Eric Gordon vs. Anderson Varejao Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anderson Varejao and Eric Gordon, 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.

Eric Gordon played 16 years in the NBA, 2 more than Anderson Varejao, who played 14. Eric Gordon had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Anderson Varejao had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
Eric Gordon	16	7	2008-09 to 2023-24
Anderson Varejao	14	6	2004-05 to 2020-21

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Eric Gordon	Anderson Varejao
Season	2008-09	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
Eric Gordon	78	34.3	16.1	0.6	2.0	2.6	2.8	1.0	0.4	2.1	2.2	5.3	11.6	.456	1.7	4.3	.389	3.8	4.5	.854
Anderson Varejao	54	16.0	4.9	2.0	2.7	4.8	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.5	2.3	1.8	3.6	.513	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.4	.535

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Eric Gordon	Anderson Varejao
Season	2009-10	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Eric Gordon	62	36.0	16.9	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	1.1	0.2	2.3	1.5	5.7	12.6	.449	1.9	5.2	.371	3.6	4.8	.742
Anderson Varejao	48	15.8	4.6	1.6	3.3	4.9	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.6	2.5	1.6	3.1	.527	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.5	.513

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	13	18.3	6.8	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.2	0.7	0.2	0.5	3.8	2.4	3.8	.620	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.8	.703


Season 3
	Eric Gordon	Anderson Varejao
Season	2010-11	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Eric Gordon	56	37.7	22.3	0.8	2.1	2.9	4.4	1.3	0.3	2.7	2.1	7.6	16.9	.450	1.9	5.2	.364	5.1	6.2	.825
Anderson Varejao	81	23.9	6.8	2.4	4.4	6.7	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.8	3.3	2.4	5.0	.476	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	3.3	.616

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	20	22.4	6.0	2.3	3.7	6.0	0.6	1.1	0.6	1.0	2.7	2.3	4.5	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	2.4	.563


Season 4
	Eric Gordon	Anderson Varejao
Season	2011-12	2007-08
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Eric Gordon	9	34.4	20.6	0.2	2.6	2.8	3.4	1.4	0.4	2.7	2.2	7.0	15.6	.450	1.1	4.4	.250	5.4	7.2	.754
Anderson Varejao	48	27.5	6.7	2.8	5.5	8.3	1.1	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.8	2.8	6.1	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.7	.598

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	13	18.5	4.1	1.5	3.6	5.2	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.7	2.3	1.7	4.2	.407	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.6	.429


Season 5
	Eric Gordon	Anderson Varejao
Season	2012-13	2008-09
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Eric Gordon	42	30.1	17.0	0.2	1.6	1.8	3.3	1.1	0.2	2.8	1.8	5.6	13.9	.402	1.3	4.1	.324	4.5	5.3	.842
Anderson Varejao	81	28.5	8.6	2.0	5.1	7.2	1.0	0.9	0.8	1.0	3.0	3.3	6.2	.536	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	3.1	.616

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	14	30.0	6.9	2.9	3.5	6.4	0.6	1.3	1.1	1.1	3.5	2.9	5.9	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.6	.682


Season 6
	Eric Gordon	Anderson Varejao
Season	2013-14	2009-10
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Eric Gordon	64	32.1	15.4	0.5	2.1	2.6	3.3	1.2	0.2	2.1	1.8	5.6	12.8	.436	1.6	4.0	.391	2.7	3.5	.785
Anderson Varejao	76	28.5	8.6	2.5	5.1	7.6	1.1	0.9	0.9	0.9	2.9	3.5	6.1	.572	0.0	0.1	.200	1.5	2.3	.663

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	11	23.2	5.7	2.0	4.5	6.5	0.6	1.0	0.8	1.1	3.5	1.8	4.4	.417	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	2.8	.742


Season 7
	Eric Gordon	Anderson Varejao
Season	2014-15	2010-11
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Eric Gordon	61	33.1	13.4	0.5	2.1	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.0	2.4	4.7	11.4	.411	2.3	5.2	.448	1.8	2.2	.805
Anderson Varejao	31	32.1	9.1	3.2	6.5	9.7	1.5	0.9	1.2	1.3	2.8	3.7	7.0	.528	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	4	35.8	18.5	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.8	0.5	0.5	2.5	2.8	7.0	15.8	.444	3.3	8.0	.406	1.3	1.5	.833
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Eric Gordon	Anderson Varejao
Season	2015-16	2011-12
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Eric Gordon	45	32.9	15.2	0.2	2.0	2.2	2.7	1.0	0.3	1.6	2.2	5.1	12.3	.418	2.5	6.5	.384	2.5	2.8	.888
Anderson Varejao	25	31.4	10.8	4.4	7.1	11.5	1.7	1.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	4.6	8.9	.514	0.0	0.2	.000	1.7	2.6	.672

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Eric Gordon	Anderson Varejao
Season	2016-17	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 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		%
Eric Gordon	75	31.0	16.2	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.5	0.6	0.5	1.6	2.0	5.5	13.5	.406	3.3	8.8	.372	2.0	2.3	.840
Anderson Varejao	25	36.0	14.1	5.5	8.9	14.4	3.4	1.5	0.6	1.8	2.7	5.5	11.6	.478	0.0	0.2	.000	3.1	4.1	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	11	32.5	12.9	0.5	3.5	3.9	2.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	4.6	11.0	.421	2.5	6.4	.386	1.2	1.6	.722
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Eric Gordon	Anderson Varejao
Season	2017-18	2013-14
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Eric Gordon	69	31.2	18.0	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.2	0.6	0.4	1.9	1.7	6.0	14.1	.428	3.2	8.8	.359	2.8	3.5	.809
Anderson Varejao	65	27.7	8.4	2.9	6.8	9.7	2.2	1.1	0.6	1.1	2.5	3.5	7.1	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.1	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	17	32.3	15.4	0.5	2.1	2.6	1.6	0.6	0.5	1.4	1.7	4.9	13.0	.380	2.5	7.6	.331	3.0	3.6	.836
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Eric Gordon	Anderson Varejao
Season	2018-19	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 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		%
Eric Gordon	68	31.7	16.2	0.3	1.9	2.2	1.9	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.1	5.6	13.8	.409	3.2	8.8	.360	1.8	2.2	.783
Anderson Varejao	26	24.5	9.8	2.2	4.3	6.5	1.3	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.2	4.3	7.7	.555	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.7	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	11	37.3	17.8	0.5	2.1	2.5	1.3	0.6	1.0	2.5	2.0	6.1	13.6	.447	3.5	8.6	.400	2.2	2.5	.857
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Eric Gordon	Anderson Varejao
Season	2019-20	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors 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		%
Eric Gordon	36	28.2	14.4	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.5	0.6	0.4	1.2	1.9	4.8	12.9	.369	2.7	8.4	.317	2.3	3.0	.766
Anderson Varejao	53	9.4	2.6	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.3	1.0	2.3	.427	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.640

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	12	34.2	17.3	0.5	2.2	2.7	3.0	0.8	0.6	2.0	2.2	6.0	14.7	.409	2.4	7.5	.322	2.9	3.3	.875
Anderson Varejao	17	5.5	1.2	0.7	0.5	1.2	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.8	.357	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.1	.526


Season 13
	Eric Gordon	Anderson Varejao
Season	2020-21	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
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		%
Eric Gordon	27	29.2	17.8	0.3	1.9	2.1	2.6	0.5	0.5	1.9	1.6	5.9	13.6	.433	2.6	7.8	.329	3.5	4.2	.825
Anderson Varejao	14	6.6	1.3	0.9	1.1	1.9	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.1	0.4	1.0	.357	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Anderson Varejao didn't play in 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20.


Season 14
	Eric Gordon	Anderson Varejao
Season	2021-22	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Eric Gordon	57	29.3	13.4	0.3	1.7	2.0	2.7	0.5	0.3	1.9	1.1	4.7	9.9	.475	2.2	5.3	.412	1.8	2.4	.778
Anderson Varejao	5	7.2	2.6	1.4	2.6	4.0	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.8	3.2	.250	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.8	.556

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Eric Gordon	Anderson Varejao
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Eric Gordon	69	28.5	12.4	0.2	1.7	1.9	2.7	0.6	0.4	1.5	1.1	4.2	9.5	.446	1.9	5.2	.371	2.1	2.5	.821
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	5	29.8	10.2	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.6	0.4	0.8	2.4	3.6	8.8	.409	2.0	5.8	.345	1.0	1.2	.833
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Eric Gordon	Anderson Varejao
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Eric Gordon	68	27.8	11.0	0.2	1.6	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.4	1.1	1.2	4.0	9.1	.443	2.2	5.8	.378	0.8	0.9	.797
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	4	29.5	8.0	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.3	1.3	0.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	7.0	.321	1.8	4.3	.412	1.8	2.0	.875
Anderson Varejao	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Eric Gordon vs. Anderson Varejao Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anderson Varejao and Eric Gordon, 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

Season 16