Tim Duncan vs. Rudy Gay Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gay and Tim Duncan, 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.

Tim Duncan played 19 years in the NBA, 2 more than Rudy Gay, who played 17. Tim Duncan had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Rudy Gay 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
Tim Duncan	19	18	1997-98 to 2015-16
Rudy Gay	17	3	2006-07 to 2022-23

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Tim Duncan	Rudy Gay
Season	1997-98	2006-07
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	82	39.1	21.1	3.3	8.6	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	3.4	3.1	8.6	15.7	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	5.9	.662
difference:	+4	+12.1	+10.3	+2.1	+5.3	+7.4	+1.4	+0.2	+1.6	-1.6	-0.6	+4.5	+6.0	+.127	+0.7	+1.7	+.364	+2.0	+3.2	+.065
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	9	41.6	20.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	1.9	0.6	2.6	2.8	2.7	8.1	15.6	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	4.4	6.7	.667
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tim Duncan	Rudy Gay
Season	1998-99	2007-08
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tim Duncan	50	39.3	21.7	3.2	8.2	11.4	2.4	0.9	2.5	2.9	2.9	8.4	16.9	.495	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	7.2	.690
difference:	+31	+2.3	+1.6	+1.5	+3.8	+5.2	+0.4	+0.5	+1.5	-0.6	-0.1	+0.7	+0.2	+.034	+1.7	+4.7	+.203	+1.8	+3.3	+.095
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	17	43.1	23.2	3.2	8.2	11.5	2.8	0.8	2.6	3.1	2.9	8.5	16.6	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	6.3	8.4	.748
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Tim Duncan	Rudy Gay
Season	1999-00	2008-09
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
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		%
Tim Duncan	74	38.9	23.2	3.5	8.9	12.4	3.2	0.9	2.2	3.3	2.8	8.5	17.3	.490	0.0	0.1	.091	6.2	8.1	.761
difference:	+5	+1.6	+4.3	+2.1	+4.7	+6.9	+1.5	+0.3	+1.5	-0.7		+1.3	+1.3	+.037	+1.1	+3.0	+.260	+2.9	+3.7	+.006
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Duncan nor Rudy Gay played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Tim Duncan	Rudy Gay
Season	2000-01	2009-10
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Tim Duncan	82	38.7	22.2	3.2	9.0	12.2	3.0	0.9	2.3	3.0	3.0	8.6	17.1	.499	0.1	0.3	.259	5.0	8.1	.618
difference:	+2	+1.0	+2.6	+1.8	+4.5	+6.3	+1.1	+0.6	+1.5	-0.9	-0.5	+1.1	+1.0	+.033	+0.7	+2.2	+.068	+1.2	+3.1	+.135
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	13	40.5	24.4	4.2	10.3	14.5	3.8	1.1	2.7	3.8	3.3	9.2	18.9	.488	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.8	9.2	.639
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Tim Duncan	Rudy Gay
Season	2001-02	2010-11
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	82	40.6	25.5	3.3	9.4	12.7	3.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.6	9.3	18.3	.508	0.0	0.1	.100	6.8	8.5	.799
difference:	+28	+0.7	+5.7	+1.8	+4.7	+6.5	+0.9	+1.0	+1.4	-0.7	-0.2	+1.7	+2.2	+.037	+1.1	+2.6	+.296	+3.2	+4.0	+.006
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	9	42.2	27.6	3.1	11.3	14.4	5.0	0.7	4.3	4.1	2.4	9.1	20.1	.453	0.1	0.3	.333	9.2	11.2	.822
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Tim Duncan	Rudy Gay
Season	2002-03	2011-12
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Tim Duncan	81	39.3	23.3	3.2	9.7	12.9	3.9	0.7	2.9	3.1	2.9	8.8	17.2	.513	0.1	0.3	.273	5.6	7.8	.710
difference:	+16	+2.0	+4.3	+1.2	+5.3	+6.5	+1.6	+0.8	+2.1	-0.6	-0.8	+1.3	+0.8	+.058	+0.7	+2.4	+.039	+2.4	+3.8	+.081
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	24	42.5	24.7	4.0	11.4	15.4	5.3	0.6	3.3	3.2	3.3	9.1	17.2	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	6.5	9.7	.677
difference:	+17	+2.6	+5.7	+2.6	+6.3	+8.8	+3.9	+0.7	+3.0	-0.2	-1.2	+2.2	+0.9	+.108	+0.6	+2.4	+.211	+1.8	+4.0	+.148
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


Season 7
	Tim Duncan	Rudy Gay
Season	2003-04	2012-13
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	69	36.6	22.3	3.3	9.2	12.4	3.1	0.9	2.7	2.7	2.4	8.6	17.1	.501	0.0	0.2	.167	5.1	8.5	.599
difference:	+6	+0.8	+4.1	+2.0	+4.4	+6.3	+0.4	+0.6	+2.0	-0.1		+1.7	+0.4	+.085	+1.1	+3.3	+.156	+1.9	+4.6	+.215
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	10	40.4	22.1	3.3	8.0	11.3	3.2	0.8	2.0	4.2	3.4	8.3	15.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	8.7	.632
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Tim Duncan	Rudy Gay
Season	2004-05	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tim Duncan	66	33.4	20.3	3.1	8.0	11.1	2.7	0.7	2.6	1.9	2.2	7.8	15.8	.496	0.0	0.1	.333	4.6	6.9	.670
difference:	+7	+1.3	+0.3	+1.6	+3.6	+5.1	+0.2	+0.6	+1.8	-1.2	-0.1	+0.4	+0.4	+.041	+0.9	+2.6	+.003	+0.2	+1.6	+.152
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	23	37.7	23.6	3.8	8.7	12.4	2.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.9	8.6	18.5	.464	0.0	0.2	.200	6.4	8.9	.717
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tim Duncan	Rudy Gay
Season	2005-06	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tim Duncan	80	34.8	18.6	2.9	8.1	11.0	3.2	0.9	2.0	2.5	2.7	7.2	14.8	.484	0.0	0.1	.400	4.2	6.7	.629
difference:	+12	+0.6	+2.5	+1.5	+3.7	+5.1	+0.5	+0.1	+1.4	-0.2	-0.4	+0.3	+1.6	+.029	+1.2	+3.1	+.041	+0.8	+0.9	+.229
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	13	37.9	25.8	2.5	8.0	10.5	3.3	0.8	1.9	2.6	3.8	9.3	16.2	.573	0.0	0.2	.000	7.2	10.1	.718
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Tim Duncan	Rudy Gay
Season	2006-07	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tim Duncan	80	34.1	20.0	2.7	7.9	10.6	3.4	0.8	2.4	2.8	2.5	7.7	14.1	.546	0.0	0.1	.111	4.5	7.1	.637
difference:	+10	+0.1	+2.8	+1.2	+2.9	+4.1	+1.7	+0.6	+1.7	-0.8	-0.1	+1.0	+0.3	+.083	+1.1	+3.0	+.233	+1.7	+3.5	+.143
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	20	36.8	22.2	3.7	7.8	11.5	3.3	0.7	3.1	3.0	3.0	8.7	16.7	.521	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	7.5	.644
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Tim Duncan	Rudy Gay
Season	2007-08	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Tim Duncan	78	34.0	19.3	3.0	8.3	11.3	2.8	0.7	1.9	2.3	2.4	7.5	15.1	.497	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.9	.730
difference:	+48	+0.2	+0.6	+1.8	+3.1	+5.0		+0.8	+1.0	-0.2	-0.2	+0.8	+0.4	+.042	+1.4	+3.7	+.372	+0.4	+1.3	+.125
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	17	39.2	20.2	3.6	10.9	14.5	3.3	0.9	2.1	2.4	2.4	7.9	17.7	.449	0.1	0.3	.200	4.2	6.8	.626
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Tim Duncan	Rudy Gay
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tim Duncan	75	33.7	19.3	2.7	8.0	10.7	3.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.3	7.4	14.8	.504	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.4	.692
difference:	+18	+12.1	+7.8	+1.4	+4.2	+5.6	+2.2	+0.3	+1.0	-0.8	-0.6	+3.0	+5.4	+.033	+0.6	+2.1		+2.5	+3.9	+.080
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	5	32.8	19.8	2.4	5.6	8.0	3.2	0.6	1.2	1.4	2.2	8.2	15.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.6	.607
difference:		+0.8	+7.6	+0.6	+1.8	+2.4	+1.0	+1.0	+1.0	-0.2	-1.0	+3.0	+2.4	+.132	+0.8	+3.6		+2.4	+3.8	+.051
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


Season 13
	Tim Duncan	Rudy Gay
Season	2009-10	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
Tim Duncan	78	31.3	17.9	2.8	7.3	10.1	3.2	0.6	1.5	1.8	1.9	7.2	13.9	.518	0.0	0.1	.182	3.5	4.8	.725
difference:	+9	+4.6	+4.2	+1.9	+1.4	+3.3	+0.6	+0.2	+1.0	-0.1	-0.4	+1.8	+3.1	+.014	+1.1	+2.6	+.220	+1.8	+2.7	+.091
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	10	37.3	19.0	3.0	6.9	9.9	2.6	0.8	1.7	2.4	2.7	7.8	15.0	.520	0.1	0.2	.500	3.3	6.9	.478
difference:	+3	+11.7	+7.9	+1.1	+1.6	+2.8	+0.9	+0.4	+1.0	-1.0	-0.8	+3.8	+5.0	+.120	+1.0	+2.5	+.079	+1.3	+4.5	+.346
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


Season 14
	Tim Duncan	Rudy Gay
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tim Duncan	76	28.4	13.4	2.2	6.7	8.9	2.7	0.7	1.9	1.6	1.6	5.5	11.0	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.4	.716
difference:	+9	+6.6	+2.6	+1.3	+2.2	+3.5	+1.0	+0.2	+1.4	-0.3	-0.1	+1.5	+2.1	+.054	+1.1	+3.2	+.336	+0.6	+1.4	+.166
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	6	35.3	12.7	2.7	7.8	10.5	2.7	0.5	2.5	3.0	2.8	5.5	11.5	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.7	.625
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Tim Duncan	Rudy Gay
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	58	28.2	15.4	1.9	7.1	9.0	2.3	0.7	1.5	1.7	1.7	6.2	12.6	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.3	.695
difference:	+5	+6.6	+4.0	+1.2	+3.0	+4.2	+0.9		+0.9	-0.7	-0.1	+2.0	+2.6	+.072	+1.7	+4.3	+.381	+1.7	+2.7	+.109
Rudy Gay	63	21.6	11.4	0.7	4.1	4.8	1.4	0.7	0.6	1.0	1.8	4.2	10.0	.420	1.7	4.4	.381	1.3	1.6	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	14	33.1	17.4	2.3	7.1	9.4	2.8	0.7	2.1	1.5	2.1	7.2	14.6	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.1	.707
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Tim Duncan	Rudy Gay
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	69	30.1	17.8	1.8	8.1	9.9	2.7	0.7	2.7	2.1	1.7	7.1	14.1	.502	0.0	0.1	.286	3.6	4.3	.817
difference:	+14	+11.2	+9.7	+0.8	+4.7	+5.5	+1.7	+0.2	+2.4	-1.2		+4.2	+7.2	+.088	+1.3	+3.6	+.059	+2.5	+2.9	+.032
Rudy Gay	55	18.9	8.1	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.7	2.9	6.9	.414	1.3	3.7	.345	1.1	1.4	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	21	35.0	18.1	2.6	7.6	10.2	1.9	0.9	1.6	2.0	2.5	7.2	15.3	.470	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	4.7	.806
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Tim Duncan	Rudy Gay
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	74	29.2	15.1	2.1	7.6	9.7	3.0	0.6	1.9	2.1	1.8	6.0	12.2	.490	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	4.3	.731
difference:	+18	+14.6	+9.9	+1.5	+5.3	+6.8	+2.0	+0.3	+1.6	-1.4	-0.6	+4.1	+7.1	+.110	+0.6	+2.2	+.254	+2.3	+3.4	+.126
Rudy Gay	56	14.6	5.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.2	1.9	5.1	.380	0.6	2.3	.254	0.8	0.9	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	23	32.7	16.3	2.8	6.3	9.2	2.0	0.3	1.3	1.1	2.3	6.5	12.4	.523	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	4.3	.760
Rudy Gay	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Tim Duncan played 2 seasons more than Rudy Gay in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 18 to 19, from 2015 to 2016—Tim Duncan played in two Playoffs. In those 2 extra years over Rudy Gay, Tim Duncan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game

Tim Duncan vs. Rudy Gay Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gay and Tim Duncan, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

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Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

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Season 7

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Season 8

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Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

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Season 13

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Season 14

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Season 15

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Season 16

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Season 17

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Additional Years