Gail Goodrich vs. Rich Kelley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rich Kelley 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, 3 more than Rich Kelley, who played 11. Gail Goodrich had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Rich Kelley had his rookie season in 1975-76. 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.

Season 4
	Gail Goodrich	Rich Kelley
Season	1968-69	1978-79
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Jazz
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
Rich Kelley	80	33.8	15.7	3.8	9.0	12.8	3.6	1.6	2.1	3.6	3.9	5.5	10.9	.506	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rich Kelley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Gail Goodrich	Rich Kelley
Season	1971-72	1981-82
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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
Rich Kelley	81	23.4	7.9	2.1	4.1	6.1	3.6	0.8	0.9	3.0	3.6	2.9	6.2	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	2.8	.749
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
Rich Kelley	7	27.3	9.7	2.6	4.3	6.9	4.3	0.9	0.4	1.7	3.6	3.9	7.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.9	.700

Season 8
	Gail Goodrich	Rich Kelley
Season	1972-73	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Gail Goodrich	76	35.5	23.9	-	-	3.5	4.4	-	-	-	2.5	9.9	21.3	.464	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	.840
Rich Kelley	70	19.2	5.7	1.9	3.9	5.8	2.0	0.8	0.6	1.7	3.2	1.9	4.2	.444	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.811
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
Rich Kelley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Gail Goodrich	Rich Kelley
Season	1973-74	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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	37.3	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
Rich Kelley	75	22.3	5.2	1.9	4.7	6.5	2.1	0.7	0.4	2.0	3.6	1.8	3.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.2	.765
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
Rich Kelley	11	18.3	5.0	1.7	3.5	5.3	2.0	0.8	0.5	1.5	3.8	1.4	2.5	.556	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.6	.862

Season 10
	Gail Goodrich	Rich Kelley
Season	1974-75	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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	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
Rich Kelley	77	16.6	3.8	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.6	0.5	0.4	1.6	2.9	1.3	2.8	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.5	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rich Kelley	9	19.3	5.4	2.8	3.6	6.3	1.6	0.8	0.6	1.6	3.6	2.0	4.2	.474	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.7	.867