Steve Alford vs. Tony Allen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tony Allen and Steve Alford, 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.

Steve Alford played 4 years in the NBA, 10 less than Tony Allen, who played 14. Steve Alford had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Tony Allen had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
Steve Alford	4	3	1987-88 to 1990-91
Tony Allen	14	10	2004-05 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Steve Alford	Tony Allen
Season	1987-88	2004-05
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
Steve Alford	28	7.0	2.1	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.8	0.8	2.0	.382	0.0	0.3	.125	0.6	0.6	.941
Tony Allen	77	16.4	6.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.8	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.0	2.4	5.0	.475	0.2	0.4	.387	1.5	2.0	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	4	3.0	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.0	.375	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Tony Allen	7	12.4	2.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.7	2.4	1.1	2.6	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.429


Season 2
	Steve Alford	Tony Allen
Season	1988-89	2005-06
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 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		%
Steve Alford	66	13.7	5.5	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.4	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.9	2.2	4.9	.457	0.3	0.8	.364	0.8	0.9	.820
Tony Allen	51	19.2	7.2	0.6	1.5	2.2	1.3	1.0	0.4	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.4	.471	0.2	0.7	.324	2.0	2.6	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	6	8.7	4.2	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.5	3.7	.409	0.7	1.5	.444	0.5	0.7	.750
Tony Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Steve Alford	Tony Allen
Season	1989-90	2006-07
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Steve Alford	41	7.4	4.1	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.5	1.5	3.4	.457	0.2	0.5	.318	0.9	0.9	.946
Tony Allen	33	24.4	11.5	1.1	2.7	3.8	1.7	1.5	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.0	7.8	.514	0.2	1.0	.242	3.2	4.1	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	3	14.0	7.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.3	2.7	6.0	.444	0.7	2.0	.333	1.7	1.7	1.000
Tony Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Steve Alford	Tony Allen
Season	1990-91	2007-08
Team	Dallas Mavericks	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		%
Steve Alford	34	6.9	4.4	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.3	1.7	3.4	.504	0.2	0.7	.304	0.8	0.9	.839
Tony Allen	75	18.3	6.6	0.5	1.8	2.2	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.2	2.3	5.2	.434	0.2	0.8	.316	1.8	2.4	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	15	4.3	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.3	.400


Season 5
	Steve Alford	Tony Allen
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	46	19.3	7.8	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.4	1.2	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.0	6.2	.482	0.1	0.6	.222	1.7	2.4	.725

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	10	6.0	0.9	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	1.000


Season 6
	Steve Alford	Tony Allen
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	54	16.5	6.1	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.3	1.1	0.4	1.2	2.0	2.4	4.7	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.2	.605

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	24	16.3	5.1	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.7	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.4	2.0	4.1	.480	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.5	.778


Season 7
	Steve Alford	Tony Allen
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies 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		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	72	20.8	8.9	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.2	2.2	3.5	6.8	.510	0.1	0.3	.174	1.9	2.5	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	13	26.9	8.8	1.2	1.8	2.9	1.5	1.9	0.4	1.8	3.3	3.3	7.8	.426	0.1	0.5	.143	2.1	3.2	.659


Season 8
	Steve Alford	Tony Allen
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies 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		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	58	26.3	9.8	1.7	2.3	4.0	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.6	2.4	3.6	7.7	.469	0.1	0.4	.308	2.4	3.0	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	7	24.3	6.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.4	3.0	2.6	6.4	.400	0.0	0.7	.000	1.7	2.4	.706


Season 9
	Steve Alford	Tony Allen
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies 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		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	79	26.7	8.9	1.5	3.1	4.6	1.2	1.5	0.6	1.2	2.7	3.6	8.1	.445	0.0	0.3	.125	1.7	2.4	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	15	28.1	10.3	2.5	3.6	6.1	1.8	2.0	0.3	1.3	3.2	3.6	8.3	.432	0.1	0.5	.250	2.9	3.9	.759


Season 10
	Steve Alford	Tony Allen
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies 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		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	55	23.2	9.0	1.4	2.3	3.8	1.7	1.6	0.3	1.6	2.2	3.7	7.5	.494	0.2	0.9	.234	1.4	2.2	.628

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	7	32.9	12.3	3.3	4.4	7.7	1.4	1.7	0.1	1.7	3.3	5.0	10.3	.486	0.0	1.0	.000	2.3	3.0	.762


Season 11
	Steve Alford	Tony Allen
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies 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		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	63	26.2	8.6	1.6	2.8	4.4	1.4	2.0	0.5	1.4	2.6	3.6	7.2	.495	0.2	0.5	.345	1.3	2.0	.627

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	10	27.9	6.6	1.4	3.8	5.2	1.5	2.4	1.1	1.3	2.7	2.8	5.7	.491	0.1	0.7	.143	0.9	1.2	.750


Season 12
	Steve Alford	Tony Allen
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies 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		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	64	25.3	8.4	1.6	3.0	4.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	1.2	2.7	3.4	7.3	.458	0.2	0.7	.357	1.4	2.2	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	4	23.5	7.5	1.5	1.3	2.8	0.8	1.3	0.5	1.5	2.8	2.5	8.3	.303	0.3	1.8	.143	2.3	3.3	.692


Season 13
	Steve Alford	Tony Allen
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	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		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	71	27.0	9.1	2.3	3.2	5.5	1.4	1.6	0.4	1.4	2.5	3.9	8.4	.461	0.2	0.8	.278	1.1	1.8	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Steve Alford	Tony Allen
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	22	12.4	4.7	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.9	2.2	2.0	4.1	.484	0.2	0.5	.333	0.5	1.0	.524

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Steve Alford vs. Tony Allen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tony Allen and Steve Alford, 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

Season 14