Goran Dragic vs. Ed Nealy Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ed Nealy and Goran Dragic, 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.
Goran Dragic played 15 years in the NBA, 5 more than Ed Nealy, who played 10. Goran Dragic had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Ed Nealy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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 |
Goran Dragic |
15 |
7 |
2008-09 to 2022-23 |
Ed Nealy |
10 |
6 |
1982-83 to 1992-93 |
Comparison Season by Season |
|
|
|
Rookie Season |
|
Goran Dragic |
Ed Nealy |
Season |
2008-09 | 1982-83 |
Team |
Phoenix Suns | Kansas City Kings |
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 |
% |
Goran Dragic |
55 |
13.2 |
4.5 |
0.6 |
1.3 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
4.1 |
.393 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
.370 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
.769 |
Ed Nealy |
82 |
20.0 |
4.4 |
2.1 |
3.8 |
5.9 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
3.0 |
1.8 |
3.0 |
.595 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.9 |
1.4 |
.614 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ed Nealy |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
80 |
18.0 |
7.9 |
0.5 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
2.8 |
6.1 |
.452 |
0.9 |
2.4 |
.394 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
.736 |
Ed Nealy |
71 |
13.5 |
2.5 |
1.0 |
2.1 |
3.1 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
1.9 |
0.9 |
1.8 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.7 |
0.8 |
.800 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
16 |
14.8 |
7.6 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
2.7 |
6.3 |
.430 |
0.8 |
2.5 |
.325 |
1.4 |
1.9 |
.742 |
Ed Nealy |
2 |
9.5 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.000 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.000 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
70 |
17.6 |
7.5 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
2.9 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
1.7 |
1.8 |
2.7 |
6.3 |
.435 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
.361 |
1.2 |
1.9 |
.624 |
Ed Nealy |
22 |
10.2 |
2.8 |
0.7 |
1.3 |
2.0 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
2.0 |
.591 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.5 |
0.9 |
.526 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ed Nealy |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Ed Nealy didn't play in 1985-86.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
66 |
26.5 |
11.7 |
0.8 |
1.7 |
2.5 |
5.3 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
2.4 |
2.5 |
4.2 |
9.1 |
.462 |
1.0 |
3.1 |
.337 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
.805 |
Ed Nealy |
60 |
16.3 |
3.7 |
1.6 |
3.1 |
4.7 |
1.4 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
2.4 |
1.4 |
3.2 |
.438 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
.129 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
.739 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ed Nealy |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
77 |
33.5 |
14.7 |
0.8 |
2.3 |
3.1 |
7.4 |
1.6 |
0.3 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
5.2 |
11.8 |
.443 |
1.1 |
3.6 |
.319 |
3.2 |
4.2 |
.748 |
Ed Nealy |
68 |
12.3 |
2.1 |
1.2 |
2.1 |
3.3 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
0.7 |
1.6 |
.459 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.500 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
.651 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ed Nealy |
2 |
18.0 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
3.5 |
2.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
76 |
35.1 |
20.3 |
0.9 |
2.3 |
3.2 |
5.9 |
1.4 |
0.3 |
2.8 |
2.7 |
7.3 |
14.4 |
.505 |
1.6 |
3.9 |
.408 |
4.2 |
5.5 |
.760 |
Ed Nealy |
43 |
6.0 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
1.8 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
.361 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.444 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ed Nealy |
4 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
.333 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
78 |
33.8 |
16.3 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
2.2 |
2.5 |
6.4 |
12.8 |
.501 |
1.2 |
3.3 |
.347 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
.774 |
Ed Nealy |
46 |
10.9 |
2.3 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
1.5 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
.529 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
.732 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ed Nealy |
15 |
15.2 |
3.1 |
1.1 |
2.4 |
3.5 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
3.0 |
1.1 |
2.4 |
.472 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
.619 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
72 |
32.8 |
14.1 |
0.8 |
3.1 |
3.8 |
5.8 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
5.8 |
12.2 |
.477 |
0.9 |
2.8 |
.312 |
1.7 |
2.3 |
.727 |
Ed Nealy |
55 |
10.4 |
2.2 |
0.8 |
1.9 |
2.7 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
.464 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.313 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
.737 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
14 |
33.7 |
16.5 |
0.8 |
4.1 |
4.9 |
3.9 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
2.2 |
3.3 |
6.5 |
14.7 |
.442 |
1.1 |
3.3 |
.348 |
2.4 |
3.1 |
.767 |
Ed Nealy |
2 |
10.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
2.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
.200 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
.000 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
73 |
33.7 |
20.3 |
0.8 |
3.0 |
3.8 |
5.8 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
2.9 |
2.7 |
7.3 |
15.4 |
.475 |
1.6 |
4.0 |
.405 |
4.1 |
5.2 |
.790 |
Ed Nealy |
52 |
9.7 |
3.1 |
0.5 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
2.3 |
.512 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
.400 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
.667 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ed Nealy |
8 |
8.4 |
2.9 |
0.5 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.5 |
0.9 |
2.3 |
.389 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
.385 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1.000 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
75 |
31.7 |
17.3 |
0.7 |
3.4 |
4.1 |
4.8 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
2.2 |
2.4 |
6.5 |
14.3 |
.450 |
1.5 |
4.0 |
.370 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
.801 |
Ed Nealy |
41 |
7.5 |
1.7 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
1.7 |
.377 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
.296 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
.750 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
5 |
31.2 |
18.6 |
0.6 |
2.0 |
2.6 |
4.6 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
7.0 |
15.0 |
.467 |
1.6 |
4.2 |
.381 |
3.0 |
4.4 |
.682 |
Ed Nealy |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
36 |
27.5 |
13.7 |
0.6 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
4.8 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
2.0 |
2.3 |
5.0 |
12.0 |
.413 |
1.6 |
4.6 |
.348 |
2.2 |
2.8 |
.782 |
Ed Nealy |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ed Nealy |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
59 |
28.2 |
16.2 |
0.5 |
2.7 |
3.2 |
5.1 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
2.4 |
2.1 |
5.4 |
12.3 |
.441 |
2.1 |
5.7 |
.367 |
3.2 |
4.2 |
.776 |
Ed Nealy |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
17 |
32.5 |
19.1 |
0.8 |
3.3 |
4.1 |
4.4 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
7.0 |
15.8 |
.444 |
2.2 |
6.3 |
.346 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
.803 |
Ed Nealy |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
50 |
26.7 |
13.4 |
0.5 |
2.9 |
3.4 |
4.4 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
2.4 |
2.3 |
4.8 |
11.1 |
.432 |
1.8 |
4.9 |
.373 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
.828 |
Ed Nealy |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
4 |
29.3 |
16.0 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
2.8 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
2.8 |
5.8 |
13.5 |
.426 |
2.3 |
6.5 |
.346 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
.750 |
Ed Nealy |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
21 |
23.7 |
7.5 |
0.6 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
4.1 |
0.9 |
0.2 |
1.6 |
2.1 |
2.7 |
7.2 |
.377 |
0.8 |
3.0 |
.254 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
.818 |
Ed Nealy |
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Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
4 |
19.8 |
10.5 |
1.5 |
3.0 |
4.5 |
1.5 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
1.3 |
2.8 |
4.5 |
8.0 |
.563 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
.333 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1.000 |
Ed Nealy |
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Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
58 |
15.0 |
6.3 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
2.6 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
2.4 |
5.8 |
.421 |
0.9 |
2.5 |
.359 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
.689 |
Ed Nealy |
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Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Goran Dragic |
2 |
3.5 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
.000 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
.000 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
1.000 |
Ed Nealy |
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