Joe Caldwell vs. Rudy Gay Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gay and Joe Caldwell, 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.

Joe Caldwell played 6 years in the NBA, 11 less than Rudy Gay, who played 17. Joe Caldwell had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while Rudy Gay 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 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
	Joe Caldwell	Rudy Gay
Season	1964-65	2006-07
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Joe Caldwell	66	23.4	10.7	-	-	6.7	1.8	-	-	-	2.6	4.4	11.8	.374	-	-	-	2.0	3.2	.614
Rudy Gay	78	27.0	10.8	1.2	3.3	4.5	1.3	0.9	0.9	1.8	2.5	4.1	9.7	.422	0.7	1.8	.364	1.9	2.7	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Caldwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Joe Caldwell	Rudy Gay
Season	1968-69	2010-11
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Joe Caldwell	81	33.6	15.8	-	-	3.7	4.0	-	-	-	2.9	6.9	13.7	.507	-	-	-	2.0	3.7	.537
Rudy Gay	54	39.9	19.8	1.5	4.7	6.2	2.8	1.7	1.1	2.5	2.4	7.6	16.1	.471	1.1	2.7	.396	3.6	4.5	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Caldwell	11	36.7	14.7	-	-	5.0	3.4	-	-	-	3.6	5.9	12.2	.485	-	-	-	2.9	6.3	.464
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Joe Caldwell	Rudy Gay
Season	1969-70	2011-12
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Joe Caldwell	82	34.8	21.1	-	-	5.0	3.5	-	-	-	3.1	8.2	16.2	.507	-	-	-	4.6	6.7	.688
Rudy Gay	65	37.3	19.0	2.0	4.4	6.4	2.3	1.5	0.8	2.5	2.1	7.5	16.4	.455	0.8	2.7	.312	3.2	4.0	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Caldwell	9	43.7	25.0	-	-	5.0	4.2	-	-	-	3.8	10.3	22.0	.470	-	-	-	4.3	6.7	.650
Rudy Gay	7	39.9	19.0	1.4	5.1	6.6	1.4	1.3	0.3	3.0	2.1	6.9	16.3	.421	0.6	2.7	.211	4.7	5.7	.825