Mike Dunleavy vs. Buddy Hield Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buddy Hield and Mike Dunleavy, 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.

Mike Dunleavy played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than Buddy Hield, who played 8. Mike Dunleavy had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Buddy Hield had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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
Mike Dunleavy	11	7	1976-77 to 1989-90
Buddy Hield	8	1	2016-17 to 2023-24

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


Rookie Season
	Mike Dunleavy	Buddy Hield
Season	1976-77	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Mike Dunleavy	32	11.2	4.8	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.8	0.4	0.1	-	2.0	1.9	4.5	.414	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.756
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Dunleavy	11	6.2	2.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.3	0.0	-	1.3	0.8	2.3	.360	-	-	-	0.4	0.5	.800
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mike Dunleavy	Buddy Hield
Season	1977-78	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mike Dunleavy	15	7.9	3.5	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.9	0.6	0.1	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.3	.400	-	-	-	0.9	1.2	.722
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Dunleavy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Mike Dunleavy	Buddy Hield
Season	1978-79	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mike Dunleavy	74	20.1	8.0	0.4	1.4	1.7	4.4	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.3	2.9	5.7	.506	-	-	-	2.1	2.5	.864
Buddy Hield	82	31.9	20.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	2.5	0.7	0.4	1.8	2.5	7.6	16.6	.458	3.4	7.9	.427	2.1	2.4	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Dunleavy	1	10.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Mike Dunleavy	Buddy Hield
Season	1979-80	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mike Dunleavy	51	20.3	8.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	4.1	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.4	2.9	6.3	.464	0.1	0.4	.150	2.2	2.6	.828
Buddy Hield	72	30.8	19.2	0.8	3.8	4.6	3.0	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.3	6.9	16.1	.429	3.8	9.6	.394	1.6	1.9	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Dunleavy	6	7.5	2.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.2	0.8	0.0	1.0	1.8	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	0.8	1.0	.833
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Mike Dunleavy	Buddy Hield
Season	1980-81	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Mike Dunleavy	74	21.7	10.5	0.4	1.2	1.6	3.6	0.9	0.0	1.9	2.2	4.2	8.5	.491	0.0	0.2	.063	2.1	2.5	.839
Buddy Hield	71	34.3	16.6	0.4	4.3	4.7	3.6	0.9	0.4	1.8	2.5	5.7	14.0	.406	4.0	10.2	.391	1.2	1.5	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Dunleavy	20	23.6	8.9	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.4	0.8	0.1	1.5	3.0	3.5	7.6	.454	0.3	0.8	.400	1.7	1.9	.868
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Mike Dunleavy	Buddy Hield
Season	1981-82	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mike Dunleavy	70	18.8	7.4	0.3	1.1	1.5	3.2	0.6	0.0	1.1	2.3	2.9	6.4	.458	0.5	1.2	.384	1.1	1.5	.708
Buddy Hield	81	30.9	15.6	0.8	3.5	4.4	2.8	0.9	0.3	1.9	2.3	5.5	13.6	.406	3.2	8.8	.366	1.4	1.6	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Dunleavy	3	22.0	7.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.3	3.0	7.3	.409	0.0	1.3	.000	1.7	2.0	.833
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Mike Dunleavy	Buddy Hield
Season	1982-83	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Mike Dunleavy	79	20.5	7.8	0.2	1.5	1.7	5.5	0.9	0.1	2.0	2.7	2.7	6.5	.418	0.8	2.5	.345	1.5	1.9	.779
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Dunleavy	11	15.8	5.5	0.3	0.9	1.2	4.5	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.0	2.0	5.9	.338	0.7	2.7	.267	0.8	1.2	.692
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Mike Dunleavy	Buddy Hield
Season	1983-84	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	76ers 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		%
Mike Dunleavy	17	23.8	11.2	0.4	1.3	1.6	4.6	0.7	0.1	2.1	3.0	4.1	7.5	.551	1.1	2.6	.422	1.9	2.4	.800
Buddy Hield	84	25.7	12.1	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.8	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.0	4.4	10.1	.436	2.6	6.8	.386	0.6	0.7	.881

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Dunleavy	15	26.2	11.3	0.7	1.7	2.3	3.1	1.1	0.0	2.3	3.9	3.9	8.6	.457	1.2	3.3	.360	2.2	2.4	.917
Buddy Hield	4	12.8	5.5	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.8	4.3	.412	1.5	3.3	.462	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 9
	Mike Dunleavy	Buddy Hield
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Mike Dunleavy	19	22.8	8.9	0.3	1.3	1.6	4.5	0.8	0.2	2.1	2.9	3.4	7.1	.474	0.8	2.5	.340	1.3	1.5	.862
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Dunleavy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Mike Dunleavy didn't play in 1985-86, 1986-87 and 1987-88.


Season 10
	Mike Dunleavy	Buddy Hield
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Mike Dunleavy	2	2.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	.500	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Dunleavy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Mike Dunleavy	Buddy Hield
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Mike Dunleavy	5	8.6	3.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	2.0	0.2	0.0	1.6	1.4	0.8	2.8	.286	0.4	1.8	.222	1.4	1.6	.875
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Dunleavy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mike Dunleavy vs. Buddy Hield Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buddy Hield and Mike Dunleavy, 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