Rasual Butler vs. Gordon Hayward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gordon Hayward and Rasual Butler, 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.

Rasual Butler played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Gordon Hayward, who played 14. Rasual Butler had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, 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
Rasual Butler	13	6	2002-03 to 2015-16
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
	Rasual Butler	Gordon Hayward
Season	2002-03	2010-11
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
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		%
Rasual Butler	72	21.0	7.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	1.3	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.5	2.9	7.9	.362	0.7	2.4	.292	1.1	1.4	.731
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		%
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Rasual Butler	Gordon Hayward
Season	2003-04	2011-12
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Rasual Butler	45	15.0	6.8	0.1	1.3	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.6	2.6	5.6	.476	1.1	2.4	.463	0.4	0.5	.762
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		%
Rasual Butler	10	5.8	2.1	0.0	1.1	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.2	0.9	2.2	.409	0.3	0.9	.333	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Rasual Butler	Gordon Hayward
Season	2004-05	2012-13
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East 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		%
Rasual Butler	65	18.5	6.5	0.2	2.1	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.6	2.5	6.3	.399	0.9	2.4	.373	0.6	0.7	.771
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		%
Rasual Butler	12	14.9	4.7	0.1	1.4	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	1.8	1.8	4.9	.373	0.9	2.5	.367	0.1	0.3	.333
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Rasual Butler	Gordon Hayward
Season	2005-06	2013-14
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Utah Jazz
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		%
Rasual Butler	79	23.7	8.7	0.6	2.3	2.9	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.8	3.3	8.0	.406	1.2	3.1	.380	1.0	1.4	.693
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		%
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Rasual Butler	Gordon Hayward
Season	2006-07	2014-15
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Utah Jazz
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		%
Rasual Butler	81	27.4	10.1	0.5	2.6	3.2	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.8	1.8	3.9	9.7	.398	1.7	4.5	.369	0.7	1.1	.644
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		%
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Rasual Butler	Gordon Hayward
Season	2007-08	2015-16
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Utah Jazz
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		%
Rasual Butler	51	17.2	4.9	0.3	1.6	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.8	5.1	.350	0.9	2.6	.331	0.5	0.6	.839
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		%
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Rasual Butler	Gordon Hayward
Season	2008-09	2016-17
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rasual Butler	82	31.9	11.2	0.6	2.7	3.3	0.9	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.9	4.2	9.8	.433	1.7	4.4	.390	1.0	1.3	.782
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		%
Rasual Butler	5	31.6	10.6	0.6	2.4	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.2	2.8	3.4	7.4	.459	2.0	3.8	.526	1.8	1.8	1.000
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
	Rasual Butler	Gordon Hayward
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
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		%
Rasual Butler	82	33.0	11.9	0.5	2.5	2.9	1.4	0.4	0.8	1.0	1.5	4.3	10.6	.409	1.8	5.3	.336	1.5	1.8	.841
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		%
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Rasual Butler	Gordon Hayward
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rasual Butler	47	16.4	4.7	0.2	1.4	1.6	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.7	5.0	.333	1.0	2.9	.338	0.4	0.6	.667
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		%
Rasual Butler	3	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Rasual Butler	Gordon Hayward
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Rasual Butler	34	13.3	3.2	0.2	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.1	1.2	3.9	.308	0.6	2.3	.273	0.2	0.4	.583
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		%
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Rasual Butler didn't play in 2012-13.


Season 11
	Rasual Butler	Gordon Hayward
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	Indiana Pacers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Rasual Butler	50	7.6	2.7	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.0	2.2	.464	0.5	1.2	.419	0.2	0.3	.571
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		%
Rasual Butler	11	6.4	1.7	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.5	1.4	.400	0.5	1.1	.417	0.2	0.2	1.000
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Rasual Butler	Gordon Hayward
Season	2014-15	2021-22
Team	Washington Wizards	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards 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		%
Rasual Butler	75	20.1	7.7	0.4	2.3	2.6	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.3	2.9	6.9	.422	1.2	3.1	.387	0.7	0.9	.791
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		%
Rasual Butler	2	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Rasual Butler	Gordon Hayward
Season	2015-16	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Charlotte Hornets
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		%
Rasual Butler	46	9.4	2.7	0.1	1.2	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.1	2.3	.471	0.3	1.1	.306	0.2	0.3	.688
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		%
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Rasual Butler	Gordon Hayward
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Charlotte Hornets, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-

Rasual Butler vs. Gordon Hayward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gordon Hayward and Rasual Butler, 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