Rudy Gobert vs. Olden Polynice Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Olden Polynice 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 played 11 years in the NBA, 4 less than Olden Polynice, who played 15. Rudy Gobert had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Olden Polynice had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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
Olden Polynice	15	6	1987-88 to 2003-04

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rudy Gobert	Olden Polynice
Season	2013-14	1987-88
Team	Utah Jazz	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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	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
Olden Polynice	82	13.2	4.1	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.4	0.4	0.3	1.0	2.6	1.4	3.1	.465	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.639

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Olden Polynice	5	8.8	2.0	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.0	2.2	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.4	.000


Season 2
	Rudy Gobert	Olden Polynice
Season	2014-15	1988-89
Team	Utah Jazz	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
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
Olden Polynice	80	10.4	2.9	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.6	2.1	1.1	2.3	.506	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.1	.593

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Olden Polynice	8	20.3	7.1	3.4	4.4	7.8	0.1	0.8	0.5	0.6	4.0	3.1	5.1	.610	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.6	.538


Season 3
	Rudy Gobert	Olden Polynice
Season	2015-16	1989-90
Team	Utah Jazz	Seattle Supersonics
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
Olden Polynice	79	13.7	4.6	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	2.4	2.0	3.7	.540	0.0	0.0	.500	0.6	1.3	.475

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


Season 4
	Rudy Gobert	Olden Polynice
Season	2016-17	1990-91
Team	Utah Jazz	Seattle Supersonics, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
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	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
Olden Polynice	79	26.5	9.8	2.8	4.2	7.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.4	4.0	7.1	.560	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.2	.579

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
Olden Polynice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Rudy Gobert	Olden Polynice
Season	2017-18	1991-92
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers 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	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
Olden Polynice	76	24.1	8.1	2.6	4.5	7.1	0.6	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.2	3.2	6.2	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.6	.622

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
Olden Polynice	5	12.6	3.2	0.4	3.2	3.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	2.2	1.4	2.4	.583	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.2	.333


Season 6
	Rudy Gobert	Olden Polynice
Season	2018-19	1992-93
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
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	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
Olden Polynice	67	19.4	7.3	2.7	3.5	6.2	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.9	3.1	6.4	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.1	.465

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
Olden Polynice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Rudy Gobert	Olden Polynice
Season	2019-20	1993-94
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	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	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
Olden Polynice	68	35.3	11.6	4.4	7.5	11.9	0.6	0.6	1.0	1.1	2.8	5.1	9.7	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.8	.508

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
Olden Polynice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Rudy Gobert	Olden Polynice
Season	2020-21	1994-95
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
Olden Polynice	81	31.3	10.8	3.4	5.5	9.0	0.8	0.6	0.6	1.4	2.9	4.6	8.5	.544	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.5	2.4	.639

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
Olden Polynice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Rudy Gobert	Olden Polynice
Season	2021-22	1995-96
Team	Utah Jazz	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	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	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
Olden Polynice	81	30.1	12.2	3.2	6.3	9.4	0.7	0.6	0.8	1.6	3.1	5.3	10.1	.527	0.0	0.0	.333	1.5	2.5	.601

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
Olden Polynice	4	35.3	13.8	4.0	8.0	12.0	0.8	0.3	1.8	0.8	3.8	6.0	11.5	.522	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.5	2.3	.667


Season 10
	Rudy Gobert	Olden Polynice
Season	2022-23	1996-97
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
Olden Polynice	82	35.3	12.5	3.3	6.1	9.4	2.2	0.6	1.0	2.0	3.6	5.4	11.8	.457	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	3.1	.562

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
Olden Polynice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Rudy Gobert	Olden Polynice
Season	2023-24	1997-98
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
Olden Polynice	70	20.8	7.9	2.5	3.8	6.3	1.5	0.5	0.6	1.4	2.3	3.6	7.7	.459	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.6	.452

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	6	33.7	12.0	3.0	7.2	10.2	1.7	1.0	1.0	1.3	3.3	4.2	7.0	.595	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	4.5	.815
Olden Polynice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Rudy Gobert	Olden Polynice
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Olden Polynice	48	30.9	7.7	3.8	5.0	8.9	0.9	0.4	0.6	1.0	3.1	3.5	7.5	.472	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.6	2.0	.309

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


Season 13
	Rudy Gobert	Olden Polynice
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Jazz 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		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Olden Polynice	82	22.2	5.3	2.0	3.5	5.5	0.5	0.4	1.0	0.9	3.2	2.5	4.9	.510	0.0	0.0	.500	0.3	1.1	.311

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Olden Polynice	10	25.8	5.9	2.4	4.2	6.6	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.3	3.6	2.8	5.2	.538	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.500


Season 14
	Rudy Gobert	Olden Polynice
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Olden Polynice	81	20.0	5.3	1.9	2.7	4.7	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.0	3.0	2.5	5.1	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.8	.262

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Olden Polynice	5	20.0	7.8	3.2	0.6	3.8	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.2	2.4	3.2	6.0	.533	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	2.0	.700

Note: Olden Polynice didn't play in 2001-02 and 2002-03.


Season 15
	Rudy Gobert	Olden Polynice
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Olden Polynice	2	6.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Olden Polynice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rudy Gobert vs. Olden Polynice Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Olden Polynice 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15