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Rudy Gay

Rudy Gay stats, teams and career impact

#692 all-timeCareer averages · 15.8 PPG · 5.6 RPG · 2.0 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Small forward
Final NBA team: Utah Jazz
Height / weight: 6 ft 8 in (203 cm) · 250 lb (113 kg)
Born: August 17, 1986 (40 yrs old)
College: UConn
NBA seasons: 17 seasons · 2006–07 to 2022–23

Career or season view

Career summaryRudy Gay was a small forward who played 17 NBA seasons, from 2006–07 through 2022–23.

Career PPG: 15.8
Career RPG: 5.6
Career APG: 2.0; #45 in 2010–11; #692 all-time

Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Career overview

Why Rudy Gay ranks #692 all time

Rudy Gay ranks #692 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #64.3. His full-career value ranks #310, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#45 in 2010–11

Best league finish

Sustained excellence17 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth17 seasons

1,120 games · Career Value Rank #310

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs, and Utah Jazz
Greatest Grizzlies →Greatest Kings →Greatest Spurs →Greatest Raptors →Greatest Jazz →

Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 45.2%FG%
Three-point: 34.6%3P%
Free throw: 79.9%FT%

1,120 career games · 34,561 minutes

Sources and updateConventional stats and measurements: Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 13, 2026. hussEyquation ranking data through 2025–26. Life dates: Wikidata; conflicting dates checked against Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 17, 2026.

Traditional box score

Rudy Gay stats by season

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Box impact is an estimate in points per 100 possessions, not the 0–100 Impact Rate score. Zero is league average; higher is better. Rate rank is a league place: No. 1 is best.

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				pts/100 · higher is better
2022–23	5.2	2.9	1.0	-3.92	UTA	56	0	14.6	38.0%	25.4%	85.7%	#363	-32.8
2021–22	8.1	4.4	1.0	-2.34	UTA	55	1	18.9	41.4%	34.5%	78.5%	#323	-7.2
2020–21	11.4	4.8	1.4	+0.36	SAS	63	1	21.6	42.0%	38.1%	80.4%	#135	66.0
2019–20	10.8	5.4	1.7	-0.74	SAS	67	5	21.8	44.6%	33.6%	88.2%	#199	38.4
2018–19	13.7	6.8	2.6	+0.86	SAS	69	51	26.7	50.4%	40.2%	81.6%	#102	108.0
2017–18	11.5	5.1	1.3	+1.35	SAS	57	6	21.6	47.1%	31.4%	77.2%	#78	81.7
2016–17	18.7	6.3	2.8	+1.04	SAC	30	30	33.8	45.5%	37.2%	85.5%	#83	60.9
2015–16	17.2	6.5	1.7	-0.77	SAC	70	70	34.0	46.3%	34.4%	78.0%	#197	61.1
2014–15	21.1	5.9	3.7	+1.38	SAC	68	67	35.4	45.5%	35.9%	85.8%	#75	161.7
2013–14	20.0	6.0	2.9	+0.67	SAC/TOR	73	73	34.7	45.5%	33.0%	82.2%	#93	132.0
2012–13	18.2	6.1	2.7	+0.31	MEM/TOR	75	74	35.8	41.6%	32.3%	81.4%	#123	115.4
2011–12	19.0	6.4	2.3	+1.66	MEM	65	65	37.3	45.5%	31.2%	79.1%	#73	167.7
2010–11	19.8	6.2	2.8	+2.18	MEM	54	54	39.9	47.1%	39.6%	80.5%	#45	172.2
2009–10	19.6	5.9	1.9	-0.21	MEM	80	80	39.7	46.6%	32.7%	75.3%	#140	111.0
2008–09	18.9	5.5	1.7	-0.94	MEM	79	78	37.3	45.3%	35.1%	76.7%	#185	58.6
2007–08	20.1	6.2	2.0	+0.70	MEM	81	81	37.0	46.1%	34.6%	78.5%	#97	161.0
2006–07	10.8	4.5	1.3	-2.80	MEM	78	43	27.0	42.2%	36.4%	72.7%	#284	-32.8
Career	15.8	5.6	2.0	—	MEM/SAC/SAS/TOR/UTA	1120	—	30.9	45.2%	34.6%	79.9%	—	—

Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.

What these measures mean

Box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average, from the historical box-score model. Zero is league average; higher is better. Historical defense estimates are included where labeled. This is not the live model's lineup-adjusted estimate.
Impact Rate: A 0–100 score comparing performance within one season. Higher is better. This is a score, not points per possession.
Impact estimate: The season model's final estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, before conversion to the 0–100 Impact Rate score. It includes lineup evidence where available. Zero is league average; higher is better.
Impact Rate rank: The player's place among qualified players in that season's Impact Rate ranking. No. 1 is best. This is a rank, not an impact score.
Value contribution / Season Value: Completed seasons use a fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. The live season instead uses Season Value, combining that season's impact with workload.
Career Impact Rank: An all-time rank weighted toward the player's best three, five, and ten seasons.

Career Impact Rank#692

71.5 composite · lower is better

Best 5#692

70.8 average league finish

Career Value Rank#310

1,423 total value

Impact Rate: 0–100 score within one season. Higher is better.
Box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, from the historical model. Zero is average; higher is better.

Career standing

How Rudy Gay ranks all time

These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.

Number-one seasons0

Best in the league

Top-five seasons0

Elite finishes

Top-ten seasons0

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin0.0

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score71.5

Best 3, Best 5, and Best 10 average league finishes receive 50%, 30%, and 20% window weights. Missing seasons receive a replacement finish just below the player's typical qualified field. Lower is better.

Best 3 effective weight: 74%
Missing-season finish: 354.0
Qualified seasons: 17
All-time rank: #692

Strongest seasons

Every season

Rudy Gay advanced stats by season

Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.

More advanced statsAge, minutes, impact, rank, value and data coverage

					pts/100 · higher is better	0–100 · higher is better
2022–23	UTA	36	56	816	-3.92	4.2	#363	-32.8	6th	Standard
2021–22	UTA	35	55	1,038	-2.34	16.1	#323	-7.2	17th	Broad
2020–21	SAS	34	63	1,358	+0.36	63.6	#135	66.0	66th	Broad
2019–20Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	33	67	1,461	-0.74	43.8	#199	38.4	47th	Broad
2018–19Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	32	69	1,842	+0.86	72.6	#102	108.0	74th	Broad
2017–18Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	31	57	1,231	+1.35	78.7	#78	81.7	67th	Broad
2016–17Historical Defense Estimate	SAC	30	30	1,013	+1.04	77.4	#83	60.9	63rd	Broad
2015–16Historical Defense Estimate	SAC	29	70	2,379	-0.77	46.0	#197	61.1	61st	Broad
2014–15Historical Defense Estimate	SAC	28	68	2,408	+1.38	80.0	#75	161.7	87th	Broad
2013–14Historical Defense Estimate	SAC/TOR	27	73	2,531	+0.67	73.3	#93	132.0	81st	Broad
2012–13Historical Defense Estimate	MEM/TOR	26	75	2,687	+0.31	65.1	#123	115.4	75th	Broad
2011–12Historical Defense Estimate	MEM	25	65	2,422	+1.66	79.0	#73	167.7	90th	Broad
2010–11Historical Defense Estimate	MEM	24	54	2,152	+2.18	87.5	#45	172.2	86th	Broad
2009–10Historical Defense Estimate	MEM	23	80	3,175	-0.21	58.6	#140	111.0	76th	Broad
2008–09Historical Defense Estimate	MEM	22	79	2,945	-0.94	44.7	#185	58.6	57th	Broad
2007–08Historical Defense Estimate	MEM	21	81	3,000	+0.70	71.0	#97	161.0	82nd	Broad
2006–07Historical Defense Estimate	MEM	20	78	2,103	-2.80	15.3	#284	-32.8	8th	Broad

Career movement

Rudy Gay's box impact by season

Peak box impact +2.18 points per 100 possessions in 2010–11 · 17 seasons · 34,561 minutes

Box impact estimates points per 100 possessions above each season's league average. Zero is average; higher is better. Rank labels show Impact Rate league places, not ranks on this chart's box-impact scale.

Box impact · points per 100 possessionsMinutes

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Box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better · dashed marker means the player did not play

Rudy Gay and Dale Ellis era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Rudy Gay	Dale Ellis
1	-2.8	-2.3
2	0.7	-1.4
3	-0.9	-1.5
4	-0.2	1.7
5	2.2	2.0
6	1.7	2.3
7	0.3	1.7
8	0.7	0.0
9	1.4	0.4
10	-0.8	-0.5
11	1.0	-0.3
12	1.4	-2.6
13	0.9	0.3
14	-0.7	-1.7
15	0.4	0.8
16	-2.3	-0.7
17	-3.9	-3.0

NBA season number

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How to read this page

Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played; completed player-profile rows instead show each season's fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. Career Impact Rank rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →