Rudy Gay vs. Bobby Portis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Portis and Rudy Gay, 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.

Rudy Gay played 17 years in the NBA, 6 more than Bobby Portis, who played 11. Rudy Gay had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Bobby Portis had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
Rudy Gay	17	3	2006-07 to 2022-23
Bobby Portis	11	6	2015-16 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Rudy Gay	Bobby Portis
Season	2006-07	2015-16
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Rudy Gay	78	27.0	10.8	1.2	3.3	4.5	1.3	0.9	0.9	1.8	2.5	4.1	9.7	.422	0.7	1.8	.364	1.9	2.7	.727
difference:	+16	+9.2	+3.8	+0.8	+0.2	+0.9	+0.5	+0.5	+0.5	-0.9	-0.9	+1.1	+2.7	+.005	+0.4	+1.0	+.056	+1.1	+1.6
Bobby Portis	62	17.8	7.0	2.0	3.5	5.4	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.0	7.0	.427	0.3	0.8	.308	0.8	1.1	.727

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Bobby Portis played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Rudy Gay	Bobby Portis
Season	2007-08	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Rudy Gay	81	37.0	20.1	1.7	4.4	6.2	2.0	1.4	1.0	2.3	2.8	7.7	16.7	.461	1.7	4.8	.346	3.1	3.9	.785
difference:	+17	+21.4	+13.3	+0.5	+0.9	+1.6	+1.5	+1.1	+0.8	-1.7	-1.3	+4.8	+10.8	+.027	+1.2	+3.3	+.013	+2.5	+3.0	+.124
Bobby Portis	64	15.6	6.8	1.2	3.5	4.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.9	5.9	.488	0.5	1.5	.333	0.6	0.9	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	6	20.2	6.7	0.8	5.2	6.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.7	2.8	5.5	.515	1.0	2.2	.462	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Rudy Gay	Bobby Portis
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Rudy Gay	79	37.3	18.9	1.4	4.2	5.5	1.7	1.2	0.7	2.6	2.8	7.2	16.0	.453	1.1	3.1	.351	3.3	4.4	.767
difference:	+6	+14.8	+5.7	+0.8	+0.4	+1.3		+0.5	+0.4	-1.2	-1.0	+2.0	+4.9	+.018			+.008	+1.7	+2.3	+.002
Bobby Portis	73	22.5	13.2	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.8	5.2	11.1	.471	1.1	3.1	.359	1.6	2.1	.769

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Bobby Portis played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Rudy Gay	Bobby Portis
Season	2009-10	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards
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		%
Rudy Gay	80	39.7	19.6	1.4	4.5	5.9	1.9	1.5	0.8	2.1	2.5	7.5	16.1	.466	0.8	2.5	.327	3.8	5.0	.753
difference:	+30	+13.7	+5.4	+0.8	+1.4	+2.2	+0.5	+0.8	+0.4	-0.6	-0.4	+1.9	+3.5	+.022	+0.7	+1.3	+.066	+2.3	+3.1	+.041
Bobby Portis	50	26.0	14.2	2.2	5.9	8.1	1.4	0.7	0.4	1.5	2.9	5.6	12.6	.444	1.5	3.8	.393	1.5	1.9	.794

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Bobby Portis played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Rudy Gay	Bobby Portis
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New York Knicks
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		%
Rudy Gay	54	39.9	19.8	1.5	4.7	6.2	2.8	1.7	1.1	2.5	2.4	7.6	16.1	.471	1.1	2.7	.396	3.6	4.5	.805
difference:	+12	+18.8	+9.7	+0.3	+0.8	+1.1	+1.3	+1.2	+0.8	-1.4	-0.7	+3.6	+7.2	+.021	+0.1	+0.1	+.038	+2.5	+3.1	+.042
Bobby Portis	66	21.1	10.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.7	4.0	8.9	.450	1.0	2.8	.358	1.1	1.4	.763

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Bobby Portis played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Rudy Gay	Bobby Portis
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Rudy Gay	65	37.3	19.0	2.0	4.4	6.4	2.3	1.5	0.8	2.5	2.1	7.5	16.4	.455	0.8	2.7	.312	3.2	4.0	.791
difference:	+1	+16.5	+7.6	+0.1	+0.8	+0.7	+1.2	+0.7	+0.4	-1.7	-0.4	+2.8	+7.3	+.068	+0.3	+0.3	+.159	+2.4	+2.9	+.051
Bobby Portis	66	20.8	11.4	1.9	5.2	7.1	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.7	4.7	9.1	.523	1.1	2.4	.471	0.8	1.1	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	7	39.9	19.0	1.4	5.1	6.6	1.4	1.3	0.3	3.0	2.1	6.9	16.3	.421	0.6	2.7	.211	4.7	5.7	.825
difference:	+13	+21.6	+10.2	+0.3	+1.7	+1.6	+0.8	+0.6	+0.1	-2.5	-0.5	+3.4	+8.7	+.043	+0.3	+0.1	+.135	+3.8	+4.4	+.105
Bobby Portis	20	18.3	8.8	1.7	3.4	5.0	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.5	1.6	3.5	7.6	.464	0.9	2.6	.346	0.9	1.3	.720


Season 7
	Rudy Gay	Bobby Portis
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Rudy Gay	75	35.8	18.2	1.3	4.8	6.1	2.7	1.5	0.7	2.6	2.4	6.9	16.7	.416	1.1	3.5	.323	3.2	3.9	.814
difference:	+3	+7.6	+3.6	+1.2	+1.8	+3.0	+1.5	+0.8		-1.3		+1.1	+4.6	+.063	+0.7	+1.2	+.070	+2.0	+2.3	+.062
Bobby Portis	72	28.2	14.6	2.5	6.6	9.1	1.2	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.4	5.8	12.1	.479	1.8	4.7	.393	1.2	1.6	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	12	24.8	10.6	2.1	7.9	10.0	0.8	0.4	0.3	1.3	2.2	4.0	9.6	.417	1.2	3.9	.298	1.4	1.8	.773


Season 8
	Rudy Gay	Bobby Portis
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Toronto Raptors, Sacramento Kings	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Rudy Gay	73	34.7	20.0	1.5	4.4	6.0	2.9	1.3	0.8	3.1	2.3	7.4	16.2	.455	0.9	2.7	.330	4.4	5.3	.822
difference:	+3	+8.7	+5.9	+0.7	+3.0	+3.6	+1.4	+0.9	+0.6	-1.9	-0.7	+1.7	+4.7	+.041	+0.5	+1.0	+.040	+3.0	+3.5	+.054
Bobby Portis	70	26.0	14.1	2.2	7.4	9.6	1.5	0.4	0.2	1.2	1.6	5.7	11.5	.496	1.4	3.7	.370	1.4	1.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	5	21.4	9.6	2.0	6.2	8.2	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.8	3.0	4.0	8.2	.488	1.0	3.6	.278	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 9
	Rudy Gay	Bobby Portis
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	Sacramento Kings	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Rudy Gay	68	35.4	21.1	1.4	4.4	5.9	3.7	1.0	0.6	2.7	2.3	7.5	16.4	.455	1.2	3.2	.359	5.0	5.8	.858
difference:	+14	+10.9	+7.3	+0.3	+1.3	+1.5	+2.4	+0.2	+0.2	-1.6		+1.8	+5.2	+.053		+0.2	+.048	+3.8	+4.3	+.068
Bobby Portis	82	24.5	13.8	1.7	5.7	7.4	1.3	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.3	5.7	11.2	.508	1.2	3.0	.407	1.2	1.5	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	6	31.2	16.5	2.7	8.7	11.3	1.0	0.5	0.2	1.5	2.2	7.3	15.2	.484	0.5	2.0	.250	1.3	2.2	.615


Season 10
	Rudy Gay	Bobby Portis
Season	2015-16	2024-25
Team	Sacramento Kings	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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		%
Rudy Gay	70	34.0	17.2	1.5	5.0	6.5	1.7	1.4	0.7	2.0	2.6	6.7	14.4	.463	1.1	3.1	.344	2.8	3.6	.780
difference:	+21	+8.6	+3.3	+0.3	+1.6	+1.9	+0.4	+0.7	+0.2	-0.8	-0.7	+1.0	+2.3	+.003	+0.2	+0.5	+.021	+1.6	+2.1	+.056
Bobby Portis	49	25.4	13.9	1.8	6.6	8.4	2.1	0.7	0.5	1.2	1.9	5.7	12.1	.466	1.3	3.6	.365	1.2	1.5	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	5	31.6	14.0	1.6	6.6	8.2	1.4	0.4	0.4	1.2	1.6	6.0	13.6	.441	2.0	5.6	.357	0.0	0.2	.000


Season 11
	Rudy Gay	Bobby Portis
Season	2016-17	2025-26
Team	Sacramento Kings	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Rudy Gay	30	33.8	18.7	1.2	5.2	6.3	2.8	1.5	0.9	2.5	2.6	6.7	14.7	.455	1.4	3.8	.372	3.9	4.6	.855
difference:	+29	+16.8	+16.7	+0.2	+0.2	+0.3	+1.8	+1.5	+0.9	-2.5	-2.6	+5.7	+8.7	+.288	+1.4	+3.8		+3.9	+4.6
Bobby Portis	1	17.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	6.0	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Bobby Portis played in the postseason in their season 11

Additional Years

* Rudy Gay played 6 seasons more than Bobby Portis in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 12 to 17, from 2018 to 2023—Rudy Gay played in two Playoffs.

Rudy Gay vs. Bobby Portis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Portis and Rudy Gay, 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

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years