Derek Anderson vs. Gail Goodrich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gail Goodrich and Derek Anderson, 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.

Derek Anderson played 11 years in the NBA, 3 less than Gail Goodrich, who played 14. Derek Anderson had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Gail Goodrich had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Derek Anderson	Gail Goodrich
Season	1997-98	1965-66
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
Derek Anderson	66	27.9	11.7	0.8	2.0	2.8	3.4	1.3	0.2	1.9	2.1	3.6	8.9	.408	0.3	1.3	.202	4.2	4.8	.873
Gail Goodrich	65	15.5	7.8	-	-	2.0	1.6	-	-	-	1.6	3.1	7.7	.404	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.691
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Anderson	4	25.8	10.8	0.0	2.3	2.3	2.8	1.3	0.3	3.0	2.5	2.5	5.5	.455	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	6.5	.885
Gail Goodrich	11	26.4	10.5	-	-	3.8	3.0	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	8.4	.467	-	-	-	2.6	3.9	.674

Season 4
	Derek Anderson	Gail Goodrich
Season	2000-01	1968-69
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Derek Anderson	82	34.9	15.5	0.9	3.5	4.4	3.7	1.5	0.2	2.0	2.3	5.0	12.1	.416	1.2	3.1	.399	4.2	4.9	.851
Gail Goodrich	81	40.0	23.8	-	-	5.4	6.4	-	-	-	3.1	8.9	21.6	.411	-	-	-	6.1	8.2	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Anderson	7	27.7	7.7	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.4	0.4	0.0	2.1	1.4	2.3	8.7	.262	0.9	3.1	.273	2.3	3.0	.762
Gail Goodrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Derek Anderson	Gail Goodrich
Season	2003-04	1971-72
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Derek Anderson	51	35.5	13.6	0.5	3.1	3.6	4.5	1.3	0.1	1.8	1.5	4.5	12.0	.376	1.5	5.1	.305	3.0	3.7	.824
Gail Goodrich	82	37.1	25.9	-	-	3.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.6	10.1	20.7	.487	-	-	-	5.8	6.8	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gail Goodrich	15	38.3	23.8	-	-	2.5	3.3	-	-	-	3.3	8.7	19.5	.445	-	-	-	6.5	7.2	.898

Season 8
	Derek Anderson	Gail Goodrich
Season	2004-05	1972-73
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Derek Anderson	47	26.4	9.2	0.5	2.2	2.7	3.0	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.9	3.2	8.3	.389	1.2	3.2	.384	1.5	1.9	.805
Gail Goodrich	76	35.5	23.9	-	-	3.5	4.4	-	-	-	2.5	9.9	21.3	.464	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	.840
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gail Goodrich	17	35.5	20.0	-	-	3.6	3.9	-	-	-	3.1	8.2	18.2	.448	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.785

Season 9
	Derek Anderson	Gail Goodrich
Season	2005-06	1973-74
Team	Houston Rockets, Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers 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		%
Derek Anderson	43	24.3	8.1	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.3	0.5	0.1	1.3	2.3	2.5	7.0	.356	0.9	3.1	.299	2.2	2.6	.838
Gail Goodrich	82	37.3	25.3	1.2	1.9	3.0	5.2	1.5	0.1	-	2.8	9.6	21.6	.442	-	-	-	6.2	7.2	.864
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Anderson	8	8.3	3.0	0.0	1.1	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.6	0.8	2.5	.300	0.6	1.8	.357	0.9	1.0	.875
Gail Goodrich	5	37.8	19.6	1.4	1.8	3.2	6.0	1.4	0.2	-	1.4	7.0	18.0	.389	-	-	-	5.6	6.6	.848

Season 10
	Derek Anderson	Gail Goodrich
Season	2006-07	1974-75
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Derek Anderson	50	23.8	8.0	0.6	1.7	2.3	2.7	1.0	0.1	1.1	2.3	2.5	5.9	.429	1.1	3.0	.355	1.9	2.1	.877
Gail Goodrich	72	37.1	22.6	1.3	1.7	3.0	5.8	1.4	0.1	-	3.0	9.1	19.8	.459	-	-	-	4.4	5.3	.841
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gail Goodrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-