Rudy Gay vs. Thaddeus Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Thaddeus Young and Rudy Gay, 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 / Games against each other

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 Gay and Thaddeus Young both played 17 years in the NBA. Rudy Gay had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Thaddeus Young had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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 Gay	17	3	2006-07 to 2022-23
Thaddeus Young	17	10	2007-08 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Rudy Gay	Thaddeus Young
Season	2006-07	2007-08
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East 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 Gay	78	27.0	10.8	1.2	3.3	4.5	1.3	0.9	0.9	1.8	2.5	4.1	9.7	.422	0.7	1.8	.364	1.9	2.7	.727
Thaddeus Young	74	21.0	8.2	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.8	1.0	0.1	0.9	1.7	3.6	6.6	.539	0.1	0.3	.316	1.0	1.4	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	6	26.7	10.2	2.5	2.0	4.5	0.7	1.2	0.0	0.7	1.2	4.0	8.3	.480	0.2	0.8	.200	2.0	2.3	.857


Season 2
	Rudy Gay	Thaddeus Young
Season	2007-08	2008-09
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East 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 Gay	81	37.0	20.1	1.7	4.4	6.2	2.0	1.4	1.0	2.3	2.8	7.7	16.7	.461	1.7	4.8	.346	3.1	3.9	.785
Thaddeus Young	75	34.4	15.3	1.9	3.2	5.0	1.1	1.3	0.3	1.6	2.2	6.3	12.8	.495	0.7	2.2	.341	1.9	2.5	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	6	38.2	12.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.3	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.8	5.2	11.7	.443	0.8	2.0	.417	0.8	1.0	.833


Season 3
	Rudy Gay	Thaddeus Young
Season	2008-09	2009-10
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
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 Gay	79	37.3	18.9	1.4	4.2	5.5	1.7	1.2	0.7	2.6	2.8	7.2	16.0	.453	1.1	3.1	.351	3.3	4.4	.767
Thaddeus Young	67	32.0	13.8	1.9	3.3	5.2	1.4	1.2	0.2	1.9	2.0	5.7	12.1	.470	0.7	2.1	.348	1.7	2.5	.691

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Rudy Gay	Thaddeus Young
Season	2009-10	2010-11
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East 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 Gay	80	39.7	19.6	1.4	4.5	5.9	1.9	1.5	0.8	2.1	2.5	7.5	16.1	.466	0.8	2.5	.327	3.8	5.0	.753
Thaddeus Young	82	26.0	12.7	1.9	3.4	5.3	1.0	1.1	0.3	1.2	2.1	5.6	10.3	.541	0.1	0.3	.273	1.5	2.1	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	5	25.4	11.4	3.4	2.4	5.8	0.8	0.8	0.2	1.4	2.6	5.0	12.0	.417	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	2.4	.583


Season 5
	Rudy Gay	Thaddeus Young
Season	2010-11	2011-12
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East 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 Gay	54	39.9	19.8	1.5	4.7	6.2	2.8	1.7	1.1	2.5	2.4	7.6	16.1	.471	1.1	2.7	.396	3.6	4.5	.805
Thaddeus Young	63	27.9	12.8	2.2	3.0	5.2	1.2	1.0	0.7	0.9	2.0	5.5	10.9	.507	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.3	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	13	21.3	7.7	1.9	3.3	5.2	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.2	1.9	3.0	7.0	.429	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.4	.710


Season 6
	Rudy Gay	Thaddeus Young
Season	2011-12	2012-13
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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 Gay	65	37.3	19.0	2.0	4.4	6.4	2.3	1.5	0.8	2.5	2.1	7.5	16.4	.455	0.8	2.7	.312	3.2	4.0	.791
Thaddeus Young	76	34.6	14.8	2.4	5.1	7.5	1.6	1.8	0.7	1.2	2.5	6.7	12.6	.531	0.0	0.1	.125	1.4	2.5	.574

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	7	39.9	19.0	1.4	5.1	6.6	1.4	1.3	0.3	3.0	2.1	6.9	16.3	.421	0.6	2.7	.211	4.7	5.7	.825
Thaddeus Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Rudy Gay	Thaddeus Young
Season	2012-13	2013-14
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors	Philadelphia 76ers
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 Gay	75	35.8	18.2	1.3	4.8	6.1	2.7	1.5	0.7	2.6	2.4	6.9	16.7	.416	1.1	3.5	.323	3.2	3.9	.814
Thaddeus Young	79	34.4	17.9	2.1	3.9	6.0	2.3	2.1	0.5	2.1	2.7	7.4	16.2	.454	1.1	3.7	.308	2.1	2.9	.712

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Rudy Gay	Thaddeus Young
Season	2013-14	2014-15
Team	Toronto Raptors, Sacramento Kings	Minnesota Timberwolves, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East 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 Gay	73	34.7	20.0	1.5	4.4	6.0	2.9	1.3	0.8	3.1	2.3	7.4	16.2	.455	0.9	2.7	.330	4.4	5.3	.822
Thaddeus Young	76	32.0	14.1	1.7	3.7	5.4	2.3	1.6	0.3	1.5	2.3	5.9	12.7	.466	0.5	1.5	.330	1.7	2.6	.655

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	6	31.7	10.5	2.8	4.3	7.2	2.7	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.5	4.8	11.0	.439	0.0	0.7	.000	0.8	2.0	.417


Season 9
	Rudy Gay	Thaddeus Young
Season	2014-15	2015-16
Team	Sacramento Kings	Brooklyn Nets
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 Gay	68	35.4	21.1	1.4	4.4	5.9	3.7	1.0	0.6	2.7	2.3	7.5	16.4	.455	1.2	3.2	.359	5.0	5.8	.858
Thaddeus Young	73	33.0	15.1	2.4	6.6	9.0	1.9	1.5	0.5	1.9	2.5	6.8	13.2	.514	0.1	0.4	.233	1.4	2.2	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Rudy Gay	Thaddeus Young
Season	2015-16	2016-17
Team	Sacramento Kings	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East 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 Gay	70	34.0	17.2	1.5	5.0	6.5	1.7	1.4	0.7	2.0	2.6	6.7	14.4	.463	1.1	3.1	.344	2.8	3.6	.780
Thaddeus Young	74	30.2	11.0	1.8	4.3	6.1	1.6	1.5	0.4	1.3	1.8	4.9	9.3	.527	0.6	1.6	.381	0.6	1.2	.523

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	4	35.0	12.0	5.5	3.5	9.0	2.5	2.0	0.3	1.5	2.8	5.3	9.8	.538	0.3	1.0	.250	1.3	2.5	.500


Season 11
	Rudy Gay	Thaddeus Young
Season	2016-17	2017-18
Team	Sacramento Kings	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East 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 Gay	30	33.8	18.7	1.2	5.2	6.3	2.8	1.5	0.9	2.5	2.6	6.7	14.7	.455	1.4	3.8	.372	3.9	4.6	.855
Thaddeus Young	81	32.2	11.8	2.3	4.0	6.3	1.9	1.7	0.4	1.3	2.2	5.2	10.7	.487	0.7	2.2	.320	0.7	1.1	.598

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	7	33.9	11.3	3.1	4.6	7.7	1.4	1.7	0.9	1.0	3.1	5.1	8.6	.600	0.3	1.0	.286	0.7	1.9	.385


Season 12
	Rudy Gay	Thaddeus Young
Season	2017-18	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East 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 Gay	57	21.6	11.5	1.3	3.8	5.1	1.3	0.8	0.7	1.4	1.7	4.4	9.4	.471	0.6	2.1	.314	2.0	2.5	.772
Thaddeus Young	81	30.7	12.6	2.4	4.1	6.5	2.5	1.5	0.4	1.5	2.4	5.5	10.4	.527	0.6	1.8	.349	1.1	1.7	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	5	32.0	12.2	1.8	3.8	5.6	2.2	1.6	0.2	1.2	3.2	5.2	13.0	.400	0.8	3.6	.222	1.0	1.8	.556
Thaddeus Young	4	32.5	10.5	2.3	4.8	7.0	3.8	2.8	0.8	1.3	2.5	4.5	10.5	.429	0.5	2.0	.250	1.0	1.8	.571


Season 13
	Rudy Gay	Thaddeus Young
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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 Gay	69	26.7	13.7	0.9	5.9	6.8	2.6	0.8	0.5	1.7	2.3	5.4	10.8	.504	1.1	2.7	.402	1.7	2.1	.816
Thaddeus Young	64	24.9	10.3	1.5	3.5	4.9	1.8	1.4	0.4	1.6	2.1	4.2	9.4	.448	1.2	3.5	.356	0.7	1.1	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	7	25.6	11.1	1.9	5.3	7.1	1.7	0.4	0.7	1.4	1.9	4.0	10.0	.400	1.1	2.7	.421	2.0	2.4	.824
Thaddeus Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Rudy Gay	Thaddeus Young
Season	2019-20	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
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 Gay	67	21.8	10.8	0.9	4.5	5.4	1.7	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.5	4.0	8.9	.446	1.1	3.3	.336	1.8	2.0	.882
Thaddeus Young	68	24.3	12.1	2.5	3.8	6.2	4.3	1.1	0.6	2.0	2.2	5.4	9.7	.559	0.2	0.7	.267	1.0	1.7	.628

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Rudy Gay	Thaddeus Young
Season	2020-21	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East 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 Gay	63	21.6	11.4	0.7	4.1	4.8	1.4	0.7	0.6	1.0	1.8	4.2	10.0	.420	1.7	4.4	.381	1.3	1.6	.804
Thaddeus Young	52	16.3	6.2	1.5	2.5	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.6	2.7	5.2	.518	0.3	0.9	.354	0.4	0.9	.469

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	6	14.5	3.3	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.7	0.8	0.2	0.5	1.3	1.5	3.0	.500	0.2	1.2	.143	0.2	0.7	.250


Season 16
	Rudy Gay	Thaddeus Young
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Toronto Raptors
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 Gay	55	18.9	8.1	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.7	2.9	6.9	.414	1.3	3.7	.345	1.1	1.4	.785
Thaddeus Young	54	14.7	4.4	1.3	1.8	3.1	1.4	1.0	0.1	0.8	1.6	2.0	3.7	.545	0.1	0.6	.176	0.3	0.5	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Rudy Gay	Thaddeus Young
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Toronto Raptors, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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 Gay	56	14.6	5.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.2	1.9	5.1	.380	0.6	2.3	.254	0.8	0.9	.857
Thaddeus Young	33	13.3	4.2	1.4	1.7	3.1	1.7	0.7	0.2	0.5	1.5	2.0	3.3	.602	0.0	0.2	.143	0.2	0.5	.400

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Rudy Gay vs. Thaddeus Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Thaddeus Young and Rudy Gay, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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

Season 16

Season 17