Tony Allen vs. Nick Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Young 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.

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.

Tony Allen played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Nick Young, who played 12. Tony Allen had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Nick Young had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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
Tony Allen	14	10	2004-05 to 2017-18
Nick Young	12	3	2007-08 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tony Allen	Nick Young
Season	2004-05	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+2	+1.0	+1.1	+0.8	+0.6	+1.4		+0.5	+0.2	-0.3	-0.3	+0.4	+1.4	+.036	+0.3	+0.9	+.013	+0.2	+0.3	+.078
Nick Young	75	15.4	7.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.7	2.8	6.4	.439	0.5	1.3	.400	1.3	1.7	.815

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
difference:	+3	+8.1	+1.4	+0.3	+0.8	+1.2		+0.1	+0.3	-0.4	-2.1	+0.8	+0.3	+.333		+0.5		+0.4		+.321
Nick Young	4	4.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	.111	0.0	0.5	.000	0.8	1.0	.750


Season 2
	Tony Allen	Nick Young
Season	2005-06	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Wizards
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		%
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
difference:	+31	+3.2	+3.7	+0.2		+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	+0.2	-0.2	-0.8	+1.6	+3.8	+.027	+0.5	+1.3	+.017		+0.2	+.104
Nick Young	82	22.4	10.9	0.4	1.5	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.7	4.1	9.2	.444	0.7	2.0	.341	2.0	2.4	.850

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tony Allen nor Nick Young played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Tony Allen	Nick Young
Season	2006-07	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Wizards
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		%
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
difference:	+41	+5.2	+2.9	+0.8	+1.6	+2.4	+1.1	+1.1	+0.3	-1.5	-0.6	+0.9	+0.3	+.096	+0.7	+1.3	+.164	+1.8	+2.3	+.016
Nick Young	74	19.2	8.6	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.8	2.0	3.1	7.5	.418	0.9	2.3	.406	1.4	1.8	.800

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tony Allen nor Nick Young played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Tony Allen	Nick Young
Season	2007-08	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
difference:	+11	+13.5	+10.8	+0.1	+0.5	+0.5	+0.3	+0.1		-0.1	-0.1	+4.1	+9.4	+.007	+1.4	+3.4	+.071	+1.1	+1.2	+.054
Nick Young	64	31.8	17.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.3	6.4	14.6	.441	1.6	4.2	.387	2.9	3.6	.816

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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Tony Allen	Nick Young
Season	2008-09	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+16	+8.6	+6.4		+0.2	+0.2	+0.5	+0.5	+0.2	-0.4	-0.2	+2.1	+6.4	+.079	+1.6	+3.9	+.143	+0.6	+0.3	+.127
Nick Young	62	27.9	14.2	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.3	5.1	12.6	.403	1.7	4.5	.365	2.3	2.7	.852

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
difference:	+1	+12.2	+7.4		+0.2	+0.2		+0.1	+0.4	-0.5	-1.4	+2.2	+5.3	+.067	+1.5	+3.0		+1.4	+1.5	+.111
Nick Young	11	18.2	8.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.8	2.6	6.1	.433	1.5	3.0	.515	1.5	1.6	.889


Season 6
	Tony Allen	Nick Young
Season	2009-10	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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
difference:	+5	+7.4	+4.5	+0.6	+0.1	+0.5	+0.1	+0.5	+0.2	-0.4	-0.6	+1.4	+4.5	+.097	+1.3	+3.5	+.357	+0.5		+.215
Nick Young	59	23.9	10.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.4	3.8	9.2	.413	1.3	3.6	.357	1.8	2.2	.820

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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Tony Allen	Nick Young
Season	2010-11	2013-14
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
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
difference:	+8	+7.5	+9.0	+0.5	+0.4	+0.1	+0.1	+1.1	+0.4	-0.3	-0.2	+2.5	+7.1	+.075	+2.0	+5.2	+.212	+1.8	+2.0	+.072
Nick Young	64	28.3	17.9	0.5	2.1	2.6	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.4	6.0	13.9	.435	2.1	5.5	.386	3.7	4.5	.825

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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Tony Allen	Nick Young
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
difference:	+16	+2.5	+3.6	+1.3	+0.4	+1.7	+0.4	+1.3	+0.3	-0.6	-0.4	+0.5	+3.6	+.103	+1.9	+5.0	+.061	+0.7	+0.5	+.092
Nick Young	42	23.8	13.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.0	4.1	11.3	.366	2.0	5.4	.369	3.1	3.5	.892

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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tony Allen	Nick Young
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
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
difference:	+25	+7.6	+1.6	+1.2	+1.6	+2.8	+0.6	+1.1	+0.5	-0.6	-1.8	+1.3	+1.2	+.106	+1.4	+4.1	+.200	+0.5	+1.0	+.112
Nick Young	54	19.1	7.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.9	2.3	6.9	.339	1.4	4.4	.325	1.2	1.4	.829

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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Tony Allen	Nick Young
Season	2013-14	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
difference:	+5	+2.7	+4.2	+1.0	+0.4	+1.5	+0.7	+1.0	+0.1	-1.0	-0.1	+0.8	+3.1	+.064	+2.6	+6.1	+.170	+0.1	+0.7	+.228
Nick Young	60	25.9	13.2	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	2.3	4.5	10.6	.430	2.8	7.0	.404	1.3	1.5	.856

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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Tony Allen	Nick Young
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+17	+8.8	+1.3	+1.3	+1.5	+2.8	+0.9	+1.5	+0.4	-0.9	-1.3	+1.1	+1.1	+.083	+1.3	+3.6	+.032	+0.6	+1.2	+.235
Nick Young	80	17.4	7.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.3	2.5	6.1	.412	1.5	4.1	.377	0.7	0.8	.862

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
difference:	+10	+17.6	+4.0	+1.3	+3.2	+4.6	+1.3	+2.3	+1.1	-1.2	-1.8	+2.0	+3.0	+.189	+0.6	+1.7	+.155	+0.6	+0.8
Nick Young	20	10.3	2.6	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.7	.302	0.7	2.4	.298	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 12
	Tony Allen	Nick Young
Season	2015-16	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
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
difference:	+60	+16.0	+6.1	+1.6	+2.7	+4.3	+0.6	+1.7		-0.7	-1.7	+2.6	+5.0	+.125	+0.6	+1.3	+.018	+1.4	+2.2
Nick Young	4	9.3	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.8	2.3	.333	0.8	2.0	.375	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	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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Tony Allen played 2 seasons more than Nick Young in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 14, from 2017 to 2018—Tony Allen didn't play in the postseason. In those 2 extra years over Nick Young, Tony Allen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team

Tony Allen vs. Nick Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Young 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.

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