Aaron Gordon vs. C.J. McCollum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of C.J. McCollum and Aaron Gordon, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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.

Aaron Gordon played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than C.J. McCollum, who played 13. Aaron Gordon had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while C.J. McCollum had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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 achievements, 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
Aaron Gordon	12	6	2014-15 to 2025-26
C.J. McCollum	13	10	2013-14 to 2025-26

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


Rookie Season
	Aaron Gordon	C.J. McCollum
Season	2014-15	2013-14
Team	Orlando Magic	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	47	17.0	5.2	1.0	2.6	3.6	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.0	4.4	.447	0.3	1.0	.271	0.9	1.3	.721
difference:	+9	+4.5	+0.1	+0.8	+1.5	+2.3			+0.4	-0.1	-0.4	+0.1	+0.3	+.031	+0.5	+1.1	+.104	+0.3	+0.4	+.045
C.J. McCollum	38	12.5	5.3	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.4	1.9	4.7	.416	0.8	2.1	.375	0.6	0.9	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	6	4.0	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.8	.091	0.0	0.8	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 2
	Aaron Gordon	C.J. McCollum
Season	2015-16	2014-15
Team	Orlando Magic	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	78	23.9	9.2	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.6	0.8	0.7	0.8	2.0	3.5	7.4	.473	0.5	1.8	.296	1.7	2.5	.668
difference:	+16	+8.2	+2.4	+1.8	+3.3	+5.0	+0.6	+0.1	+0.6		-0.7	+0.9	+1.5	+.037	+0.4	+0.4	+.100	+0.9	+1.3	+.031
C.J. McCollum	62	15.7	6.8	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.0	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.3	2.6	5.9	.436	0.9	2.2	.396	0.8	1.2	.699

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	5	33.2	17.0	0.2	3.8	4.0	0.4	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.6	6.4	13.4	.478	2.2	4.6	.478	2.0	2.6	.769


Season 3
	Aaron Gordon	C.J. McCollum
Season	2016-17	2015-16
Team	Orlando Magic	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	80	28.7	12.7	1.5	3.6	5.1	1.9	0.8	0.5	1.1	2.2	4.9	10.8	.454	1.0	3.3	.288	2.0	2.7	.719
difference:		+6.1	+8.1	+0.9	+0.9	+1.9	+2.4	+0.4	+0.2	-1.4	-0.1	+3.1	+7.1	+.006	+1.5	+2.6	+.129	+0.3	+0.1	+.108
C.J. McCollum	80	34.8	20.8	0.6	2.7	3.2	4.3	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.3	8.0	17.9	.448	2.5	5.9	.417	2.3	2.8	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	11	40.2	20.5	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.3	0.9	0.5	1.8	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	1.8	5.3	.345	3.4	4.2	.804


Season 4
	Aaron Gordon	C.J. McCollum
Season	2017-18	2016-17
Team	Orlando Magic	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	58	32.9	17.6	1.5	6.4	7.9	2.3	1.0	0.8	1.8	1.9	6.5	14.9	.434	2.0	5.9	.336	2.7	3.9	.698
difference:	+22	+2.1	+5.4	+0.7	+3.5	+4.3	+1.3	+0.1	+0.3	-0.4	-0.6	+2.2	+3.1	+.046	+0.3	+0.4	+.085	+0.7	+0.2	+.214
C.J. McCollum	80	35.0	23.0	0.8	2.9	3.6	3.6	0.9	0.5	2.2	2.5	8.7	18.0	.480	2.3	5.5	.421	3.4	3.7	.912

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	4	35.0	22.5	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	3.8	2.5	8.0	20.0	.400	2.8	5.5	.500	3.8	4.0	.938


Season 5
	Aaron Gordon	C.J. McCollum
Season	2018-19	2017-18
Team	Orlando Magic	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	78	33.8	16.0	1.7	5.7	7.4	3.7	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.2	6.0	13.4	.449	1.6	4.4	.349	2.4	3.2	.731
difference:	+3	+2.3	+5.4	+1.0	+2.4	+3.4	+0.3	+0.3	+0.3	-0.2	-0.1	+2.2	+5.2	+.006	+0.7	+1.5	+.048	+0.2	+0.1	+.105
C.J. McCollum	81	36.1	21.4	0.7	3.3	4.0	3.4	1.0	0.4	1.9	2.1	8.2	18.6	.443	2.3	5.9	.397	2.6	3.1	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	5	32.8	15.2	2.2	5.0	7.2	3.6	1.2	0.2	2.6	3.2	5.8	12.4	.468	1.6	4.0	.400	2.0	3.8	.526
difference:	+1	+6.0	+10.1	+2.2	+3.0	+5.2	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	-0.3	-0.4	+4.2	+6.9	+.051	+1.2	+2.5	+.023	+0.5	+0.5	+.243
C.J. McCollum	4	38.8	25.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.5	1.3	0.3	2.3	2.8	10.0	19.3	.519	2.8	6.5	.423	2.5	3.3	.769


Season 6
	Aaron Gordon	C.J. McCollum
Season	2019-20	2018-19
Team	Orlando Magic	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	62	32.5	14.4	1.7	5.9	7.7	3.7	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.0	5.4	12.4	.437	1.2	3.8	.308	2.4	3.6	.674
difference:	+8	+1.4	+6.6	+0.8	+2.8	+3.7	+0.7		+0.2	-0.1	-0.5	+2.8	+5.4	+.022	+1.2	+2.6	+.067	+0.1	+0.9	+.154
C.J. McCollum	70	33.9	21.0	0.9	3.1	4.0	3.0	0.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	8.2	17.8	.459	2.4	6.4	.375	2.3	2.7	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	16	39.7	24.7	0.9	4.1	5.0	3.7	0.8	0.6	1.9	2.1	9.6	21.9	.440	2.9	7.3	.393	2.6	3.5	.732


Season 7
	Aaron Gordon	C.J. McCollum
Season	2020-21	2019-20
Team	Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	50	27.7	12.4	1.5	4.1	5.7	3.2	0.7	0.7	1.9	1.8	4.6	10.0	.463	1.2	3.5	.335	1.9	3.0	.651
difference:	+20	+8.8	+9.8	+0.8	+0.5	+1.5	+1.2	+0.1	+0.1	-0.1	-0.8	+4.1	+9.4	+.012	+1.6	+3.8	+.044	+0.1	+0.4	+.106
C.J. McCollum	70	36.5	22.2	0.7	3.6	4.2	4.4	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.6	8.7	19.4	.451	2.8	7.3	.379	2.0	2.6	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	10	29.9	11.1	2.1	3.3	5.4	2.0	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.3	4.3	9.9	.434	0.9	2.3	.391	1.6	2.5	.640
difference:	+5	+9.3	+12.1	+1.1	+1.5	+0.4	+1.2	+0.7	+0.1	-1.6	-0.3	+4.5	+9.9	+.010	+1.7	+4.7	+.020	+1.4	+1.9	+.042
C.J. McCollum	5	39.2	23.2	1.0	4.8	5.8	3.2	1.2	0.4	3.0	2.0	8.8	19.8	.444	2.6	7.0	.371	3.0	4.4	.682


Season 8
	Aaron Gordon	C.J. McCollum
Season	2021-22	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	75	31.7	15.0	1.7	4.2	5.9	2.5	0.6	0.6	1.8	2.0	5.8	11.1	.520	1.2	3.5	.335	2.3	3.1	.743
difference:	+28	+2.3	+8.1	+1.1	+0.9	+2.0	+2.2	+0.3	+0.2	-0.4	-0.1	+2.8	+7.7	+.062	+2.4	+5.4	+.067		+0.3	+.069
C.J. McCollum	47	34.0	23.1	0.6	3.3	3.9	4.7	0.9	0.4	1.4	1.9	8.6	18.8	.458	3.6	8.9	.402	2.3	2.8	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	5	32.0	13.8	3.6	3.6	7.2	2.6	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	4.6	10.8	.426	0.6	3.0	.200	4.0	5.6	.714
difference:	+1	+8.0	+6.9	+2.6	+1.4	+1.2	+1.7	+0.1	+0.5	-0.4	-1.4	+3.7	+8.2	+.013	+1.7	+4.0	+.133	+2.3	+3.4	+.055
C.J. McCollum	6	40.0	20.7	1.0	5.0	6.0	4.3	0.3	0.7	2.0	4.2	8.3	19.0	.439	2.3	7.0	.333	1.7	2.2	.769


Season 9
	Aaron Gordon	C.J. McCollum
Season	2022-23	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	68	30.2	16.3	2.4	4.1	6.6	3.0	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.9	6.3	11.2	.564	0.9	2.5	.347	2.8	4.6	.608
difference:	+6	+4.4	+5.8	+1.5	+0.6	+2.3	+2.1	+0.3	+0.4	-0.6	-0.1	+2.3	+7.6	+.104	+2.0	+5.1	+.041	+0.9	+1.9	+.074
C.J. McCollum	62	34.6	22.1	0.9	3.5	4.3	5.1	1.1	0.4	2.0	2.0	8.6	18.8	.460	2.9	7.6	.388	1.9	2.7	.682

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	20	35.7	13.3	2.5	3.6	6.0	2.6	0.6	0.7	1.0	2.9	5.1	9.8	.518	0.9	2.3	.391	2.3	3.5	.652
difference:	+14	+3.3	+8.9	+0.7	+1.2	+0.7	+2.2	+0.1	+0.1	-1.5	-0.4	+3.1	+11.0	+.126	+1.9	+6.2	+.058	+0.7	+0.8	+.040
C.J. McCollum	6	39.0	22.2	1.8	4.8	6.7	4.8	0.7	0.8	2.5	2.5	8.2	20.8	.392	2.8	8.5	.333	3.0	4.3	.692


Season 10
	Aaron Gordon	C.J. McCollum
Season	2023-24	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	73	31.5	13.9	2.4	4.1	6.5	3.5	0.8	0.6	1.4	1.9	5.5	9.8	.556	0.5	1.9	.290	2.4	3.7	.658
difference:	+2	+3.8	+7.0	+1.7	+0.5	+2.1	+2.2	+0.1	+0.1	-1.0	-0.1	+2.3	+8.1	+.119	+2.3	+5.3	+.099		+0.5	+.111
C.J. McCollum	75	35.3	20.9	0.7	3.6	4.4	5.7	0.9	0.5	2.4	2.0	7.8	17.9	.437	2.8	7.2	.389	2.4	3.2	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	12	37.1	14.3	3.0	4.3	7.3	4.4	0.8	0.6	1.5	2.3	5.8	9.8	.585	0.9	2.3	.407	1.9	2.3	.821
C.J. McCollum	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Aaron Gordon	C.J. McCollum
Season	2024-25	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	51	28.4	14.7	1.6	3.3	4.8	3.2	0.5	0.3	1.4	1.6	5.2	9.7	.531	1.5	3.4	.436	2.8	3.5	.810
difference:	+15	+4.3	+5.3	+1.0	+0.4	+0.5	+1.4	+0.4	+0.3	-0.3	-0.3	+2.1	+6.3	+.072	+2.1	+5.0	+.007	+1.1	+1.4	+.017
C.J. McCollum	66	32.7	20.0	0.6	3.7	4.3	4.6	0.9	0.6	1.7	1.9	7.3	16.0	.459	3.6	8.4	.429	1.7	2.1	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	14	37.3	16.2	3.6	4.0	7.6	2.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.4	5.8	11.9	.485	1.6	4.1	.379	3.1	3.6	.860
difference:	+10	+0.3	+1.6	+3.1	+0.3	+2.8	+2.1	+1.2	+0.4	-2.1	-1.1	+2.0	+6.6	+.066	+0.2	+3.2	+.138	+2.6	+3.1	+.140
C.J. McCollum	4	37.0	17.8	0.5	4.3	4.8	4.8	1.8	0.8	4.0	3.5	7.8	18.5	.419	1.8	7.3	.241	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 12
	Aaron Gordon	C.J. McCollum
Season	2025-26	2024-25
Team	Denver Nuggets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	4	29.8	21.3	0.3	5.3	5.5	2.3	0.8	0.3	1.5	1.5	6.8	11.8	.574	3.0	5.8	.522	4.8	4.8	1.000
difference:	+52	+2.9	+0.2	+0.5	+2.3	+1.7	+1.8		+0.1	-0.4	-0.7	+1.1	+6.1	+.130	+0.1	+2.4	+.149	+2.6	+1.7	+.283
C.J. McCollum	56	32.7	21.1	0.8	3.0	3.8	4.1	0.8	0.4	1.9	2.2	7.9	17.9	.444	3.1	8.2	.373	2.2	3.1	.717

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Aaron Gordon nor C.J. McCollum played in the postseason in their season 12

Additional Years

* C.J. McCollum played 1 season more than Aaron Gordon in the NBA.

In that period—his season 13 in 2026—C.J. McCollum didn't play in the postseason.

Aaron Gordon vs. C.J. McCollum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of C.J. McCollum and Aaron Gordon, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years