Rudy Gay vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young 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, 9 more than Trae Young, who played 8. Rudy Gay had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
Trae Young	8	3	2018-19 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8


Rookie Season
	Rudy Gay	Trae Young
Season	2006-07	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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:	+3	+3.9	+8.3	+0.4	+0.4	+0.8	+6.8		+0.7	-2.0	-0.8	+2.4	+5.8	+.004	+1.2	+4.2	+.040	+2.3	+2.4	+.102
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Rudy Gay	Trae Young
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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:	+21	+1.7	+9.5	+1.2	+0.7	+1.9	+7.3	+0.3	+0.9	-2.5	-1.1	+1.4	+4.1	+.024	+1.7	+4.7	+.015	+4.9	+5.4	+.075
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Rudy Gay	Trae Young
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+16	+3.6	+6.4	+0.8	+0.9	+1.6	+7.7	+0.4	+0.5	-1.5	-1.0	+0.5	+1.7	+.015	+1.1	+3.2	+.008	+4.4	+4.3	+.119
Trae Young	63	33.7	25.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	9.4	0.8	0.2	4.1	1.8	7.7	17.7	.438	2.2	6.3	.343	7.7	8.7	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	16	37.7	28.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	9.5	1.3	0.0	4.0	2.2	9.4	22.4	.418	2.8	9.0	.313	7.3	8.4	.866


Season 4
	Rudy Gay	Trae Young
Season	2009-10	2021-22
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+4	+4.8	+8.8	+0.7	+1.4	+2.2	+7.8	+0.6	+0.7	-1.9	-0.8	+1.9	+4.2	+.006	+2.3	+5.5	+.055	+2.8	+2.3	+.151
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788


Season 5
	Rudy Gay	Trae Young
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+19	+5.1	+6.4	+0.7	+2.5	+3.2	+7.4	+0.6	+1.0	-1.6	-1.0	+0.6	+2.9	+.042	+1.0	+3.6	+.061	+4.2	+4.3	+.081
Trae Young	73	34.8	26.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	10.2	1.1	0.1	4.1	1.4	8.2	19.0	.429	2.1	6.3	.335	7.8	8.8	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	6	38.3	29.2	0.8	2.8	3.7	10.2	1.7	0.7	4.0	1.8	10.0	24.8	.403	3.0	9.0	.333	6.2	7.2	.860


Season 6
	Rudy Gay	Trae Young
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+11	+1.3	+6.7	+1.6	+2.1	+3.6	+8.5	+0.2	+0.6	-1.9	-0.1	+0.5	+2.3	+.025	+2.4	+6.0	+.061	+3.2	+3.5	+.064
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855

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
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Rudy Gay	Trae Young
Season	2012-13	2024-25
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+1	+0.2	+6.0	+0.8	+2.2	+3.0	+8.9	+0.3	+0.5	-2.1	-0.5	+0.5	+1.4	+.005	+1.8	+4.9	+.017	+3.3	+3.5	+.061
Trae Young	76	36.0	24.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	11.6	1.2	0.2	4.7	1.9	7.4	18.1	.411	2.9	8.4	.340	6.5	7.4	.875

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Rudy Gay	Trae Young
Season	2013-14	2025-26
Team	Toronto Raptors, Sacramento Kings	Atlanta Hawks
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:	+72	+0.7	+2.0	+1.5	+3.4	+5.0	+2.1	+0.3	+0.8	-1.1	-1.7	+2.4	+2.2	+.098	+0.1	+4.3	+.187	+6.6	+7.7	+.024
Trae Young	1	34.0	22.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	5.0	14.0	.357	1.0	7.0	.143	11.0	13.0	.846

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 8

Additional Years

* Rudy Gay played 9 seasons more than Trae Young in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 9 to 17, from 2015 to 2023—Rudy Gay played in two Playoffs.

Rudy Gay vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young 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

Additional Years