Fred Hetzel vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and Fred Hetzel, 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.

Fred Hetzel and Trae Young both played 6 years in the NBA. Fred Hetzel had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6
Rookie Season
	Fred Hetzel	Trae Young
Season	1965-66	2018-19
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Fred Hetzel	56	12.9	6.8	-	-	5.2	0.5	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	7.2	.399	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.685
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Hetzel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Fred Hetzel	Trae Young
Season	1966-67	2019-20
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Fred Hetzel	77	27.6	12.2	-	-	8.3	1.4	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	12.1	.400	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.810
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Hetzel	13	23.7	9.5	-	-	7.2	1.8	-	-	-	2.8	3.9	10.2	.383	-	-	-	1.7	2.2	.786
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Fred Hetzel	Trae Young
Season	1968-69	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Cincinnati Royals	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Fred Hetzel	84	27.1	14.4	-	-	7.3	1.3	-	-	-	3.4	5.4	12.5	.436	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.838
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Hetzel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788

Season 6
	Fred Hetzel	Trae Young
Season	1970-71	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Fred Hetzel	59	10.4	4.8	-	-	2.5	0.6	-	-	-	1.7	1.9	4.3	.434	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.779
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Fred Hetzel	7	5.4	1.7	-	-	1.0	0.3	-	-	-	0.7	0.7	2.1	.333	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-