Jeff Foster vs. Gordon Hayward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gordon Hayward and Jeff Foster, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Jeff Foster played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Gordon Hayward, who played 14. Jeff Foster had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Gordon Hayward 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
Jeff Foster	13	7	1999-00 to 2011-12
Gordon Hayward	14	5	2010-11 to 2023-24

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


Rookie Season
	Jeff Foster	Gordon Hayward
Season	1999-00	2010-11
Team	Indiana Pacers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	19	4.5	2.3	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.7	1.2	.565	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.3	.680
Gordon Hayward	72	16.9	5.4	0.6	1.4	1.9	1.1	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.5	2.0	4.1	.485	0.5	1.0	.473	1.0	1.3	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jeff Foster	Gordon Hayward
Season	2000-01	2011-12
Team	Indiana Pacers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Jeff Foster	71	16.2	3.5	2.0	3.5	5.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	2.1	1.4	3.0	.469	0.0	0.1	.286	0.7	1.3	.516
Gordon Hayward	66	30.5	11.8	0.9	2.6	3.5	3.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.6	4.0	8.9	.456	0.8	2.4	.346	2.9	3.5	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	4	12.8	2.5	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.3	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Gordon Hayward	4	30.8	7.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.5	8.3	.182	0.3	3.0	.083	4.0	4.0	1.000


Season 3
	Jeff Foster	Gordon Hayward
Season	2001-02	2012-13
Team	Indiana Pacers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Jeff Foster	82	21.8	5.7	2.5	4.3	6.8	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.0	2.8	2.2	4.8	.449	0.0	0.2	.133	1.4	2.2	.610
Gordon Hayward	72	29.2	14.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.0	0.8	0.5	1.7	1.7	4.7	10.7	.435	1.4	3.4	.415	3.4	4.1	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	5	15.6	4.0	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.4	0.6	0.2	1.8	2.6	1.4	2.6	.538	0.4	0.8	.500	0.8	1.8	.444
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jeff Foster	Gordon Hayward
Season	2002-03	2013-14
Team	Indiana Pacers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Jeff Foster	77	10.4	2.1	1.5	2.1	3.6	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.3	0.8	2.3	.360	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.540
Gordon Hayward	77	36.4	16.2	0.8	4.3	5.1	5.2	1.4	0.5	2.8	2.0	5.5	13.4	.413	1.1	3.6	.304	4.0	4.9	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	6	6.2	2.3	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.8	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Jeff Foster	Gordon Hayward
Season	2003-04	2014-15
Team	Indiana Pacers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Jeff Foster	82	23.9	6.1	3.0	4.4	7.4	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.7	2.3	2.4	4.4	.544	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.669
Gordon Hayward	76	34.4	19.3	0.7	4.2	4.9	4.1	1.4	0.4	2.7	1.7	6.4	14.3	.445	1.6	4.3	.364	4.9	6.1	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	16	19.4	3.6	2.8	3.8	6.6	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.8	2.3	1.6	2.7	.581	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.6	.800
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jeff Foster	Gordon Hayward
Season	2004-05	2015-16
Team	Indiana Pacers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Jeff Foster	61	26.1	7.0	3.4	5.7	9.0	0.7	0.8	0.2	0.9	3.0	2.8	5.3	.519	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.3	.634
Gordon Hayward	80	36.2	19.7	0.8	4.2	5.0	3.7	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.3	6.5	15.0	.433	1.8	5.1	.349	4.9	6.0	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	13	18.8	5.9	3.5	3.8	7.4	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.6	2.1	2.4	4.0	.596	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.714
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jeff Foster	Gordon Hayward
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	Indiana Pacers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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		%
Jeff Foster	63	25.1	5.9	3.6	5.6	9.1	0.8	0.7	0.4	1.0	3.0	2.2	4.0	.552	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.5	.604
Gordon Hayward	73	34.5	21.9	0.7	4.7	5.4	3.5	1.0	0.3	1.9	1.6	7.5	15.8	.471	2.0	5.1	.398	5.0	5.9	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	4	20.0	2.8	2.8	3.3	6.0	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.0	2.3	1.0	2.8	.364	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.750
Gordon Hayward	11	37.4	24.1	0.6	5.5	6.1	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.1	7.5	17.1	.441	2.5	6.2	.412	6.5	6.9	.934


Season 8
	Jeff Foster	Gordon Hayward
Season	2006-07	2017-18
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	75	23.2	4.3	3.4	4.7	8.1	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.9	2.7	1.6	3.5	.469	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.6	.639
Gordon Hayward	1	5.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jeff Foster	Gordon Hayward
Season	2007-08	2018-19
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Jeff Foster	77	24.5	6.4	3.4	5.2	8.7	1.7	0.7	0.4	0.8	2.9	2.7	4.8	.550	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.9	.593
Gordon Hayward	72	25.9	11.5	0.7	3.8	4.5	3.4	0.9	0.3	1.5	1.4	4.1	8.8	.466	1.1	3.2	.333	2.2	2.6	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	9	29.7	9.6	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.4	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.8	3.2	7.8	.414	1.0	2.7	.375	2.1	2.1	1.000


Season 10
	Jeff Foster	Gordon Hayward
Season	2008-09	2019-20
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Jeff Foster	74	24.7	6.1	2.9	4.0	6.9	1.8	0.7	0.7	1.2	3.1	2.4	4.8	.501	0.0	0.1	.286	1.3	2.0	.658
Gordon Hayward	52	33.5	17.5	1.1	5.6	6.7	4.1	0.7	0.4	1.8	1.8	6.7	13.5	.500	1.6	4.3	.383	2.4	2.8	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	5	31.4	10.8	0.6	3.4	4.0	2.8	1.4	0.4	1.4	2.0	4.0	10.0	.400	1.4	4.8	.292	1.4	1.6	.875


Season 11
	Jeff Foster	Gordon Hayward
Season	2009-10	2020-21
Team	Indiana Pacers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	16	15.9	3.1	2.1	2.9	5.1	1.3	0.2	0.3	0.9	2.8	1.4	2.9	.478	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.6	.556
Gordon Hayward	44	34.0	19.6	0.8	5.0	5.9	4.1	1.2	0.3	2.1	1.7	7.1	15.0	.473	1.9	4.7	.415	3.5	4.2	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jeff Foster	Gordon Hayward
Season	2010-11	2021-22
Team	Indiana Pacers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Jeff Foster	56	16.8	3.3	2.9	3.4	6.3	0.8	0.4	0.6	0.5	2.3	1.4	3.0	.479	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.9	.563
Gordon Hayward	49	31.9	15.9	0.8	3.8	4.6	3.6	1.0	0.4	1.7	1.7	5.8	12.6	.459	1.8	4.5	.391	2.6	3.0	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	5	18.6	3.4	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.0	2.8	1.4	2.4	.583	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.6	.375
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Jeff Foster	Gordon Hayward
Season	2011-12	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	11	12.8	2.3	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.4	0.7	0.1	0.6	2.4	0.8	1.6	.500	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.5	0.8	.667
Gordon Hayward	50	31.5	14.7	0.7	3.6	4.3	4.1	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.4	5.5	11.6	.475	1.0	3.2	.325	2.6	3.2	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Jeff Foster	Gordon Hayward
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Charlotte Hornets, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Thunder 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		%
Jeff Foster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	51	24.4	9.8	0.7	2.8	3.5	3.1	0.8	0.3	1.3	1.3	3.7	7.9	.464	0.7	1.8	.411	1.7	2.4	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Foster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	7	6.6	0.0	0.1	1.7	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Jeff Foster vs. Gordon Hayward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gordon Hayward and Jeff Foster, 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