Grayson Allen vs. Rudy LaRusso Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy LaRusso and Grayson Allen, 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.

Grayson Allen played 6 years in the NBA, 4 less than Rudy LaRusso, who played 10. Grayson Allen had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Rudy LaRusso had his rookie season in 1959-60. 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
Grayson Allen	6	5	2018-19 to 2023-24
Rudy LaRusso	10	9	1959-60 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Grayson Allen	Rudy LaRusso
Season	2018-19	1959-60
Team	Utah Jazz	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Grayson Allen	38	10.9	5.6	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.2	1.8	4.7	.376	0.8	2.6	.323	1.2	1.6	.750
Rudy LaRusso	71	29.5	13.7	-	-	9.6	1.2	-	-	-	3.1	5.0	12.9	.389	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grayson Allen	2	7.0	4.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.5	.286	0.0	1.5	.000	2.5	3.5	.714
Rudy LaRusso	9	35.7	15.4	-	-	7.8	2.4	-	-	-	3.8	6.2	14.7	.424	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.771


Season 2
	Grayson Allen	Rudy LaRusso
Season	2019-20	1960-61
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Grayson Allen	38	18.9	8.7	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.4	3.1	6.6	.466	1.5	3.7	.404	1.0	1.2	.867
Rudy LaRusso	79	32.8	14.6	-	-	9.9	1.7	-	-	-	3.5	5.3	12.6	.419	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grayson Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy LaRusso	12	30.0	12.2	-	-	8.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	4.8	12.0	.396	-	-	-	2.7	4.0	.667


Season 3
	Grayson Allen	Rudy LaRusso
Season	2020-21	1961-62
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Grayson Allen	50	25.2	10.6	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.2	0.9	0.2	1.0	1.4	3.5	8.3	.418	2.1	5.5	.391	1.6	1.8	.868
Rudy LaRusso	80	34.4	17.2	-	-	10.4	2.2	-	-	-	3.2	6.5	13.9	.466	-	-	-	4.3	5.6	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grayson Allen	5	23.2	6.4	0.6	2.0	2.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	2.6	2.4	6.6	.364	1.6	4.2	.381	0.0	0.2	.000
Rudy LaRusso	13	35.5	14.1	-	-	9.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.9	4.4	12.0	.365	-	-	-	5.3	7.0	.758


Season 4
	Grayson Allen	Rudy LaRusso
Season	2021-22	1962-63
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Grayson Allen	66	27.3	11.1	0.5	2.9	3.4	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.5	3.9	8.6	.448	2.4	5.9	.409	1.0	1.1	.865
Rudy LaRusso	75	33.4	12.3	-	-	10.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	10.1	.422	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.718

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grayson Allen	12	25.4	8.3	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.8	3.1	6.8	.451	1.6	4.0	.396	0.6	0.9	.636
Rudy LaRusso	13	35.8	14.4	-	-	9.8	2.2	-	-	-	4.5	5.0	11.8	.422	-	-	-	4.4	5.8	.760


Season 5
	Grayson Allen	Rudy LaRusso
Season	2022-23	1963-64
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Grayson Allen	72	27.4	10.4	0.8	2.4	3.3	2.3	0.9	0.2	1.0	1.6	3.4	7.7	.440	2.0	5.1	.399	1.6	1.8	.905
Rudy LaRusso	79	34.8	12.3	-	-	10.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	9.8	.434	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grayson Allen	5	29.8	11.6	0.2	2.2	2.4	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.4	3.8	8.2	.463	2.8	5.8	.483	1.2	1.4	.857
Rudy LaRusso	5	37.8	9.0	-	-	6.0	2.2	-	-	-	4.6	2.6	6.6	.394	-	-	-	3.8	4.4	.864


Season 6
	Grayson Allen	Rudy LaRusso
Season	2023-24	1964-65
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Grayson Allen	75	33.5	13.5	0.6	3.3	3.9	3.0	0.9	0.6	1.3	2.1	4.5	9.1	.499	2.7	5.9	.461	1.7	2.0	.878
Rudy LaRusso	77	33.6	14.1	-	-	9.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.4	4.9	10.7	.461	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grayson Allen	2	21.5	3.5	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	2.0	0.5	2.5	.200	0.5	2.5	.200	2.0	2.0	1.000
Rudy LaRusso	11	35.9	15.0	-	-	8.1	2.6	-	-	-	4.7	5.1	12.5	.409	-	-	-	4.8	6.7	.716


Season 7
	Grayson Allen	Rudy LaRusso
Season	-	1965-66
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Grayson Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy LaRusso	76	30.5	15.4	-	-	8.7	2.2	-	-	-	3.4	5.4	11.8	.457	-	-	-	4.6	5.9	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grayson Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy LaRusso	14	28.4	11.9	-	-	7.1	1.9	-	-	-	3.4	4.1	8.9	.460	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.791


Season 8
	Grayson Allen	Rudy LaRusso
Season	-	1966-67
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Grayson Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy LaRusso	45	28.7	12.8	-	-	7.8	1.7	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	11.3	.415	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	.696

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grayson Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy LaRusso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Grayson Allen	Rudy LaRusso
Season	-	1967-68
Team	-	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Grayson Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy LaRusso	79	35.7	21.8	-	-	9.4	2.3	-	-	-	4.3	7.6	17.6	.433	-	-	-	6.6	8.4	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grayson Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy LaRusso	10	38.5	20.3	-	-	9.9	1.7	-	-	-	3.5	7.2	18.2	.396	-	-	-	5.9	8.1	.728


Season 10
	Grayson Allen	Rudy LaRusso
Season	-	1968-69
Team	-	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Warriors Lost West Div 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		%
Grayson Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy LaRusso	75	37.1	20.7	-	-	8.3	2.1	-	-	-	3.6	7.4	18.0	.410	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grayson Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy LaRusso	6	35.8	18.2	-	-	8.5	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	15.0	.378	-	-	-	6.8	8.8	.774

Grayson Allen vs. Rudy LaRusso Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy LaRusso and Grayson Allen, 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