Kelvin Cato vs. Aaron Gordon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Aaron Gordon and Kelvin Cato, 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.

Kelvin Cato and Aaron Gordon both played 10 years in the NBA. Kelvin Cato had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Aaron Gordon had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
Kelvin Cato	10	4	1997-98 to 2006-07
Aaron Gordon	10	5	2014-15 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kelvin Cato	Aaron Gordon
Season	1997-98	2014-15
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Kelvin Cato	74	13.6	3.8	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.3	0.4	1.3	0.6	2.2	1.3	3.1	.428	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.688
Aaron Gordon	47	17.0	5.2	1.0	2.6	3.6	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.0	4.4	.447	0.3	1.0	.271	0.9	1.3	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelvin Cato	4	14.5	6.5	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.3	1.8	1.0	3.0	2.3	4.3	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.8	.727
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kelvin Cato	Aaron Gordon
Season	1998-99	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 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		%
Kelvin Cato	43	12.7	3.5	1.1	2.3	3.5	0.4	0.5	1.3	0.6	2.3	1.3	3.0	.450	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.8	1.6	.507
Aaron Gordon	78	23.9	9.2	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.6	0.8	0.7	0.8	2.0	3.5	7.4	.473	0.5	1.8	.296	1.7	2.5	.668

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelvin Cato	8	5.4	0.8	0.8	0.1	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.6	0.1	1.1	.111	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.3	.400
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kelvin Cato	Aaron Gordon
Season	1999-00	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
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		%
Kelvin Cato	65	24.3	8.7	1.6	4.4	6.0	0.4	0.5	1.9	1.1	2.7	3.3	6.2	.537	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.2	.649
Aaron Gordon	80	28.7	12.7	1.5	3.6	5.1	1.9	0.8	0.5	1.1	2.2	4.9	10.8	.454	1.0	3.3	.288	2.0	2.7	.719

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelvin Cato	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Kelvin Cato	Aaron Gordon
Season	2000-01	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
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		%
Kelvin Cato	35	17.8	4.7	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.3	0.4	0.9	0.7	2.5	1.8	3.2	.577	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.6	.649
Aaron Gordon	58	32.9	17.6	1.5	6.4	7.9	2.3	1.0	0.8	1.8	1.9	6.5	14.9	.434	2.0	5.9	.336	2.7	3.9	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelvin Cato	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kelvin Cato	Aaron Gordon
Season	2001-02	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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		%
Kelvin Cato	75	25.6	6.6	2.3	4.7	7.0	0.4	0.5	1.3	0.7	2.8	2.5	4.3	.583	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.6	.582
Aaron Gordon	78	33.8	16.0	1.7	5.7	7.4	3.7	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.2	6.0	13.4	.449	1.6	4.4	.349	2.4	3.2	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelvin Cato	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Gordon	5	32.8	15.2	2.2	5.0	7.2	3.6	1.2	0.2	2.6	3.2	5.8	12.4	.468	1.6	4.0	.400	2.0	3.8	.526


Season 6
	Kelvin Cato	Aaron Gordon
Season	2002-03	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
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		%
Kelvin Cato	73	17.1	4.5	1.8	4.1	5.9	0.3	0.5	1.2	0.8	2.4	1.8	3.5	.520	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.7	.532
Aaron Gordon	62	32.5	14.4	1.7	5.9	7.7	3.7	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.0	5.4	12.4	.437	1.2	3.8	.308	2.4	3.6	.674

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelvin Cato	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Kelvin Cato	Aaron Gordon
Season	2003-04	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Kelvin Cato	69	25.3	6.1	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.0	0.8	1.4	1.2	2.9	2.3	5.2	.447	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.676
Aaron Gordon	50	27.7	12.4	1.5	4.1	5.7	3.2	0.7	0.7	1.9	1.8	4.6	10.0	.463	1.2	3.5	.335	1.9	3.0	.651

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelvin Cato	5	29.2	5.8	2.8	4.0	6.8	0.4	1.0	0.8	1.0	3.6	2.6	4.4	.591	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.4	.429
Aaron Gordon	10	29.9	11.1	2.1	3.3	5.4	2.0	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.3	4.3	9.9	.434	0.9	2.3	.391	1.6	2.5	.640


Season 8
	Kelvin Cato	Aaron Gordon
Season	2004-05	2021-22
Team	Orlando Magic	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Kelvin Cato	62	24.6	7.0	1.6	5.1	6.7	0.6	0.9	1.3	1.0	2.7	2.6	4.8	.539	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.3	.783
Aaron Gordon	75	31.7	15.0	1.7	4.2	5.9	2.5	0.6	0.6	1.8	2.0	5.8	11.1	.520	1.2	3.5	.335	2.3	3.1	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelvin Cato	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Gordon	5	32.0	13.8	3.6	3.6	7.2	2.6	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	4.6	10.8	.426	0.6	3.0	.200	4.0	5.6	.714


Season 9
	Kelvin Cato	Aaron Gordon
Season	2005-06	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Kelvin Cato	27	12.3	3.6	0.7	1.9	2.6	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.7	1.9	1.3	3.1	.429	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.743
Aaron Gordon	68	30.2	16.3	2.4	4.1	6.6	3.0	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.9	6.3	11.2	.564	0.9	2.5	.347	2.8	4.6	.608

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelvin Cato	4	3.8	1.5	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Aaron Gordon	20	35.7	13.3	2.5	3.6	6.0	2.6	0.6	0.7	1.0	2.9	5.1	9.8	.518	0.9	2.3	.391	2.3	3.5	.652


Season 10
	Kelvin Cato	Aaron Gordon
Season	2006-07	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelvin Cato	18	5.3	1.2	0.7	1.1	1.7	0.0	0.2	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.4	1.2	.318	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.667
Aaron Gordon	73	31.5	13.9	2.4	4.1	6.5	3.5	0.8	0.6	1.4	1.9	5.5	9.8	.556	0.5	1.9	.290	2.4	3.7	.658

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kelvin Cato	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Gordon	11	36.5	15.3	2.9	4.6	7.5	4.6	0.9	0.5	1.5	2.1	6.1	10.3	.593	1.0	2.5	.407	2.1	2.5	.821

Kelvin Cato vs. Aaron Gordon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Aaron Gordon and Kelvin Cato, 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