Mike McGee vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and Mike McGee, 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 McGee played 9 years in the NBA, 3 more than Trae Young, who played 6. Mike McGee had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
	Mike McGee	Trae Young
Season	1981-82	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mike McGee	39	9.0	4.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.5	2.1	4.4	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.4	.585
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike McGee	4	2.5	3.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.5	3.3	.462	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Mike McGee	Trae Young
Season	1982-83	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Mike McGee	39	9.8	4.0	0.8	0.5	1.4	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.3	1.8	4.2	.423	0.0	0.2	.143	0.4	0.6	.739
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike McGee	6	4.2	2.0	0.8	0.3	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.8	0.7	1.8	.364	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.5	0.7	.750
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Mike McGee	Trae Young
Season	1984-85	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
Mike McGee	76	15.4	10.2	1.3	0.9	2.2	0.9	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.9	4.3	8.1	.538	0.3	0.8	.361	1.2	2.1	.588
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike McGee	17	15.3	11.2	1.2	0.9	2.1	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.5	4.5	8.4	.535	0.5	1.1	.500	1.7	2.5	.690
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788

Season 6
	Mike McGee	Trae Young
Season	1986-87	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Mike McGee	76	18.7	10.4	0.9	1.2	2.1	2.0	0.8	0.0	1.4	2.1	4.1	8.9	.459	1.1	3.0	.376	1.1	1.8	.584
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike McGee	8	12.6	3.4	1.1	1.4	2.5	1.9	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.3	4.9	.256	0.3	1.8	.143	0.6	1.3	.500
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-