Rudy Gay vs. P.J. Tucker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Tucker 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, 3 more than P.J. Tucker, who played 14. Rudy Gay had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while P.J. Tucker had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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
P.J. Tucker	14	9	2006-07 to 2024-25

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


Rookie Season
	Rudy Gay	P.J. Tucker
Season	2006-07	2006-07
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Toronto Raptors
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:	+61	+22.1	+9.0	+0.6	+2.6	+3.1	+1.1	+0.8	+0.9	-1.4	-1.8	+3.5	+8.4	+.078	+0.7	+1.8		+1.4	+1.9	+.156
P.J. Tucker	17	4.9	1.8	0.6	0.7	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.6	1.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.571

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor P.J. Tucker played in the postseason in their season 1

Note: P.J. Tucker didn't play in 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12.


Season 2
	Rudy Gay	P.J. Tucker
Season	2007-08	2012-13
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+2	+12.8	+13.7		+1.6	+1.8	+0.6	+0.6	+0.8	-1.5	-1.0	+5.0	+11.1	+.012	+1.4	+3.9	+.032	+2.3	+2.8	+.041
P.J. Tucker	79	24.2	6.4	1.7	2.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	0.2	0.8	1.8	2.7	5.6	.473	0.3	0.9	.314	0.8	1.1	.744

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor P.J. Tucker played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Rudy Gay	P.J. Tucker
Season	2008-09	2013-14
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Phoenix Suns
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:	+2	+6.6	+9.5	+0.6	+0.3	+1.0		+0.2	+0.4	-1.3	-0.3	+3.9	+8.4	+.022	+0.2	+0.7	+.036	+1.4	+1.9	+.009
P.J. Tucker	81	30.7	9.4	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.7	1.4	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.3	7.6	.431	0.9	2.4	.387	1.9	2.5	.776

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor P.J. Tucker played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Rudy Gay	P.J. Tucker
Season	2009-10	2014-15
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Phoenix Suns
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:	+2	+9.1	+10.5	+0.1	+0.5	+0.5	+0.3	+0.1	+0.5	-0.9	-0.2	+4.2	+8.5	+.028	+0.3	+0.7	+.018	+2.5	+3.2	+.026
P.J. Tucker	78	30.6	9.1	1.5	5.0	6.4	1.6	1.4	0.3	1.2	2.3	3.3	7.6	.438	1.1	3.2	.345	1.3	1.8	.727

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor P.J. Tucker played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Rudy Gay	P.J. Tucker
Season	2010-11	2015-16
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Phoenix Suns
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:	+28	+8.9	+11.8	+0.5	+0.5		+0.6	+0.4	+0.9	-1.1	-0.1	+4.7	+9.0	+.060	+0.3	+0.2	+.066	+2.3	+2.8	+.059
P.J. Tucker	82	31.0	8.0	2.0	4.2	6.2	2.2	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.5	2.9	7.1	.411	0.8	2.5	.330	1.3	1.7	.746

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor P.J. Tucker played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Rudy Gay	P.J. Tucker
Season	2011-12	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Phoenix Suns, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+16	+9.7	+12.3	+0.6		+0.6	+1.1	+0.1	+0.6	-1.7	-0.3	+5.0	+10.4	+.042	+0.1	+0.3	+.045	+2.3	+2.9	+.017
P.J. Tucker	81	27.6	6.7	1.4	4.4	5.8	1.2	1.4	0.2	0.8	2.4	2.5	6.0	.413	0.9	2.4	.357	0.9	1.1	.774

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:	+3	+14.8	+14.0	+0.1	+0.9	+0.9	+0.3	+0.7		-2.2	-0.6	+5.1	+11.4	+.054	+0.3	+0.1	+.110	+4.2	+4.9	+.200
P.J. Tucker	10	25.1	5.0	1.5	4.2	5.7	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.8	2.7	1.8	4.9	.367	0.9	2.8	.321	0.5	0.8	.625


Season 7
	Rudy Gay	P.J. Tucker
Season	2012-13	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+7	+8.0	+12.1	+0.2	+0.4	+0.5	+1.8	+0.5	+0.4	-1.7	-0.1	+4.8	+11.3	+.026	+0.3	+0.3	+.048	+2.7	+3.2	+.097
P.J. Tucker	82	27.8	6.1	1.1	4.4	5.6	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.9	2.5	2.1	5.4	.390	1.4	3.8	.371	0.5	0.7	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Tucker	17	33.5	8.9	1.4	5.2	6.5	1.3	0.6	0.8	0.8	2.7	3.1	6.4	.481	2.1	4.4	.467	0.7	1.1	.667


Season 8
	Rudy Gay	P.J. Tucker
Season	2013-14	2018-19
Team	Toronto Raptors, Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+9	+0.5	+12.7			+0.2	+1.7	+0.3	+0.3	-2.3	-0.8	+4.9	+9.8	+.059	+0.9	+2.0	+.047	+3.9	+4.6	+.127
P.J. Tucker	82	34.2	7.3	1.5	4.4	5.8	1.2	1.6	0.5	0.8	3.1	2.5	6.4	.396	1.8	4.7	.377	0.5	0.7	.695

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Tucker	11	38.7	11.4	1.7	5.7	7.5	1.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	3.2	3.6	8.0	.455	2.4	5.2	.456	1.7	2.1	.826


Season 9
	Rudy Gay	P.J. Tucker
Season	2014-15	2019-20
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+4	+1.1	+14.2	+0.2	+0.7	+0.7	+2.1	+0.1	+0.1	-1.7	-0.9	+5.0	+10.5	+.040	+0.3	+1.0	+.001	+4.5	+5.1	+.045
P.J. Tucker	72	34.3	6.9	1.6	5.1	6.6	1.6	1.1	0.5	1.0	3.2	2.5	5.9	.415	1.5	4.2	.358	0.5	0.7	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Tucker	12	34.5	7.9	1.9	5.3	7.2	1.5	1.1	0.3	1.0	3.9	2.9	7.3	.398	2.1	5.6	.373	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Rudy Gay	P.J. Tucker
Season	2015-16	2020-21
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA 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:	+18	+7.9	+13.5	+0.5	+2.1	+2.6	+0.5	+0.6	+0.3	-1.2	-0.2	+5.4	+11.0	+.090	+0.3	+0.8	+.008	+2.4	+3.1	+.030
P.J. Tucker	52	26.1	3.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.4	1.3	3.4	.373	0.8	2.3	.336	0.4	0.5	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Tucker	23	29.6	4.3	2.1	2.7	4.8	1.1	1.0	0.1	0.4	3.3	1.7	4.3	.388	0.8	2.6	.322	0.1	0.2	.750


Season 11
	Rudy Gay	P.J. Tucker
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	Sacramento Kings	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+41	+5.9	+11.1	+0.2	+1.2	+0.8	+0.7	+0.7	+0.7	-1.6	-0.3	+3.8	+8.7	+.029	+0.3	+1.1	+.043	+3.3	+3.7	+.117
P.J. Tucker	71	27.9	7.6	1.4	4.0	5.5	2.1	0.8	0.2	0.9	2.3	2.9	6.0	.484	1.1	2.7	.415	0.6	0.9	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Tucker	18	28.3	7.9	1.9	3.7	5.7	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.7	2.8	3.0	6.1	.495	1.3	2.8	.451	0.6	0.9	.688


Season 12
	Rudy Gay	P.J. Tucker
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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12th 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	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
difference:	+18	+4.0	+8.0		+1.1	+1.2	+0.5	+0.3	+0.5	-0.8	-0.7	+3.1	+6.4	+.044	+0.1	+0.2	+.079	+1.7	+2.2	+.054
P.J. Tucker	75	25.6	3.5	1.3	2.7	3.9	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.6	2.4	1.3	3.0	.427	0.7	1.9	.393	0.3	0.3	.826

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
difference:	+6	+5.3	+7.3	+0.2	+0.9	+1.1	+0.7	+0.4	+0.1	-0.7	-0.7	+3.5	+8.4	+.027	+0.5		+.128	+0.8	+1.5	+.111
P.J. Tucker	11	26.7	4.9	1.6	2.9	4.5	1.5	1.2	0.3	0.5	2.5	1.7	4.6	.373	1.3	3.6	.350	0.2	0.3	.667


Season 13
	Rudy Gay	P.J. Tucker
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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13th 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	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
difference:	+38	+11.0	+12.0		+4.1	+4.1	+2.1	+0.3	+0.3	-1.4	-0.6	+4.8	+9.2	+.144	+0.7	+1.6	+.031	+1.6	+2.0	+.184
P.J. Tucker	31	15.7	1.7	0.9	1.8	2.7	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.7	0.6	1.6	.360	0.4	1.1	.371	0.1	0.1	1.000

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
difference:	+5	+10.1	+5.6	+0.4	+5.3	+5.6	+1.7	+0.4	+0.7	-0.1	-1.1	+2.0	+7.0	+.267	+0.4	+0.7	+.329	+2.0	+2.4
P.J. Tucker	2	15.5	5.5	1.5	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	3.0	2.0	3.0	.667	1.5	2.0	.750	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	Rudy Gay	P.J. Tucker
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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14th 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	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
difference:	+64	+2.5	+7.8	+0.4	+3.2	+2.7	+1.7	+0.2	+0.2	-1.0	-1.2	+3.0	+6.6	+.017	+0.1	+1.3	+.164	+1.8	+2.0
P.J. Tucker	3	19.3	3.0	1.3	1.3	2.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.7	1.0	2.3	.429	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Tucker	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years

* Rudy Gay played 3 seasons more than P.J. Tucker in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 15 to 17, from 2021 to 2023—Rudy Gay didn't play in the postseason.

Rudy Gay vs. P.J. Tucker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Tucker 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

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years