Joe Caldwell vs. Gail Goodrich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gail Goodrich and Joe Caldwell, 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.

Joe Caldwell played 6 years in the NBA, 8 less than Gail Goodrich, who played 14. Joe Caldwell had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while Gail Goodrich had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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
	Joe Caldwell	Gail Goodrich
Season	1964-65	1965-66
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Joe Caldwell	66	23.4	10.7	-	-	6.7	1.8	-	-	-	2.6	4.4	11.8	.374	-	-	-	2.0	3.2	.614
Gail Goodrich	65	15.5	7.8	-	-	2.0	1.6	-	-	-	1.6	3.1	7.7	.404	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.691
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Caldwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gail Goodrich	11	26.4	10.5	-	-	3.8	3.0	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	8.4	.467	-	-	-	2.6	3.9	.674

Season 4
	Joe Caldwell	Gail Goodrich
Season	1967-68	1968-69
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Joe Caldwell	79	33.4	16.4	-	-	4.3	3.0	-	-	-	2.6	7.1	15.4	.463	-	-	-	2.1	3.7	.569
Gail Goodrich	81	40.0	23.8	-	-	5.4	6.4	-	-	-	3.1	8.9	21.6	.411	-	-	-	6.1	8.2	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Caldwell	6	24.7	5.3	-	-	3.5	2.5	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	7.7	.326	-	-	-	0.3	2.5	.133
Gail Goodrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Joe Caldwell	Gail Goodrich
Season	1968-69	1969-70
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Suns 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		%
Joe Caldwell	81	33.6	15.8	-	-	3.7	4.0	-	-	-	2.9	6.9	13.7	.507	-	-	-	2.0	3.7	.537
Gail Goodrich	81	39.9	20.0	-	-	4.2	7.5	-	-	-	3.1	7.0	15.4	.454	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Caldwell	11	36.7	14.7	-	-	5.0	3.4	-	-	-	3.6	5.9	12.2	.485	-	-	-	2.9	6.3	.464
Gail Goodrich	7	37.9	20.3	-	-	4.6	5.4	-	-	-	3.0	8.0	16.9	.475	-	-	-	4.3	5.0	.857

Season 6
	Joe Caldwell	Gail Goodrich
Season	1969-70	1970-71
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf 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		%
Joe Caldwell	82	34.8	21.1	-	-	5.0	3.5	-	-	-	3.1	8.2	16.2	.507	-	-	-	4.6	6.7	.688
Gail Goodrich	79	35.5	17.5	-	-	3.3	4.8	-	-	-	3.3	7.1	14.9	.475	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Caldwell	9	43.7	25.0	-	-	5.0	4.2	-	-	-	3.8	10.3	22.0	.470	-	-	-	4.3	6.7	.650
Gail Goodrich	12	43.2	25.4	-	-	3.2	7.6	-	-	-	3.2	8.8	20.6	.425	-	-	-	7.9	9.4	.841

Season 7
	Joe Caldwell	Gail Goodrich
Season	-	1971-72
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Joe Caldwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gail Goodrich	82	37.1	25.9	-	-	3.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.6	10.1	20.7	.487	-	-	-	5.8	6.8	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Caldwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gail Goodrich	15	38.3	23.8	-	-	2.5	3.3	-	-	-	3.3	8.7	19.5	.445	-	-	-	6.5	7.2	.898

Season 8
	Joe Caldwell	Gail Goodrich
Season	-	1972-73
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Joe Caldwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gail Goodrich	76	35.5	23.9	-	-	3.5	4.4	-	-	-	2.5	9.9	21.3	.464	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	.840
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Caldwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gail Goodrich	17	35.5	20.0	-	-	3.6	3.9	-	-	-	3.1	8.2	18.2	.448	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.785

Season 9
	Joe Caldwell	Gail Goodrich
Season	-	1973-74
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Lakers Lost West Conf 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		%
Joe Caldwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gail Goodrich	82	37.3	25.3	1.2	1.9	3.0	5.2	1.5	0.1	-	2.8	9.6	21.6	.442	-	-	-	6.2	7.2	.864
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Caldwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gail Goodrich	5	37.8	19.6	1.4	1.8	3.2	6.0	1.4	0.2	-	1.4	7.0	18.0	.389	-	-	-	5.6	6.6	.848

Season 10
	Joe Caldwell	Gail Goodrich
Season	-	1974-75
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Joe Caldwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gail Goodrich	72	37.1	22.6	1.3	1.7	3.0	5.8	1.4	0.1	-	3.0	9.1	19.8	.459	-	-	-	4.4	5.3	.841
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Caldwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gail Goodrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-