Baron Davis vs. Richard Hamilton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Richard Hamilton and Baron Davis, 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.

Baron Davis played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Richard Hamilton, who played 14. Baron Davis had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Richard Hamilton had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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 achievements, 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
Baron Davis	13	7	1999-00 to 2011-12
Richard Hamilton	14	9	1999-00 to 2012-13

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


Rookie Season
	Baron Davis	Richard Hamilton
Season	1999-00	1999-00
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	82	18.6	5.9	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.8	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.5	2.2	5.3	.420	0.3	1.4	.225	1.2	1.9	.634
difference:	+11	+0.7	+3.1	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+2.3	+0.8	+0.1	-0.5	-0.5	+1.4	+3.2		+0.1	+0.3	+.139	+0.3		+.140
Richard Hamilton	71	19.3	9.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.5	0.4	0.1	1.2	2.0	3.6	8.5	.420	0.4	1.1	.364	1.5	1.9	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	4	14.5	5.8	0.8	0.8	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.8	1.5	2.5	5.8	.435	0.3	1.5	.167	0.5	1.0	.500
Richard Hamilton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Baron Davis	Richard Hamilton
Season	2000-01	2000-01
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	82	38.9	13.8	1.6	3.4	5.0	7.3	2.1	0.4	2.8	3.3	5.0	11.7	.427	1.0	3.3	.310	2.8	4.1	.677
difference:	+4	+6.6	+4.3	+0.6	+1.3	+1.9	+4.4	+1.1	+0.3	-0.2	-0.7	+2.0	+4.3	+.011	+0.5	+1.4	+.036	+0.8		+.191
Richard Hamilton	78	32.3	18.1	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.9	1.0	0.1	2.6	2.6	7.0	16.0	.438	0.5	1.9	.274	3.6	4.1	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	10	39.8	17.8	0.9	3.5	4.4	5.8	2.8	0.5	2.2	3.3	5.9	12.3	.480	2.0	5.0	.400	4.0	5.6	.714
Richard Hamilton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Baron Davis	Richard Hamilton
Season	2001-02	2001-02
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	82	40.5	18.1	1.1	3.1	4.3	8.5	2.1	0.6	3.0	2.9	6.8	16.4	.417	2.1	5.8	.356	2.4	4.1	.580
difference:	+19	+5.5	+1.9	+0.1	+0.8	+0.9	+5.8	+1.5	+0.4	-0.9	-0.7	+0.7	+0.8	+.018	+1.8	+5.1	+.025	+2.4	+1.2	+.310
Richard Hamilton	63	35.0	20.0	1.2	2.3	3.4	2.7	0.6	0.2	2.1	2.2	7.5	17.2	.435	0.3	0.7	.381	4.8	5.3	.890

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	9	44.7	22.6	1.8	5.2	7.0	7.9	3.6	0.6	3.0	4.0	7.9	20.9	.378	2.3	6.9	.339	4.4	7.4	.597
Richard Hamilton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Baron Davis	Richard Hamilton
Season	2002-03	2002-03
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	50	37.8	17.1	1.1	2.6	3.7	6.4	1.8	0.4	2.8	3.0	6.6	16.0	.416	2.0	5.7	.350	1.9	2.6	.710
difference:	+32	+5.6	+2.6		+0.2	+0.2	+3.9	+1.0	+0.2	-0.4		+0.4	+0.3	+.027	+1.6	+4.2	+.081	+3.5	+3.8	+.123
Richard Hamilton	82	32.2	19.7	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.5	0.8	0.2	2.4	3.0	7.0	15.7	.443	0.4	1.5	.269	5.4	6.4	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	5	38.8	20.4	0.8	2.8	3.6	8.4	1.4	0.4	3.0	4.0	7.4	16.6	.446	2.4	7.0	.343	3.2	4.4	.727
difference:	+12	+0.1	+2.1	+0.3		+0.3	+5.8	+0.6	+0.3	-0.4	-1.0	+0.5	+1.2	+.004	+1.9	+5.4	+.010	+3.0	+2.5	+.179
Richard Hamilton	17	38.7	22.5	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.6	0.8	0.1	3.4	3.0	7.9	17.8	.442	0.5	1.6	.333	6.2	6.9	.906


Season 5
	Baron Davis	Richard Hamilton
Season	2003-04	2003-04
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	67	40.1	22.9	1.0	3.3	4.3	7.5	2.4	0.4	3.2	2.7	8.3	20.9	.395	2.8	8.7	.321	3.5	5.3	.673
difference:	+11	+4.6	+5.3		+0.7	+0.7	+3.5	+1.1	+0.2	-0.5	-0.1	+1.5	+6.0	+.060	+2.6	+7.8	+.056	+0.3	+0.9	+.195
Richard Hamilton	78	35.5	17.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.8	6.8	14.9	.455	0.2	0.9	.265	3.8	4.4	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	7	37.4	18.1	0.9	3.3	4.1	7.0	1.6	0.7	2.7	3.0	6.1	16.3	.377	2.3	7.0	.327	3.6	4.7	.758
difference:	+16	+3.2	+3.4	+0.5	+0.1	+0.5	+2.8	+0.4	+0.7	-0.4	-0.1	+1.8	+1.3	+.070	+1.6	+5.3	+.058	+1.5	+1.3	+.090
Richard Hamilton	23	40.6	21.5	1.4	3.2	4.6	4.2	1.2	0.0	3.1	3.1	7.9	17.6	.447	0.7	1.7	.385	5.1	6.0	.848


Season 6
	Baron Davis	Richard Hamilton
Season	2004-05	2004-05
Team	New Orleans Hornets, Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost NBA Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	46	34.4	19.2	0.7	3.1	3.8	7.9	1.8	0.3	2.8	2.7	6.3	16.3	.387	2.6	7.7	.333	4.0	5.3	.761
difference:	+30	+4.1	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	+3.0	+0.8	+0.1	-0.1	-0.4	+0.4	+1.0	+.053	+2.1	+6.1	+.028	+0.8	+0.3	+.097
Richard Hamilton	76	38.5	18.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	4.9	1.0	0.2	2.9	3.1	6.7	15.3	.440	0.5	1.6	.305	4.8	5.6	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Hamilton	25	43.2	20.0	1.2	3.1	4.3	4.3	0.8	0.1	3.1	3.2	7.9	17.5	.453	0.4	1.4	.294	3.8	4.8	.798


Season 7
	Baron Davis	Richard Hamilton
Season	2005-06	2005-06
Team	Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	54	36.5	17.9	0.8	3.5	4.4	8.9	1.6	0.3	2.9	3.1	6.2	15.9	.389	1.9	6.0	.315	3.6	5.4	.675
difference:	+26	+1.2	+2.2	+0.3	+1.3	+1.2	+5.5	+0.9	+0.1	-0.7	-0.5	+1.9	+0.6	+.102	+1.2	+4.5	+.143	+0.4	+1.6	+.170
Richard Hamilton	80	35.3	20.1	1.1	2.2	3.2	3.4	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.6	8.1	16.5	.491	0.7	1.5	.458	3.2	3.8	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Hamilton	18	38.3	20.4	0.9	2.0	2.9	2.7	0.9	0.3	2.2	3.3	7.1	17.2	.413	0.8	2.2	.350	5.4	6.3	.851


Season 8
	Baron Davis	Richard Hamilton
Season	2006-07	2006-07
Team	Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Steals Leader	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	63	35.3	20.1	0.8	3.6	4.4	8.1	2.1	0.5	3.1	2.9	7.2	16.3	.439	1.3	4.4	.304	4.4	5.9	.745
difference:	+12	+1.5	+0.3	+0.2	+0.8	+0.6	+4.3	+1.3	+0.3	-1.0	-0.2	+0.1	+0.7	+.029	+0.7	+2.7	+.037	+0.2	+0.5	+.116
Richard Hamilton	75	36.8	19.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.1	3.1	7.3	15.6	.468	0.6	1.7	.341	4.6	5.4	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	11	40.5	25.3	1.0	3.5	4.5	6.5	2.9	0.6	2.9	4.2	8.9	17.4	.513	2.3	6.1	.373	5.2	6.7	.770
difference:	+5	+0.6	+6.5	+1.0	+1.2	+0.2	+2.7	+2.0	+0.5	-1.0	-0.4	+2.1	+1.6	+.084	+1.8	+4.8	+.027	+0.4	+1.1	+.095
Richard Hamilton	16	39.9	18.8	2.0	2.3	4.3	3.8	0.9	0.1	1.9	3.8	6.8	15.8	.429	0.5	1.3	.400	4.8	5.6	.865


Season 9
	Baron Davis	Richard Hamilton
Season	2007-08	2007-08
Team	Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	82	39.0	21.8	1.2	3.5	4.7	7.6	2.3	0.5	2.8	3.0	7.9	18.6	.426	2.1	6.4	.330	3.9	5.2	.750
difference:	+10	+5.3	+4.5	+0.2	+1.3	+1.4	+3.4	+1.3	+0.4	-1.0	-0.6	+1.0	+4.3	+.058	+1.2	+4.4	+.110	+1.3	+2.1	+.083
Richard Hamilton	72	33.7	17.3	1.0	2.2	3.3	4.2	1.0	0.1	1.8	2.4	6.9	14.3	.484	0.9	2.0	.440	2.6	3.1	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Hamilton	17	38.6	21.6	1.1	3.1	4.2	3.9	1.4	0.5	2.8	2.8	7.9	16.8	.470	0.5	1.5	.308	5.4	5.9	.911


Season 10
	Baron Davis	Richard Hamilton
Season	2008-09	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	65	34.6	14.9	0.7	3.0	3.7	7.7	1.7	0.5	3.0	3.0	5.5	14.8	.370	1.5	5.0	.302	2.4	3.2	.757
difference:	+2	+0.6	+3.4		+0.6	+0.6	+3.3	+1.1	+0.4	-1.0	-0.4	+1.5	+0.8	+.077	+0.5	+2.2	+.066	+0.9	+0.7	+.091
Richard Hamilton	67	34.0	18.3	0.7	2.4	3.1	4.4	0.6	0.1	2.0	2.6	7.0	15.6	.447	1.0	2.8	.368	3.3	3.9	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Hamilton	4	38.5	13.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	5.0	1.3	0.3	2.5	3.0	5.3	14.8	.356	0.5	2.5	.200	2.3	2.5	.900


Season 11
	Baron Davis	Richard Hamilton
Season	2009-10	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	75	33.6	15.3	0.7	2.9	3.5	8.0	1.7	0.6	2.8	2.8	5.5	13.5	.406	1.1	3.9	.277	3.2	3.9	.821
difference:	+29	+0.1	+2.8		+0.9	+0.8	+3.6	+1.0	+0.5	-0.3	-0.3	+0.9	+2.1	+.003	+0.2	+0.9	+.020	+1.2	+1.3	+.025
Richard Hamilton	46	33.7	18.1	0.7	2.0	2.7	4.4	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.5	6.4	15.6	.409	0.9	3.0	.297	4.4	5.2	.846

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Baron Davis nor Richard Hamilton played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Baron Davis	Richard Hamilton
Season	2010-11	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	58	28.4	13.1	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.7	1.3	0.5	2.5	2.5	5.0	11.9	.417	1.4	4.1	.339	1.7	2.3	.771
difference:	+3	+1.2	+1.0	+0.2	+0.2	+0.4	+3.6	+0.6	+0.4	-0.9	-0.8	+0.2	+0.3	+.012	+0.4	+1.5	+.043	+1.0	+0.8	+.078
Richard Hamilton	55	27.2	14.1	0.4	1.9	2.3	3.1	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.7	5.2	12.2	.429	1.0	2.6	.382	2.7	3.1	.849

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Baron Davis nor Richard Hamilton played in the postseason in their season 12


Season 13
	Baron Davis	Richard Hamilton
Season	2011-12	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	29	20.5	6.1	0.4	1.5	1.9	4.7	1.2	0.1	2.6	2.1	2.3	6.3	.370	0.9	2.9	.306	0.6	0.8	.667
difference:	+1	+4.4	+5.5	+0.3	+0.1	+0.5	+1.7	+0.8	+0.1	-0.8	-0.1	+2.7	+4.8	+.082	+0.3	+1.3	+.064	+0.4	+0.5	+.117
Richard Hamilton	28	24.9	11.6	0.7	1.6	2.4	3.0	0.4	0.0	1.8	2.0	5.0	11.1	.452	0.6	1.6	.370	1.0	1.3	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Baron Davis	4	24.3	7.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	3.3	0.0	0.0	3.3	3.8	2.8	5.8	.478	1.0	3.5	.286	1.3	1.3	1.000
difference:	+2	+4.2	+5.2	+1.3	+1.0	+2.4	+0.3	+0.2		-2.0	-1.3	+2.0	+5.9	+.064	+0.7	+2.5	+.047	+1.7	+2.4	+.182
Richard Hamilton	6	28.5	13.0	1.3	1.8	3.2	3.0	0.2	0.0	1.3	2.5	4.8	11.7	.414	0.3	1.0	.333	3.0	3.7	.818

Additional Years

* Richard Hamilton played 1 season more than Baron Davis in the NBA.

In that period—his season 14 in 2013—Richard Hamilton played in the Playoffs.

Baron Davis vs. Richard Hamilton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Richard Hamilton and Baron Davis, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

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