Evan Fournier vs. Rudy Gay Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gay and Evan Fournier, 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.

Evan Fournier played 12 years in the NBA, 5 less than Rudy Gay, who played 17. Evan Fournier had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Rudy Gay 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 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Evan Fournier	12	4	2012-13 to 2023-24
Rudy Gay	17	3	2006-07 to 2022-23

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


Rookie Season
	Evan Fournier	Rudy Gay
Season	2012-13	2006-07
Team	Denver Nuggets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Evan Fournier	38	11.3	5.3	0.2	0.8	0.9	1.2	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.7	2.0	4.0	.493	0.6	1.4	.407	0.8	1.0	.769
difference:	+40	+15.7	+5.5	+1.0	+2.5	+3.6	+0.1	+0.4	+0.9	-1.0	-0.8	+2.1	+5.7	+.071	+0.1	+0.4	+.043	+1.1	+1.7	+.042
Rudy Gay	78	27.0	10.8	1.2	3.3	4.5	1.3	0.9	0.9	1.8	2.5	4.1	9.7	.422	0.7	1.8	.364	1.9	2.7	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Fournier	4	13.3	4.8	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	4.3	.353	0.0	2.0	.000	1.8	2.0	.875
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Evan Fournier	Rudy Gay
Season	2013-14	2007-08
Team	Denver Nuggets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Fournier	76	19.8	8.4	0.4	2.2	2.7	1.5	0.4	0.1	1.3	2.4	3.0	7.2	.419	1.2	3.1	.376	1.2	1.6	.756
difference:	+5	+17.2	+11.7	+1.3	+2.2	+3.5	+0.5	+1.0	+0.9	-1.0	-0.4	+4.7	+9.5	+.042	+0.5	+1.7	+.030	+1.9	+2.3	+.029
Rudy Gay	81	37.0	20.1	1.7	4.4	6.2	2.0	1.4	1.0	2.3	2.8	7.7	16.7	.461	1.7	4.8	.346	3.1	3.9	.785

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Evan Fournier nor Rudy Gay played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Evan Fournier	Rudy Gay
Season	2014-15	2008-09
Team	Orlando Magic	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Fournier	58	28.6	12.0	0.5	2.2	2.6	2.1	0.7	0.0	1.4	2.0	4.4	9.9	.440	1.5	3.9	.378	1.8	2.5	.728
difference:	+21	+8.7	+6.9	+0.9	+2.0	+2.9	+0.4	+0.5	+0.7	-1.2	-0.8	+2.8	+6.1	+.013	+0.4	+0.8	+.027	+1.5	+1.9	+.039
Rudy Gay	79	37.3	18.9	1.4	4.2	5.5	1.7	1.2	0.7	2.6	2.8	7.2	16.0	.453	1.1	3.1	.351	3.3	4.4	.767

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Evan Fournier nor Rudy Gay played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Evan Fournier	Rudy Gay
Season	2015-16	2009-10
Team	Orlando Magic	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Evan Fournier	79	32.5	15.4	0.4	2.4	2.8	2.7	1.2	0.0	1.7	2.7	5.4	11.8	.462	2.0	4.9	.400	2.5	3.0	.836
difference:	+1	+7.2	+4.2	+1.0	+2.1	+3.1	+0.8	+0.3	+0.8	-0.4	-0.2	+2.1	+4.3	+.004	+1.2	+2.4	+.073	+1.3	+2.0	+.083
Rudy Gay	80	39.7	19.6	1.4	4.5	5.9	1.9	1.5	0.8	2.1	2.5	7.5	16.1	.466	0.8	2.5	.327	3.8	5.0	.753

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Evan Fournier nor Rudy Gay played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Evan Fournier	Rudy Gay
Season	2016-17	2010-11
Team	Orlando Magic	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Evan Fournier	68	32.9	17.2	0.6	2.4	3.1	3.0	1.0	0.1	2.1	2.6	6.0	13.7	.439	1.9	5.3	.356	3.3	4.1	.805
difference:	+14	+7.0	+2.6	+0.9	+2.3	+3.1	+0.2	+0.7	+1.0	-0.4	-0.2	+1.6	+2.4	+.032	+0.8	+2.6	+.040	+0.3	+0.4
Rudy Gay	54	39.9	19.8	1.5	4.7	6.2	2.8	1.7	1.1	2.5	2.4	7.6	16.1	.471	1.1	2.7	.396	3.6	4.5	.805

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Evan Fournier nor Rudy Gay played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Evan Fournier	Rudy Gay
Season	2017-18	2011-12
Team	Orlando Magic	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Fournier	57	32.2	17.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.9	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.4	6.5	14.1	.459	2.2	5.9	.379	2.6	3.0	.867
difference:	+8	+5.1	+1.2	+1.6	+1.6	+3.2	+0.6	+0.7	+0.5	-0.8	-0.3	+1.0	+2.3	+.004	+1.4	+3.2	+.067	+0.6	+1.0	+.076
Rudy Gay	65	37.3	19.0	2.0	4.4	6.4	2.3	1.5	0.8	2.5	2.1	7.5	16.4	.455	0.8	2.7	.312	3.2	4.0	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Fournier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gay	7	39.9	19.0	1.4	5.1	6.6	1.4	1.3	0.3	3.0	2.1	6.9	16.3	.421	0.6	2.7	.211	4.7	5.7	.825


Season 7
	Evan Fournier	Rudy Gay
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Orlando Magic	Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Evan Fournier	81	31.5	15.1	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.6	0.9	0.1	1.9	2.8	5.8	13.2	.438	1.9	5.6	.340	1.7	2.1	.806
difference:	+6	+4.3	+3.1	+0.8	+2.1	+2.9	+0.9	+0.6	+0.6	-0.7	-0.4	+1.1	+3.5	+.022	+0.8	+2.1	+.017	+1.5	+1.8	+.008
Rudy Gay	75	35.8	18.2	1.3	4.8	6.1	2.7	1.5	0.7	2.6	2.4	6.9	16.7	.416	1.1	3.5	.323	3.2	3.9	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Fournier	5	35.0	12.4	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.0	1.4	0.0	2.4	2.8	4.8	13.8	.348	1.6	6.8	.235	1.2	1.6	.750
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Evan Fournier	Rudy Gay
Season	2019-20	2013-14
Team	Orlando Magic	Toronto Raptors, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Fournier	66	31.5	18.5	0.3	2.3	2.6	3.2	1.1	0.2	1.9	2.4	6.6	14.1	.467	2.6	6.6	.399	2.7	3.3	.818
difference:	+7	+3.2	+1.5	+1.2	+2.1	+3.4	+0.3	+0.2	+0.6	-1.2	-0.1	+0.8	+2.1	+.012	+1.7	+3.9	+.069	+1.7	+2.0	+.004
Rudy Gay	73	34.7	20.0	1.5	4.4	6.0	2.9	1.3	0.8	3.1	2.3	7.4	16.2	.455	0.9	2.7	.330	4.4	5.3	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Fournier	5	34.2	12.8	0.6	3.4	4.0	2.6	1.2	0.6	1.8	2.0	4.0	11.4	.351	2.4	7.0	.343	2.4	3.4	.706
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Evan Fournier	Rudy Gay
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Orlando Magic, Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Evan Fournier	42	30.0	17.1	0.2	2.8	3.0	3.4	1.1	0.5	1.7	2.3	5.9	12.9	.457	2.8	6.7	.413	2.6	3.3	.788
difference:	+26	+5.4	+4.0	+1.2	+1.6	+2.9	+0.3	+0.1	+0.1	-1.0		+1.6	+3.5	+.002	+1.6	+3.5	+.054	+2.4	+2.5	+.070
Rudy Gay	68	35.4	21.1	1.4	4.4	5.9	3.7	1.0	0.6	2.7	2.3	7.5	16.4	.455	1.2	3.2	.359	5.0	5.8	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Fournier	5	33.4	15.4	1.0	2.6	3.6	1.4	1.2	0.0	1.0	4.0	5.4	12.6	.429	2.6	6.0	.433	2.0	2.4	.833
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Evan Fournier	Rudy Gay
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Evan Fournier	80	29.5	14.1	0.4	2.2	2.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.3	2.3	5.0	12.1	.417	3.0	7.7	.389	1.0	1.4	.708
difference:	+10	+4.5	+3.1	+1.1	+2.8	+3.9	+0.4	+0.4	+0.4	-0.7	-0.3	+1.7	+2.3	+.046	+1.9	+4.6	+.045	+1.8	+2.2	+.072
Rudy Gay	70	34.0	17.2	1.5	5.0	6.5	1.7	1.4	0.7	2.0	2.6	6.7	14.4	.463	1.1	3.1	.344	2.8	3.6	.780

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Evan Fournier nor Rudy Gay played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Evan Fournier	Rudy Gay
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Evan Fournier	27	17.0	6.1	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.7	2.1	6.1	.337	1.3	4.2	.307	0.7	0.8	.857
difference:	+3	+16.8	+12.6	+1.1	+3.5	+4.5	+1.5	+0.9	+0.8	-1.7	-0.9	+4.6	+8.6	+.118	+0.1	+0.4	+.065	+3.2	+3.8	+.002
Rudy Gay	30	33.8	18.7	1.2	5.2	6.3	2.8	1.5	0.9	2.5	2.6	6.7	14.7	.455	1.4	3.8	.372	3.9	4.6	.855

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Evan Fournier nor Rudy Gay played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Evan Fournier	Rudy Gay
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Fournier	32	18.1	6.9	0.2	1.7	1.8	1.5	0.9	0.2	0.7	1.5	2.5	6.9	.357	1.0	4.1	.254	0.9	1.1	.806
difference:	+25	+3.5	+4.6	+1.1	+2.1	+3.3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.5	-0.7	-0.2	+1.9	+2.5	+.114	+0.4	+2.0	+.060	+1.1	+1.4	+.034
Rudy Gay	57	21.6	11.5	1.3	3.8	5.1	1.3	0.8	0.7	1.4	1.7	4.4	9.4	.471	0.6	2.1	.314	2.0	2.5	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Fournier	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gay	5	32.0	12.2	1.8	3.8	5.6	2.2	1.6	0.2	1.2	3.2	5.2	13.0	.400	0.8	3.6	.222	1.0	1.8	.556

Additional Years

* Rudy Gay played 5 seasons more than Evan Fournier in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 17, from 2019 to 2023—Rudy Gay played in one postseason.

Evan Fournier vs. Rudy Gay Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gay and Evan Fournier, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years