Over his entire NBA career Gobert has a REB% of 20.0 and BLK% of 7.5. Where does this stand against other bigs? Here we have a chart showing bigs who have at LEAST had seasons of 15% in REB and 6% in BLK – and then going higher each step of the way until you see how rare it is to have a player like Rudy. (The number is the number of seasons where the player had the advanced stat minimums)
Player REB 15%, BLK 6%, 400 min REB 16%, BLK 6%, 400 min REB 17%, BLK 6%, 400 min REB 17%, BLK 7%, 400 min REB 18%, BLK 7%, 400 min REB 19%, BLK 7%, 400 min REB 20%, BLK 7%, 400 min REB 20%, BLK 7.5%
1 Marcus Camby 6 5 5 3 3 2 2 0
2 Rudy Gobert 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
3 Greg Oden 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
4 Greg Ostertag 8 7 5 5 3 1 0 0
5 Dikembe Mutombo 7 7 6 3 3 1 0 0
6 Hakeem Olajuwon 4 4 4 1 1 1 0 0
7 Amir Johnson 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
8 Larry Sanders 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
9 Chris Andersen 6 6 4 2 0 0 0 0
10 David Robinson 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0
11 Alonzo Mourning 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
12 Shawn Bradley 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
13 Mark Eaton 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
14 Eddie Griffin 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
15 Tree Rollins 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0
16 Samuel Dalembert 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
17 Andrew Bogut 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
18 Ben Wallace 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
19 DeAndre Jordan 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
20 Joel Przybilla 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 JaVale McGee 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 Wayne Cooper 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 Andre Drummond 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 Andris Biedrins 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
25 Bismack Biyombo 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
26 Jawann Oldham 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
27 Jermaine O'Neal 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 Kendrick Perkins 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
29 Tim Duncan 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 Anthony Davis 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Harvey Catchings 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 George Johnson 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Bill Walton 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Serge Ibaka 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Alton Lister 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Ervin Johnson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Hasheem Thabeet 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Jerome James 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Michael Stewart 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Roy Hibbert 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 Tyrus Thomas 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Bernard James 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 Calvin Booth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Charles Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 Dan Gadzuric 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 Kelvin Cato 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Patrick Ewing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 Ronny Turiaf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
What this tells me is that if you look at what a defensive bigman can do, block shots and get rebounds, Gobert is really in good company. And that last column, for 20% REB and 7.5 BLK is Gobert's CAREER numbers. If you add this this his age, and inexperience (some of the guys on that list had big seasons 5 years removed from their rookie years), you see that Gobert has both performance and potential going for him.
Gobert is amazing. And he's young. And he was this good last season. So why is he only playing 18 mpg? Sadly, Gobert's time on the floor may not be determined by him, but by those around him. Derrick Favors is amazing when he gets the ball; but he really an inside only player.