Tony Allen vs. Willie Anderson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willie Anderson 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

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, 5 more than Willie Anderson, who played 9. Tony Allen had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Willie Anderson had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
Willie Anderson	9	7	1988-89 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tony Allen	Willie Anderson
Season	2004-05	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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	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
Willie Anderson	81	33.8	18.6	1.9	3.3	5.1	4.6	1.9	0.8	3.2	3.6	7.9	15.9	.498	0.0	0.3	.190	2.8	3.6	.775

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
Willie Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tony Allen	Willie Anderson
Season	2005-06	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
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
Willie Anderson	82	34.0	15.7	1.4	3.1	4.5	4.4	1.4	0.7	2.4	3.1	6.5	13.2	.492	0.1	0.3	.269	2.6	3.5	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willie Anderson	10	37.5	20.5	1.6	3.8	5.4	5.2	0.9	0.4	2.6	4.0	8.7	16.8	.518	0.2	0.5	.400	2.9	3.6	.806


Season 3
	Tony Allen	Willie Anderson
Season	2006-07	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Willie Anderson	75	34.6	14.4	0.9	3.8	4.7	4.8	1.1	0.6	2.2	3.0	6.0	13.2	.457	0.1	0.5	.200	2.3	2.8	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willie Anderson	4	39.8	19.0	0.5	4.3	4.8	4.8	1.5	0.5	3.3	4.0	8.3	17.0	.485	0.5	2.5	.200	2.0	3.3	.615


Season 4
	Tony Allen	Willie Anderson
Season	2007-08	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	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
Willie Anderson	57	33.1	13.1	1.1	4.2	5.3	5.3	0.9	0.9	2.5	2.6	5.5	12.0	.455	0.2	1.0	.232	1.9	2.4	.775

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
Willie Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Tony Allen	Willie Anderson
Season	2008-09	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
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
Willie Anderson	38	14.7	4.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.1	0.4	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.1	4.9	.430	0.0	0.2	.125	0.6	0.7	.786

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
Willie Anderson	10	21.9	9.5	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.8	0.9	0.2	1.2	2.3	3.7	8.2	.451	0.6	1.1	.545	1.5	1.7	.882


Season 6
	Tony Allen	Willie Anderson
Season	2009-10	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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
Willie Anderson	80	31.1	11.9	0.9	2.2	3.0	4.3	0.9	0.6	1.9	2.3	4.9	10.5	.471	0.3	0.9	.324	1.8	2.1	.848

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
Willie Anderson	4	26.5	8.3	0.8	1.3	2.0	3.0	1.3	0.5	1.0	1.8	3.5	9.3	.378	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	1.8	.571


Season 7
	Tony Allen	Willie Anderson
Season	2010-11	1994-95
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West 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	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
Willie Anderson	38	14.6	4.9	0.4	1.1	1.4	1.4	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.9	2.0	4.3	.469	0.1	0.5	.158	0.8	1.1	.732

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
Willie Anderson	11	8.8	1.8	0.5	0.6	1.1	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.1	0.8	1.8	.450	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.3	.667


Season 8
	Tony Allen	Willie Anderson
Season	2011-12	1995-96
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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	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
Willie Anderson	76	27.1	9.8	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.6	1.0	0.8	1.9	3.0	3.8	8.7	.436	0.4	1.6	.283	1.7	2.1	.810

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
Willie Anderson	4	16.0	5.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	1.5	2.5	1.8	5.5	.318	0.3	1.5	.167	1.5	1.8	.857


Season 9
	Tony Allen	Willie Anderson
Season	2012-13	1996-97
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals	Heat 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	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
Willie Anderson	28	10.8	3.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.3	1.0	2.3	.453	0.3	0.7	.421	0.6	0.7	.850

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
Willie Anderson	9	13.2	3.7	0.2	1.7	1.9	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.3	2.2	1.2	3.3	.367	0.2	0.9	.250	1.0	1.1	.900


Season 10
	Tony Allen	Willie Anderson
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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	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
Willie Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Willie Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Tony Allen	Willie Anderson
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
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
Willie Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Willie Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Tony Allen	Willie Anderson
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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	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
Willie Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Willie Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Tony Allen	Willie Anderson
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
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	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
Willie Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 14
	Tony Allen	Willie Anderson
Season	2017-18	-
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	-
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	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
Willie Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Tony Allen vs. Willie Anderson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willie Anderson 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