Don Nelson vs. J.J. Redick Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.J. Redick and Don Nelson, 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

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.

Don Nelson played 14 years in the NBA, 1 less than J.J. Redick, who played 15. Don Nelson had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while J.J. Redick had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Don Nelson	14	11	1962-63 to 1975-76
J.J. Redick	15	13	2006-07 to 2020-21

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Don Nelson	J.J. Redick
Season	1962-63	2006-07
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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		%
Don Nelson	62	17.3	6.8	-	-	4.5	1.2	-	-	-	2.2	2.1	4.7	.440	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.729
J.J. Redick	42	14.8	6.0	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.2	1.9	4.6	.410	0.9	2.3	.388	1.3	1.4	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	1	11.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	.500	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Don Nelson	J.J. Redick
Season	1963-64	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Magic Lost East 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		%
Don Nelson	80	17.6	5.2	-	-	4.0	1.0	-	-	-	2.3	1.7	4.0	.418	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.741
J.J. Redick	34	8.1	4.1	0.0	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.9	1.4	3.2	.444	0.5	1.3	.395	0.8	1.0	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Nelson	5	11.2	3.4	-	-	2.6	0.4	-	-	-	2.2	1.4	2.6	.538	-	-	-	0.6	0.6	1.000
J.J. Redick	2	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Don Nelson	J.J. Redick
Season	1964-65	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Magic 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		%
Don Nelson	39	6.1	2.4	-	-	1.9	0.6	-	-	-	1.0	0.9	2.2	.424	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.769
J.J. Redick	64	17.4	6.0	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.1	1.8	4.7	.391	1.0	2.8	.374	1.3	1.5	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Nelson	11	19.3	6.1	-	-	5.4	1.7	-	-	-	2.8	2.2	4.8	.453	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.760
J.J. Redick	16	20.4	6.0	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.4	1.6	1.9	5.2	.373	1.3	3.3	.404	0.8	0.9	.929


Season 4
	Don Nelson	J.J. Redick
Season	1965-66	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic 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		%
Don Nelson	75	23.5	10.2	-	-	5.4	1.1	-	-	-	2.5	3.6	8.2	.439	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.684
J.J. Redick	82	22.0	9.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.4	3.0	6.7	.439	1.4	3.3	.405	2.3	2.7	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Nelson	17	18.6	8.4	-	-	5.0	0.8	-	-	-	2.9	2.9	6.9	.424	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.808
J.J. Redick	14	19.2	7.5	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.4	0.7	0.0	1.4	1.6	2.1	5.1	.423	1.1	2.5	.429	2.1	2.5	.857


Season 5
	Don Nelson	J.J. Redick
Season	1966-67	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Magic 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		%
Don Nelson	79	15.2	7.5	-	-	3.7	0.8	-	-	-	1.8	2.9	6.4	.446	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.742
J.J. Redick	59	25.6	10.1	0.1	1.8	1.9	1.7	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.4	3.3	7.6	.441	1.5	3.7	.397	1.9	2.2	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Nelson	9	15.8	7.1	-	-	4.7	1.0	-	-	-	1.3	3.0	6.6	.458	-	-	-	1.1	1.9	.588
J.J. Redick	6	20.0	6.7	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.0	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.3	2.5	7.0	.357	0.2	2.5	.067	1.5	2.0	.750


Season 6
	Don Nelson	J.J. Redick
Season	1967-68	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic 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		%
Don Nelson	82	18.3	10.0	-	-	5.3	1.3	-	-	-	2.2	3.8	7.7	.494	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.728
J.J. Redick	65	27.2	11.6	0.3	2.0	2.3	2.5	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.4	3.8	9.0	.425	1.7	4.1	.418	2.2	2.4	.911

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Nelson	19	24.6	12.5	-	-	7.5	1.7	-	-	-	2.6	4.8	9.2	.520	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	.743
J.J. Redick	5	24.6	10.8	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.2	0.2	0.0	1.2	0.8	3.8	8.8	.432	0.8	3.8	.211	2.4	2.8	.857


Season 7
	Don Nelson	J.J. Redick
Season	1968-69	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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		%
Don Nelson	82	21.6	11.6	-	-	5.6	1.1	-	-	-	2.4	4.6	9.4	.485	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.776
J.J. Redick	78	30.5	14.1	0.2	2.0	2.2	3.8	0.5	0.1	1.8	1.5	4.9	11.3	.434	2.1	5.8	.366	2.2	2.4	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Nelson	18	19.3	12.4	-	-	4.6	1.2	-	-	-	2.8	4.8	9.3	.518	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.833
J.J. Redick	4	17.3	7.3	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.5	2.3	2.8	6.3	.440	1.0	3.0	.333	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 8
	Don Nelson	J.J. Redick
Season	1969-70	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Don Nelson	82	27.1	15.4	-	-	7.3	1.8	-	-	-	2.9	5.6	11.2	.501	-	-	-	4.1	5.3	.775
J.J. Redick	35	28.2	15.2	0.3	1.9	2.1	2.2	0.8	0.1	1.2	1.9	5.2	11.4	.455	2.1	5.3	.395	2.8	3.0	.915

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	13	27.0	13.3	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.5	0.8	0.0	1.0	1.8	4.7	10.2	.459	2.0	5.0	.400	1.9	2.0	.962


Season 9
	Don Nelson	J.J. Redick
Season	1970-71	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Don Nelson	82	27.5	13.9	-	-	6.9	1.9	-	-	-	2.8	5.0	10.7	.468	-	-	-	3.9	5.2	.744
J.J. Redick	78	30.9	16.4	0.3	1.9	2.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.7	5.7	12.0	.477	2.6	5.9	.437	2.3	2.6	.901

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	14	38.6	14.9	0.0	2.1	2.1	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.9	2.6	5.0	11.5	.435	2.5	6.3	.398	2.4	2.5	.943


Season 10
	Don Nelson	J.J. Redick
Season	1971-72	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Don Nelson	82	25.4	13.8	-	-	5.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	4.7	9.9	.480	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	.788
J.J. Redick	75	28.0	16.3	0.1	1.7	1.9	1.4	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	5.6	11.7	.480	2.7	5.6	.475	2.4	2.7	.888

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Nelson	11	28.0	13.2	-	-	5.5	1.9	-	-	-	2.7	4.7	9.0	.525	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.854
J.J. Redick	6	27.7	13.5	0.2	1.8	2.0	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.8	5.7	13.2	.430	1.8	5.2	.355	0.3	0.5	.667


Season 11
	Don Nelson	J.J. Redick
Season	1972-73	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Don Nelson	72	19.8	10.8	-	-	4.4	1.4	-	-	-	2.2	4.3	9.0	.476	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	.846
J.J. Redick	78	28.2	15.0	0.1	2.1	2.2	1.4	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.6	5.1	11.4	.445	2.6	6.0	.429	2.3	2.6	.891

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Nelson	13	23.3	11.0	-	-	2.9	1.2	-	-	-	2.2	3.6	7.8	.465	-	-	-	3.8	4.3	.875
J.J. Redick	7	29.4	9.1	0.0	1.7	1.7	0.9	0.3	0.0	1.9	2.4	2.7	7.1	.380	1.3	3.7	.346	2.4	2.9	.850


Season 12
	Don Nelson	J.J. Redick
Season	1973-74	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East 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		%
Don Nelson	82	21.3	11.5	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.0	0.2	0.2	-	2.3	4.4	8.7	.508	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	.788
J.J. Redick	70	30.2	17.1	0.1	2.4	2.5	3.0	0.5	0.1	1.5	1.8	5.8	12.6	.460	2.8	6.6	.420	2.8	3.1	.904

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Nelson	18	25.9	11.4	1.4	4.0	5.4	1.9	0.4	0.2	-	3.0	4.6	9.1	.500	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.774
J.J. Redick	10	34.2	18.2	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.6	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.1	6.0	13.5	.444	2.6	7.5	.347	3.6	4.2	.857


Season 13
	Don Nelson	J.J. Redick
Season	1974-75	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	76ers Lost East 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		%
Don Nelson	79	26.0	14.0	1.6	4.3	5.9	2.3	0.4	0.2	-	3.0	5.4	9.9	.539	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.827
J.J. Redick	76	31.3	18.1	0.3	2.2	2.4	2.7	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.7	5.9	13.5	.440	3.2	8.0	.397	3.0	3.4	.894

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Nelson	11	24.9	15.4	1.6	2.5	4.1	2.4	0.2	0.2	-	3.3	6.0	10.6	.564	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	.902
J.J. Redick	12	31.3	13.4	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.6	0.1	0.3	1.8	2.7	4.5	10.3	.435	3.0	7.3	.414	1.4	1.7	.850


Season 14
	Don Nelson	J.J. Redick
Season	1975-76	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Don Nelson	75	12.6	6.4	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	-	1.5	2.3	5.1	.462	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.789
J.J. Redick	60	26.4	15.3	0.2	2.4	2.5	2.0	0.3	0.2	1.3	1.6	4.8	10.5	.453	3.0	6.6	.453	2.8	3.1	.892

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Nelson	18	17.5	9.1	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.2	0.1	-	2.6	2.9	6.0	.481	-	-	-	3.3	3.8	.870
J.J. Redick	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Don Nelson	J.J. Redick
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
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		%
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	44	16.4	7.4	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.1	2.4	6.1	.397	1.5	4.0	.371	1.1	1.2	.942

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Nelson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Don Nelson vs. J.J. Redick Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.J. Redick and Don Nelson, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15