Byron Scott vs. Hassan Whiteside Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hassan Whiteside and Byron Scott, 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.

Byron Scott played 14 years in the NBA, 4 more than Hassan Whiteside, who played 10. Byron Scott had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Hassan Whiteside had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Byron Scott	14	13	1983-84 to 1996-97
Hassan Whiteside	10	4	2010-11 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Byron Scott	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1983-84	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	74	22.1	10.6	0.7	1.5	2.2	2.4	1.1	0.3	1.6	2.4	4.5	9.3	.484	0.1	0.5	.235	1.5	1.9	.806
Hassan Whiteside	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	20	20.2	8.6	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.0	3.7	8.1	.460	0.1	0.5	.200	1.1	1.8	.600
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Byron Scott	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1984-85	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	81	28.5	16.0	0.7	1.9	2.6	3.0	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.4	6.7	12.4	.539	0.3	0.7	.433	2.3	2.8	.820
Hassan Whiteside	18	6.1	1.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.3	0.7	0.7	1.5	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.417

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	19	30.8	16.9	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.6	2.2	0.2	1.3	2.5	7.3	14.1	.517	0.5	1.1	.476	1.8	2.3	.795
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Hassan Whiteside didn't play in 2012-13 and 2013-14.


Season 3
	Byron Scott	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1985-86	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	76	28.8	15.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	2.2	1.1	0.2	1.4	2.2	6.7	13.0	.513	0.3	0.8	.361	1.8	2.3	.784
Hassan Whiteside	48	23.8	11.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	0.1	0.6	2.6	1.2	2.7	5.1	8.1	.628	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	3.3	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	14	33.6	16.0	1.1	2.9	3.9	3.0	1.4	0.1	2.1	2.7	6.4	12.9	.497	0.4	1.2	.353	2.7	3.0	.905
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Byron Scott	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1986-87	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	82	33.3	17.0	0.8	2.7	3.5	3.4	1.5	0.2	1.8	2.0	6.8	13.8	.489	0.8	1.8	.436	2.7	3.1	.892
Hassan Whiteside	73	29.1	14.2	3.3	8.6	11.8	0.4	0.6	3.7	1.9	2.8	5.7	9.3	.606	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.5	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	18	33.8	14.8	1.1	2.3	3.4	3.2	1.1	0.2	1.4	2.9	5.7	11.7	.490	0.4	1.9	.206	2.9	3.7	.791
Hassan Whiteside	10	29.1	12.0	2.6	8.3	10.9	0.3	0.8	2.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	6.9	.681	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	4.4	.591


Season 5
	Byron Scott	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1987-88	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	81	37.6	21.7	0.9	3.2	4.1	4.1	1.9	0.3	2.0	2.5	8.8	16.6	.527	0.8	2.2	.346	3.4	3.9	.858
Hassan Whiteside	77	32.6	17.0	3.8	10.3	14.1	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.0	2.9	7.0	12.6	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.6	.628

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	24	37.4	19.6	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.5	1.4	0.2	2.0	2.7	7.4	14.9	.499	1.0	2.3	.436	3.8	4.3	.865
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Byron Scott	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1988-89	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	74	35.2	19.6	1.0	3.1	4.1	3.1	1.5	0.4	2.1	2.4	7.9	16.2	.491	1.0	2.6	.399	2.6	3.1	.863
Hassan Whiteside	54	25.3	14.0	3.2	8.2	11.4	1.0	0.7	1.7	1.7	2.4	5.8	10.7	.540	0.0	0.0	1.000	2.4	3.4	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	11	36.5	19.9	0.9	3.2	4.1	2.3	1.6	0.2	1.8	2.8	7.2	14.5	.494	1.4	3.5	.385	4.2	5.0	.836
Hassan Whiteside	5	15.4	5.2	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.2	0.0	1.2	2.4	3.2	1.8	4.0	.450	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.615


Season 7
	Byron Scott	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1989-90	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	77	33.7	15.5	0.7	2.5	3.1	3.6	1.0	0.4	1.6	2.3	6.1	13.1	.470	1.2	2.9	.423	2.1	2.7	.766
Hassan Whiteside	72	23.3	12.3	3.6	7.8	11.3	0.8	0.6	1.9	1.3	2.7	5.4	9.4	.571	0.0	0.2	.125	1.5	3.4	.449

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	9	36.1	13.4	0.8	3.3	4.1	2.6	2.2	0.3	1.4	3.6	5.4	11.8	.462	1.4	3.8	.382	1.1	1.4	.769
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Byron Scott	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1990-91	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	82	32.1	14.5	0.7	2.3	3.0	2.2	1.2	0.3	1.0	1.8	6.1	12.8	.477	0.9	2.7	.324	1.4	1.8	.797
Hassan Whiteside	67	30.0	15.5	3.9	9.7	13.5	1.2	0.4	2.9	1.8	2.9	6.5	10.5	.621	0.1	0.1	.571	2.4	3.6	.686

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	18	37.7	13.2	0.7	2.4	3.2	1.6	1.3	0.2	0.9	2.9	5.3	10.3	.511	1.1	2.1	.526	1.5	1.9	.794
Hassan Whiteside	5	21.2	6.8	1.4	5.6	7.0	0.4	0.2	2.0	1.2	3.4	2.6	4.8	.542	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.4	2.8	.500


Season 9
	Byron Scott	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1991-92	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	82	32.7	14.9	0.9	2.9	3.8	2.8	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.7	5.6	12.3	.458	0.7	1.9	.344	3.0	3.5	.838
Hassan Whiteside	36	15.2	8.1	1.7	4.3	6.0	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.1	2.0	3.5	6.2	.563	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.2	.519

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	4	37.0	18.8	0.8	1.8	2.5	3.5	1.5	0.3	1.3	2.5	5.5	11.0	.500	1.8	3.0	.583	6.0	6.8	.889
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Byron Scott	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1992-93	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	58	28.9	13.7	0.5	1.8	2.3	2.7	0.9	0.2	1.2	1.7	5.1	11.4	.449	0.8	2.3	.326	2.7	3.2	.848
Hassan Whiteside	65	17.9	8.2	2.6	5.0	7.6	0.4	0.3	1.6	0.8	2.8	3.3	5.1	.652	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.623

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	5	35.4	13.6	0.0	2.2	2.2	1.8	1.0	0.0	0.8	2.2	4.2	8.4	.500	1.6	3.0	.533	3.6	4.6	.783
Hassan Whiteside	6	10.8	1.8	1.3	3.8	5.2	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.0	1.5	0.8	2.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.7	.250


Season 11
	Byron Scott	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	67	17.9	10.4	0.3	1.4	1.6	2.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.2	3.8	8.2	.467	0.4	1.1	.365	2.3	2.9	.805
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	16	14.9	7.8	0.6	1.4	2.1	1.3	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.4	2.4	6.0	.396	0.6	1.2	.474	2.5	3.2	.784
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Byron Scott	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	80	19.1	10.0	0.2	1.7	1.9	1.4	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.5	3.3	7.3	.455	1.0	2.5	.389	2.4	2.8	.850
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	17	17.5	6.1	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.9	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.8	1.9	5.5	.340	0.5	2.0	.265	1.8	2.0	.882
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Byron Scott	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	80	23.7	10.2	0.5	1.9	2.4	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.3	1.6	3.4	8.5	.401	0.9	2.8	.335	2.5	3.0	.835
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Byron Scott	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	79	18.2	6.7	0.3	1.2	1.5	1.3	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.1	4.8	.430	0.9	2.4	.388	1.6	1.9	.841
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Byron Scott	8	16.6	6.4	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.4	0.1	0.0	1.0	1.9	1.9	4.1	.455	0.5	1.4	.364	2.1	2.4	.895
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Byron Scott vs. Hassan Whiteside Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hassan Whiteside and Byron Scott, 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