Artis Gilmore vs. Yves Missi Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yves Missi 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.

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, 10 more than Yves Missi, who played 2. Artis Gilmore had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Yves Missi had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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
	Artis Gilmore	Yves Missi
Season	1976-77	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+9	+8.3	+9.5	+0.3	+4.5	+4.8	+1.0		+1.2		-1.2	+3.3	+6.6	+.025				+3.0	+4.3	+.037
Yves Missi	73	26.8	9.1	3.5	4.7	8.2	1.4	0.5	1.3	1.1	2.0	3.7	6.7	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.8	.623
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
Yves Missi	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Artis Gilmore	Yves Missi
Season	1977-78	2025-26
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	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:	+66	+17.0	+16.8	+0.6	+6.8	+7.3	+1.9	+0.3	+1.1	-3.4	-1.2	+6.0	+10.6	+.006				+4.9	+6.7	+.162
Yves Missi	16	20.4	6.1	3.3	2.4	5.8	1.3	0.2	1.1	1.1	2.0	2.6	4.8	.553	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.542
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Artis Gilmore nor Yves Missi played in the postseason in their season 2

Additional Years
* Artis Gilmore played 10 seasons more than Yves Missi in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 12, from 1979 to 1988—Artis Gilmore played in 5 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Yves Missi, Artis Gilmore got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	5 All-Star Game