Mel Counts vs. J.J. Redick Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.J. Redick and Mel Counts, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Mel Counts played 12 years in the NBA, 3 less than J.J. Redick, who played 15. Mel Counts had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while J.J. Redick 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Mel Counts	12	8	1964-65 to 1975-76
J.J. Redick	15	13	2006-07 to 2020-21

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Mel Counts	J.J. Redick
Season	1964-65	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic Lost East 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		%
Mel Counts	54	10.6	4.8	-	-	4.9	0.4	-	-	-	2.5	1.9	5.0	.368	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.784
J.J. Redick	42	14.8	6.0	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.2	1.9	4.6	.410	0.9	2.3	.388	1.3	1.4	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	4	7.5	2.3	-	-	2.8	0.3	-	-	-	2.5	1.0	3.8	.267	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
J.J. Redick	1	11.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	.500	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Mel Counts	J.J. Redick
Season	1965-66	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic Lost East 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		%
Mel Counts	67	15.2	8.4	-	-	6.4	0.7	-	-	-	3.1	3.3	8.2	.403	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.828
J.J. Redick	34	8.1	4.1	0.0	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.9	1.4	3.2	.444	0.5	1.3	.395	0.8	1.0	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	10	8.2	4.3	-	-	4.0	0.3	-	-	-	2.6	1.4	3.9	.359	-	-	-	1.5	1.7	.882
J.J. Redick	2	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Mel Counts	J.J. Redick
Season	1966-67	2008-09
Team	Baltimore Bullets, Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Magic 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		%
Mel Counts	56	15.4	7.6	-	-	6.1	0.9	-	-	-	3.3	3.2	7.5	.422	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.734
J.J. Redick	64	17.4	6.0	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.1	1.8	4.7	.391	1.0	2.8	.374	1.3	1.5	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	3	9.7	4.7	-	-	2.7	0.0	-	-	-	2.0	1.7	6.3	.263	-	-	-	1.3	1.3	1.000
J.J. Redick	16	20.4	6.0	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.4	1.6	1.9	5.2	.373	1.3	3.3	.404	0.8	0.9	.929


Season 4
	Mel Counts	J.J. Redick
Season	1967-68	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Magic Lost East 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		%
Mel Counts	82	21.2	11.7	-	-	8.9	1.7	-	-	-	3.8	4.7	9.9	.475	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.748
J.J. Redick	82	22.0	9.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.4	3.0	6.7	.439	1.4	3.3	.405	2.3	2.7	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	15	20.4	8.6	-	-	8.9	1.6	-	-	-	3.5	3.6	6.7	.535	-	-	-	1.4	2.1	.677
J.J. Redick	14	19.2	7.5	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.4	0.7	0.0	1.4	1.6	2.1	5.1	.423	1.1	2.5	.429	2.1	2.5	.857


Season 5
	Mel Counts	J.J. Redick
Season	1968-69	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Magic Lost East 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		%
Mel Counts	77	24.2	12.4	-	-	7.8	1.4	-	-	-	2.9	5.1	11.3	.450	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.805
J.J. Redick	59	25.6	10.1	0.1	1.8	1.9	1.7	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.4	3.3	7.6	.441	1.5	3.7	.397	1.9	2.2	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	18	24.6	11.2	-	-	7.9	1.4	-	-	-	3.7	4.1	10.7	.385	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.761
J.J. Redick	6	20.0	6.7	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.0	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.3	2.5	7.0	.357	0.2	2.5	.067	1.5	2.0	.750


Season 6
	Mel Counts	J.J. Redick
Season	1969-70	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Magic Lost East 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		%
Mel Counts	81	27.1	12.6	-	-	8.4	2.0	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.427	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.776
J.J. Redick	65	27.2	11.6	0.3	2.0	2.3	2.5	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.4	3.8	9.0	.425	1.7	4.1	.418	2.2	2.4	.911

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	14	15.1	6.1	-	-	5.3	1.1	-	-	-	3.4	2.6	6.3	.420	-	-	-	0.8	0.9	.846
J.J. Redick	5	24.6	10.8	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.2	0.2	0.0	1.2	0.8	3.8	8.8	.432	0.8	3.8	.211	2.4	2.8	.857


Season 7
	Mel Counts	J.J. Redick
Season	1970-71	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Mel Counts	80	20.9	11.0	-	-	6.3	1.7	-	-	-	3.5	4.6	10.0	.457	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.753
J.J. Redick	78	30.5	14.1	0.2	2.0	2.2	3.8	0.5	0.1	1.8	1.5	4.9	11.3	.434	2.1	5.8	.366	2.2	2.4	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	4	17.3	7.3	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.5	2.3	2.8	6.3	.440	1.0	3.0	.333	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 8
	Mel Counts	J.J. Redick
Season	1971-72	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Mel Counts	76	11.9	5.2	-	-	3.4	1.3	-	-	-	2.1	1.9	4.5	.427	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.721
J.J. Redick	35	28.2	15.2	0.3	1.9	2.1	2.2	0.8	0.1	1.2	1.9	5.2	11.4	.455	2.1	5.3	.395	2.8	3.0	.915

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	13	27.0	13.3	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.5	0.8	0.0	1.0	1.8	4.7	10.2	.459	2.0	5.0	.400	1.9	2.0	.962


Season 9
	Mel Counts	J.J. Redick
Season	1972-73	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Clippers 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		%
Mel Counts	66	10.0	4.6	-	-	3.8	1.0	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	4.5	.449	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.672
J.J. Redick	78	30.9	16.4	0.3	1.9	2.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.7	5.7	12.0	.477	2.6	5.9	.437	2.3	2.6	.901

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	17	19.2	9.1	-	-	6.1	1.6	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	7.8	.459	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.780
J.J. Redick	14	38.6	14.9	0.0	2.1	2.1	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.9	2.6	5.0	11.5	.435	2.5	6.3	.398	2.4	2.5	.943


Season 10
	Mel Counts	J.J. Redick
Season	1973-74	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers 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		%
Mel Counts	45	11.1	3.2	1.2	2.0	3.2	1.2	0.4	0.5	-	1.9	1.4	3.7	.365	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.727
J.J. Redick	75	28.0	16.3	0.1	1.7	1.9	1.4	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	5.6	11.7	.480	2.7	5.6	.475	2.4	2.7	.888

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	4	8.5	3.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	-	0.8	1.5	3.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
J.J. Redick	6	27.7	13.5	0.2	1.8	2.0	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.8	5.7	13.2	.430	1.8	5.2	.355	0.3	0.5	.667


Season 11
	Mel Counts	J.J. Redick
Season	1974-75	2016-17
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Mel Counts	75	18.9	6.9	1.4	4.5	5.9	2.4	0.7	0.6	-	2.6	2.9	6.6	.438	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.761
J.J. Redick	78	28.2	15.0	0.1	2.1	2.2	1.4	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.6	5.1	11.4	.445	2.6	6.0	.429	2.3	2.6	.891

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	7	29.4	9.1	0.0	1.7	1.7	0.9	0.3	0.0	1.9	2.4	2.7	7.1	.380	1.3	3.7	.346	2.4	2.9	.850


Season 12
	Mel Counts	J.J. Redick
Season	1975-76	2017-18
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East 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		%
Mel Counts	30	10.6	3.0	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.3	0.5	0.3	-	2.5	1.2	3.0	.407	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.762
J.J. Redick	70	30.2	17.1	0.1	2.4	2.5	3.0	0.5	0.1	1.5	1.8	5.8	12.6	.460	2.8	6.6	.420	2.8	3.1	.904

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	10	34.2	18.2	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.6	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.1	6.0	13.5	.444	2.6	7.5	.347	3.6	4.2	.857


Season 13
	Mel Counts	J.J. Redick
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	76ers Lost East 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		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	76	31.3	18.1	0.3	2.2	2.4	2.7	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.7	5.9	13.5	.440	3.2	8.0	.397	3.0	3.4	.894

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	12	31.3	13.4	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.6	0.1	0.3	1.8	2.7	4.5	10.3	.435	3.0	7.3	.414	1.4	1.7	.850


Season 14
	Mel Counts	J.J. Redick
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	60	26.4	15.3	0.2	2.4	2.5	2.0	0.3	0.2	1.3	1.6	4.8	10.5	.453	3.0	6.6	.453	2.8	3.1	.892

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Mel Counts	J.J. Redick
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	44	16.4	7.4	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.1	2.4	6.1	.397	1.5	4.0	.371	1.1	1.2	.942

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mel Counts vs. J.J. Redick Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.J. Redick and Mel Counts, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15