Red Kerr vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and Red Kerr, 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.

Red Kerr played 12 years in the NBA, 6 more than Trae Young, who played 6. Red Kerr had the first of his seasons in 1954-55, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
	Red Kerr	Trae Young
Season	1954-55	2018-19
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Red Kerr	72	21.2	10.5	-	-	6.6	1.1	-	-	-	2.3	4.2	10.0	.419	-	-	-	2.1	3.1	.682
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Kerr	11	33.0	13.8	-	-	10.7	1.2	-	-	-	2.5	5.4	13.7	.391	-	-	-	3.1	5.5	.557
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Red Kerr	Trae Young
Season	1955-56	2019-20
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Red Kerr	72	29.4	13.3	-	-	8.4	1.2	-	-	-	2.3	5.2	13.0	.403	-	-	-	2.9	4.4	.655
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Kerr	8	26.6	11.1	-	-	8.5	1.3	-	-	-	2.9	4.6	9.6	.481	-	-	-	1.9	4.1	.455
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Red Kerr	Trae Young
Season	1957-58	2021-22
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Hawks 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		%
Red Kerr	72	33.1	15.2	-	-	13.4	1.2	-	-	-	2.7	5.7	14.2	.399	-	-	-	3.9	5.9	.664
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Kerr	3	38.7	16.7	-	-	20.3	1.0	-	-	-	1.7	6.0	18.3	.327	-	-	-	4.7	6.0	.778
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788

Season 5
	Red Kerr	Trae Young
Season	1958-59	2022-23
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Hawks 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		%
Red Kerr	72	37.1	17.8	-	-	14.0	2.0	-	-	-	2.5	7.0	15.8	.441	-	-	-	3.9	5.1	.766
Trae Young	73	34.8	26.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	10.2	1.1	0.1	4.1	1.4	8.2	19.0	.429	2.1	6.3	.335	7.8	8.8	.886
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Kerr	9	34.7	14.4	-	-	12.0	2.7	-	-	-	2.2	5.6	15.8	.352	-	-	-	3.3	3.7	.909
Trae Young	6	38.3	29.2	0.8	2.8	3.7	10.2	1.7	0.7	4.0	1.8	10.0	24.8	.403	3.0	9.0	.333	6.2	7.2	.860

Season 6
	Red Kerr	Trae Young
Season	1959-60	2023-24
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East 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		%
Red Kerr	75	31.6	14.7	-	-	12.2	2.2	-	-	-	2.8	5.8	14.8	.392	-	-	-	3.1	4.1	.752
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Kerr	3	34.7	13.7	-	-	8.3	3.0	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	17.0	.294	-	-	-	3.7	4.0	.917
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Red Kerr	Trae Young
Season	1962-63	-
Team	Syracuse Nationals	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals 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		%
Red Kerr	80	32.0	15.7	-	-	13.0	2.7	-	-	-	2.6	6.3	13.4	.474	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.753
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Kerr	5	37.4	13.6	-	-	15.0	1.8	-	-	-	2.4	5.2	12.0	.433	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.762
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-