert	76	34.1	14.0	3.8	9.2	12.9	1.3	0.7	2.1	1.6	3.1	5.3	8.1	.661	0.0	0.0	.000	3.3	5.1	.638
Kenny Thomas	26	12.0	1.6	1.3	2.0	3.3	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.6	0.7	1.3	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	9	34.1	12.1	3.0	8.1	11.1	1.8	1.0	1.0	1.7	3.3	4.3	6.9	.629	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.689
Kenny Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rudy Gobert vs. Kenny Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Thomas and Rudy Gobert, 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