Eric Gordon vs. Metta World Peace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Metta World Peace 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.

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 and Metta World Peace both played 17 years in the NBA. Eric Gordon had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Metta World Peace had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
	Eric Gordon	Metta World Peace
Season	2008-09	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+6	+3.2	+4.1	+0.3	+1.4	+1.7		+0.7	+0.1	-0.2		+1.0	+1.1	+.049	+0.9	+1.6	+.075	+1.2	+0.6	+.180
Metta World Peace	72	31.1	12.0	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	2.3	2.2	4.3	10.5	.407	0.8	2.7	.314	2.6	3.9	.674
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Eric Gordon nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Eric Gordon	Metta World Peace
Season	2011-12	2002-03
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+60	+0.8	+5.1	+1.3	+1.2	+2.4	+0.5	+0.9	+0.3	-0.6	-1.3	+1.8	+3.3	+.022	+0.1	+1.3	+.086	+1.4	+1.8	+.018
Metta World Peace	69	33.6	15.5	1.5	3.8	5.2	2.9	2.3	0.7	2.1	3.5	5.2	12.3	.428	1.0	3.1	.336	4.0	5.4	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metta World Peace	6	42.2	19.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	2.2	2.5	1.0	2.7	4.2	5.8	15.0	.389	2.0	5.2	.387	5.3	6.7	.800

Season 5
	Eric Gordon	Metta World Peace
Season	2012-13	2003-04
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+31	+7.1	+1.3	+1.2	+2.3	+3.5	+0.4	+1.0	+0.5		-0.9	+0.8	+1.3	+.019	+0.3	+0.8	+.014	+0.1	+0.7	+.109
Metta World Peace	73	37.2	18.3	1.4	3.9	5.3	3.7	2.1	0.7	2.8	2.7	6.4	15.2	.421	1.0	3.3	.310	4.4	6.0	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metta World Peace	15	39.1	18.4	1.6	4.9	6.5	3.2	1.4	1.1	2.5	3.0	6.5	17.3	.378	1.3	4.4	.288	4.1	5.7	.718

Season 7
	Eric Gordon	Metta World Peace
Season	2014-15	2005-06
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+5	+6.3	+4.2	+0.8	+1.7	+2.5	+0.2	+1.4	+0.5	-0.3	-0.5	+1.6	+4.1	+.007	+0.9	+0.7	+.140	+1.9	+3.2	+.130
Metta World Peace	56	39.4	17.6	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.6	2.2	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	15.5	.404	1.4	4.5	.308	3.7	5.4	.675
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
difference:	+1	+3.8	+1.1	+1.1	+1.6	+2.7	+0.8	+1.1	+0.3	-1.5	-0.2	+0.8	+0.4	+.061	+1.5	+2.6	+.073	+1.9	+3.1	+.137
Metta World Peace	5	39.6	17.4	1.6	3.4	5.0	3.0	1.6	0.8	1.0	3.0	6.2	16.2	.383	1.8	5.4	.333	3.2	4.6	.696

Season 9
	Eric Gordon	Metta World Peace
Season	2016-17	2007-08
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+18	+7.1	+4.3	+1.4	+1.7	+3.1	+1.0	+1.7	+0.2	-1.0	-0.8	+2.1	+3.4	+.047	+1.8	+4.9	+.008	+1.7	+2.9	+.121
Metta World Peace	57	38.1	20.5	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.5	2.3	0.7	2.6	2.8	7.6	16.9	.453	1.5	3.9	.380	3.7	5.2	.719
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
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Eric Gordon	Metta World Peace
Season	2017-18	2008-09
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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10th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:		+4.3	+0.9	+0.5	+2.2	+2.7	+1.1	+0.9	+0.1	-0.1	-0.5		+0.9	+.027	+1.0	+3.2	+.040		+0.3	+.061
Metta World Peace	69	35.5	17.1	0.9	4.3	5.2	3.3	1.5	0.3	2.0	2.2	6.0	15.0	.401	2.2	5.6	.399	2.8	3.8	.748
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
difference:	+4	+5.2	+0.2	+0.4	+1.3	+1.7	+2.6	+0.5	+0.3	-1.1	-0.4	+1.3	+2.6	+.014	+0.7	+1.2	+.054	+1.5	+1.4	+.122
Metta World Peace	13	37.5	15.6	0.9	3.4	4.3	4.2	1.1	0.2	2.5	2.1	6.2	15.6	.394	1.8	6.4	.277	1.5	2.2	.714

Season 11
	Eric Gordon	Metta World Peace
Season	2018-19	2009-10
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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11th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+9	+2.1	+5.2	+1.0	+1.1	+2.1	+1.1	+0.8	+0.1	-0.3		+1.6	+4.2	+.005	+1.8	+5.0	+.005	+0.1	+0.2	+.095
Metta World Peace	77	33.8	11.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	3.0	1.4	0.3	1.6	2.1	4.0	9.6	.414	1.4	3.8	.355	1.7	2.4	.688
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
difference:	+12	+0.8	+6.6	+0.9	+0.4	+1.5	+0.8	+0.9	+0.5	-1.4	-0.9	+1.7	+2.6	+.049	+2.0	+3.5	+.109	+1.2	+0.8	+.278
Metta World Peace	23	36.5	11.2	1.4	2.5	4.0	2.1	1.5	0.5	1.1	2.9	4.4	11.0	.398	1.5	5.1	.291	1.0	1.7	.579

Note: Metta World Peace didn't play in 2014-15.