Gail Goodrich vs. Tom Sanders Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom Sanders 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 1 more than Tom Sanders, who played 13. Gail Goodrich had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Tom Sanders had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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
Gail Goodrich	14	8	1965-66 to 1978-79
Tom Sanders	13	11	1960-61 to 1972-73

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Gail Goodrich	Tom Sanders
Season	1965-66	1960-61
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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
Tom Sanders	68	15.9	5.3	-	-	5.7	0.6	-	-	-	1.9	2.2	5.2	.420	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.670

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
Tom Sanders	10	21.6	8.9	-	-	8.4	0.7	-	-	-	4.2	3.7	7.5	.493	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.625


Season 2
	Gail Goodrich	Tom Sanders
Season	1966-67	1961-62
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	NBA Champion

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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	77	23.1	12.4	-	-	3.3	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	4.6	10.1	.454	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.751
Tom Sanders	80	29.1	11.2	-	-	9.5	0.9	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	10.1	.435	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	3	27.0	11.0	-	-	3.0	3.3	-	-	-	1.7	3.7	10.3	.355	-	-	-	3.7	6.0	.611
Tom Sanders	14	31.4	10.1	-	-	8.2	1.0	-	-	-	4.6	4.0	9.3	.431	-	-	-	2.1	2.6	.806


Season 3
	Gail Goodrich	Tom Sanders
Season	1967-68	1962-63
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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	79	26.0	13.8	-	-	2.5	2.6	-	-	-	2.9	5.0	10.3	.486	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.770
Tom Sanders	80	26.9	10.8	-	-	7.2	1.2	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	9.3	.456	-	-	-	2.3	3.2	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	10	10.0	6.0	-	-	1.4	1.4	-	-	-	1.0	2.3	4.7	.489	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.778
Tom Sanders	13	29.8	9.8	-	-	7.4	1.5	-	-	-	4.7	4.0	9.2	.437	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.774


Season 4
	Gail Goodrich	Tom Sanders
Season	1968-69	1963-64
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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
Tom Sanders	80	29.6	11.4	-	-	8.3	1.3	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	10.5	.417	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Sanders	10	30.2	9.1	-	-	6.8	0.6	-	-	-	4.5	3.4	9.4	.362	-	-	-	2.3	3.4	.676


Season 5
	Gail Goodrich	Tom Sanders
Season	1969-70	1964-65
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Div Semis	NBA Champion

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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	39.9	20.0	-	-	4.2	7.5	-	-	-	3.1	7.0	15.4	.454	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.808
Tom Sanders	80	30.7	11.8	-	-	8.3	1.2	-	-	-	4.0	4.7	10.9	.429	-	-	-	2.4	3.2	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	7	37.9	20.3	-	-	4.6	5.4	-	-	-	3.0	8.0	16.9	.475	-	-	-	4.3	5.0	.857
Tom Sanders	12	30.4	13.3	-	-	8.5	1.6	-	-	-	4.8	5.3	12.7	.421	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.721


Season 6
	Gail Goodrich	Tom Sanders
Season	1970-71	1965-66
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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	79	35.5	17.5	-	-	3.3	4.8	-	-	-	3.3	7.1	14.9	.475	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.770
Tom Sanders	72	26.3	12.6	-	-	7.1	1.3	-	-	-	4.4	4.8	11.3	.428	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.764

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	12	43.2	25.4	-	-	3.2	7.6	-	-	-	3.2	8.8	20.6	.425	-	-	-	7.9	9.4	.841
Tom Sanders	17	29.4	13.5	-	-	6.5	1.6	-	-	-	4.1	5.7	11.8	.483	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.750


Season 7
	Gail Goodrich	Tom Sanders
Season	1971-72	1966-67
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Div 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	37.1	25.9	-	-	3.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.6	10.1	20.7	.487	-	-	-	5.8	6.8	.850
Tom Sanders	81	23.8	10.2	-	-	5.4	1.1	-	-	-	3.8	4.0	9.3	.428	-	-	-	2.2	2.7	.817

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
Tom Sanders	9	16.0	4.9	-	-	4.8	0.6	-	-	-	3.4	2.3	6.8	.344	-	-	-	0.2	0.6	.400


Season 8
	Gail Goodrich	Tom Sanders
Season	1972-73	1967-68
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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
Tom Sanders	78	25.4	10.2	-	-	5.8	1.3	-	-	-	3.8	3.8	8.9	.428	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	.784

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
Tom Sanders	14	20.6	8.3	-	-	4.5	0.9	-	-	-	3.8	3.6	7.1	.505	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.762


Season 9
	Gail Goodrich	Tom Sanders
Season	1973-74	1968-69
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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
Tom Sanders	82	26.6	11.2	-	-	7.0	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	4.4	10.3	.430	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.733

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
Tom Sanders	15	13.1	5.8	-	-	3.2	0.5	-	-	-	2.7	2.1	4.9	.438	-	-	-	1.5	2.1	.742


Season 10
	Gail Goodrich	Tom Sanders
Season	1974-75	1969-70
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
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	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
Tom Sanders	57	28.4	11.5	-	-	5.5	1.6	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	9.7	.443	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Sanders	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Gail Goodrich	Tom Sanders
Season	1975-76	1970-71
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
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		%
Gail Goodrich	75	35.3	19.5	1.3	1.6	2.9	5.6	1.6	0.2	-	3.2	7.8	17.6	.441	-	-	-	3.9	4.6	.847
Tom Sanders	17	7.1	2.3	-	-	1.0	0.6	-	-	-	1.5	0.9	2.6	.364	-	-	-	0.4	0.5	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Sanders	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Gail Goodrich	Tom Sanders
Season	1976-77	1971-72
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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	27	22.6	12.6	0.9	1.3	2.3	2.7	0.8	0.1	-	1.6	5.0	11.3	.446	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.800
Tom Sanders	82	19.9	6.6	-	-	4.3	1.2	-	-	-	3.1	2.6	6.4	.410	-	-	-	1.4	1.7	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Sanders	11	16.9	4.3	-	-	2.4	0.9	-	-	-	3.3	1.5	4.8	.321	-	-	-	1.2	1.9	.619


Season 13
	Gail Goodrich	Tom Sanders
Season	1977-78	1972-73
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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	81	31.5	16.1	0.9	1.3	2.2	4.8	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.3	6.4	13.0	.495	-	-	-	3.3	4.1	.795
Tom Sanders	59	7.2	2.0	-	-	1.5	0.5	-	-	-	1.4	0.8	2.5	.315	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.657

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Sanders	5	4.8	2.0	-	-	1.0	0.2	-	-	-	1.4	1.0	1.8	.556	-	-	-	0.0	0.4	.000


Season 14
	Gail Goodrich	Tom Sanders
Season	1978-79	-
Team	New Orleans Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
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	74	28.8	12.7	0.9	1.6	2.5	4.8	1.2	0.2	2.5	2.4	5.2	11.5	.449	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	.853
Tom Sanders	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gail Goodrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Sanders	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Gail Goodrich vs. Tom Sanders Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom Sanders 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.

Their Careers

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