Jae Crowder vs. Melvin Ely Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Melvin Ely and Jae Crowder, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Jae Crowder played 12 years in the NBA, 3 more than Melvin Ely, who played 9. Jae Crowder had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Melvin Ely had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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
Jae Crowder	12	11	2012-13 to 2023-24
Melvin Ely	9	1	2002-03 to 2013-14

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Jae Crowder	Melvin Ely
Season	2012-13	2002-03
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Clippers
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		%
Jae Crowder	78	17.3	5.0	0.4	1.9	2.4	1.2	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.6	1.8	4.7	.384	0.8	2.5	.328	0.6	0.9	.644
Melvin Ely	52	15.4	4.5	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.0	1.8	1.8	3.6	.495	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jae Crowder	Melvin Ely
Season	2013-14	2003-04
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jae Crowder	78	16.1	4.6	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.3	1.7	3.8	.439	0.6	1.9	.331	0.6	0.8	.754
Melvin Ely	42	12.1	3.7	1.1	1.3	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.6	1.6	3.6	.431	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.0	.595

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	7	11.6	2.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.9	1.1	2.6	.444	0.4	1.0	.429	0.0	0.0	-
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jae Crowder	Melvin Ely
Season	2014-15	2004-05
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Boston Celtics	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jae Crowder	82	20.1	7.7	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.6	1.7	2.8	6.6	.420	0.7	2.5	.293	1.3	1.7	.773
Melvin Ely	79	20.9	7.3	1.8	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.5	2.9	6.7	.432	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.7	.575

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	4	25.0	10.8	2.0	3.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.8	1.3	3.5	3.8	7.3	.517	0.8	2.5	.300	2.5	3.3	.769
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jae Crowder	Melvin Ely
Season	2015-16	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jae Crowder	73	31.6	14.2	1.0	4.2	5.1	1.8	1.7	0.5	1.1	2.7	4.9	11.1	.443	1.7	5.0	.336	2.7	3.3	.820
Melvin Ely	57	23.6	9.8	1.6	3.2	4.9	1.3	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.8	3.8	7.5	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.4	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	6	32.8	9.5	0.8	5.7	6.5	2.2	1.5	0.5	1.2	2.8	3.3	12.0	.278	1.7	6.8	.244	1.2	1.8	.636
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Jae Crowder	Melvin Ely
Season	2016-17	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Bobcats, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Jae Crowder	72	32.4	13.9	0.7	5.1	5.8	2.2	1.0	0.3	1.1	2.2	4.6	10.0	.463	2.2	5.5	.398	2.4	3.0	.811
Melvin Ely	30	10.3	3.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.9	1.7	1.0	2.7	.363	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.660

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	18	33.1	13.6	1.1	5.3	6.4	2.7	1.1	0.3	0.7	2.9	4.8	11.1	.435	1.7	4.9	.352	2.2	2.7	.833
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jae Crowder	Melvin Ely
Season	2017-18	2007-08
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Hornets 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		%
Jae Crowder	80	26.1	9.7	0.7	2.7	3.4	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.3	3.4	8.4	.404	1.4	4.3	.323	1.5	1.9	.818
Melvin Ely	52	11.9	3.9	0.5	2.3	2.8	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.8	1.5	1.6	3.5	.472	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.1	.552

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	11	29.4	10.0	0.4	4.7	5.1	1.7	1.4	0.2	1.3	2.3	3.2	9.8	.324	2.0	6.0	.333	1.6	2.5	.643
Melvin Ely	7	8.4	2.1	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.9	0.6	2.1	.267	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.700


Season 7
	Jae Crowder	Melvin Ely
Season	2018-19	2008-09
Team	Utah Jazz	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jae Crowder	80	27.1	11.9	0.8	4.1	4.8	1.7	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.1	4.0	10.0	.399	2.2	6.5	.331	1.8	2.5	.721
Melvin Ely	31	12.0	3.1	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.7	1.9	1.2	3.1	.389	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.2	.639

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	5	26.0	11.4	0.8	5.0	5.8	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.2	1.4	3.4	9.2	.370	1.8	6.0	.300	2.8	3.8	.737
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Melvin Ely didn't play in 2009-10.


Season 8
	Jae Crowder	Melvin Ely
Season	2019-20	2010-11
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Jae Crowder	65	28.8	10.5	0.8	5.1	5.9	2.5	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.2	3.5	8.7	.401	2.1	6.1	.343	1.5	1.9	.776
Melvin Ely	30	12.2	2.3	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.5	1.7	0.9	1.7	.549	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.619

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	21	31.4	12.0	0.5	5.0	5.6	1.9	0.7	0.6	0.7	2.6	3.9	9.6	.403	2.6	7.7	.342	1.7	2.2	.761
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Melvin Ely didn't play in 2011-12 and 2012-13.


Season 9
	Jae Crowder	Melvin Ely
Season	2020-21	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Jae Crowder	60	27.5	10.1	0.5	4.2	4.7	2.1	0.8	0.5	0.9	2.1	3.3	8.2	.404	2.5	6.3	.389	1.0	1.3	.760
Melvin Ely	2	13.5	3.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.5	1.5	3.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	22	33.1	10.8	0.5	5.6	6.1	1.9	0.9	0.8	0.9	3.0	3.5	8.4	.413	2.5	6.5	.380	1.4	1.6	.886
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Jae Crowder	Melvin Ely
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jae Crowder	67	28.1	9.4	0.4	4.8	5.3	1.9	1.4	0.4	0.8	2.6	3.2	8.1	.399	1.9	5.4	.348	1.1	1.3	.789
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	13	29.5	9.4	0.6	4.1	4.7	2.4	1.0	0.5	1.5	3.6	3.2	8.1	.400	1.5	4.8	.302	1.5	2.0	.731
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jae Crowder	Melvin Ely
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Jae Crowder	18	18.9	6.9	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.5	2.5	5.2	.479	1.3	3.1	.436	0.6	0.7	.833
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	4	10.3	1.8	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.8	3.3	.231	0.0	1.5	.000	0.3	0.5	.500
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jae Crowder	Melvin Ely
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Jae Crowder	50	23.1	6.2	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.3	0.8	0.2	0.5	1.5	2.3	5.4	.422	1.2	3.3	.349	0.5	0.7	.722
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	4	10.5	2.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.8	3.0	.250	0.3	1.8	.143	0.5	0.5	1.000
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jae Crowder vs. Melvin Ely Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Melvin Ely and Jae Crowder, 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