Richie Guerin vs. C.J. McCollum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of C.J. McCollum and Richie Guerin, 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.

Richie Guerin played 13 years in the NBA, 2 more than C.J. McCollum, who played 11. Richie Guerin had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while C.J. McCollum had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
Richie Guerin	13	7	1956-57 to 1969-70
C.J. McCollum	11	10	2013-14 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Richie Guerin	C.J. McCollum
Season	1956-57	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Richie Guerin	72	24.9	9.7	-	-	4.6	2.5	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	9.7	.368	-	-	-	2.5	4.1	.620
C.J. McCollum	38	12.5	5.3	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.4	1.9	4.7	.416	0.8	2.1	.375	0.6	0.9	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richie Guerin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	6	4.0	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.8	.091	0.0	0.8	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 2
	Richie Guerin	C.J. McCollum
Season	1957-58	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Richie Guerin	63	37.6	16.5	-	-	7.8	5.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.5	15.4	.354	-	-	-	5.6	8.1	.691
C.J. McCollum	62	15.7	6.8	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.0	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.3	2.6	5.9	.436	0.9	2.2	.396	0.8	1.2	.699

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richie Guerin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	5	33.2	17.0	0.2	3.8	4.0	0.4	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.6	6.4	13.4	.478	2.2	4.6	.478	2.0	2.6	.769


Season 3
	Richie Guerin	C.J. McCollum
Season	1958-59	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
Richie Guerin	71	36.0	18.2	-	-	7.3	5.1	-	-	-	3.6	6.2	14.7	.424	-	-	-	5.7	7.1	.802
C.J. McCollum	80	34.8	20.8	0.6	2.7	3.2	4.3	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.3	8.0	17.9	.448	2.5	5.9	.417	2.3	2.8	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richie Guerin	2	38.5	15.0	-	-	9.0	7.5	-	-	-	5.5	4.5	17.5	.257	-	-	-	6.0	7.0	.857
C.J. McCollum	11	40.2	20.5	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.3	0.9	0.5	1.8	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	1.8	5.3	.345	3.4	4.2	.804


Season 4
	Richie Guerin	C.J. McCollum
Season	1959-60	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Richie Guerin	74	32.8	21.8	-	-	6.8	6.3	-	-	-	3.3	7.8	18.6	.420	-	-	-	6.2	8.0	.773
C.J. McCollum	80	35.0	23.0	0.8	2.9	3.6	3.6	0.9	0.5	2.2	2.5	8.7	18.0	.480	2.3	5.5	.421	3.4	3.7	.912

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richie Guerin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	4	35.0	22.5	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	3.8	2.5	8.0	20.0	.400	2.8	5.5	.500	3.8	4.0	.938


Season 5
	Richie Guerin	C.J. McCollum
Season	1960-61	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Richie Guerin	79	38.3	21.8	-	-	7.9	6.4	-	-	-	3.9	7.7	19.6	.396	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.792
C.J. McCollum	81	36.1	21.4	0.7	3.3	4.0	3.4	1.0	0.4	1.9	2.1	8.2	18.6	.443	2.3	5.9	.397	2.6	3.1	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richie Guerin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	4	38.8	25.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.5	1.3	0.3	2.3	2.8	10.0	19.3	.519	2.8	6.5	.423	2.5	3.3	.769


Season 6
	Richie Guerin	C.J. McCollum
Season	1961-62	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Richie Guerin	78	42.9	29.5	-	-	6.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.8	10.8	24.3	.442	-	-	-	8.0	9.8	.820
C.J. McCollum	70	33.9	21.0	0.9	3.1	4.0	3.0	0.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	8.2	17.8	.459	2.4	6.4	.375	2.3	2.7	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richie Guerin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	16	39.7	24.7	0.9	4.1	5.0	3.7	0.8	0.6	1.9	2.1	9.6	21.9	.440	2.9	7.3	.393	2.6	3.5	.732


Season 7
	Richie Guerin	C.J. McCollum
Season	1962-63	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Richie Guerin	79	34.3	21.5	-	-	4.2	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	7.5	17.5	.432	-	-	-	6.4	7.6	.848
C.J. McCollum	70	36.5	22.2	0.7	3.6	4.2	4.4	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.6	8.7	19.4	.451	2.8	7.3	.379	2.0	2.6	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richie Guerin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	5	39.2	23.2	1.0	4.8	5.8	3.2	1.2	0.4	3.0	2.0	8.8	19.8	.444	2.6	7.0	.371	3.0	4.4	.682


Season 8
	Richie Guerin	C.J. McCollum
Season	1963-64	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks, St. Louis Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Richie Guerin	80	29.6	13.1	-	-	3.2	4.7	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	10.6	.415	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.818
C.J. McCollum	47	34.0	23.1	0.6	3.3	3.9	4.7	0.9	0.4	1.4	1.9	8.6	18.8	.458	3.6	8.9	.402	2.3	2.8	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richie Guerin	12	35.7	18.1	-	-	4.2	4.1	-	-	-	4.5	6.3	14.1	.444	-	-	-	5.6	7.1	.788
C.J. McCollum	6	40.0	20.7	1.0	5.0	6.0	4.3	0.3	0.7	2.0	4.2	8.3	19.0	.439	2.3	7.0	.333	1.7	2.2	.769


Season 9
	Richie Guerin	C.J. McCollum
Season	1964-65	2021-22
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Semis	Pelicans 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		%
Richie Guerin	57	29.4	14.4	-	-	2.6	4.8	-	-	-	3.4	5.2	11.6	.446	-	-	-	4.1	5.3	.767
C.J. McCollum	62	34.6	22.1	0.9	3.5	4.3	5.1	1.1	0.4	2.0	2.0	8.6	18.8	.460	2.9	7.6	.388	1.9	2.7	.682

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richie Guerin	4	31.3	17.3	-	-	2.0	5.3	-	-	-	3.5	6.3	16.3	.385	-	-	-	4.8	6.3	.760
C.J. McCollum	6	39.0	22.2	1.8	4.8	6.7	4.8	0.7	0.8	2.5	2.5	8.2	20.8	.392	2.8	8.5	.333	3.0	4.3	.692


Season 10
	Richie Guerin	C.J. McCollum
Season	1965-66	2022-23
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Richie Guerin	80	29.5	14.9	-	-	3.9	4.9	-	-	-	3.2	5.2	12.5	.415	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.812
C.J. McCollum	75	35.3	20.9	0.7	3.6	4.4	5.7	0.9	0.5	2.4	2.0	7.8	17.9	.437	2.8	7.2	.389	2.4	3.2	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richie Guerin	10	39.9	20.6	-	-	3.7	7.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.2	15.9	.453	-	-	-	6.2	7.6	.816
C.J. McCollum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Richie Guerin	C.J. McCollum
Season	1966-67	2023-24
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Pelicans 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		%
Richie Guerin	80	28.4	13.7	-	-	2.4	4.3	-	-	-	3.1	4.9	11.3	.436	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.731
C.J. McCollum	66	32.7	20.0	0.6	3.7	4.3	4.6	0.9	0.6	1.7	1.9	7.3	16.0	.459	3.6	8.4	.429	1.7	2.1	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richie Guerin	9	25.3	10.7	-	-	2.6	4.3	-	-	-	2.6	4.0	9.6	.419	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.800
C.J. McCollum	4	37.0	17.8	0.5	4.3	4.8	4.8	1.8	0.8	4.0	3.5	7.8	18.5	.419	1.8	7.3	.241	0.5	0.5	1.000

Note: Richie Guerin didn't play in 1967-68.


Season 12
	Richie Guerin	C.J. McCollum
Season	1968-69	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Richie Guerin	27	17.5	5.6	-	-	2.2	3.7	-	-	-	2.4	1.7	4.1	.423	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.770
C.J. McCollum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richie Guerin	3	10.7	1.0	-	-	1.7	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	0.3	1.3	.250	-	-	-	0.3	0.7	.500
C.J. McCollum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Richie Guerin	C.J. McCollum
Season	1969-70	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Richie Guerin	8	8.0	0.9	-	-	0.3	1.5	-	-	-	1.1	0.4	1.4	.273	-	-	-	0.1	0.1	1.000
C.J. McCollum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richie Guerin	2	28.0	16.5	-	-	4.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.0	6.5	10.5	.619	-	-	-	3.5	3.5	1.000
C.J. McCollum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Richie Guerin vs. C.J. McCollum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of C.J. McCollum and Richie Guerin, 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