Rudy Gay vs. Naz Reid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Naz Reid 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, 10 more than Naz Reid, who played 7. Rudy Gay had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Naz Reid had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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	Naz Reid
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Minnesota Timberwolves
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:	+48	+10.5	+1.8	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	-1.1	-0.3	+0.8	+1.6	+.010	+0.4	+1.4	+.034	+0.7	+0.9	+.029
Naz Reid	30	16.5	9.0	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.7	2.8	3.3	8.1	.412	1.1	3.2	.330	1.2	1.8	.698
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Naz Reid played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Rudy Gay	Naz Reid
Season	2010-11	2023-24
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+27	+15.7	+6.3	+0.6	+0.4	+1.0	+1.5	+0.9	+0.2	-1.1	-0.3	+2.6	+5.6	+.006	+1.0	+2.3	+.018	+2.3	+2.7	+.069
Naz Reid	81	24.2	13.5	0.9	4.3	5.2	1.3	0.8	0.9	1.4	2.1	5.0	10.5	.477	2.1	5.0	.414	1.3	1.8	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Naz Reid	16	22.6	11.1	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.0	0.5	0.8	0.9	2.0	4.1	8.9	.458	1.6	4.3	.362	1.4	1.9	.710