Aaron Gordon vs. Jim Petersen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jim Petersen 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

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 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jim Petersen, who played 8. Aaron Gordon had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Jim Petersen had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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
Aaron Gordon	10	5	2014-15 to 2023-24
Jim Petersen	8	5	1984-85 to 1991-92

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Aaron Gordon	Jim Petersen
Season	2014-15	1984-85
Team	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
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
Jim Petersen	60	11.9	3.2	0.7	1.7	2.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.2	2.1	1.2	2.4	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Petersen	3	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Aaron Gordon	Jim Petersen
Season	2015-16	1985-86
Team	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost NBA 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		%
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
Jim Petersen	82	20.3	6.2	1.8	3.0	4.8	1.0	0.5	0.7	1.0	2.8	2.4	5.0	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.0	.706

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Petersen	20	18.9	5.6	2.4	3.2	5.6	1.1	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.9	2.2	5.4	.407	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.7	.697


Season 3
	Aaron Gordon	Jim Petersen
Season	2016-17	1986-87
Team	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
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
Jim Petersen	82	29.3	11.3	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.5	0.5	1.2	1.9	3.3	4.7	9.2	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.5	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Petersen	10	18.7	6.8	1.4	3.2	4.6	0.6	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.6	2.8	5.1	.549	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.8	.667


Season 4
	Aaron Gordon	Jim Petersen
Season	2017-18	1987-88
Team	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
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
Jim Petersen	69	26.0	8.9	2.1	4.2	6.3	1.5	0.5	0.6	1.7	2.9	3.6	7.1	.510	0.0	0.1	.167	1.7	2.2	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Petersen	4	24.5	7.8	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.5	0.3	0.5	1.0	2.8	3.0	5.8	.522	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.0	.583


Season 5
	Aaron Gordon	Jim Petersen
Season	2018-19	1988-89
Team	Orlando Magic	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
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
Jim Petersen	66	24.7	10.2	1.8	4.4	6.3	1.2	0.7	1.0	2.2	3.6	4.2	9.2	.459	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.3	.747

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
Jim Petersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Aaron Gordon	Jim Petersen
Season	2019-20	1989-90
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
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		%
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
Jim Petersen	43	13.8	4.0	1.1	2.6	3.7	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.8	2.4	1.4	3.3	.426	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.712

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Petersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Aaron Gordon	Jim Petersen
Season	2020-21	1990-91
Team	Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors 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		%
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
Jim Petersen	62	13.5	4.5	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.4	0.2	0.7	0.8	2.5	1.8	3.8	.483	0.0	0.1	.250	0.8	1.2	.658

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
Jim Petersen	9	13.0	3.2	0.4	2.6	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.2	3.9	1.3	1.9	.706	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.625


Season 8
	Aaron Gordon	Jim Petersen
Season	2021-22	1991-92
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
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
Jim Petersen	27	6.3	1.6	0.4	1.2	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.3	0.7	1.5	.450	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.700

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
Jim Petersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Aaron Gordon	Jim Petersen
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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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
Jim Petersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Jim Petersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Aaron Gordon	Jim Petersen
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets TBD	-

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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
Jim Petersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	10	37.4	15.6	3.1	4.4	7.5	4.7	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.2	6.3	10.6	.594	0.9	2.3	.391	2.1	2.6	.808
Jim Petersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Aaron Gordon vs. Jim Petersen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jim Petersen 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10