Gail Goodrich vs. Collin Sexton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Collin Sexton and Gail Goodrich, 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.

Gail Goodrich played 14 years in the NBA, 7 more than Collin Sexton, who played 7. Gail Goodrich had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Collin Sexton had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
	Gail Goodrich	Collin Sexton
Season	1965-66	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Gail Goodrich	65	15.5	7.8	-	-	2.0	1.6	-	-	-	1.6	3.1	7.7	.404	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.691
difference:	+17	+16.3	+8.9			+0.9	+1.4				-0.7	+3.2	+7.0	+.026				+1.0	+0.8	+.148
Collin Sexton	82	31.8	16.7	0.7	2.2	2.9	3.0	0.5	0.1	2.3	2.3	6.3	14.7	.430	1.5	3.6	.402	2.6	3.1	.839
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	11	26.4	10.5	-	-	3.8	3.0	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	8.4	.467	-	-	-	2.6	3.9	.674
Collin Sexton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Gail Goodrich	Collin Sexton
Season	1968-69	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Gail Goodrich	81	40.0	23.8	-	-	5.4	6.4	-	-	-	3.1	8.9	21.6	.411	-	-	-	6.1	8.2	.747
difference:	+70	+11.3	+7.8			+2.1	+4.3				-0.8	+2.7	+7.9	+.039				+3.5	+4.7	+.003
Collin Sexton	11	28.7	16.0	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.1	0.9	0.0	2.8	2.3	6.2	13.7	.450	1.0	4.1	.244	2.6	3.5	.744
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gail Goodrich nor Collin Sexton played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 7
	Gail Goodrich	Collin Sexton
Season	1971-72	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Gail Goodrich	82	37.1	25.9	-	-	3.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.6	10.1	20.7	.487	-	-	-	5.8	6.8	.850
difference:	+19	+9.2	+7.5			+0.9	+0.3				-0.3	+3.5	+6.9	+.007				+2.4	+2.8	+.015
Collin Sexton	63	27.9	18.4	1.0	1.8	2.7	4.2	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.3	6.6	13.8	.480	1.7	4.3	.406	3.4	4.0	.865
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	15	38.3	23.8	-	-	2.5	3.3	-	-	-	3.3	8.7	19.5	.445	-	-	-	6.5	7.2	.898
Collin Sexton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Gail Goodrich played 7 seasons more than Collin Sexton in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 14, from 1973 to 1979—Gail Goodrich played in two Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Collin Sexton, Gail Goodrich got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-Star Game