Rick Carlisle vs. Rudy Gay Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gay and Rick Carlisle, 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.

Rick Carlisle played 5 years in the NBA, 12 less than Rudy Gay, who played 17. Rick Carlisle had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Rudy Gay 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rick Carlisle	Rudy Gay
Season	1984-85	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Rick Carlisle	38	4.7	1.8	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.6	0.7	1.8	.388	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.4	.882
Rudy Gay	78	27.0	10.8	1.2	3.3	4.5	1.3	0.9	0.9	1.8	2.5	4.1	9.7	.422	0.7	1.8	.364	1.9	2.7	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Carlisle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Rick Carlisle	Rudy Gay
Season	1985-86	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
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		%
Rick Carlisle	77	9.9	2.6	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.2	1.2	2.5	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.3	.652
Rudy Gay	81	37.0	20.1	1.7	4.4	6.2	2.0	1.4	1.0	2.3	2.8	7.7	16.7	.461	1.7	4.8	.346	3.1	3.9	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Carlisle	10	5.4	1.9	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.9	0.8	1.5	.533	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.750
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Rick Carlisle didn't play in 1988-89.