Rudy Gay vs. Josh Giddey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Josh Giddey 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.

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, 13 more than Josh Giddey, who played 4. Rudy Gay had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Josh Giddey had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
	Rudy Gay	Josh Giddey
Season	2006-07	2021-22
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+24	+4.5	+1.7	+0.6	+2.7	+3.3	+5.1		+0.5	-1.4	-0.9	+1.1	+2.7	+.003	+0.3	+2.1	+.101	+0.9	+1.2	+.018
Josh Giddey	54	31.5	12.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	3.2	1.6	5.2	12.4	.419	1.0	3.9	.263	1.0	1.5	.709
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Josh Giddey played in the postseason in their season 1