Dick McGuire vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and Dick McGuire, 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.

Dick McGuire played 11 years in the NBA, 5 more than Trae Young, who played 6. Dick McGuire had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11
Rookie Season
	Dick McGuire	Trae Young
Season	1949-50	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Dick McGuire	68	-	8.6	-	-	-	5.7	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	8.3	.337	-	-	-	3.0	4.6	.652
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	5	-	12.6	-	-	-	5.4	-	-	-	4.2	4.4	10.4	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.731
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Dick McGuire	Trae Young
Season	1950-51	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA 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		%
Dick McGuire	64	-	8.4	-	-	5.2	6.3	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	7.5	.371	-	-	-	2.8	4.3	.649
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	14	-	5.3	-	-	5.9	5.6	-	-	-	3.6	1.8	5.7	.313	-	-	-	1.7	3.8	.453
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Dick McGuire	Trae Young
Season	1951-52	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf 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		%
Dick McGuire	64	31.5	9.2	-	-	5.2	6.1	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	7.4	.430	-	-	-	2.9	4.5	.631
Trae Young	63	33.7	25.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	9.4	0.8	0.2	4.1	1.8	7.7	17.7	.438	2.2	6.3	.343	7.7	8.7	.886
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	14	39.0	10.4	-	-	5.1	6.4	-	-	-	3.3	3.4	7.6	.449	-	-	-	3.5	6.1	.570
Trae Young	16	37.7	28.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	9.5	1.3	0.0	4.0	2.2	9.4	22.4	.418	2.8	9.0	.313	7.3	8.4	.866

Season 4
	Dick McGuire	Trae Young
Season	1952-53	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	61	29.2	7.2	-	-	4.6	4.9	-	-	-	2.8	2.3	6.1	.381	-	-	-	2.5	4.4	.569
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	11	32.7	7.5	-	-	5.7	6.4	-	-	-	2.3	2.2	5.4	.407	-	-	-	3.2	5.0	.636
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788

Season 5
	Dick McGuire	Trae Young
Season	1953-54	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost E Div Round Robin	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	68	34.5	9.1	-	-	4.6	5.2	-	-	-	2.9	3.0	7.3	.408	-	-	-	3.2	5.1	.638
Trae Young	73	34.8	26.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	10.2	1.1	0.1	4.1	1.4	8.2	19.0	.429	2.1	6.3	.335	7.8	8.8	.886
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	4	17.0	2.8	-	-	1.0	1.3	-	-	-	3.0	1.0	4.0	.250	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.600
Trae Young	6	38.3	29.2	0.8	2.8	3.7	10.2	1.7	0.7	4.0	1.8	10.0	24.8	.403	3.0	9.0	.333	6.2	7.2	.860

Season 6
	Dick McGuire	Trae Young
Season	1954-55	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Dick McGuire	71	32.5	9.1	-	-	4.5	7.6	-	-	-	2.0	3.2	8.2	.389	-	-	-	2.7	4.3	.644
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	3	25.0	6.7	-	-	3.0	4.0	-	-	-	2.3	2.0	6.3	.316	-	-	-	2.7	4.0	.667
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dick McGuire	Trae Young
Season	1955-56	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Dick McGuire	62	27.2	6.9	-	-	3.5	5.8	-	-	-	2.4	2.5	7.1	.347	-	-	-	2.0	3.1	.627
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Dick McGuire	Trae Young
Season	1957-58	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Dick McGuire	69	33.5	8.1	-	-	4.2	6.6	-	-	-	2.6	2.9	7.9	.373	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	7	33.7	9.6	-	-	4.7	5.7	-	-	-	1.9	3.6	8.6	.417	-	-	-	2.4	3.4	.708
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Dick McGuire	Trae Young
Season	1958-59	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Dick McGuire	71	29.1	9.2	-	-	4.0	6.2	-	-	-	2.1	3.3	7.6	.427	-	-	-	2.7	3.6	.740
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick McGuire	3	36.3	15.7	-	-	5.7	6.3	-	-	-	3.3	6.7	10.7	.625	-	-	-	2.3	3.7	.636
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-