C.J. McCollum vs. Nick Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Young and C.J. McCollum, 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 / 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.

C.J. McCollum and Nick Young both played 12 years in the NBA. C.J. McCollum had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Nick Young had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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
C.J. McCollum	12	10	2013-14 to 2024-25
Nick Young	12	3	2007-08 to 2018-19

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


Rookie Season
	C.J. McCollum	Nick Young
Season	2013-14	2007-08
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+37	+2.9	+2.2	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1		-0.4	-0.3	+0.9	+1.7	+.023	+0.3	+0.8	+.025	+0.7	+0.8	+.139
Nick Young	75	15.4	7.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.7	2.8	6.4	.439	0.5	1.3	.400	1.3	1.7	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+2	+0.3	+0.6	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+0.3	+0.5		-0.1		+0.1	+0.5	+.020		+0.3		+0.5	+0.7	+.250
Nick Young	4	4.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	.111	0.0	0.5	.000	0.8	1.0	.750


Season 2
	C.J. McCollum	Nick Young
Season	2014-15	2008-09
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
difference:	+20	+6.7	+4.1	+0.2	+0.3	+0.3	+0.2	+0.2	+0.1	-0.3	-0.4	+1.5	+3.3	+.008	+0.2	+0.2	+.055	+1.2	+1.2	+.151
Nick Young	82	22.4	10.9	0.4	1.5	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.7	4.1	9.2	.444	0.7	2.0	.341	2.0	2.4	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	C.J. McCollum	Nick Young
Season	2015-16	2009-10
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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
difference:	+6	+15.6	+12.2	+0.3	+1.6	+1.8	+3.7	+0.8	+0.2	-1.7	-0.3	+4.9	+10.4	+.030	+1.6	+3.6	+.011	+0.9	+1.0	+.027
Nick Young	74	19.2	8.6	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.8	2.0	3.1	7.5	.418	0.9	2.3	.406	1.4	1.8	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	C.J. McCollum	Nick Young
Season	2016-17	2010-11
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
difference:	+16	+3.2	+5.6	+0.4	+0.6	+0.9	+2.4	+0.2	+0.2	-0.8	-0.2	+2.3	+3.4	+.039	+0.7	+1.3	+.034	+0.5	+0.1	+.096
Nick Young	64	31.8	17.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.3	6.4	14.6	.441	1.6	4.2	.387	2.9	3.6	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	C.J. McCollum	Nick Young
Season	2017-18	2011-12
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers 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		%
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
difference:	+19	+8.2	+7.2	+0.2	+1.7	+1.9	+2.5	+0.3	+0.1	-0.6	-0.2	+3.1	+6.0	+.040	+0.6	+1.4	+.032	+0.3	+0.4	+.016
Nick Young	62	27.9	14.2	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.3	5.1	12.6	.403	1.7	4.5	.365	2.3	2.7	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+7	+20.6	+17.0	+0.1	+1.0	+0.9	+3.2	+1.0	+0.1	-1.7	-1.0	+7.4	+13.2	+.086	+1.3	+3.5	+.092	+1.0	+1.7	+.120
Nick Young	11	18.2	8.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.8	2.6	6.1	.433	1.5	3.0	.515	1.5	1.6	.889


Season 6
	C.J. McCollum	Nick Young
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+11	+10.0	+10.4	+0.5	+1.3	+1.8	+1.6	+0.2	+0.2	-0.7	-1.1	+4.4	+8.6	+.046	+1.1	+2.8	+.018	+0.5	+0.5	+.008
Nick Young	59	23.9	10.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.4	3.8	9.2	.413	1.3	3.6	.357	1.8	2.2	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	C.J. McCollum	Nick Young
Season	2019-20	2013-14
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+6	+8.2	+4.3	+0.2	+1.5	+1.6	+2.9	+0.1	+0.4	-0.3	-0.2	+2.7	+5.5	+.016	+0.7	+1.8	+.007	+1.7	+1.9	+.068
Nick Young	64	28.3	17.9	0.5	2.1	2.6	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.4	6.0	13.9	.435	2.1	5.5	.386	3.7	4.5	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	C.J. McCollum	Nick Young
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+5	+10.2	+9.7	+0.2	+1.4	+1.6	+3.7	+0.4	+0.1	-0.4	-0.1	+4.5	+7.5	+.092	+1.6	+3.5	+.033	+0.8	+0.7	+.080
Nick Young	42	23.8	13.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.0	4.1	11.3	.366	2.0	5.4	.369	3.1	3.5	.892

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	C.J. McCollum	Nick Young
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Pelicans	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+8	+15.5	+14.8	+0.6	+2.0	+2.5	+4.5	+0.7	+0.3	-1.4	-1.1	+6.3	+11.9	+.121	+1.5	+3.2	+.063	+0.7	+1.3	+.147
Nick Young	54	19.1	7.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.9	2.3	6.9	.339	1.4	4.4	.325	1.2	1.4	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	C.J. McCollum	Nick Young
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
difference:	+15	+9.4	+7.7	+0.3	+1.7	+2.1	+4.7	+0.3	+0.3	-1.8	-0.3	+3.3	+7.3	+.007		+0.2	+.015	+1.1	+1.7	+.087
Nick Young	60	25.9	13.2	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	2.3	4.5	10.6	.430	2.8	7.0	.404	1.3	1.5	.856

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher C.J. McCollum nor Nick Young played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	C.J. McCollum	Nick Young
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+14	+15.3	+12.7	+0.3	+2.4	+2.7	+4.1	+0.4	+0.5	-1.2	-0.6	+4.8	+9.9	+.047	+2.1	+4.3	+.052	+1.0	+1.3	+.035
Nick Young	80	17.4	7.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.3	2.5	6.1	.412	1.5	4.1	.377	0.7	0.8	.862

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+16	+26.7	+15.2	+0.4	+3.7	+4.2	+4.6	+1.7	+0.8	-3.9	-2.6	+7.0	+15.8	+.117	+1.1	+4.9	+.057	+0.2	+0.1	+.250
Nick Young	20	10.3	2.6	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.7	.302	0.7	2.4	.298	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 12
	C.J. McCollum	Nick Young
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
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		%
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
difference:	+52	+23.4	+18.8	+0.8	+2.7	+3.5	+3.6	+0.8	+0.1	-1.4	-1.2	+7.1	+15.6	+.111	+2.3	+6.2	+.002	+2.2	+3.1
Nick Young	4	9.3	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.8	2.3	.333	0.8	2.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-

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

C.J. McCollum vs. Nick Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Young and C.J. McCollum, 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