Tony Allen vs. Taj Gibson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Taj Gibson and Tony Allen, 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.

Tony Allen played 14 years in the NBA, 1 less than Taj Gibson, who played 15. Tony Allen had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Taj Gibson had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
Tony Allen	14	10	2004-05 to 2017-18
Taj Gibson	15	9	2009-10 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tony Allen	Taj Gibson
Season	2004-05	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
Tony Allen	77	16.4	6.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.8	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.0	2.4	5.0	.475	0.2	0.4	.387	1.5	2.0	.737
Taj Gibson	82	26.9	9.0	2.8	4.7	7.5	0.9	0.6	1.3	1.4	3.4	3.8	7.7	.494	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.646

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	7	12.4	2.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.7	2.4	1.1	2.6	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.429
Taj Gibson	5	29.0	7.6	1.8	5.2	7.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.4	3.4	3.2	7.6	.421	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.2	.545


Season 2
	Tony Allen	Taj Gibson
Season	2005-06	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf 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		%
Tony Allen	51	19.2	7.2	0.6	1.5	2.2	1.3	1.0	0.4	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.4	.471	0.2	0.7	.324	2.0	2.6	.746
Taj Gibson	80	21.8	7.1	2.0	3.7	5.7	0.7	0.5	1.3	0.9	2.5	2.9	6.3	.466	0.0	0.1	.125	1.3	1.9	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taj Gibson	16	17.8	5.9	1.6	2.5	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.4	0.9	2.0	2.7	4.8	.566	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.600


Season 3
	Tony Allen	Taj Gibson
Season	2006-07	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Tony Allen	33	24.4	11.5	1.1	2.7	3.8	1.7	1.5	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.0	7.8	.514	0.2	1.0	.242	3.2	4.1	.784
Taj Gibson	63	20.4	7.7	2.1	3.1	5.3	0.7	0.4	1.3	1.0	2.1	3.2	6.4	.495	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.622

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taj Gibson	6	22.8	9.5	2.5	4.0	6.5	0.7	0.7	1.7	0.5	3.2	3.5	7.7	.457	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.7	.682


Season 4
	Tony Allen	Taj Gibson
Season	2007-08	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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		%
Tony Allen	75	18.3	6.6	0.5	1.8	2.2	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.2	2.3	5.2	.434	0.2	0.8	.316	1.8	2.4	.762
Taj Gibson	65	22.4	8.0	1.9	3.4	5.3	0.9	0.4	1.4	1.2	2.6	3.3	6.8	.485	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.0	.679

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	15	4.3	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.3	.400
Taj Gibson	12	17.2	6.5	1.3	1.8	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.8	3.1	2.6	5.5	.470	0.0	0.2	.000	1.3	1.8	.727


Season 5
	Tony Allen	Taj Gibson
Season	2008-09	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls 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		%
Tony Allen	46	19.3	7.8	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.4	1.2	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.0	6.2	.482	0.1	0.6	.222	1.7	2.4	.725
Taj Gibson	82	28.7	13.0	2.4	4.4	6.8	1.1	0.5	1.4	1.8	2.5	5.2	10.9	.479	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.4	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	10	6.0	0.9	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	1.000
Taj Gibson	5	30.8	18.2	4.2	2.0	6.2	0.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	2.4	6.4	11.4	.561	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.2	.750


Season 6
	Tony Allen	Taj Gibson
Season	2009-10	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Bulls 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		%
Tony Allen	54	16.5	6.1	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.3	1.1	0.4	1.2	2.0	2.4	4.7	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.2	.605
Taj Gibson	62	27.3	10.3	2.6	3.8	6.4	1.1	0.6	1.2	1.2	2.6	4.1	8.2	.502	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.0	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	24	16.3	5.1	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.7	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.4	2.0	4.1	.480	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.5	.778
Taj Gibson	12	23.0	7.4	2.1	3.4	5.5	1.0	0.3	1.0	0.9	2.1	2.8	6.0	.472	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.700


Season 7
	Tony Allen	Taj Gibson
Season	2010-11	2015-16
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Tony Allen	72	20.8	8.9	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.2	2.2	3.5	6.8	.510	0.1	0.3	.174	1.9	2.5	.753
Taj Gibson	73	26.5	8.6	2.8	4.1	6.9	1.5	0.6	1.1	1.1	2.5	3.6	6.8	.526	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.0	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	13	26.9	8.8	1.2	1.8	2.9	1.5	1.9	0.4	1.8	3.3	3.3	7.8	.426	0.1	0.5	.143	2.1	3.2	.659
Taj Gibson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Tony Allen	Taj Gibson
Season	2011-12	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder 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		%
Tony Allen	58	26.3	9.8	1.7	2.3	4.0	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.6	2.4	3.6	7.7	.469	0.1	0.4	.308	2.4	3.0	.800
Taj Gibson	78	25.5	10.8	2.0	4.2	6.2	0.9	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.1	4.7	9.1	.515	0.0	0.2	.231	1.4	2.0	.715

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	7	24.3	6.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.4	3.0	2.6	6.4	.400	0.0	0.7	.000	1.7	2.4	.706
Taj Gibson	5	23.6	9.8	0.6	3.0	3.6	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.6	2.6	4.2	7.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.6	.875


Season 9
	Tony Allen	Taj Gibson
Season	2012-13	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals	Timberwolves 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		%
Tony Allen	79	26.7	8.9	1.5	3.1	4.6	1.2	1.5	0.6	1.2	2.7	3.6	8.1	.445	0.0	0.3	.125	1.7	2.4	.717
Taj Gibson	82	33.2	12.2	2.4	4.8	7.1	1.2	0.8	0.7	1.1	2.7	5.2	9.0	.577	0.1	0.4	.200	1.7	2.3	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	15	28.1	10.3	2.5	3.6	6.1	1.8	2.0	0.3	1.3	3.2	3.6	8.3	.432	0.1	0.5	.250	2.9	3.9	.759
Taj Gibson	5	24.6	6.2	1.4	2.6	4.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.6	2.8	4.4	.636	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 10
	Tony Allen	Taj Gibson
Season	2013-14	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
Tony Allen	55	23.2	9.0	1.4	2.3	3.8	1.7	1.6	0.3	1.6	2.2	3.7	7.5	.494	0.2	0.9	.234	1.4	2.2	.628
Taj Gibson	70	24.1	10.8	2.5	4.1	6.5	1.2	0.8	0.6	1.0	2.7	4.3	7.7	.566	0.2	0.5	.324	1.9	2.5	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	7	32.9	12.3	3.3	4.4	7.7	1.4	1.7	0.1	1.7	3.3	5.0	10.3	.486	0.0	1.0	.000	2.3	3.0	.762
Taj Gibson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Tony Allen	Taj Gibson
Season	2014-15	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Tony Allen	63	26.2	8.6	1.6	2.8	4.4	1.4	2.0	0.5	1.4	2.6	3.6	7.2	.495	0.2	0.5	.345	1.3	2.0	.627
Taj Gibson	62	16.5	6.1	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.8	0.4	0.5	0.8	2.0	2.7	4.6	.584	0.1	0.2	.286	0.7	0.9	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	10	27.9	6.6	1.4	3.8	5.2	1.5	2.4	1.1	1.3	2.7	2.8	5.7	.491	0.1	0.7	.143	0.9	1.2	.750
Taj Gibson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Tony Allen	Taj Gibson
Season	2015-16	2020-21
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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		%
Tony Allen	64	25.3	8.4	1.6	3.0	4.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	1.2	2.7	3.4	7.3	.458	0.2	0.7	.357	1.4	2.2	.652
Taj Gibson	45	20.8	5.4	2.2	3.4	5.6	0.8	0.7	1.1	0.5	2.2	2.2	3.5	.627	0.1	0.3	.200	0.9	1.2	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	4	23.5	7.5	1.5	1.3	2.8	0.8	1.3	0.5	1.5	2.8	2.5	8.3	.303	0.3	1.8	.143	2.3	3.3	.692
Taj Gibson	5	27.6	5.0	3.2	3.8	7.0	0.8	1.6	1.0	0.6	2.6	2.4	4.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 13
	Tony Allen	Taj Gibson
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
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		%
Tony Allen	71	27.0	9.1	2.3	3.2	5.5	1.4	1.6	0.4	1.4	2.5	3.9	8.4	.461	0.2	0.8	.278	1.1	1.8	.615
Taj Gibson	52	18.2	4.4	1.7	2.7	4.4	0.6	0.4	0.8	0.5	2.6	1.7	3.2	.518	0.3	0.7	.395	0.8	1.0	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taj Gibson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Tony Allen	Taj Gibson
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Washington Wizards
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		%
Tony Allen	22	12.4	4.7	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.9	2.2	2.0	4.1	.484	0.2	0.5	.333	0.5	1.0	.524
Taj Gibson	49	9.8	3.4	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.7	1.3	2.6	.520	0.2	0.5	.333	0.6	0.9	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taj Gibson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Tony Allen	Taj Gibson
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons
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		%
Tony Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taj Gibson	20	10.3	1.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.3	1.6	0.8	1.9	.405	0.1	0.5	.200	0.1	0.1	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taj Gibson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tony Allen vs. Taj Gibson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Taj Gibson and Tony Allen, 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