Ray Allen vs. Drazen Petrovic: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Drazen Petrovic and Ray Allen to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

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Ray Allen is among the NBA's all-time leaders in points and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by Drazen Petrovic.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Ray Allen has better scoring stats than Drazen Petrovic in averages and totals, both in the regular season and Playoffs. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 18 NBA regular seasons played, Ray Allen averages 3.5 points more than Drazen Petrovic in his 4 seasons (18.9 points against 15.4), and he also scored a total of 20,044 points more (24,505 vs. 4,461).

Points Per Game

Seasons
Ray Allen 18.9
+3.5
18
Drazen Petrovic 15.4
4

Total Points

Seasons
Ray Allen 24,505
+20,044
18
Drazen Petrovic 4,461
4

Points in the Playoffs

Similar to what happens in the regular season, in the NBA postseason Ray Allen has a better career point average than Drazen Petrovic (+5.9 points per game) and he also scored more points (+2,452).

Points Per Game

Playoffs
Ray Allen 16.1
+5.9
11
Drazen Petrovic 10.2
3

Total Points

Playoffs
Ray Allen 2,749
+2,452
11
Drazen Petrovic 297
3

Points by Thresholds

Regular Season

50+ Point Games

Ray Allen 1
+1
Drazen Petrovic 0

40+ Point Games

Ray Allen 13
+12
Drazen Petrovic 1

30+ Point Games

Ray Allen 130
+116
Drazen Petrovic 14

20+ Point Games

Ray Allen 584
+485
Drazen Petrovic 99

10+ Point Games

Ray Allen 1,134
+929
Drazen Petrovic 205

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Ray Allen 1,295
+1015
Drazen Petrovic 280

0 Point Games (games without points)

Ray Allen 5
Drazen Petrovic 10
+5

Playoffs

50+ Point Games

Ray Allen 1
+1
Drazen Petrovic 0

40+ Point Games

Ray Allen 3
+2
Drazen Petrovic 1

30+ Point Games

Ray Allen 11
+10
Drazen Petrovic 1

20+ Point Games

Ray Allen 59
+55
Drazen Petrovic 4

10+ Point Games

Ray Allen 124
+109
Drazen Petrovic 15

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Ray Allen 168
+143
Drazen Petrovic 25

0 Point Games (games without points)

Ray Allen 3
Drazen Petrovic 4
+1

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Regular Season

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Ray Allen 18.9 6.6 14.6 45.2 2.3 5.7 40.0 3.4 3.8 89.4 18 1,300
difference:+3.5+0.7+3.0+5.4+1.4+3.7+3.7+0.7+0.5+5.3+14+1,010
Drazen Petrovic 15.4 5.9 11.6 50.6 0.9 2.0 43.7 2.7 3.3 84.1 4 290

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Ray Allen 24,505 8,567 18,955 45.2 2,973 7,429 40.0 4,398 4,920 89.4 18 1,300
difference:+20,044+6,862+15,586+5.4+2,718+6,846+3.7+3,602+3,974+5.3+14+1,010
Drazen Petrovic 4,461 1,705 3,369 50.6 255 583 43.7 796 946 84.1 4 290

Playoffs

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Ray Allen 16.1 5.4 12.3 44.3 2.3 5.6 40.1 3.0 3.4 88.3 11 171
difference:+5.9+1.3+3.6+3.1+1.9+4.4+7.7+1.3+1.0+18.7+8+142
Drazen Petrovic 10.2 4.1 8.7 47.4 0.4 1.2 32.4 1.7 2.4 69.6 3 29

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Ray Allen 2,749 928 2,095 44.3 385 959 40.1 508 575 88.3 11 171
difference:+2,452+809+1,844+3.1+374+925+7.7+460+506+18.7+8+142
Drazen Petrovic 297 119 251 47.4 11 34 32.4 48 69 69.6 3 29

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

NBA Champion = NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Ray Allen 13.4
+5.8
199782
Drazen Petrovic 7.6
199077

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Ray Allen 19.5
+9.3
199882
Drazen Petrovic 10.2
199161

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Ray Allen 17.1
199950
Drazen Petrovic 20.6
+3.5
199282

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Ray Allen 22.1
200082
Drazen Petrovic 22.3
+0.2
199370

Ray Allen's additional seasons:

* Ray Allen played 14 seasons more than Drazen Petrovic in the NBA.

In those years—his seasons 5 to 18, from 2001 to 2014—he averaged 19.1 points in a total of 1,004 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 26.4 ppg and his lowest 9.6.

Playoffs

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Ray Allen -
DNP
19970
Drazen Petrovic 6.1
+6.1
199020

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Ray Allen -
DNP
19980
Drazen Petrovic -
DNP
19910

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Ray Allen 22.3
19993
Drazen Petrovic 24.3
+2.0
19924

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Ray Allen 22.0
+6.4
20005
Drazen Petrovic 15.6
19935

Ray Allen's additional Playoffs:

* During his 14 additional NBA seasons, Ray Allen played in 9 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those postseasons he averaged 15.8 points in a total of 163 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 26.5 ppg and his lowest 9.3.