Artis Gilmore vs. Robert Parish Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Robert Parish and Artis Gilmore, 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.

Artis Gilmore played 12 years in the NBA, 9 less than Robert Parish, who played 21. Artis Gilmore had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Robert Parish had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
Artis Gilmore	12	6	1976-77 to 1987-88
Robert Parish	21	16	1976-77 to 1996-97

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


Rookie Season
	Artis Gilmore	Robert Parish
Season	1976-77	1976-77
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	35.1	18.6	3.8	9.2	13.0	2.4	0.5	2.5	-	3.2	7.0	13.3	.522	-	-	-	4.7	7.1	.660
difference:	+5	+17.1	+9.5	+1.2	+4.8	+5.9	+1.4	+0.2	+1.3		-0.3	+3.3	+5.9	+.019				+3.1	+4.9	+.048
Robert Parish	77	18.0	9.1	2.6	4.4	7.1	1.0	0.7	1.2	-	2.9	3.7	7.4	.503	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	3	42.0	18.7	5.0	8.0	13.0	2.0	1.0	2.7	-	3.0	6.3	13.3	.475	-	-	-	6.0	7.7	.783
difference:	+7	+18.1	+6.6	+0.7	+2.0	+2.7	+0.9	+0.3	+1.6		-1.2	+1.1	+2.5	+.006				+4.3	+5.1	+.129
Robert Parish	10	23.9	12.1	4.3	6.0	10.3	1.1	0.7	1.1	-	4.2	5.2	10.8	.481	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.654


Season 2
	Artis Gilmore	Robert Parish
Season	1977-78	1977-78
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	37.4	22.9	3.9	9.2	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	4.5	3.2	8.6	15.4	.559	-	-	-	5.7	8.2	.704
difference:		+13.4	+10.4	+1.3	+3.5	+4.8	+2.0	+0.5	+0.7	-2.0	-0.3	+3.4	+4.3	+.087				+3.7	+5.0	+.079
Robert Parish	82	24.0	12.5	2.6	5.7	8.3	1.2	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.5	5.2	11.1	.472	-	-	-	2.0	3.2	.625

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Artis Gilmore nor Robert Parish played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Artis Gilmore	Robert Parish
Season	1978-79	1978-79
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	39.8	23.7	3.6	9.1	12.7	3.3	0.6	1.9	3.8	3.4	9.2	16.0	.575	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.739
difference:	+6	+8.1	+6.5	+0.1	+0.5	+0.6	+1.8	+0.7	+1.0	-0.7	-0.6	+1.9	+1.4	+.076				+2.7	+3.5	+.041
Robert Parish	76	31.7	17.2	3.5	8.6	12.1	1.5	1.3	2.9	3.1	4.0	7.3	14.6	.499	-	-	-	2.6	3.7	.698

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Artis Gilmore nor Robert Parish played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Artis Gilmore	Robert Parish
Season	1979-80	1979-80
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Artis Gilmore	48	32.7	17.8	2.3	6.8	9.0	2.8	0.6	1.2	2.8	3.5	6.4	10.7	.595	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	7.2	.712
difference:	+24	+3.3	+0.8	+1.1	+0.6	+1.9	+1.1	+0.2	+0.4	-0.3	-0.1	+0.7	+3.3	+.088				+2.3	+3.3	+.003
Robert Parish	72	29.4	17.0	3.4	7.4	10.9	1.7	0.8	1.6	3.1	3.4	7.1	14.0	.507	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.9	.715

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Artis Gilmore nor Robert Parish played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Artis Gilmore	Robert Parish
Season	1980-81	1980-81
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	34.5	17.9	2.7	7.4	10.1	2.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	3.6	6.7	10.0	.670	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.5	.705
difference:		+6.5	+1.0	+0.3	+0.9	+0.6	+0.3	+0.4	+0.2	-0.6	-0.2	+1.0	+4.2	+.125				+1.2	+1.7	+.005
Robert Parish	82	28.0	18.9	3.0	6.5	9.5	1.8	1.0	2.6	2.3	3.8	7.7	14.2	.545	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.8	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	6	41.2	18.0	4.0	7.2	11.2	2.0	1.0	2.8	2.8	2.5	5.8	10.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	6.3	9.2	.691
difference:	+11	+12.3	+3.0	+1.1	+1.6	+2.6	+0.9	+0.2	+0.5	-0.2	-1.9	+0.6	+2.9	+.090				+4.0	+5.8	+.019
Robert Parish	17	28.9	15.0	2.9	5.6	8.6	1.1	1.2	2.3	2.6	4.4	6.4	12.9	.493	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.672


Season 6
	Artis Gilmore	Robert Parish
Season	1981-82	1981-82
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.5	2.7	7.5	10.2	1.7	0.6	2.7	2.8	3.5	6.7	10.2	.652	0.0	0.0	-	5.2	6.7	.768
difference:	+2	+2.4	+1.4	+0.9	+0.3	+0.6	+0.1	+0.3	+0.3		-0.2	+1.7	+5.2	+.110				+2.0	+2.3	+.058
Robert Parish	80	31.7	19.9	3.6	7.2	10.8	1.8	0.9	2.4	2.8	3.3	8.4	15.4	.542	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.4	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Parish	12	35.5	21.3	3.6	7.7	11.3	1.5	0.4	4.0	3.3	3.9	8.5	17.4	.488	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	6.3	.680


Season 7
	Artis Gilmore	Robert Parish
Season	1982-83	1982-83
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.0	3.6	8.4	12.0	1.5	0.5	2.3	3.1	3.3	6.8	10.8	.626	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.0	.740
difference:	+4	+2.6	+1.3	+0.3	+1.1	+1.4	+0.3	+0.5	+0.4	-0.7	-0.5	+1.1	+3.6	+.076		+0.1		+1.0	+1.0	+.042
Robert Parish	78	31.5	19.3	3.3	7.3	10.6	1.8	1.0	1.9	2.4	2.8	7.9	14.4	.550	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	5.0	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	11	36.5	16.7	3.4	9.5	12.9	1.6	0.8	3.1	2.5	4.2	6.9	12.0	.576	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.2	.696
difference:	+4	+0.9	+2.0	+0.4	+1.9	+2.3	+0.3	+0.1	+1.8	-0.1	-1.6	+0.8	+0.7	+.093				+0.5	+1.3	+.154
Robert Parish	7	35.6	14.7	3.0	7.6	10.6	1.3	0.7	1.3	2.4	2.6	6.1	12.7	.483	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	2.9	.850


Season 8
	Artis Gilmore	Robert Parish
Season	1983-84	1983-84
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Artis Gilmore	64	31.8	15.3	3.3	7.0	10.3	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.3	3.6	5.5	8.7	.631	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.1	.718
difference:	+16	+4.0	+3.7	+0.3	+0.7	+0.4	+0.6	+0.1	+0.6		-0.3	+2.3	+5.6	+.085				+1.0	+1.5	+.027
Robert Parish	80	35.8	19.0	3.0	7.7	10.7	1.7	0.7	1.5	2.3	3.3	7.8	14.3	.546	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.6	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Parish	23	37.8	14.9	3.3	7.5	10.8	1.2	1.0	1.8	2.0	4.3	6.0	12.7	.478	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.3	.646


Season 9
	Artis Gilmore	Robert Parish
Season	1984-85	1984-85
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Artis Gilmore	81	34.0	19.1	2.9	7.6	10.4	1.6	0.5	2.1	3.0	3.8	6.6	10.5	.623	0.0	0.0	-	6.0	8.0	.749
difference:	+2	+2.1	+1.5	+0.4	+0.3	+0.2		+0.2	+0.8	-0.6	-1.0	+0.4	+2.4	+.081				+2.3	+3.0	+.006
Robert Parish	79	36.1	17.6	3.3	7.3	10.6	1.6	0.7	1.3	2.4	2.8	7.0	12.9	.542	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.0	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	5	37.0	17.8	2.0	8.0	10.0	1.4	0.4	1.4	4.6	3.6	5.8	10.4	.558	0.0	0.0	-	6.2	9.0	.689
difference:	+16	+1.2	+0.7	+0.7	+0.3	+0.4	+0.1	+0.6	+0.2	-2.2	-0.4	+0.7	+2.7	+.065				+2.1	+3.7	+.095
Robert Parish	21	38.2	17.1	2.7	7.7	10.4	1.5	1.0	1.6	2.4	3.2	6.5	13.1	.493	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	5.3	.784


Season 10
	Artis Gilmore	Robert Parish
Season	1985-86	1985-86
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Artis Gilmore	71	33.7	16.7	2.3	6.1	8.5	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.6	3.4	6.0	9.6	.618	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.8	.701
difference:	+10	+2.0	+0.6	+0.7	+0.4	+1.0	+0.4	+0.3	+0.1	-0.3	-0.7	+0.5	+2.3	+.069				+1.8	+2.7	+.030
Robert Parish	81	31.7	16.1	3.0	6.5	9.5	1.8	0.8	1.4	2.3	2.7	6.5	11.9	.549	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.1	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	3	35.7	13.3	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.0	2.3	0.3	3.3	3.7	5.3	8.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.7	.571
difference:	+15	+2.9	+1.7	+0.6	+2.2	+2.8	+0.4	+1.8	+1.4	-0.9	-1.1	+0.6	+4.5	+.196				+0.5	+0.2	+.081
Robert Parish	18	32.8	15.0	2.9	5.9	8.8	1.4	0.5	1.7	2.4	2.6	5.9	12.5	.471	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.9	.652


Season 11
	Artis Gilmore	Robert Parish
Season	1986-87	1986-87
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Artis Gilmore	82	29.3	11.4	2.3	4.8	7.1	1.8	0.5	1.2	2.2	2.9	4.2	7.1	.597	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.3	.680
difference:	+2	+8.1	+6.1	+0.9	+2.7	+3.5	+0.4	+0.3	+0.6	-0.2	-0.4	+3.2	+6.1	+.041				+0.2	+0.4	+.055
Robert Parish	80	37.4	17.5	3.2	7.5	10.6	2.2	0.8	1.8	2.4	3.3	7.4	13.2	.556	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.9	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Parish	21	35.0	18.0	2.8	6.6	9.4	1.3	0.9	1.7	1.8	3.8	7.1	12.5	.567	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	4.9	.767


Season 12
	Artis Gilmore	Robert Parish
Season	1987-88	1987-88
Team	Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Artis Gilmore	71	12.6	3.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.9	2.1	1.4	2.5	.547	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.8	.523
difference:	+3	+18.6	+10.6	+1.3	+4.1	+5.5	+1.3	+0.5	+0.7	-1.2	-0.6	+4.6	+7.6	+.042				+1.5	+1.5	+.211
Robert Parish	74	31.2	14.3	2.3	6.1	8.5	1.6	0.7	1.1	2.1	2.7	6.0	10.1	.589	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	14	6.1	1.1	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
difference:	+3	+30.7	+13.6	+2.7	+5.8	+8.5	+1.1	+0.6	+0.8	-1.9	-1.5	+5.6	+10.5	+.032				+2.4	+2.6	+.320
Robert Parish	17	36.8	14.7	3.0	6.9	9.9	1.2	0.6	1.1	2.2	2.5	5.9	11.1	.532	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.6	.820


Additional Years
* Robert Parish played 9 seasons more than Artis Gilmore in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 21, from 1989 to 1997—Robert Parish played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Artis Gilmore, Robert Parish got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game

Artis Gilmore vs. Robert Parish Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Robert Parish and Artis Gilmore, 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