Bob Davies vs. Rudy Gay Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gay and Bob Davies, 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.

Bob Davies played 7 years in the NBA, 10 less than Rudy Gay, who played 17. Bob Davies had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, 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 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bob Davies	Rudy Gay
Season	1948-49	2006-07
Team	Rochester Royals	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Bob Davies	60	-	15.1	-	-	-	5.4	-	-	-	3.3	5.3	14.5	.364	-	-	-	4.5	5.8	.776
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		%
Bob Davies	4	-	12.0	-	-	-	3.3	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	12.8	.373	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.769
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Bob Davies	Rudy Gay
Season	1949-50	2007-08
Team	Rochester Royals	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost Cent Div Semis	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		%
Bob Davies	64	-	14.0	-	-	-	4.6	-	-	-	2.9	5.0	13.9	.357	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.752
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		%
Bob Davies	2	-	7.5	-	-	-	4.5	-	-	-	5.5	2.0	8.5	.235	-	-	-	3.5	4.0	.875
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Bob Davies	Rudy Gay
Season	1950-51	2008-09
Team	Rochester Royals	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bob Davies	63	-	15.2	-	-	3.1	4.6	-	-	-	3.3	5.2	13.9	.372	-	-	-	4.8	6.0	.795
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Davies	14	-	15.9	-	-	3.1	5.4	-	-	-	3.2	5.6	16.7	.338	-	-	-	4.6	5.7	.800
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Bob Davies	Rudy Gay
Season	1951-52	2009-10
Team	Rochester Royals	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Bob Davies	65	36.8	16.2	-	-	2.9	6.0	-	-	-	4.1	5.8	15.2	.383	-	-	-	4.5	5.8	.776
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		%
Bob Davies	6	38.8	19.8	-	-	2.2	4.7	-	-	-	3.0	6.2	15.3	.402	-	-	-	7.5	9.2	.818
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Bob Davies	Rudy Gay
Season	1952-53	2010-11
Team	Rochester Royals	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Bob Davies	66	33.6	15.6	-	-	3.0	4.2	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	13.3	.385	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.753
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		%
Bob Davies	3	30.3	8.7	-	-	1.3	4.7	-	-	-	3.7	2.0	9.7	.207	-	-	-	4.7	6.7	.700
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Bob Davies	Rudy Gay
Season	1953-54	2011-12
Team	Rochester Royals	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Finals	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bob Davies	72	29.7	12.3	-	-	2.7	4.5	-	-	-	3.1	4.0	10.8	.371	-	-	-	4.3	6.0	.718
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		%
Bob Davies	6	28.7	8.5	-	-	2.0	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	2.8	8.7	.327	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.739
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