Malik Beasley vs. Eric Gordon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eric Gordon and Malik Beasley, 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.

Malik Beasley played 9 years in the NBA, 9 less than Eric Gordon, who played 18. Malik Beasley had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Eric Gordon had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Malik Beasley	9	5	2016-17 to 2024-25
Eric Gordon	18	7	2008-09 to 2025-26

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


Rookie Season
	Malik Beasley	Eric Gordon
Season	2016-17	2008-09
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Malik Beasley	22	7.5	3.8	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.5	3.3	.452	0.4	1.3	.321	0.4	0.5	.800
difference:	+56	+26.8	+12.3	+0.4	+1.5	+1.8	+2.3	+0.7	+0.4	-1.7	-1.7	+3.8	+8.3	+.004	+1.3	+3.0	+.068	+3.4	+4.0	+.054
Eric Gordon	78	34.3	16.1	0.6	2.0	2.6	2.8	1.0	0.4	2.1	2.2	5.3	11.6	.456	1.7	4.3	.389	3.8	4.5	.854

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Malik Beasley nor Eric Gordon played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Malik Beasley	Eric Gordon
Season	2017-18	2009-10
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Malik Beasley	62	9.4	3.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.9	.410	0.5	1.3	.341	0.4	0.5	.667
difference:		+26.6	+13.7	+0.2	+1.3	+1.5	+2.5	+0.9	+0.1	-1.9	-0.9	+4.5	+9.7	+.039	+1.4	+3.9	+.030	+3.2	+4.3	+.075
Eric Gordon	62	36.0	16.9	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	1.1	0.2	2.3	1.5	5.7	12.6	.449	1.9	5.2	.371	3.6	4.8	.742

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Malik Beasley nor Eric Gordon played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Malik Beasley	Eric Gordon
Season	2018-19	2010-11
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Malik Beasley	81	23.2	11.3	0.4	2.0	2.5	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.4	4.3	9.1	.474	2.0	5.0	.402	0.7	0.8	.848
difference:	+25	+14.5	+11.0	+0.4	+0.1	+0.4	+3.2	+0.6	+0.2	-2.0	-0.7	+3.3	+7.8	+.024	+0.1	+0.2	+.038	+4.4	+5.4	+.023
Eric Gordon	56	37.7	22.3	0.8	2.1	2.9	4.4	1.3	0.3	2.7	2.1	7.6	16.9	.450	1.9	5.2	.364	5.1	6.2	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	14	20.1	8.1	0.8	2.6	3.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.4	2.6	6.6	.387	1.4	3.4	.404	1.6	2.2	.710
Eric Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Malik Beasley	Eric Gordon
Season	2019-20	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Malik Beasley	55	22.0	11.2	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.4	4.1	9.7	.425	1.9	5.0	.388	1.0	1.2	.818
difference:	+46	+12.4	+9.4	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+2.0	+0.7	+0.3	-1.7	-0.8	+2.9	+5.9	+.025	+0.8	+0.6	+.138	+4.4	+6.0	+.064
Eric Gordon	9	34.4	20.6	0.2	2.6	2.8	3.4	1.4	0.4	2.7	2.2	7.0	15.6	.450	1.1	4.4	.250	5.4	7.2	.754

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Malik Beasley nor Eric Gordon played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Malik Beasley	Eric Gordon
Season	2020-21	2012-13
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	37	32.8	19.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	1.6	1.7	7.1	16.2	.440	3.5	8.7	.399	1.8	2.2	.850
difference:	+5	+2.7	+2.6	+0.6	+2.0	+2.6	+0.9	+0.3		-1.2	-0.1	+1.5	+2.3	+.038	+2.2	+4.6	+.075	+2.7	+3.1	+.008
Eric Gordon	42	30.1	17.0	0.2	1.6	1.8	3.3	1.1	0.2	2.8	1.8	5.6	13.9	.402	1.3	4.1	.324	4.5	5.3	.842

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Malik Beasley nor Eric Gordon played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Malik Beasley	Eric Gordon
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	79	25.0	12.1	0.3	2.5	2.9	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.1	4.2	10.8	.391	3.0	8.1	.377	0.6	0.8	.817
difference:	+15	+7.1	+3.3	+0.2	+0.4	+0.3	+1.8	+0.7		-1.6	-0.7	+1.4	+2.0	+.045	+1.4	+4.1	+.014	+2.1	+2.7	+.032
Eric Gordon	64	32.1	15.4	0.5	2.1	2.6	3.3	1.2	0.2	2.1	1.8	5.6	12.8	.436	1.6	4.0	.391	2.7	3.5	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	19.8	8.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.5	3.2	7.3	.432	1.3	4.2	.320	0.8	1.0	.833
Eric Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Malik Beasley	Eric Gordon
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	81	25.8	12.7	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.5	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.3	4.6	11.6	.395	2.9	8.1	.357	0.6	0.8	.769
difference:	+20	+7.3	+0.7	+0.1	+1.0	+0.9	+2.3		+0.1	-0.9	-1.1	+0.1	+0.2	+.016	+0.6	+2.9	+.091	+1.2	+1.4	+.036
Eric Gordon	61	33.1	13.4	0.5	2.1	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.0	2.4	4.7	11.4	.411	2.3	5.2	.448	1.8	2.2	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	11	8.3	3.0	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.9	3.1	.294	0.6	2.4	.269	0.5	0.5	1.000
difference:	+7	+27.5	+15.5	+0.2	+1.3	+1.6	+3.6	+0.4	+0.5	-2.3	-2.3	+6.1	+12.7	+.150	+2.7	+5.6	+.137	+0.8	+1.0	+.167
Eric Gordon	4	35.8	18.5	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.8	0.5	0.5	2.5	2.8	7.0	15.8	.444	3.3	8.0	.406	1.3	1.5	.833


Season 8
	Malik Beasley	Eric Gordon
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	79	29.6	11.3	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.7	2.0	4.1	9.1	.443	2.8	6.9	.413	0.3	0.4	.714
difference:	+34	+3.3	+3.9	+0.3	+1.2	+1.5	+1.3	+0.3	+0.2	-0.9	-0.2	+1.0	+3.2	+.025	+0.3	+0.4	+.029	+2.2	+2.4	+.174
Eric Gordon	45	32.9	15.2	0.2	2.0	2.2	2.7	1.0	0.3	1.6	2.2	5.1	12.3	.418	2.5	6.5	.384	2.5	2.8	.888

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	21.8	8.8	0.2	2.3	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.5	1.5	3.5	6.8	.512	1.8	4.2	.440	0.0	0.0	-
Eric Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Malik Beasley	Eric Gordon
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	82	27.8	16.3	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.5	5.6	13.1	.430	3.9	9.3	.416	1.2	1.7	.679
difference:	+7	+3.2	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+0.8	+0.3	+0.4	-0.6	-0.5	+0.1	+0.4	+.024	+0.6	+0.5	+.044	+0.8	+0.6	+.161
Eric Gordon	75	31.0	16.2	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.5	0.6	0.5	1.6	2.0	5.5	13.5	.406	3.3	8.8	.372	2.0	2.3	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	27.2	14.0	0.2	2.3	2.5	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.2	1.7	4.7	12.5	.373	3.3	9.8	.339	1.3	1.3	1.000
difference:	+5	+5.3	+1.1	+0.3	+1.2	+1.4	+0.8	+0.2	+0.3	-0.1	-0.1	+0.1	+1.5	+.048	+0.8	+3.4	+.047	+0.1	+0.3	+.278
Eric Gordon	11	32.5	12.9	0.5	3.5	3.9	2.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	4.6	11.0	.421	2.5	6.4	.386	1.2	1.6	.722

Additional Years

* Eric Gordon played 9 seasons more than Malik Beasley in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 10 to 18, from 2018 to 2026—Eric Gordon played in 5 Playoffs.

Malik Beasley vs. Eric Gordon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eric Gordon and Malik Beasley, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years