JaVale McGee vs. Brandon Roy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Roy and JaVale McGee, 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.

JaVale McGee played 16 years in the NBA, 10 more than Brandon Roy, who played 6. JaVale McGee had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Brandon Roy had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	JaVale McGee	Brandon Roy
Season	2008-09	2006-07
Team	Washington Wizards	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	75	15.2	6.5	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.3	0.4	1.0	0.8	2.1	2.5	5.2	.494	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.660
difference:	+18	+20.2	+10.3	+0.6	+1.1	+0.5	+3.7	+0.8	+0.8	-1.2	-0.3	+3.6	+8.2	+.038	+1.0	+2.6		+2.1	+2.0	+.178
Brandon Roy	57	35.4	16.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	4.0	1.2	0.2	2.0	2.4	6.1	13.4	.456	1.0	2.6	.377	3.5	4.2	.838
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher JaVale McGee nor Brandon Roy played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	JaVale McGee	Brandon Roy
Season	2009-10	2007-08
Team	Washington Wizards	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	60	16.1	6.4	1.5	2.6	4.1	0.2	0.3	1.7	0.9	2.0	2.6	5.1	.508	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.9	.638
difference:	+14	+21.6	+12.7	+0.4	+1.0	+0.6	+5.6	+0.8	+1.5	-0.9		+4.6	+10.7	+.054	+1.0	+2.9		+2.6	+3.1	+.115
Brandon Roy	74	37.7	19.1	1.1	3.6	4.7	5.8	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.0	7.2	15.8	.454	1.0	2.9	.340	3.8	5.0	.753
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher JaVale McGee nor Brandon Roy played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	JaVale McGee	Brandon Roy
Season	2010-11	2008-09
Team	Washington Wizards	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	79	27.8	10.1	2.8	5.2	8.0	0.5	0.5	2.4	1.3	2.9	4.2	7.6	.550	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.9	.583
difference:	+1	+9.4	+12.5	+1.5	+1.8	+3.3	+4.6	+0.6	+2.1	-0.6	-1.3	+3.9	+9.3	+.070	+1.1	+2.8		+3.6	+3.6	+.241
Brandon Roy	78	37.2	22.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.1	1.1	0.3	1.9	1.6	8.1	16.9	.480	1.1	2.8	.377	5.3	6.5	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Roy	6	39.7	26.7	1.0	3.8	4.8	2.8	1.3	1.2	2.2	2.5	9.3	20.3	.459	1.3	2.8	.471	6.7	7.7	.870

Season 4
	JaVale McGee	Brandon Roy
Season	2011-12	2009-10
Team	Washington Wizards, Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	61	25.2	11.3	2.7	5.1	7.8	0.5	0.6	2.2	1.4	2.7	5.0	9.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.7	.461
difference:	+4	+12.0	+10.2	+1.6	+1.8	+3.4	+4.2	+0.3	+2.0	-0.6	-0.6	+2.6	+7.0	+.083	+1.1	+3.4		+4.0	+4.1	+.319
Brandon Roy	65	37.2	21.5	1.1	3.3	4.4	4.7	0.9	0.2	2.0	2.1	7.6	16.0	.473	1.1	3.4	.330	5.3	6.8	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	7	25.9	8.6	3.3	6.3	9.6	0.7	0.7	3.1	0.6	3.0	3.3	7.6	.434	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.7	.538
difference:	+4	+1.8	+1.1	+2.6	+4.6	+7.3	+1.0	+0.7	+3.1	-0.4	-0.7		+3.4	+.131	+0.7	+4.0		+0.3	+0.7	+.240
Brandon Roy	3	27.7	9.7	0.7	1.7	2.3	1.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.3	3.3	11.0	.303	0.7	4.0	.167	2.3	3.0	.778

Note: Brandon Roy didn't play in 2011-12.