Mike Bibby vs. Tracy McGrady Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tracy McGrady and Mike Bibby, 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.

Mike Bibby played 14 years in the NBA, 2 less than Tracy McGrady, who played 16. Mike Bibby had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Tracy McGrady had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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.

Rookie Season
	Mike Bibby	Tracy McGrady
Season	1998-99	1997-98
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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		%
Mike Bibby	50	35.2	13.2	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.5	1.6	0.1	2.9	2.4	5.2	12.1	.430	0.3	1.5	.203	2.5	3.4	.751
difference:	+14	+16.8	+6.2	+1.0	+0.5	+1.5	+5.0	+0.8	+0.9	-1.9	-1.1	+2.4	+5.9	+.020	+0.1	+0.9	+.138	+1.3	+1.7	+.039
Tracy McGrady	64	18.4	7.0	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.5	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	6.2	.450	0.2	0.6	.341	1.2	1.7	.712
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Mike Bibby nor Tracy McGrady played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Mike Bibby	Tracy McGrady
Season	2001-02	2000-01
Team	Sacramento Kings	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Finals	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Mike Bibby	80	33.2	13.7	0.5	2.3	2.8	5.0	1.1	0.2	1.7	1.7	5.6	12.3	.453	0.6	1.7	.370	1.9	2.4	.803
difference:	+3	+6.9	+13.1	+2.0	+2.7	+4.7	+0.4	+0.4	+1.3	-0.9	-0.4	+4.6	+10.1	+.004	+0.2	+0.5	+.015	+3.7	+5.2	+.070
Tracy McGrady	77	40.1	26.8	2.5	5.0	7.5	4.6	1.5	1.5	2.6	2.1	10.2	22.4	.457	0.8	2.2	.355	5.6	7.6	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	16	41.3	20.3	0.9	2.9	3.8	5.0	1.4	0.2	2.3	1.9	7.1	16.1	.444	1.6	3.7	.424	4.4	5.4	.826
difference:	+12	+3.0	+13.5	+0.6	+2.1	+2.7	+3.3	+0.4	+1.1	-0.3	-0.9	+5.7	+14.7	+.029	+1.1	+1.2	+.224	+3.4	+4.1	+.010
Tracy McGrady	4	44.3	33.8	1.5	5.0	6.5	8.3	1.8	1.3	2.0	2.8	12.8	30.8	.415	0.5	2.5	.200	7.8	9.5	.816

Season 5
	Mike Bibby	Tracy McGrady
Season	2002-03	2001-02
Team	Sacramento Kings	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Mike Bibby	55	33.4	15.9	0.6	2.1	2.7	5.2	1.3	0.1	2.3	1.7	6.0	12.7	.470	1.0	2.5	.409	2.9	3.4	.861
difference:	+21	+4.9	+9.7	+1.4	+3.8	+5.2	+0.1	+0.3	+0.9	-0.2	-0.1	+3.4	+8.2	+.019	+0.4	+1.2	+.045	+2.6	+3.9	+.113
Tracy McGrady	76	38.3	25.6	2.0	5.9	7.9	5.3	1.6	1.0	2.5	1.8	9.4	20.9	.451	1.4	3.7	.364	5.5	7.3	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	12	33.5	12.7	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.0	1.2	0.4	1.5	2.6	4.8	11.3	.422	0.9	3.3	.282	2.3	2.8	.794
difference:	+8	+11.0	+18.1	+0.8	+2.9	+3.7	+0.5	+0.7	+1.4	-1.8	-0.2	+5.7	+11.5	+.040	+0.4	+0.7	+.031	+6.2	+8.7	+.055
Tracy McGrady	4	44.5	30.8	1.5	4.8	6.3	5.5	0.5	1.8	3.3	2.8	10.5	22.8	.462	1.3	4.0	.313	8.5	11.5	.739

Season 6
	Mike Bibby	Tracy McGrady
Season	2003-04	2002-03
Team	Sacramento Kings	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Mike Bibby	82	36.3	18.4	0.8	2.6	3.4	5.4	1.4	0.2	2.1	1.8	6.4	14.3	.450	1.8	4.6	.392	3.7	4.5	.815
difference:	+7	+3.1	+13.7	+0.8	+2.3	+3.1	+0.1	+0.3	+0.6	-0.5	-0.3	+4.7	+9.9	+.007	+0.5	+1.4	+.006	+4.0	+5.2	+.022
Tracy McGrady	75	39.4	32.1	1.6	4.9	6.5	5.5	1.7	0.8	2.6	2.1	11.1	24.2	.457	2.3	6.0	.386	7.7	9.7	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	12	41.7	20.0	0.8	3.4	4.2	7.0	1.9	0.4	2.9	3.3	7.0	16.3	.429	2.0	4.6	.436	4.0	4.6	.873
difference:	+5	+2.4	+11.7	+0.6	+1.9	+2.5	+2.3	+0.1	+0.5	-0.8	-1.0	+3.6	+7.3	+.019	+0.3	+2.1	+.096	+4.3	+6.1	+.100
Tracy McGrady	7	44.1	31.7	1.4	5.3	6.7	4.7	2.0	0.9	3.7	2.3	10.6	23.6	.448	2.3	6.7	.340	8.3	10.7	.773

Season 7
	Mike Bibby	Tracy McGrady
Season	2004-05	2003-04
Team	Sacramento Kings	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Mike Bibby	80	38.6	19.6	1.0	3.2	4.2	6.8	1.6	0.4	2.5	2.4	7.0	15.8	.443	1.6	4.6	.360	4.0	5.2	.775
difference:	+13	+1.3	+8.4	+0.4	+1.4	+1.8	+1.3	+0.2	+0.2	-0.2	-0.5	+2.7	+7.6	+.026	+1.0	+3.1	+.021	+1.9	+2.3	+.021
Tracy McGrady	67	39.9	28.0	1.4	4.6	6.0	5.5	1.4	0.6	2.7	1.9	9.7	23.4	.417	2.6	7.7	.339	5.9	7.5	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	5	40.4	19.6	1.0	3.4	4.4	6.6	1.4	0.4	2.6	2.2	7.2	18.4	.391	1.0	4.6	.217	4.2	5.4	.778
Tracy McGrady	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Mike Bibby	Tracy McGrady
Season	2005-06	2004-05
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Mike Bibby	82	38.6	21.1	0.4	2.6	2.9	5.4	1.0	0.1	2.4	2.1	7.3	16.9	.432	2.3	6.1	.386	4.2	4.9	.849
difference:	+4	+2.2	+4.6	+0.5	+2.7	+3.3	+0.3	+0.7	+0.6	-0.2		+1.9	+4.4	+.001	+0.5	+0.5	+.060	+1.3	+2.2	+.075
Tracy McGrady	78	40.8	25.7	0.9	5.3	6.2	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.6	2.1	9.2	21.3	.431	1.8	5.6	.326	5.5	7.1	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	6	42.5	16.7	1.0	2.8	3.8	5.2	1.5	0.0	3.0	2.8	5.3	15.3	.348	1.5	4.3	.346	4.5	5.0	.900
difference:	+1	+0.6	+14.0	+0.7	+2.9	+3.6	+1.5	+0.1	+1.4	-0.7	-0.1	+5.8	+9.1	+.108	+0.9	+2.3	+.024	+1.5	+2.3	+.076
Tracy McGrady	7	43.1	30.7	1.7	5.7	7.4	6.7	1.6	1.4	3.7	2.9	11.1	24.4	.456	2.4	6.6	.370	6.0	7.3	.824

Season 9
	Mike Bibby	Tracy McGrady
Season	2006-07	2005-06
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Mike Bibby	82	34.0	17.1	0.5	2.7	3.2	4.7	1.1	0.1	2.4	1.7	5.7	14.2	.404	2.1	5.9	.360	3.5	4.2	.830
difference:	+35	+3.1	+7.3	+0.5	+2.9	+3.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.8	-0.2	-0.2	+3.0	+7.3	+.002	+0.5	+0.9	+.048	+1.9	+3.0	+.083
Tracy McGrady	47	37.1	24.4	1.0	5.6	6.5	4.8	1.3	0.9	2.6	1.9	8.7	21.5	.406	1.6	5.0	.312	5.4	7.2	.747
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Mike Bibby nor Tracy McGrady played in the postseason in their season 9

Season 10
	Mike Bibby	Tracy McGrady
Season	2007-08	2006-07
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	48	32.8	13.9	0.3	3.0	3.3	6.0	1.1	0.1	2.5	2.0	5.2	12.6	.411	1.9	5.2	.375	1.6	2.1	.780
difference:	+23	+3.0	+10.7	+0.5	+1.5	+2.0	+0.5	+0.2	+0.4	-0.5	-0.1	+3.8	+8.2	+.020	+0.1	+0.2	+.044	+3.3	+4.8	+.073
Tracy McGrady	71	35.8	24.6	0.8	4.5	5.3	6.5	1.3	0.5	3.0	1.9	9.0	20.8	.431	1.8	5.4	.331	4.9	6.9	.707
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	7	36.0	10.3	0.4	2.7	3.1	3.1	0.6	0.3	1.9	1.7	3.1	9.3	.338	1.0	3.4	.292	3.0	4.6	.656
difference:		+4.0	+15.0	+0.3	+2.4	+2.8	+4.2	+0.1	+0.6	-1.1		+5.9	+13.6	+.056	+0.3	+1.7	+.042	+3.0	+3.5	+.081
Tracy McGrady	7	40.0	25.3	0.7	5.1	5.9	7.3	0.7	0.9	3.0	1.7	9.0	22.9	.394	1.3	5.1	.250	6.0	8.1	.737

Season 11
	Mike Bibby	Tracy McGrady
Season	2008-09	2007-08
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	79	34.7	14.9	0.5	3.0	3.5	5.0	1.2	0.1	1.6	1.8	5.5	12.7	.435	2.1	5.4	.390	1.7	2.2	.789
difference:	+13	+2.3	+6.7	+0.1	+1.5	+1.6	+0.9	+0.2	+0.4	-0.8	-0.4	+2.8	+7.1	+.016	+0.8	+0.9	+.098	+2.0	+3.2	+.105
Tracy McGrady	66	37.0	21.6	0.6	4.5	5.1	5.9	1.0	0.5	2.4	1.4	8.3	19.8	.419	1.3	4.5	.292	3.7	5.4	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	11	35.5	13.2	0.5	2.8	3.4	4.2	0.9	0.2	2.2	3.1	4.5	9.6	.462	2.4	4.4	.542	1.9	2.0	.955
difference:	+5	+5.7	+13.8	+0.7	+4.2	+4.8	+2.6	+0.6	+0.6	-0.8	-1.8	+5.8	+14.7	+.037	+1.6	+0.4	+.334	+3.6	+6.8	+.332
Tracy McGrady	6	41.2	27.0	1.2	7.0	8.2	6.8	1.5	0.8	3.0	1.3	10.3	24.3	.425	0.8	4.0	.208	5.5	8.8	.623