Rudy Gay vs. Stephen Jackson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephen Jackson 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 Stephen Jackson, who played 14. Rudy Gay had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Stephen Jackson had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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
Stephen Jackson	14	6	2000-01 to 2013-14

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	Stephen Jackson
Season	2006-07	2000-01
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Jersey Nets
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:	+1	+5.4	+2.6	+0.7	+1.1	+1.8	+0.5	+0.2	+0.7	-0.1	-0.3	+0.9	+2.3	+.003		+0.2	+.029	+0.6	+0.9	+.008
Stephen Jackson	77	21.6	8.2	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.8	1.1	0.2	1.7	2.2	3.2	7.4	.425	0.7	2.0	.335	1.3	1.8	.719

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Stephen Jackson played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Rudy Gay	Stephen Jackson
Season	2007-08	2001-02
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	San Antonio Spurs
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:	+58	+27.1	+16.2	+1.6	+3.4	+5.1	+1.5	+0.7	+0.9	-1.3	-1.5	+6.2	+12.7	+.087	+1.3	+3.2	+.096	+2.6	+3.2	+.079
Stephen Jackson	23	9.9	3.9	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.3	1.5	4.0	.374	0.4	1.6	.250	0.5	0.7	.706

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Stephen Jackson played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Rudy Gay	Stephen Jackson
Season	2008-09	2002-03
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+1	+9.1	+7.1	+0.6	+1.4	+1.9	+0.6	+0.4	+0.3	-0.4	-0.3	+2.7	+5.8	+.018	+0.1	+0.6	+.031	+1.6	+2.1	+.007
Stephen Jackson	80	28.2	11.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	2.3	1.6	0.4	2.2	2.5	4.5	10.2	.435	1.2	3.7	.320	1.7	2.3	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Jackson	24	33.8	12.8	0.8	3.3	4.1	2.7	1.4	0.4	2.8	2.2	4.5	10.9	.414	1.6	4.7	.336	2.2	2.8	.803


Season 4
	Rudy Gay	Stephen Jackson
Season	2009-10	2003-04
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
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	+1.5	+0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+1.2	+0.3	+0.5	-0.7	-0.2	+0.8	+0.3	+.041	+1.0	+2.8	+.013	+0.9	+1.3	+.032
Stephen Jackson	80	36.8	18.1	1.2	3.4	4.6	3.1	1.8	0.3	2.8	2.7	6.7	15.8	.425	1.8	5.3	.340	2.9	3.7	.785

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Stephen Jackson played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Rudy Gay	Stephen Jackson
Season	2010-11	2004-05
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+3	+4.5	+1.1	+0.6	+0.7	+1.3	+0.5	+0.4	+0.8	-0.1	-0.6	+1.1		+.068	+0.9	+2.9	+.036	+0.1		+.025
Stephen Jackson	51	35.4	18.7	0.9	4.0	4.9	2.3	1.3	0.3	2.4	3.0	6.5	16.1	.403	2.0	5.6	.360	3.7	4.5	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Jackson	13	36.3	16.1	0.5	3.3	3.8	2.2	1.9	0.5	2.6	3.0	5.4	13.7	.393	1.5	4.8	.317	3.8	4.6	.817


Season 6
	Rudy Gay	Stephen Jackson
Season	2011-12	2005-06
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	+1.4	+2.6	+1.4	+1.1	+2.5	+0.5	+0.2	+0.3		-0.3	+1.7	+2.2	+.044	+0.6	+1.5	+.033	+0.1	+0.2	+.005
Stephen Jackson	81	35.9	16.4	0.6	3.3	3.9	2.8	1.3	0.5	2.5	2.4	5.8	14.2	.411	1.4	4.2	.345	3.3	4.2	.786

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:	+1	+2.1	+5.7	+0.6	+1.4	+2.1	+1.9	+0.6	+0.1	-0.5	-1.7	+1.9	+2.6	+.055	+0.4	+1.6	+.020	+2.4	+2.7	+.047
Stephen Jackson	6	37.8	13.3	0.8	3.7	4.5	3.3	0.7	0.2	2.5	3.8	5.0	13.7	.366	1.0	4.3	.231	2.3	3.0	.778


Season 7
	Rudy Gay	Stephen Jackson
Season	2012-13	2006-07
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors	Indiana Pacers, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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:		+2.7	+2.7	+0.5	+2.7	+3.1	+1.1	+0.4	+0.2	-0.2	-0.3	+1.4	+4.1	+.017	+0.2	+0.6	+.001		+0.1	+.001
Stephen Jackson	75	33.1	15.5	0.8	2.1	3.0	3.8	1.1	0.5	2.4	2.7	5.5	12.6	.433	1.3	4.1	.322	3.2	4.0	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Jackson	11	41.3	19.9	0.5	3.1	3.6	3.6	2.0	0.7	3.7	3.5	5.5	14.6	.379	2.4	6.5	.361	6.5	7.9	.816


Season 8
	Rudy Gay	Stephen Jackson
Season	2013-14	2007-08
Team	Toronto Raptors, Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:		+4.4	+0.1	+0.6	+1.0	+1.6	+1.2		+0.4	-0.4		+0.7	+0.3	+.050	+1.6	+4.2	+.033	+0.2	+0.2	+.010
Stephen Jackson	73	39.1	20.1	0.9	3.4	4.4	4.1	1.3	0.4	2.7	2.3	6.7	16.5	.405	2.5	6.9	.363	4.2	5.1	.832

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Stephen Jackson played in the postseason in their season 8


Season 9
	Rudy Gay	Stephen Jackson
Season	2014-15	2008-09
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+9	+4.2	+0.4	+0.2	+0.5	+0.8	+2.8	+0.5	+0.1	-1.2	-0.3	+0.5	+0.5	+.041	+0.5	+2.0	+.021		+0.2	+.032
Stephen Jackson	59	39.6	20.7	1.2	3.9	5.1	6.5	1.5	0.5	3.9	2.6	7.0	16.9	.414	1.7	5.2	.338	5.0	6.0	.826

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Stephen Jackson played in the postseason in their season 9


Season 10
	Rudy Gay	Stephen Jackson
Season	2015-16	2009-10
Team	Sacramento Kings	Golden State Warriors, Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bobcats Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+11	+4.6	+3.4	+0.5	+1.0	+1.5	+2.0	+0.2	+0.2	-1.2	-0.2	+0.7	+3.1	+.040	+0.5	+1.8	+.016	+1.4	+1.8	+.001
Stephen Jackson	81	38.6	20.6	1.0	4.0	5.0	3.7	1.6	0.5	3.2	2.4	7.4	17.5	.423	1.6	4.9	.328	4.2	5.4	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Jackson	4	39.0	18.0	1.5	3.5	5.0	3.8	1.3	0.3	4.3	3.3	6.0	16.8	.358	0.8	4.5	.167	5.3	6.5	.808


Season 11
	Rudy Gay	Stephen Jackson
Season	2016-17	2010-11
Team	Sacramento Kings	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+37	+2.1	+0.2	+0.4	+1.5	+1.8	+0.8	+0.3	+0.5	-0.6	-0.2	+0.2	+1.1	+.044	+0.4	+1.6	+.035	+0.2		+.039
Stephen Jackson	67	35.9	18.5	0.8	3.7	4.5	3.6	1.2	0.4	3.1	2.4	6.5	15.8	.411	1.8	5.4	.337	3.7	4.6	.816

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Stephen Jackson played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Rudy Gay	Stephen Jackson
Season	2017-18	2011-12
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+10	+4.2	+1.7	+0.8	+0.8	+1.6	+1.2	+0.3	+0.4	-0.8	-0.4	+1.0	+0.4	+.097	+0.4	+1.5	+.026		+0.1	+.053
Stephen Jackson	47	25.8	9.8	0.5	3.0	3.5	2.5	1.1	0.3	2.2	2.1	3.4	9.0	.374	1.0	3.6	.288	2.0	2.4	.825

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:	+9	+10.6	+3.9	+1.4	+2.2	+3.6	+0.5	+1.0		-0.1	-0.5	+2.5	+7.9	+.135	+1.1	+0.5	+.383		+0.7	+.377
Stephen Jackson	14	21.4	8.3	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.7	0.6	0.2	1.3	2.7	2.7	5.1	.535	1.9	3.1	.605	1.0	1.1	.933


Season 13
	Rudy Gay	Stephen Jackson
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+14	+7.2	+7.5	+0.5	+3.5	+4.0	+1.1	+0.1	+0.2	-0.3	-0.7	+3.2	+4.8	+.131	+0.3	+0.4	+.131	+0.8	+0.8	+.116
Stephen Jackson	55	19.5	6.2	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.5	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.6	2.2	6.0	.373	0.8	3.1	.271	0.9	1.3	.700

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
Stephen Jackson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Rudy Gay	Stephen Jackson
Season	2019-20	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+58	+9.9	+9.1	+0.7	+3.6	+4.3	+1.1	+0.2	+0.4	-0.6	-0.3	+3.3	+6.0	+.215	+1.0	+1.7	+.265	+1.6	+1.6	+.382
Stephen Jackson	9	11.9	1.7	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.2	0.7	2.9	.231	0.1	1.6	.071	0.2	0.4	.500

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Stephen Jackson played in the postseason in their season 14

Additional Years

* Rudy Gay played 3 seasons more than Stephen Jackson 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. Stephen Jackson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephen Jackson 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