Ray Allen vs. Mel Counts Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mel Counts and Ray Allen, 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.

Ray Allen played 18 years in the NBA, 6 more than Mel Counts, who played 12. Ray Allen had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Mel Counts had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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
	Ray Allen	Mel Counts
Season	1996-97	1964-65
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
Ray Allen	82	30.9	13.4	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.6	0.9	0.1	1.8	2.7	4.8	11.1	.430	1.4	3.6	.393	2.5	3.0	.823
Mel Counts	54	10.6	4.8	-	-	4.9	0.4	-	-	-	2.5	1.9	5.0	.368	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.784
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	4	7.5	2.3	-	-	2.8	0.3	-	-	-	2.5	1.0	3.8	.267	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000

Season 2
	Ray Allen	Mel Counts
Season	1997-98	1965-66
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
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		%
Ray Allen	82	40.1	19.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	4.3	1.4	0.1	3.2	3.0	6.9	16.0	.428	1.6	4.5	.364	4.2	4.8	.875
Mel Counts	67	15.2	8.4	-	-	6.4	0.7	-	-	-	3.1	3.3	8.2	.403	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	10	8.2	4.3	-	-	4.0	0.3	-	-	-	2.6	1.4	3.9	.359	-	-	-	1.5	1.7	.882

Season 4
	Ray Allen	Mel Counts
Season	1999-00	1967-68
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Ray Allen	82	37.4	22.1	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.8	1.3	0.2	2.2	2.3	7.8	17.2	.455	2.1	5.0	.423	4.3	4.9	.887
Mel Counts	82	21.2	11.7	-	-	8.9	1.7	-	-	-	3.8	4.7	9.9	.475	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	5	37.4	22.0	2.0	4.6	6.6	2.6	1.6	0.0	1.8	2.0	8.0	18.0	.444	2.0	5.2	.385	4.0	4.4	.909
Mel Counts	15	20.4	8.6	-	-	8.9	1.6	-	-	-	3.5	3.6	6.7	.535	-	-	-	1.4	2.1	.677

Season 5
	Ray Allen	Mel Counts
Season	2000-01	1968-69
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Ray Allen	82	38.2	22.0	1.2	4.0	5.2	4.6	1.5	0.2	2.5	2.3	7.7	16.0	.480	2.5	5.7	.433	4.2	4.8	.888
Mel Counts	77	24.2	12.4	-	-	7.8	1.4	-	-	-	2.9	5.1	11.3	.450	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	18	42.7	25.1	1.1	3.1	4.1	6.0	1.3	0.6	2.4	2.4	8.8	18.4	.477	3.2	6.6	.479	4.4	4.8	.919
Mel Counts	18	24.6	11.2	-	-	7.9	1.4	-	-	-	3.7	4.1	10.7	.385	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.761

Season 6
	Ray Allen	Mel Counts
Season	2001-02	1969-70
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Ray Allen	69	36.6	21.8	1.2	3.3	4.5	3.9	1.3	0.3	2.3	2.3	7.7	16.6	.462	3.3	7.7	.434	3.1	3.6	.873
Mel Counts	81	27.1	12.6	-	-	8.4	2.0	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.427	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	14	15.1	6.1	-	-	5.3	1.1	-	-	-	3.4	2.6	6.3	.420	-	-	-	0.8	0.9	.846

Season 8
	Ray Allen	Mel Counts
Season	2003-04	1971-72
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Phoenix Suns
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		%
Ray Allen	56	38.4	23.0	1.2	3.9	5.1	4.8	1.3	0.2	2.8	2.4	8.0	18.2	.440	2.6	6.8	.392	4.4	4.8	.904
Mel Counts	76	11.9	5.2	-	-	3.4	1.3	-	-	-	2.1	1.9	4.5	.427	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.721
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Ray Allen	Mel Counts
Season	2004-05	1972-73
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Ray Allen	78	39.3	23.9	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.7	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.1	8.2	19.2	.428	2.7	7.1	.376	4.8	5.5	.883
Mel Counts	66	10.0	4.6	-	-	3.8	1.0	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	4.5	.449	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.672
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	11	39.6	26.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	3.9	1.3	0.4	3.1	2.0	9.3	19.5	.474	2.8	7.5	.378	5.1	5.7	.889
Mel Counts	17	19.2	9.1	-	-	6.1	1.6	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	7.8	.459	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.780

Season 10
	Ray Allen	Mel Counts
Season	2005-06	1973-74
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ray Allen	78	38.7	25.1	0.9	3.3	4.3	3.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	1.9	8.7	19.2	.454	3.4	8.4	.412	4.2	4.6	.903
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-

Season 11
	Ray Allen	Mel Counts
Season	2006-07	1974-75
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New Orleans Jazz
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		%
Ray Allen	55	40.3	26.4	1.0	3.5	4.5	4.1	1.5	0.2	2.8	2.1	9.2	21.0	.438	3.0	8.1	.372	5.1	5.6	.903
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Ray Allen	Mel Counts
Season	2007-08	1975-76
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	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		%
Ray Allen	73	35.9	17.4	1.0	2.6	3.7	3.1	0.9	0.2	1.7	2.0	6.0	13.5	.445	2.5	6.2	.398	2.9	3.2	.907
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	26	38.0	15.6	1.0	2.8	3.8	2.7	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.4	5.1	12.0	.428	2.1	5.3	.396	3.2	3.5	.913
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Ray Allen	Mel Counts
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Ray Allen	79	36.4	18.2	0.8	2.7	3.5	2.8	0.9	0.2	1.7	2.0	6.3	13.2	.480	2.5	6.2	.409	3.0	3.2	.952
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	14	40.4	18.3	0.9	3.0	3.9	2.6	1.1	0.4	1.8	2.5	5.9	14.7	.403	2.5	7.1	.350	3.9	4.1	.948
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 15
	Ray Allen	Mel Counts
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Ray Allen	80	36.1	16.5	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.7	1.0	0.2	1.5	1.8	6.0	12.2	.491	2.1	4.7	.444	2.4	2.7	.881
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	9	40.1	18.9	0.6	3.2	3.8	2.4	1.2	0.1	1.1	2.3	6.3	12.1	.523	3.6	6.2	.571	2.7	2.8	.960
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 17
	Ray Allen	Mel Counts
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
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		%
Ray Allen	79	25.8	10.9	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.7	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.6	3.7	8.2	.449	1.8	4.2	.419	1.8	2.0	.886
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	23	24.9	10.2	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.3	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.8	3.2	7.5	.430	1.7	4.2	.406	2.0	2.3	.870
Mel Counts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-