Rudy Gay vs. Tom Payne Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom Payne 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, 16 more than Tom Payne, who played 1. Rudy Gay had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Tom Payne had his rookie season in 1971-72. 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	Tom Payne
Season	2006-07	1971-72
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 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
Tom Payne	29	7.8	4.1	-	-	2.4	0.5	-	-	-	1.4	1.6	3.6	.437	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	.630
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Payne	1	5.0	4.0	-	-	4.0	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	-	-	-	2.0	5.0	.400