Rudy Gay vs. Roy Tarpley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Roy Tarpley and Rudy Gay, 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.

Rudy Gay played 17 years in the NBA, 11 more than Roy Tarpley, who played 6. Rudy Gay had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Roy Tarpley had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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
	Rudy Gay	Roy Tarpley
Season	2006-07	1986-87
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
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
Roy Tarpley	75	18.7	7.5	2.4	4.7	7.1	0.7	0.7	1.1	1.3	3.1	3.1	6.7	.467	0.0	0.0	.333	1.3	1.9	.676
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Roy Tarpley	4	28.5	13.3	4.5	6.0	10.5	0.3	0.3	1.8	1.8	4.5	6.0	12.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.714

Season 2
	Rudy Gay	Roy Tarpley
Season	2007-08	1987-88
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
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
Roy Tarpley	81	28.5	13.5	4.4	7.4	11.8	1.1	1.3	1.1	2.1	3.9	5.5	11.0	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.4	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Roy Tarpley	17	33.1	17.9	5.2	7.7	12.9	1.8	1.2	1.5	1.9	4.1	7.4	14.2	.519	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.3	.740

Note: Roy Tarpley didn't play in 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94.