Dillon Brooks vs. Tom Gola Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom Gola and Dillon Brooks, 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.

Dillon Brooks played 7 years in the NBA, 3 less than Tom Gola, who played 10. Dillon Brooks had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Tom Gola had his rookie season in 1955-56. 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
	Dillon Brooks	Tom Gola
Season	2017-18	1955-56
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	82	28.7	11.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.6	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.8	4.1	9.4	.440	1.1	3.2	.356	1.5	2.0	.747
Tom Gola	68	34.5	10.8	-	-	9.1	5.9	-	-	-	4.0	3.6	8.7	.412	-	-	-	3.6	4.9	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Gola	10	36.0	12.3	-	-	10.1	5.8	-	-	-	4.7	3.8	10.7	.355	-	-	-	4.7	6.0	.783

Note: Tom Gola didn't play in 1956-57.

Season 2
	Dillon Brooks	Tom Gola
Season	2018-19	1957-58
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost East Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	18	18.3	7.5	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.9	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.8	2.7	6.8	.402	0.8	2.2	.375	1.2	1.7	.733
Tom Gola	59	36.0	13.8	-	-	10.8	5.5	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	12.1	.415	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Gola	8	40.9	13.8	-	-	10.5	4.0	-	-	-	3.0	4.5	13.6	.330	-	-	-	4.8	6.4	.745

Season 4
	Dillon Brooks	Tom Gola
Season	2020-21	1959-60
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost East Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	67	29.8	17.2	0.8	2.1	2.9	2.3	1.2	0.4	1.8	3.5	6.4	15.4	.419	1.9	5.6	.344	2.4	2.9	.815
Tom Gola	75	38.3	15.0	-	-	10.4	5.5	-	-	-	4.1	5.7	13.1	.433	-	-	-	3.6	4.5	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	5	35.0	25.8	1.0	3.2	4.2	2.2	1.4	0.4	1.8	3.4	10.0	19.4	.515	1.6	4.0	.400	4.2	5.2	.808
Tom Gola	9	37.8	12.6	-	-	10.6	5.6	-	-	-	4.6	4.7	11.3	.412	-	-	-	3.2	4.0	.806

Season 5
	Dillon Brooks	Tom Gola
Season	2021-22	1960-61
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors Lost East Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	32	27.7	18.4	0.9	2.3	3.2	2.8	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.3	7.1	16.4	.432	1.4	4.7	.309	2.8	3.3	.849
Tom Gola	74	36.6	14.2	-	-	9.4	3.9	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	12.7	.447	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	11	30.5	14.6	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.7	1.0	0.3	2.0	3.3	5.5	15.6	.349	2.3	6.5	.347	1.5	2.3	.640
Tom Gola	3	42.3	9.7	-	-	12.3	5.0	-	-	-	4.7	2.3	11.3	.206	-	-	-	5.0	6.7	.750

Season 6
	Dillon Brooks	Tom Gola
Season	2022-23	1961-62
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost East Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	73	30.3	14.3	0.6	2.7	3.3	2.6	0.9	0.2	1.4	3.3	5.4	13.6	.396	2.0	6.0	.326	1.6	2.1	.779
Tom Gola	60	41.0	13.7	-	-	9.8	4.9	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	12.8	.421	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	6	27.8	10.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.8	0.2	0.0	1.2	3.3	4.0	12.8	.312	1.7	7.0	.238	0.8	1.2	.714
Tom Gola	9	35.1	6.3	-	-	8.2	2.7	-	-	-	4.2	2.1	7.8	.271	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.760

Season 7
	Dillon Brooks	Tom Gola
Season	2023-24	1962-63
Team	Houston Rockets	San Francisco Warriors, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dillon Brooks	72	30.9	12.7	0.7	2.7	3.4	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.2	3.3	4.6	10.7	.428	1.8	5.1	.359	1.7	2.0	.844
Tom Gola	73	36.6	12.3	-	-	4.3	4.1	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	10.8	.459	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Gola	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Dillon Brooks	Tom Gola
Season	-	1963-64
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Gola	74	29.1	9.1	-	-	6.3	3.5	-	-	-	3.8	3.5	8.1	.429	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.726
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Gola	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-