Tony Allen vs. Melvin Ely Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Melvin Ely and Tony Allen, 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.
Tony Allen played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Melvin Ely, who played 9. Tony Allen had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Melvin Ely had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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.
Their Careers |
Player |
Total Seasons |
Playoffs Played |
NBA Years |
Tony Allen |
14 |
10 |
2004-05 to 2017-18 |
Melvin Ely |
9 |
1 |
2002-03 to 2013-14 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
77 |
16.4 |
6.4 |
1.1 |
1.8 |
2.9 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
5.0 |
.475 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
.387 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
.737 |
Melvin Ely |
52 |
15.4 |
4.5 |
1.2 |
2.1 |
3.3 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
3.6 |
.495 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.0 |
1.4 |
.703 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
7 |
12.4 |
2.7 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
1.7 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
2.4 |
1.1 |
2.6 |
.444 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.4 |
1.0 |
.429 |
Melvin Ely |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
51 |
19.2 |
7.2 |
0.6 |
1.5 |
2.2 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
0.4 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
5.4 |
.471 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
.324 |
2.0 |
2.6 |
.746 |
Melvin Ely |
42 |
12.1 |
3.7 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
2.4 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
3.6 |
.431 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
.595 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Melvin Ely |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
33 |
24.4 |
11.5 |
1.1 |
2.7 |
3.8 |
1.7 |
1.5 |
0.4 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
4.0 |
7.8 |
.514 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
.242 |
3.2 |
4.1 |
.784 |
Melvin Ely |
79 |
20.9 |
7.3 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
4.1 |
1.0 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
1.5 |
2.5 |
2.9 |
6.7 |
.432 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.5 |
2.7 |
.575 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Melvin Ely |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
75 |
18.3 |
6.6 |
0.5 |
1.8 |
2.2 |
1.5 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
5.2 |
.434 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
.316 |
1.8 |
2.4 |
.762 |
Melvin Ely |
57 |
23.6 |
9.8 |
1.6 |
3.2 |
4.9 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
2.8 |
3.8 |
7.5 |
.508 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
2.2 |
3.4 |
.667 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
15 |
4.3 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
.563 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.400 |
Melvin Ely |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
46 |
19.3 |
7.8 |
0.5 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
1.4 |
1.2 |
0.5 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
6.2 |
.482 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
.222 |
1.7 |
2.4 |
.725 |
Melvin Ely |
30 |
10.3 |
3.0 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
1.8 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.9 |
1.7 |
1.0 |
2.7 |
.363 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.0 |
1.6 |
.660 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
10 |
6.0 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.1 |
0.1 |
1.000 |
Melvin Ely |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
54 |
16.5 |
6.1 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
2.7 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
1.2 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
4.7 |
.510 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
1.3 |
2.2 |
.605 |
Melvin Ely |
52 |
11.9 |
3.9 |
0.5 |
2.3 |
2.8 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
3.5 |
.472 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.6 |
1.1 |
.552 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
24 |
16.3 |
5.1 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
1.7 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
2.4 |
2.0 |
4.1 |
.480 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
.778 |
Melvin Ely |
7 |
8.4 |
2.1 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
1.6 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
1.9 |
0.6 |
2.1 |
.267 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.0 |
1.4 |
.700 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
72 |
20.8 |
8.9 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
2.7 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
2.2 |
3.5 |
6.8 |
.510 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.174 |
1.9 |
2.5 |
.753 |
Melvin Ely |
31 |
12.0 |
3.1 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
2.1 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
1.9 |
1.2 |
3.1 |
.389 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.7 |
1.2 |
.639 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
13 |
26.9 |
8.8 |
1.2 |
1.8 |
2.9 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
0.4 |
1.8 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
7.8 |
.426 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
.143 |
2.1 |
3.2 |
.659 |
Melvin Ely |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Melvin Ely didn't play in 2009-10.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
58 |
26.3 |
9.8 |
1.7 |
2.3 |
4.0 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
2.4 |
3.6 |
7.7 |
.469 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.308 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
.800 |
Melvin Ely |
30 |
12.2 |
2.3 |
0.9 |
1.6 |
2.5 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
1.7 |
0.9 |
1.7 |
.549 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.4 |
0.7 |
.619 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
7 |
24.3 |
6.9 |
1.1 |
2.0 |
3.1 |
0.7 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
3.0 |
2.6 |
6.4 |
.400 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
.000 |
1.7 |
2.4 |
.706 |
Melvin Ely |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Melvin Ely didn't play in 2011-12 and 2012-13.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
79 |
26.7 |
8.9 |
1.5 |
3.1 |
4.6 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
2.7 |
3.6 |
8.1 |
.445 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.125 |
1.7 |
2.4 |
.717 |
Melvin Ely |
2 |
13.5 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
2.5 |
1.5 |
3.0 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
15 |
28.1 |
10.3 |
2.5 |
3.6 |
6.1 |
1.8 |
2.0 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
3.2 |
3.6 |
8.3 |
.432 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
.250 |
2.9 |
3.9 |
.759 |
Melvin Ely |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
55 |
23.2 |
9.0 |
1.4 |
2.3 |
3.8 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
0.3 |
1.6 |
2.2 |
3.7 |
7.5 |
.494 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
.234 |
1.4 |
2.2 |
.628 |
Melvin Ely |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
7 |
32.9 |
12.3 |
3.3 |
4.4 |
7.7 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
0.1 |
1.7 |
3.3 |
5.0 |
10.3 |
.486 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
.000 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
.762 |
Melvin Ely |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
63 |
26.2 |
8.6 |
1.6 |
2.8 |
4.4 |
1.4 |
2.0 |
0.5 |
1.4 |
2.6 |
3.6 |
7.2 |
.495 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
.345 |
1.3 |
2.0 |
.627 |
Melvin Ely |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
10 |
27.9 |
6.6 |
1.4 |
3.8 |
5.2 |
1.5 |
2.4 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
5.7 |
.491 |
0.1 |
0.7 |
.143 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
.750 |
Melvin Ely |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
64 |
25.3 |
8.4 |
1.6 |
3.0 |
4.6 |
1.1 |
1.7 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
2.7 |
3.4 |
7.3 |
.458 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
.357 |
1.4 |
2.2 |
.652 |
Melvin Ely |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
4 |
23.5 |
7.5 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
2.8 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
2.8 |
2.5 |
8.3 |
.303 |
0.3 |
1.8 |
.143 |
2.3 |
3.3 |
.692 |
Melvin Ely |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Season 13 |
|
Tony Allen |
Melvin Ely |
Season |
2016-17 | - |
Team |
Memphis Grizzlies | - |
Honors & Awards |
All-Defensive Second Team | - |
Playoffs |
Did Not Play | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
71 |
27.0 |
9.1 |
2.3 |
3.2 |
5.5 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
2.5 |
3.9 |
8.4 |
.461 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
.278 |
1.1 |
1.8 |
.615 |
Melvin Ely |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Melvin Ely |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
22 |
12.4 |
4.7 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
2.1 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0.9 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
4.1 |
.484 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
.333 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
.524 |
Melvin Ely |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Tony Allen |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Melvin Ely |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |