Rudy Gay vs. Zach LaVine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zach LaVine 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, 5 more than Zach LaVine, who played 12. Rudy Gay had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Zach LaVine had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
Zach LaVine	12	1	2014-15 to 2025-26

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


Rookie Season
	Rudy Gay	Zach LaVine
Season	2006-07	2014-15
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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	+2.3	+0.7	+0.8	+0.9	+1.7	+2.3	+0.2	+0.8	-0.7	-0.4	+0.4	+0.9			+0.4	+.023		+0.4	+.115
Zach LaVine	77	24.7	10.1	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.6	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.1	3.7	8.8	.422	0.7	2.2	.341	1.9	2.3	.842

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Zach LaVine played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Rudy Gay	Zach LaVine
Season	2007-08	2015-16
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Minnesota Timberwolves
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:	+1	+9.0	+6.1	+1.4	+1.9	+3.4	+1.1	+0.6	+0.8	-0.4	-0.4	+2.4	+5.0	+.009	+0.2	+0.9	+.043	+1.1	+1.4	+.008
Zach LaVine	82	28.0	14.0	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.1	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.4	5.3	11.7	.452	1.5	3.9	.389	2.0	2.5	.793

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Zach LaVine played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Rudy Gay	Zach LaVine
Season	2008-09	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Minnesota Timberwolves
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:	+32	+0.1		+1.0	+1.2	+2.1	+1.3	+0.3	+0.5	-0.8	-0.6	+0.3	+0.9	+.006	+1.5	+3.5	+.036	+0.8	+1.4	+.069
Zach LaVine	47	37.2	18.9	0.4	3.0	3.4	3.0	0.9	0.2	1.8	2.2	6.9	15.1	.459	2.6	6.6	.387	2.5	3.0	.836

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Zach LaVine played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Rudy Gay	Zach LaVine
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
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:	+56	+12.4	+2.9	+1.0	+1.0	+2.0	+1.1	+0.5	+0.6	-0.3	-0.2	+1.8	+1.3	+.083	+1.0	+2.6	+.014	+0.2	+0.5	+.060
Zach LaVine	24	27.3	16.7	0.4	3.5	3.9	3.0	1.0	0.2	1.8	2.3	5.7	14.8	.383	1.8	5.1	.341	3.6	4.5	.813

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Zach LaVine played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Rudy Gay	Zach LaVine
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
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:	+9	+5.4	+3.9	+0.9	+0.7	+1.5	+1.7	+0.7	+0.7	-0.9	-0.2	+0.8	+1.9	+.004	+0.8	+2.4	+.022	+1.4	+1.5	+.027
Zach LaVine	63	34.5	23.7	0.6	4.0	4.7	4.5	1.0	0.4	3.4	2.2	8.4	18.0	.467	1.9	5.1	.374	5.0	6.0	.832

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Zach LaVine played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Rudy Gay	Zach LaVine
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
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:	+5	+2.5	+6.5	+1.3	+0.3	+1.6	+1.9		+0.3	-0.9	-0.1	+1.5	+3.6	+.005	+2.3	+5.4	+.068	+1.3	+1.6	+.011
Zach LaVine	60	34.8	25.5	0.7	4.1	4.8	4.2	1.5	0.5	3.4	2.2	9.0	20.0	.450	3.1	8.1	.380	4.5	5.6	.802

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
Zach LaVine	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Rudy Gay	Zach LaVine
Season	2012-13	2020-21
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	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:	+17	+0.7	+9.2	+0.7	+0.4	+1.1	+2.2	+0.7	+0.2	-0.9		+2.9	+2.7	+.091	+2.3	+4.7	+.096	+1.2	+1.2	+.035
Zach LaVine	58	35.1	27.4	0.6	4.4	5.0	4.9	0.8	0.5	3.5	2.4	9.8	19.4	.507	3.4	8.2	.419	4.4	5.1	.849

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Zach LaVine played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Rudy Gay	Zach LaVine
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	Toronto Raptors, Sacramento Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+6		+4.4	+1.2	+0.1	+1.4	+1.6	+0.7	+0.5	-0.5	-0.5	+1.0	+1.5	+.021	+1.9	+4.4	+.059	+0.4	+0.3	+.031
Zach LaVine	67	34.7	24.4	0.3	4.3	4.6	4.5	0.6	0.3	2.6	1.8	8.4	17.7	.476	2.8	7.1	.389	4.8	5.6	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach LaVine	4	38.3	19.3	0.0	5.3	5.3	6.0	0.8	0.3	3.0	2.3	6.8	15.8	.429	2.3	6.0	.375	3.5	3.8	.933


Season 9
	Rudy Gay	Zach LaVine
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	Sacramento Kings	Chicago Bulls
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	+0.5	+3.7	+0.9	+0.5	+1.4	+0.5	+0.1	+0.4	-0.2	-0.2	+1.2	+1.6	+.030	+1.4	+3.9	+.016	+0.3	+0.2	+.010
Zach LaVine	77	35.9	24.8	0.5	3.9	4.5	4.2	0.9	0.2	2.5	2.1	8.7	18.0	.485	2.6	7.1	.375	4.7	5.6	.848

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Zach LaVine played in the postseason in their season 9


Season 10
	Rudy Gay	Zach LaVine
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	Sacramento Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+45	+0.9	+2.3	+1.2	+0.2	+1.3	+2.2	+0.6	+0.4	-0.1	-0.3	+0.1	+0.6	+.011	+1.3	+3.7	+.005	+0.7	+0.5	+.074
Zach LaVine	25	34.9	19.5	0.3	4.8	5.2	3.9	0.8	0.3	2.1	2.3	6.8	15.0	.452	2.4	6.8	.349	3.5	4.1	.854

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Zach LaVine played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Rudy Gay	Zach LaVine
Season	2016-17	2024-25
Team	Sacramento Kings	Chicago Bulls, Sacramento Kings
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:	+44	+1.4	+4.6	+0.9	+1.2	+2.0	+1.4	+0.7	+0.7	-0.3	-1.0	+1.7	+1.8	+.056	+1.8	+3.4	+.074	+0.7	+0.7	+.030
Zach LaVine	74	35.2	23.3	0.3	4.0	4.3	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.8	1.6	8.4	16.5	.511	3.2	7.2	.446	3.2	3.9	.825

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gay nor Zach LaVine played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Rudy Gay	Zach LaVine
Season	2017-18	2025-26
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+41	+11.9	+9.0	+1.1	+0.7	+1.8	+0.9	+0.1	+0.6	-0.8	-0.6	+2.9	+5.3	+.027	+2.2	+5.0	+.072	+1.1	+1.0	+.121
Zach LaVine	16	33.5	20.5	0.2	3.1	3.3	2.2	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.3	7.3	14.7	.498	2.8	7.1	.386	3.1	3.5	.893

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
Zach LaVine	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Rudy Gay played 5 seasons more than Zach LaVine in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 17, from 2019 to 2023—Rudy Gay played in one postseason.

Rudy Gay vs. Zach LaVine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zach LaVine 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

Additional Years