Melvin Ely vs. Aaron Gordon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Aaron Gordon and Melvin Ely, 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.

Melvin Ely played 9 years in the NBA, 1 less than Aaron Gordon, who played 10. Melvin Ely had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, 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
Melvin Ely	9	1	2002-03 to 2013-14
Aaron Gordon	10	5	2014-15 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Melvin Ely	Aaron Gordon
Season	2002-03	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	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		%
Melvin Ely	52	15.4	4.5	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.0	1.8	1.8	3.6	.495	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.703
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		%
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Melvin Ely	Aaron Gordon
Season	2003-04	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	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		%
Melvin Ely	42	12.1	3.7	1.1	1.3	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.6	1.6	3.6	.431	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.0	.595
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		%
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Melvin Ely	Aaron Gordon
Season	2004-05	2016-17
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	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		%
Melvin Ely	79	20.9	7.3	1.8	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.5	2.9	6.7	.432	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.7	.575
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		%
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Melvin Ely	Aaron Gordon
Season	2005-06	2017-18
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	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		%
Melvin Ely	57	23.6	9.8	1.6	3.2	4.9	1.3	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.8	3.8	7.5	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.4	.667
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		%
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Melvin Ely	Aaron Gordon
Season	2006-07	2018-19
Team	Charlotte Bobcats, San Antonio Spurs	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Melvin Ely	30	10.3	3.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.9	1.7	1.0	2.7	.363	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.660
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		%
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Melvin Ely	Aaron Gordon
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Melvin Ely	52	11.9	3.9	0.5	2.3	2.8	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.8	1.5	1.6	3.5	.472	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.1	.552
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		%
Melvin Ely	7	8.4	2.1	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.9	0.6	2.1	.267	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.700
Aaron Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Melvin Ely	Aaron Gordon
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Melvin Ely	31	12.0	3.1	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.7	1.9	1.2	3.1	.389	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.2	.639
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		%
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Melvin Ely didn't play in 2009-10.


Season 8
	Melvin Ely	Aaron Gordon
Season	2010-11	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	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		%
Melvin Ely	30	12.2	2.3	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.5	1.7	0.9	1.7	.549	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.619
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		%
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Melvin Ely didn't play in 2011-12 and 2012-13.


Season 9
	Melvin Ely	Aaron Gordon
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Melvin Ely	2	13.5	3.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.5	1.5	3.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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		%
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Melvin Ely	Aaron Gordon
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Melvin Ely	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Melvin Ely vs. Aaron Gordon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Aaron Gordon and Melvin Ely, 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