Gail Goodrich vs. Dan Issel Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dan Issel 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, 5 more than Dan Issel, who played 9. Gail Goodrich had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Dan Issel had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Gail Goodrich	Dan Issel
Season	1965-66	1976-77
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets 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		%
Gail Goodrich	65	15.5	7.8	-	-	2.0	1.6	-	-	-	1.6	3.1	7.7	.404	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.691
Dan Issel	79	31.7	22.3	2.7	6.1	8.8	2.2	1.2	0.4	-	3.1	8.4	16.2	.515	-	-	-	5.6	7.1	.797
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
Dan Issel	6	37.0	22.0	3.0	6.7	9.7	2.8	0.8	0.7	-	3.3	8.2	16.0	.510	-	-	-	5.7	7.5	.756

Season 4
	Gail Goodrich	Dan Issel
Season	1968-69	1979-80
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Gail Goodrich	81	40.0	23.8	-	-	5.4	6.4	-	-	-	3.1	8.9	21.6	.411	-	-	-	6.1	8.2	.747
Dan Issel	82	35.8	23.8	2.9	5.9	8.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	2.0	2.3	8.7	17.3	.505	0.0	0.1	.333	6.3	8.1	.775
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Gail Goodrich	Dan Issel
Season	1971-72	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
Gail Goodrich	82	37.1	25.9	-	-	3.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.6	10.1	20.7	.487	-	-	-	5.8	6.8	.850
Dan Issel	80	30.4	21.6	1.9	5.6	7.5	2.8	1.0	0.5	2.2	2.8	8.3	16.2	.510	0.1	0.2	.211	5.0	6.0	.835
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
Dan Issel	8	28.4	20.4	1.6	5.6	7.3	3.1	1.1	0.6	1.3	2.3	8.6	17.0	.507	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	3.6	.862

Season 8
	Gail Goodrich	Dan Issel
Season	1972-73	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Gail Goodrich	76	35.5	23.9	-	-	3.5	4.4	-	-	-	2.5	9.9	21.3	.464	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	.840
Dan Issel	76	27.3	19.8	1.5	5.3	6.8	2.3	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.4	7.5	15.2	.493	0.1	0.3	.211	4.8	5.6	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	17	35.5	20.0	-	-	3.6	3.9	-	-	-	3.1	8.2	18.2	.448	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.785
Dan Issel	5	30.6	27.4	2.0	6.0	8.0	1.6	1.2	1.2	3.0	3.0	10.4	20.4	.510	0.2	0.4	.500	6.4	7.8	.821

Season 9
	Gail Goodrich	Dan Issel
Season	1973-74	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Gail Goodrich	82	37.3	25.3	1.2	1.9	3.0	5.2	1.5	0.1	-	2.8	9.6	21.6	.442	-	-	-	6.2	7.2	.864
Dan Issel	77	21.9	12.8	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.8	0.8	0.4	1.2	2.2	4.7	10.3	.459	0.0	0.1	.143	3.3	4.1	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	5	37.8	19.6	1.4	1.8	3.2	6.0	1.4	0.2	-	1.4	7.0	18.0	.389	-	-	-	5.6	6.6	.848
Dan Issel	15	21.7	12.4	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.4	4.9	10.6	.459	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.6	3.2	.813

Season 10
	Gail Goodrich	Dan Issel
Season	1974-75	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Gail Goodrich	72	37.1	22.6	1.3	1.7	3.0	5.8	1.4	0.1	-	3.0	9.1	19.8	.459	-	-	-	4.4	5.3	.841
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-