Buddy Hield vs. Woody Sauldsberry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Woody Sauldsberry and Buddy Hield, 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.

Buddy Hield played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than Woody Sauldsberry, who played 7. Buddy Hield had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Woody Sauldsberry had his rookie season in 1957-58. 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
	Buddy Hield	Woody Sauldsberry
Season	2016-17	1957-58
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost East 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		%
Buddy Hield	82	23.0	10.6	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.5	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.4	4.0	9.4	.426	1.8	4.6	.391	0.8	0.9	.842
Woody Sauldsberry	71	33.5	12.8	-	-	10.3	0.8	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	15.2	.360	-	-	-	1.9	3.1	.615
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Woody Sauldsberry	8	36.3	12.9	-	-	10.9	0.8	-	-	-	3.4	5.6	16.4	.344	-	-	-	1.6	2.9	.565

Season 2
	Buddy Hield	Woody Sauldsberry
Season	2017-18	1958-59
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Buddy Hield	80	25.3	13.5	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.9	1.1	0.3	1.6	1.9	5.2	11.7	.446	2.2	5.1	.431	0.9	1.0	.877
Woody Sauldsberry	72	38.1	15.4	-	-	11.5	1.0	-	-	-	3.8	7.0	19.2	.363	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.625
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Woody Sauldsberry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Woody Sauldsberry didn't play in 1963-64 and 1964-65.

Season 7
	Buddy Hield	Woody Sauldsberry
Season	2022-23	1965-66
Team	Indiana Pacers	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		%
Buddy Hield	80	31.0	16.8	0.8	4.2	5.0	2.8	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.9	13.0	.458	3.6	8.5	.425	1.3	1.6	.822
Woody Sauldsberry	39	13.6	4.4	-	-	3.6	0.4	-	-	-	2.4	2.1	6.4	.321	-	-	-	0.3	0.6	.500
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Woody Sauldsberry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-