Desmond Bane vs. Gail Goodrich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gail Goodrich and Desmond Bane, 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.

Desmond Bane played 5 years in the NBA, 9 less than Gail Goodrich, who played 14. Desmond Bane had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, 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 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
	Desmond Bane	Gail Goodrich
Season	2020-21	1965-66
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Desmond Bane	68	22.3	9.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.4	7.3	.469	1.7	4.0	.432	0.6	0.7	.816
difference:	+3	+6.8	+1.4			+1.1	+0.1				-0.2	+0.3	+0.4	+.065				+1.0	+1.6	+.125
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		%
Desmond Bane	5	19.8	5.6	0.4	3.0	3.4	2.0	0.8	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.2	3.8	.579	1.2	2.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+6	+6.6	+4.9			+0.4	+1.0				-2.0	+1.7	+4.6	+.112				+2.6	+3.9
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
	Desmond Bane	Gail Goodrich
Season	2023-24	1968-69
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Desmond Bane	42	34.4	23.7	0.9	3.5	4.4	5.5	1.0	0.5	2.7	2.9	8.6	18.5	.464	3.3	8.6	.381	3.3	3.8	.870
difference:	+39	+5.6	+0.1			+1.0	+0.9				-0.2	+0.3	+3.1	+.053				+2.8	+4.4	+.123
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
* Neiher Desmond Bane nor Gail Goodrich played in the postseason in their season 4

Additional Years
* Gail Goodrich played 9 seasons more than Desmond Bane in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 14, from 1971 to 1979—Gail Goodrich played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Desmond Bane, Gail Goodrich got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 4 All-Star Game