Rory Sparrow vs. Nick Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Young and Rory Sparrow, 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.

Rory Sparrow and Nick Young both played 12 years in the NBA. Rory Sparrow had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, while Nick Young had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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
Rory Sparrow	12	5	1980-81 to 1991-92
Nick Young	12	3	2007-08 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rory Sparrow	Nick Young
Season	1980-81	2007-08
Team	New Jersey Nets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards 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		%
Rory Sparrow	15	14.1	3.7	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.1	0.9	0.2	1.2	1.0	1.5	4.2	.349	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.750
Nick Young	75	15.4	7.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.7	2.8	6.4	.439	0.5	1.3	.400	1.3	1.7	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	4	4.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	.111	0.0	0.5	.000	0.8	1.0	.750


Season 2
	Rory Sparrow	Nick Young
Season	1981-82	2008-09
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Rory Sparrow	82	31.8	10.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	5.2	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.9	4.5	8.9	.501	0.0	0.2	.067	1.5	1.8	.838
Nick Young	82	22.4	10.9	0.4	1.5	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.7	4.1	9.2	.444	0.7	2.0	.341	2.0	2.4	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	2	34.5	7.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.5	1.0	0.0	3.5	3.5	2.5	6.0	.417	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Rory Sparrow	Nick Young
Season	1982-83	2009-10
Team	Atlanta Hawks, New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Rory Sparrow	81	30.0	11.6	0.8	2.1	2.8	4.9	1.3	0.1	2.4	3.1	4.8	10.0	.484	0.1	0.3	.227	1.8	2.5	.739
Nick Young	74	19.2	8.6	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.8	2.0	3.1	7.5	.418	0.9	2.3	.406	1.4	1.8	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	6	33.7	13.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	7.0	1.2	0.0	2.2	3.0	5.0	11.8	.423	0.2	0.8	.200	2.8	3.5	.810
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Rory Sparrow	Nick Young
Season	1983-84	2010-11
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Rory Sparrow	79	30.8	10.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	6.8	1.3	0.1	2.7	2.9	4.4	9.3	.474	0.1	0.5	.256	1.4	1.7	.824
Nick Young	64	31.8	17.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.3	6.4	14.6	.441	1.6	4.2	.387	2.9	3.6	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	12	32.4	11.2	0.8	1.3	2.2	7.2	1.0	0.1	2.5	3.4	4.5	10.1	.446	0.2	0.5	.333	2.0	2.5	.800
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Rory Sparrow	Nick Young
Season	1984-85	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Rory Sparrow	79	29.0	9.9	0.5	1.7	2.1	7.1	1.0	0.1	1.9	2.5	4.1	8.4	.492	0.1	0.4	.226	1.5	1.8	.865
Nick Young	62	27.9	14.2	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.3	5.1	12.6	.403	1.7	4.5	.365	2.3	2.7	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	11	18.2	8.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.8	2.6	6.1	.433	1.5	3.0	.515	1.5	1.6	.889


Season 6
	Rory Sparrow	Nick Young
Season	1985-86	2012-13
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Rory Sparrow	74	31.7	10.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	6.4	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.5	4.7	9.8	.477	0.1	0.3	.250	1.4	1.7	.795
Nick Young	59	23.9	10.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.4	3.8	9.2	.413	1.3	3.6	.357	1.8	2.2	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Rory Sparrow	Nick Young
Season	1986-87	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Rory Sparrow	80	24.4	7.6	0.4	1.1	1.4	5.4	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.0	3.3	7.4	.446	0.1	0.5	.262	0.9	1.1	.798
Nick Young	64	28.3	17.9	0.5	2.1	2.6	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.4	6.0	13.9	.435	2.1	5.5	.386	3.7	4.5	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Rory Sparrow	Nick Young
Season	1987-88	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Rory Sparrow	58	18.0	4.5	0.3	1.0	1.2	2.9	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.4	2.0	5.1	.399	0.0	0.2	.154	0.4	0.6	.727
Nick Young	42	23.8	13.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.0	4.1	11.3	.366	2.0	5.4	.369	3.1	3.5	.892

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	7	15.1	3.7	0.0	0.4	0.4	2.6	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.6	1.4	4.6	.313	0.3	0.6	.500	0.6	0.9	.667
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Rory Sparrow	Nick Young
Season	1988-89	2015-16
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Rory Sparrow	80	32.7	12.5	0.7	2.0	2.7	5.4	1.3	0.2	2.6	2.1	5.6	12.3	.452	0.2	0.9	.243	1.2	1.3	.879
Nick Young	54	19.1	7.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.9	2.3	6.9	.339	1.4	4.4	.325	1.2	1.4	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Rory Sparrow	Nick Young
Season	1989-90	2016-17
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Rory Sparrow	82	21.4	5.9	0.5	1.2	1.7	3.6	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.7	2.6	6.2	.412	0.1	0.5	.200	0.7	0.9	.766
Nick Young	60	25.9	13.2	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	2.3	4.5	10.6	.430	2.8	7.0	.404	1.3	1.5	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Rory Sparrow	Nick Young
Season	1990-91	2017-18
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Rory Sparrow	80	29.7	10.4	0.6	1.8	2.3	4.5	1.0	0.2	1.6	2.4	4.6	9.5	.491	0.4	1.0	.397	0.7	1.0	.699
Nick Young	80	17.4	7.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.3	2.5	6.1	.412	1.5	4.1	.377	0.7	0.8	.862

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	20	10.3	2.6	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.7	.302	0.7	2.4	.298	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 12
	Rory Sparrow	Nick Young
Season	1991-92	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Rory Sparrow	46	10.6	2.8	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.2	1.3	3.3	.384	0.1	0.3	.200	0.2	0.3	.615
Nick Young	4	9.3	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.8	2.3	.333	0.8	2.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rory Sparrow	3	5.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rory Sparrow vs. Nick Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Young and Rory Sparrow, 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

Season 11

Season 12