Rudy Gay vs. Jim Paxson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jim Paxson 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

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 Jim Paxson, who played 11. Rudy Gay had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Jim Paxson had his rookie season in 1979-80. 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
Rudy Gay	17	3	2006-07 to 2022-23
Jim Paxson	11	9	1979-80 to 1989-90

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Rudy Gay	Jim Paxson
Season	2006-07	1979-80
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Jim Paxson	72	17.6	6.2	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.0	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.3	2.6	6.4	.411	0.0	0.3	.045	0.9	1.3	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Paxson	3	14.7	5.3	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.7	1.7	5.3	.313	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 2
	Rudy Gay	Jim Paxson
Season	2007-08	1980-81
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Jim Paxson	79	34.2	17.1	0.9	1.7	2.7	3.8	1.8	0.1	1.7	2.2	7.4	13.8	.536	0.0	0.4	.067	2.3	3.1	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Paxson	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Rudy Gay	Jim Paxson
Season	2008-09	1981-82
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Portland Trail Blazers
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		%
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
Jim Paxson	82	33.6	18.9	0.9	1.8	2.7	3.4	1.6	0.1	1.8	1.9	8.1	15.3	.526	0.1	0.4	.229	2.7	3.5	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Rudy Gay	Jim Paxson
Season	2009-10	1982-83
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Jim Paxson	81	33.8	21.7	0.8	1.3	2.1	2.9	1.7	0.2	1.9	2.0	8.4	16.3	.515	0.0	0.3	.160	4.8	5.9	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Paxson	7	37.1	23.3	0.6	1.6	2.1	2.6	1.3	0.1	2.1	1.6	9.7	16.6	.586	0.3	0.6	.500	3.6	4.7	.758


Season 5
	Rudy Gay	Jim Paxson
Season	2010-11	1983-84
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Jim Paxson	81	33.2	21.3	0.8	1.3	2.1	3.1	1.5	0.1	1.8	2.0	8.4	16.3	.514	0.2	0.7	.288	4.3	5.1	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Paxson	5	34.4	22.8	2.2	1.6	3.8	2.4	0.4	0.0	1.8	2.6	8.0	15.6	.513	0.2	1.0	.200	6.6	8.0	.825


Season 6
	Rudy Gay	Jim Paxson
Season	2011-12	1984-85
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Jim Paxson	68	33.1	17.9	1.0	2.3	3.3	3.9	1.5	0.1	1.6	1.7	7.5	14.5	.514	0.1	0.6	.154	2.9	3.6	.790

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
Jim Paxson	9	23.6	12.9	0.7	1.6	2.2	2.3	0.7	0.0	0.6	1.8	5.2	11.2	.465	0.3	1.1	.300	2.1	2.7	.792


Season 7
	Rudy Gay	Jim Paxson
Season	2012-13	1985-86
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Jim Paxson	75	25.7	13.1	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.7	1.3	0.1	1.5	2.1	5.0	10.6	.470	0.3	0.8	.323	2.9	3.3	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Paxson	4	17.8	10.5	0.3	0.8	1.0	3.8	0.8	0.0	1.5	3.0	3.5	9.3	.378	0.5	1.5	.333	3.0	3.8	.800


Season 8
	Rudy Gay	Jim Paxson
Season	2013-14	1986-87
Team	Toronto Raptors, Sacramento Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Jim Paxson	72	25.0	12.1	0.6	1.4	1.9	3.3	1.1	0.2	1.5	1.9	4.7	10.2	.460	0.4	1.4	.265	2.4	3.0	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Paxson	4	23.5	8.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	3.3	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.3	8.0	.406	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	2.3	.889


Season 9
	Rudy Gay	Jim Paxson
Season	2014-15	1987-88
Team	Sacramento Kings	Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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
Jim Paxson	45	17.8	7.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.6	3.0	6.6	.460	0.1	0.5	.238	1.5	1.8	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Paxson	15	12.5	3.3	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.2	1.1	3.9	.288	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.3	.800


Season 10
	Rudy Gay	Jim Paxson
Season	2015-16	1988-89
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
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		%
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
Jim Paxson	57	20.0	8.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.7	3.5	7.8	.454	0.1	0.4	.167	1.5	1.8	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Rudy Gay	Jim Paxson
Season	2016-17	1989-90
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
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
Jim Paxson	72	17.8	6.4	0.3	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.6	2.7	5.9	.453	0.1	0.3	.250	1.0	1.3	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Paxson	5	12.4	3.8	0.0	0.0	0	1.4	1.0	0.0	0.6	0.2	1.6	3.2	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	0.8	.750


Season 12
	Rudy Gay	Jim Paxson
Season	2017-18	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Rudy Gay	57	21.6	11.5	1.3	3.8	5.1	1.3	0.8	0.7	1.4	1.7	4.4	9.4	.471	0.6	2.1	.314	2.0	2.5	.772
Jim Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	5	32.0	12.2	1.8	3.8	5.6	2.2	1.6	0.2	1.2	3.2	5.2	13.0	.400	0.8	3.6	.222	1.0	1.8	.556
Jim Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Rudy Gay	Jim Paxson
Season	2018-19	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Rudy Gay	69	26.7	13.7	0.9	5.9	6.8	2.6	0.8	0.5	1.7	2.3	5.4	10.8	.504	1.1	2.7	.402	1.7	2.1	.816
Jim Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	7	25.6	11.1	1.9	5.3	7.1	1.7	0.4	0.7	1.4	1.9	4.0	10.0	.400	1.1	2.7	.421	2.0	2.4	.824
Jim Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Rudy Gay	Jim Paxson
Season	2019-20	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Rudy Gay	67	21.8	10.8	0.9	4.5	5.4	1.7	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.5	4.0	8.9	.446	1.1	3.3	.336	1.8	2.0	.882
Jim Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Rudy Gay	Jim Paxson
Season	2020-21	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Rudy Gay	63	21.6	11.4	0.7	4.1	4.8	1.4	0.7	0.6	1.0	1.8	4.2	10.0	.420	1.7	4.4	.381	1.3	1.6	.804
Jim Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Rudy Gay	Jim Paxson
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Rudy Gay	55	18.9	8.1	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.7	2.9	6.9	.414	1.3	3.7	.345	1.1	1.4	.785
Jim Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Rudy Gay	Jim Paxson
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Rudy Gay	56	14.6	5.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.2	1.9	5.1	.380	0.6	2.3	.254	0.8	0.9	.857
Jim Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rudy Gay vs. Jim Paxson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jim Paxson 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17