Rudy Gay vs. Neil Johnston Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Neil Johnston 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, 9 more than Neil Johnston, who played 8. Rudy Gay had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Neil Johnston had his rookie season in 1951-52. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rudy Gay	Neil Johnston
Season	2006-07	1951-52
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost East Div 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	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
Neil Johnston	64	15.5	6.0	-	-	5.3	0.6	-	-	-	2.4	2.2	4.7	.472	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.662
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Neil Johnston	3	10.7	5.3	-	-	3.3	0.3	-	-	-	2.7	1.7	3.3	.500	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.750

Season 2
	Rudy Gay	Neil Johnston
Season	2007-08	1952-53
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
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	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
Neil Johnston	70	45.2	22.3	-	-	13.9	2.8	-	-	-	3.5	7.2	15.9	.452	-	-	-	7.9	11.3	.700
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Neil Johnston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Rudy Gay	Neil Johnston
Season	2008-09	1953-54
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
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
Neil Johnston	72	45.8	24.4	-	-	11.1	2.8	-	-	-	3.6	8.2	18.3	.449	-	-	-	8.0	10.7	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Neil Johnston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Rudy Gay	Neil Johnston
Season	2009-10	1954-55
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
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	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
Neil Johnston	72	40.5	22.7	-	-	15.1	3.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.2	16.4	.440	-	-	-	8.2	10.7	.766
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Neil Johnston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Rudy Gay	Neil Johnston
Season	2010-11	1955-56
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
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
Neil Johnston	70	37.1	22.1	-	-	12.5	3.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.1	15.6	.457	-	-	-	7.8	9.8	.801
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Neil Johnston	10	39.7	20.3	-	-	14.3	5.1	-	-	-	4.1	6.9	16.9	.408	-	-	-	6.5	9.2	.707

Season 6
	Rudy Gay	Neil Johnston
Season	2011-12	1956-57
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost East Div 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
Neil Johnston	69	36.7	22.8	-	-	12.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.3	7.5	16.9	.447	-	-	-	7.8	9.4	.826
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
Neil Johnston	2	42.0	19.0	-	-	17.5	4.5	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	26.5	.321	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 7
	Rudy Gay	Neil Johnston
Season	2012-13	1957-58
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost East Div 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	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
Neil Johnston	71	33.9	19.5	-	-	11.1	2.3	-	-	-	3.3	6.7	15.5	.429	-	-	-	6.2	7.6	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Neil Johnston	8	23.6	10.9	-	-	8.6	1.8	-	-	-	2.3	3.8	9.8	.385	-	-	-	3.4	4.1	.818