Eric Gordon vs. Bobby Wanzer Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Wanzer and Eric Gordon, 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.

Eric Gordon played 16 years in the NBA, 7 more than Bobby Wanzer, who played 9. Eric Gordon had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Bobby Wanzer had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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
	Eric Gordon	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2008-09	1948-49
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West 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		%
Eric Gordon	78	34.3	16.1	0.6	2.0	2.6	2.8	1.0	0.4	2.1	2.2	5.3	11.6	.456	1.7	4.3	.389	3.8	4.5	.854
Bobby Wanzer	60	-	10.2	-	-	-	3.1	-	-	-	2.2	3.4	8.9	.379	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	4	-	9.5	-	-	-	2.3	-	-	-	2.3	3.3	10.3	.317	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.706

Season 3
	Eric Gordon	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2010-11	1950-51
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Rochester Royals
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		%
Eric Gordon	56	37.7	22.3	0.8	2.1	2.9	4.4	1.3	0.3	2.7	2.1	7.6	16.9	.450	1.9	5.2	.364	5.1	6.2	.825
Bobby Wanzer	68	-	10.8	-	-	3.4	2.7	-	-	-	1.9	3.7	9.2	.401	-	-	-	3.4	4.0	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	14	-	12.5	-	-	5.1	4.2	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	8.6	.471	-	-	-	4.4	4.8	.910

Season 4
	Eric Gordon	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2011-12	1951-52
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West 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		%
Eric Gordon	9	34.4	20.6	0.2	2.6	2.8	3.4	1.4	0.4	2.7	2.2	7.0	15.6	.450	1.1	4.4	.250	5.4	7.2	.754
Bobby Wanzer	66	37.8	15.7	-	-	5.0	4.0	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	11.7	.425	-	-	-	5.7	6.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	6	41.5	18.8	-	-	6.3	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	12.8	.429	-	-	-	7.8	8.2	.959

Season 5
	Eric Gordon	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2012-13	1952-53
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West 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		%
Eric Gordon	42	30.1	17.0	0.2	1.6	1.8	3.3	1.1	0.2	2.8	1.8	5.6	13.9	.402	1.3	4.1	.324	4.5	5.3	.842
Bobby Wanzer	70	36.8	14.6	-	-	5.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.9	4.5	12.4	.367	-	-	-	5.5	6.8	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	3	38.7	17.0	-	-	7.0	3.0	-	-	-	4.3	4.7	12.3	.378	-	-	-	7.7	9.0	.852

Season 6
	Eric Gordon	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2013-14	1953-54
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West 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		%
Eric Gordon	64	32.1	15.4	0.5	2.1	2.6	3.3	1.2	0.2	2.1	1.8	5.6	12.8	.436	1.6	4.0	.391	2.7	3.5	.785
Bobby Wanzer	72	35.3	13.3	-	-	5.4	3.5	-	-	-	2.4	4.5	11.6	.386	-	-	-	4.4	5.9	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	6	40.8	16.0	-	-	5.8	4.3	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	12.3	.405	-	-	-	6.0	7.3	.818

Season 7
	Eric Gordon	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2014-15	1954-55
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost West 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		%
Eric Gordon	61	33.1	13.4	0.5	2.1	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.0	2.4	4.7	11.4	.411	2.3	5.2	.448	1.8	2.2	.805
Bobby Wanzer	72	33.0	13.1	-	-	5.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	11.4	.395	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	4	35.8	18.5	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.8	0.5	0.5	2.5	2.8	7.0	15.8	.444	3.3	8.0	.406	1.3	1.5	.833
Bobby Wanzer	3	33.3	18.0	-	-	7.0	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	5.3	11.7	.457	-	-	-	7.3	8.0	.917

Season 8
	Eric Gordon	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2015-16	1955-56
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Rochester Royals
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		%
Eric Gordon	45	32.9	15.2	0.2	2.0	2.2	2.7	1.0	0.3	1.6	2.2	5.1	12.3	.418	2.5	6.5	.384	2.5	2.8	.888
Bobby Wanzer	72	27.5	10.4	-	-	3.8	3.1	-	-	-	2.1	3.4	9.0	.376	-	-	-	3.6	5.0	.719
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Eric Gordon	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2016-17	1956-57
Team	Houston Rockets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 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		%
Eric Gordon	75	31.0	16.2	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.5	0.6	0.5	1.6	2.0	5.5	13.5	.406	3.3	8.8	.372	2.0	2.3	.840
Bobby Wanzer	21	7.6	3.9	-	-	1.2	0.4	-	-	-	1.0	1.1	2.3	.469	-	-	-	1.7	2.2	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	11	32.5	12.9	0.5	3.5	3.9	2.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	4.6	11.0	.421	2.5	6.4	.386	1.2	1.6	.722
Bobby Wanzer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-