Eric Gordon vs. Nene Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nene 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, 1 less than Nene, who played 17. Eric Gordon had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Nene had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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
Nene	17	12	2002-03 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Eric Gordon	Nene
Season	2008-09	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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
Nene	80	28.2	10.5	2.6	3.5	6.1	1.9	1.6	0.8	2.3	3.7	4.0	7.7	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	4.3	.578

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


Season 2
	Eric Gordon	Nene
Season	2009-10	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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	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
Nene	77	32.5	11.8	2.0	4.5	6.5	2.2	1.5	0.5	2.4	3.6	4.3	8.2	.530	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.6	.682

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	5	26.6	7.8	2.4	2.6	5.0	3.0	1.0	0.6	1.8	4.4	3.2	7.2	.444	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.6	.538


Season 3
	Eric Gordon	Nene
Season	2010-11	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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	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
Nene	55	23.9	9.6	1.9	4.0	5.9	1.5	0.9	0.9	1.7	3.0	3.5	7.0	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.9	.660

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	5	20.0	6.6	1.8	3.2	5.0	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.0	3.2	1.8	4.2	.429	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.6	.652


Season 4
	Eric Gordon	Nene
Season	2011-12	2005-06
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Denver Nuggets
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	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
Nene	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

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


Season 5
	Eric Gordon	Nene
Season	2012-13	2006-07
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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	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
Nene	64	26.8	12.2	2.3	4.7	7.0	1.2	1.0	0.9	2.0	3.3	4.6	8.1	.570	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	4.4	.689

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	5	35.8	15.2	4.4	3.4	7.8	2.4	0.6	0.6	2.6	4.2	6.2	10.6	.585	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.6	.778


Season 6
	Eric Gordon	Nene
Season	2013-14	2007-08
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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	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
Nene	16	16.6	5.3	1.9	3.6	5.4	0.9	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.9	1.8	4.4	.408	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	3.1	.551

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	3	10.0	4.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	2.7	1.7	3.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 7
	Eric Gordon	Nene
Season	2014-15	2008-09
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West 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	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
Nene	77	32.6	14.6	2.4	5.4	7.8	1.4	1.2	1.3	1.9	3.6	5.6	9.2	.604	0.0	0.1	.200	3.5	4.8	.723

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
Nene	16	32.8	11.5	2.3	5.2	7.5	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.9	4.1	4.3	7.9	.548	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.4	.657


Season 8
	Eric Gordon	Nene
Season	2015-16	2009-10
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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	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
Nene	82	33.6	13.8	2.0	5.6	7.6	2.5	1.4	1.0	1.5	3.4	5.1	8.7	.587	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	5.1	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	5	33.8	11.4	1.6	4.2	5.8	2.2	1.2	0.2	0.8	3.4	3.6	5.8	.621	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	7.2	.583


Season 9
	Eric Gordon	Nene
Season	2016-17	2010-11
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets 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	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
Nene	75	30.5	14.5	1.9	5.7	7.6	2.0	1.1	1.0	1.8	3.2	5.4	8.7	.615	0.0	0.1	.200	3.8	5.4	.711

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
Nene	5	32.4	14.2	2.8	6.2	9.0	1.6	1.0	0.8	1.6	3.4	4.4	9.2	.478	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	9.6	.563


Season 10
	Eric Gordon	Nene
Season	2017-18	2011-12
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards
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
Nene	39	28.5	13.7	1.6	5.8	7.5	2.1	1.1	1.0	2.5	2.4	5.4	10.1	.537	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.3	.673

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
Nene	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Eric Gordon	Nene
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
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
Nene	61	27.2	12.6	1.7	5.0	6.7	2.9	0.9	0.6	2.3	2.8	4.7	9.7	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	4.4	.729

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
Nene	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Eric Gordon	Nene
Season	2019-20	2013-14
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Wizards 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	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
Nene	53	29.4	14.2	1.2	4.3	5.5	2.9	1.2	0.9	2.2	3.1	5.6	11.2	.503	0.0	0.1	.200	2.9	5.0	.583

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
Nene	10	32.5	13.7	0.8	4.5	5.3	2.6	0.9	1.1	1.7	3.6	6.4	13.8	.464	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	2.6	.346


Season 13
	Eric Gordon	Nene
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards 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	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
Nene	67	25.3	11.0	1.3	3.9	5.1	1.8	1.0	0.3	1.9	2.7	4.6	9.0	.511	0.0	0.1	.200	1.8	3.0	.604

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	10	25.7	7.9	2.5	4.1	6.6	1.5	0.9	0.3	1.4	3.2	3.4	7.6	.447	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.3	.478


Season 14
	Eric Gordon	Nene
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
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
Nene	57	19.2	9.2	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.7	0.9	0.5	1.3	2.7	3.7	6.7	.544	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	3.2	.578

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


Season 15
	Eric Gordon	Nene
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
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
Nene	67	17.9	9.1	1.4	2.8	4.2	1.0	0.8	0.6	1.1	2.4	3.7	5.9	.617	0.0	0.1	.333	1.7	2.9	.589

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
Nene	9	17.9	10.0	1.2	3.4	4.7	0.6	0.7	0.4	1.0	2.7	4.0	5.7	.706	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	3.4	.581


Season 16
	Eric Gordon	Nene
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West 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	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
Nene	52	14.6	6.5	1.0	2.3	3.4	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.7	2.4	2.6	4.6	.569	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.1	.636

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
Nene	11	9.7	2.8	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.6	1.1	1.8	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.636


Season 17
	Eric Gordon	Nene
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Rockets 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		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	42	13.0	3.6	0.8	2.1	2.9	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.3	2.1	1.4	2.8	.517	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.1	.660

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nene	7	7.6	3.9	1.3	0.7	2.0	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.4	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.778

Eric Gordon vs. Nene Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nene 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.

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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

Season 17