Artis Gilmore vs. Pat Riley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pat Riley and Artis Gilmore, 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.

Artis Gilmore played 12 years in the NBA, 3 more than Pat Riley, who played 9. Artis Gilmore had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Pat Riley had his rookie season in 1967-68. 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.

Season 2
	Artis Gilmore	Pat Riley
Season	1977-78	1968-69
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Diego Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	37.4	22.9	3.9	9.2	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	4.5	3.2	8.6	15.4	.559	-	-	-	5.7	8.2	.704
Pat Riley	56	18.3	8.8	-	-	2.0	2.4	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	8.9	.406	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.672
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pat Riley	5	15.2	7.4	-	-	2.2	0.4	-	-	-	2.6	3.2	7.4	.432	-	-	-	1.0	1.2	.833

Season 3
	Artis Gilmore	Pat Riley
Season	1978-79	1969-70
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Diego Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	39.8	23.7	3.6	9.1	12.7	3.3	0.6	1.9	3.8	3.4	9.2	16.0	.575	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.739
Pat Riley	36	13.2	5.3	-	-	1.6	2.4	-	-	-	1.9	2.1	5.0	.417	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pat Riley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Artis Gilmore	Pat Riley
Season	1980-81	1971-72
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	82	34.5	17.9	2.7	7.4	10.1	2.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	3.6	6.7	10.0	.670	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.5	.705
Pat Riley	67	13.8	6.7	-	-	1.9	1.1	-	-	-	1.6	2.9	6.6	.447	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.743
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	6	41.2	18.0	4.0	7.2	11.2	2.0	1.0	2.8	2.8	2.5	5.8	10.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	6.3	9.2	.691
Pat Riley	15	16.3	5.2	-	-	1.9	0.9	-	-	-	2.5	2.2	6.6	.333	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.750

Season 6
	Artis Gilmore	Pat Riley
Season	1981-82	1972-73
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.5	2.7	7.5	10.2	1.7	0.6	2.7	2.8	3.5	6.7	10.2	.652	0.0	0.0	1.000	5.2	6.7	.768
Pat Riley	55	14.6	7.3	-	-	1.2	1.5	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	7.1	.428	-	-	-	1.2	1.5	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pat Riley	7	7.6	2.6	-	-	0.7	1.0	-	-	-	1.4	1.3	3.9	.333	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 7
	Artis Gilmore	Pat Riley
Season	1982-83	1973-74
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers 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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.0	3.6	8.4	12.0	1.5	0.5	2.3	3.1	3.3	6.8	10.8	.626	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.0	.740
Pat Riley	72	18.9	9.5	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.1	0.8	0.0	-	2.4	4.0	9.3	.430	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.764
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	11	36.5	16.7	3.4	9.5	12.9	1.6	0.8	3.1	2.5	4.2	6.9	12.0	.576	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.2	.696
Pat Riley	5	21.2	7.8	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.0	0.8	0.0	-	2.2	3.6	10.0	.360	-	-	-	0.6	0.8	.750

Season 10
	Artis Gilmore	Pat Riley
Season	1985-86	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Artis Gilmore	71	33.7	16.7	2.3	6.1	8.5	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.6	3.4	6.0	9.6	.618	0.0	0.0	.000	4.8	6.8	.701
Pat Riley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	3	35.7	13.3	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.0	2.3	0.3	3.3	3.7	5.3	8.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.7	.571
Pat Riley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-