Aaron Gordon vs. Tony Parker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tony Parker 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.

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 11 years in the NBA, 7 less than Tony Parker, who played 18. Aaron Gordon had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Tony Parker had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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.

Rookie Season
	Aaron Gordon	Tony Parker
Season	2014-15	2001-02
Team	Orlando Magic	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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:	+30	+12.4	+4.0	+0.6	+0.5	+1.0	+3.6	+0.8	+0.4	-1.2	-0.4	+1.5	+3.9	+.028	+0.5	+1.5	+.052	+0.5	+0.8	+.046
Tony Parker	77	29.4	9.2	0.4	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.2	0.1	2.0	2.2	3.5	8.3	.419	0.8	2.5	.323	1.4	2.1	.675
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	10	34.1	15.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.2	6.2	13.6	.456	1.0	2.7	.370	2.1	2.8	.750

Season 2
	Aaron Gordon	Tony Parker
Season	2015-16	2002-03
Team	Orlando Magic	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+4	+9.9	+6.3	+1.6	+2.3	+3.9	+3.7	+0.1	+0.7	-1.6	-0.1	+2.4	+5.3	+.009	+0.5	+1.2	+.041	+1.0	+1.0	+.087
Tony Parker	82	33.8	15.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	5.3	0.9	0.0	2.4	2.1	5.9	12.7	.464	1.0	3.0	.337	2.7	3.5	.755
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	24	33.9	14.7	0.3	2.4	2.8	3.5	0.9	0.1	2.0	2.1	5.6	14.0	.403	0.6	2.3	.268	2.8	3.9	.713

Season 4
	Aaron Gordon	Tony Parker
Season	2017-18	2004-05
Team	Orlando Magic	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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	+1.3	+1.0	+0.9	+3.3	+4.2	+3.8	+0.2	+0.7	-0.9	-0.2	+0.2	+0.9	+.048	+1.5	+3.9	+.060	+0.1	+0.1	+.048
Tony Parker	80	34.2	16.6	0.6	3.1	3.7	6.1	1.2	0.1	2.7	2.1	6.7	14.0	.482	0.5	2.0	.276	2.6	4.0	.650
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	23	37.2	17.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.3	0.7	0.1	3.1	3.0	7.2	15.9	.454	0.4	2.1	.188	2.4	3.8	.632

Season 5
	Aaron Gordon	Tony Parker
Season	2018-19	2005-06
Team	Orlando Magic	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+2	+0.1	+2.9	+1.2	+2.9	+4.1	+2.1	+0.3	+0.6	-1.0	-0.2	+1.8	+0.8	+.099	+1.5	+3.9	+.043	+0.8	+1.3	+.024
Tony Parker	80	33.9	18.9	0.5	2.8	3.3	5.8	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.0	7.8	14.2	.548	0.1	0.5	.306	3.2	4.5	.707
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:	+8	+3.7	+5.9	+1.6	+2.0	+3.6	+0.2	+0.2	+0.1	-0.5	-0.8	+2.2	+5.0	+.008	+1.4	+3.3	+.178	+2.9	+2.3	+.284
Tony Parker	13	36.5	21.1	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.8	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.4	8.0	17.4	.460	0.2	0.7	.222	4.9	6.1	.810

Season 6
	Aaron Gordon	Tony Parker
Season	2019-20	2006-07
Team	Orlando Magic	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+15		+4.2	+1.3	+3.1	+4.5	+1.8	+0.3	+0.5	-0.9	-0.2	+2.0	+1.8	+.083	+1.0	+3.3	+.087	+1.2	+0.9	+.109
Tony Parker	77	32.5	18.6	0.4	2.8	3.2	5.5	1.1	0.1	2.5	1.8	7.4	14.2	.520	0.2	0.5	.395	3.6	4.5	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	20	37.6	20.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	5.8	1.1	0.0	3.3	1.7	8.4	17.5	.480	0.4	1.1	.333	3.6	5.3	.679

Season 8
	Aaron Gordon	Tony Parker
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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:	+3	+2.4	+7.0	+1.3	+1.5	+2.8	+4.4	+0.3	+0.5	-0.8	-0.5	+3.1	+6.4	+.014	+0.9	+2.6	+.043	+1.6	+1.9	+.039
Tony Parker	72	34.1	22.0	0.4	2.7	3.1	6.9	0.9	0.1	2.6	1.5	8.9	17.5	.506	0.3	0.9	.292	3.9	5.0	.782
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:		+4.2	+14.8	+3.4	+0.4	+3.0	+4.2	+0.8	+1.0	-2.6	-0.2	+7.2	+10.8	+.120		+0.2	+.014	+0.4	+0.6	+.004
Tony Parker	5	36.2	28.6	0.2	4.0	4.2	6.8	1.2	0.2	4.2	2.6	11.8	21.6	.546	0.6	2.8	.214	4.4	6.2	.710

Season 9
	Aaron Gordon	Tony Parker
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+12	+0.7	+0.3	+2.3	+1.8	+4.2	+2.7	+0.3	+0.7	-1.3	-0.2	+0.1	+1.6	+.077	+0.7	+1.9	+.053	+0.5	+0.2	+.148
Tony Parker	56	30.9	16.0	0.1	2.3	2.4	5.7	0.5	0.1	2.7	1.7	6.2	12.8	.487	0.2	0.6	.294	3.3	4.4	.756
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:	+10	+2.2	+4.0	+1.6	+0.7	+2.2	+2.8		+0.7	-1.2	-0.9	+2.2	+5.6	+.044	+0.7	+2.0	+.276	+0.2	+0.7	+.057
Tony Parker	10	33.5	17.3	0.9	2.9	3.8	5.4	0.6	0.0	2.2	2.0	7.3	15.4	.474	0.2	0.3	.667	2.5	4.2	.595

Season 11
	Aaron Gordon	Tony Parker
Season	2024-25	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+9	+3.7	+3.6	+1.2	+0.8	+1.9	+4.5	+0.5	+0.2	-1.2	-0.3	+1.9	+5.1	+.051	+1.3	+2.4	+.206	+1.0	+1.2	+.011
Tony Parker	60	32.1	18.3	0.4	2.5	2.9	7.7	1.0	0.1	2.6	1.3	7.1	14.8	.480	0.2	1.0	.230	3.8	4.7	.799
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:		+1.2	+3.9	+3.0	+1.0	+4.0	+4.1	+0.3	+0.4	-1.2	-0.8	+1.5	+4.2	+.032	+1.1	+2.6	+.046	+2.0	+2.7	+.053
Tony Parker	14	36.1	20.1	0.6	3.0	3.6	6.8	0.9	0.0	3.1	1.6	7.3	16.1	.453	0.5	1.5	.333	5.1	6.3	.807

Additional Years
* Tony Parker played 7 seasons more than Aaron Gordon in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 18, from 2013 to 2019—Tony Parker played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Aaron Gordon, Tony Parker got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game