Rudy Gobert vs. Odie Spears Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Odie Spears 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.

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 played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than Odie Spears, who played 8. Rudy Gobert had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Odie Spears had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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.

Note: Odie Spears didn't play in 1950-51.

Season 4
	Rudy Gobert	Odie Spears
Season	2016-17	1952-53
Team	Utah Jazz	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Royals Lost West Div 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
Odie Spears	62	22.8	9.6	-	-	4.0	1.8	-	-	-	3.7	3.2	8.0	.401	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	.819
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
Odie Spears	3	20.7	6.7	-	-	4.0	0.0	-	-	-	4.0	2.7	6.3	.421	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.800

Season 5
	Rudy Gobert	Odie Spears
Season	2017-18	1953-54
Team	Utah Jazz	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Royals Lost West 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		%
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
Odie Spears	72	22.7	7.7	-	-	4.3	1.5	-	-	-	2.9	2.6	7.0	.364	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.769
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
Odie Spears	6	20.2	4.7	-	-	2.2	1.3	-	-	-	2.8	1.3	4.7	.286	-	-	-	2.0	2.3	.857

Season 6
	Rudy Gobert	Odie Spears
Season	2018-19	1954-55
Team	Utah Jazz	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost West Div 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	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
Odie Spears	71	26.6	9.5	-	-	4.2	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	3.2	8.2	.386	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.812
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
Odie Spears	3	30.0	11.7	-	-	4.7	3.3	-	-	-	4.7	4.0	15.0	.267	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	.688

Season 7
	Rudy Gobert	Odie Spears
Season	2019-20	1955-56
Team	Utah Jazz	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
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
Odie Spears	72	19.1	6.8	-	-	3.2	1.7	-	-	-	2.7	2.3	6.5	.355	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.791
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
Odie Spears	10	17.7	5.3	-	-	2.9	1.4	-	-	-	3.3	2.0	6.2	.323	-	-	-	1.3	2.3	.565

Season 8
	Rudy Gobert	Odie Spears
Season	2020-21	1956-57
Team	Utah Jazz	Fort Wayne Pistons, St. Louis Hawks
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
Odie Spears	11	10.7	3.9	-	-	1.4	0.6	-	-	-	2.2	1.1	3.5	.316	-	-	-	1.7	2.0	.864
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
Odie Spears	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Rudy Gobert	Odie Spears
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz 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	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
Odie Spears	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Odie Spears	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Rudy Gobert	Odie Spears
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves TBD	-

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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
Odie Spears	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	10	34.3	12.2	2.9	8.0	10.9	1.7	1.0	1.1	1.8	3.6	4.2	6.9	.609	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	5.4	.704
Odie Spears	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-