Jeff Green vs. George Yardley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Yardley and Jeff Green, 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.

Jeff Green played 16 years in the NBA, 9 more than George Yardley, who played 7. Jeff Green had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while George Yardley had his rookie season in 1953-54. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jeff Green	George Yardley
Season	2007-08	1953-54
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	80	28.2	10.5	1.3	3.5	4.7	1.5	0.6	0.6	2.0	2.5	4.0	9.4	.427	0.3	1.0	.276	2.2	3.0	.744
George Yardley	63	23.6	9.0	-	-	6.5	1.6	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	7.8	.425	-	-	-	2.3	3.3	.712
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Yardley	4	26.8	10.5	-	-	6.0	0.8	-	-	-	2.5	4.0	8.3	.485	-	-	-	2.5	3.0	.833

Season 2
	Jeff Green	George Yardley
Season	2008-09	1954-55
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Jeff Green	78	36.8	16.5	1.5	5.1	6.7	2.0	1.0	0.4	2.2	2.6	6.1	13.7	.446	1.2	3.2	.389	3.1	3.9	.788
George Yardley	60	35.8	17.3	-	-	9.9	2.1	-	-	-	3.4	6.1	14.5	.418	-	-	-	5.2	6.9	.745
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Yardley	11	38.2	15.8	-	-	9.0	3.3	-	-	-	3.4	5.2	13.0	.399	-	-	-	5.5	7.2	.759

Season 3
	Jeff Green	George Yardley
Season	2009-10	1955-56
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Jeff Green	82	37.1	15.1	1.4	4.6	6.0	1.6	1.3	0.9	1.6	2.7	5.9	13.0	.453	1.3	3.8	.333	2.0	2.7	.740
George Yardley	71	33.1	17.4	-	-	9.7	2.2	-	-	-	3.0	6.1	15.0	.407	-	-	-	5.1	6.9	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	6	37.3	11.8	1.0	3.7	4.7	1.7	0.7	0.5	1.0	2.7	3.8	11.7	.329	1.3	4.5	.296	2.8	3.3	.850
George Yardley	10	40.6	23.0	-	-	13.9	2.6	-	-	-	2.5	7.7	18.3	.421	-	-	-	7.6	9.8	.776

Season 4
	Jeff Green	George Yardley
Season	2010-11	1956-57
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Boston Celtics	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons 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		%
Jeff Green	75	32.4	13.3	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.4	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.8	4.9	10.9	.449	0.9	2.8	.303	2.6	3.3	.811
George Yardley	72	37.4	21.5	-	-	10.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.2	7.3	17.7	.410	-	-	-	7.0	8.9	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	9	19.2	7.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.2	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.2	2.6	5.9	.434	0.8	1.8	.438	1.4	2.0	.722
George Yardley	2	42.5	28.5	-	-	9.5	4.0	-	-	-	3.5	12.0	26.5	.453	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.818

Note: Jeff Green didn't play in 2011-12.

Season 5
	Jeff Green	George Yardley
Season	2012-13	1957-58
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Jeff Green	81	27.8	12.8	0.7	3.2	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.8	1.6	2.2	4.6	10.0	.467	0.9	2.2	.385	2.6	3.3	.808
George Yardley	72	39.5	27.8	-	-	10.7	1.3	-	-	-	3.1	9.3	22.6	.414	-	-	-	9.1	11.2	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	6	43.0	20.3	1.0	4.3	5.3	2.3	0.3	0.7	3.2	3.7	6.2	14.2	.435	1.7	3.7	.455	6.3	7.5	.844
George Yardley	7	36.3	23.4	-	-	10.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	7.4	18.1	.409	-	-	-	8.6	9.6	.896

Season 6
	Jeff Green	George Yardley
Season	2013-14	1958-59
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons, Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals 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		%
Jeff Green	82	34.2	16.9	0.7	4.0	4.6	1.7	0.7	0.6	2.0	2.2	5.9	14.3	.412	1.6	4.8	.341	3.5	4.3	.795
George Yardley	61	30.1	19.8	-	-	7.1	1.1	-	-	-	2.6	7.3	17.1	.428	-	-	-	5.2	6.7	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Yardley	9	37.0	25.1	-	-	9.7	2.3	-	-	-	3.2	9.2	21.0	.439	-	-	-	6.7	7.8	.857

Season 7
	Jeff Green	George Yardley
Season	2014-15	1959-60
Team	Boston Celtics, Memphis Grizzlies	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Nationals Lost East 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		%
Jeff Green	78	31.5	15.0	0.8	3.4	4.2	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.9	5.3	12.4	.430	1.2	3.7	.332	3.1	3.7	.833
George Yardley	73	32.9	20.2	-	-	7.9	1.7	-	-	-	3.1	7.5	16.5	.453	-	-	-	5.2	6.4	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	11	27.1	8.9	0.8	3.9	4.7	1.7	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.6	3.3	9.8	.333	0.4	1.6	.222	2.0	2.4	.846
George Yardley	3	29.3	13.3	-	-	5.7	0.3	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	13.0	.385	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.833

Season 15
	Jeff Green	George Yardley
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jeff Green	56	19.5	7.8	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.2	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.8	2.9	5.9	.488	0.5	1.9	.288	1.6	2.1	.744
George Yardley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Green	20	17.2	4.1	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.5	2.2	1.4	3.1	.452	0.5	1.4	.321	0.9	1.0	.895
George Yardley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-