Bogdan Bogdanovic vs. Dwight Howard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwight Howard and Bogdan Bogdanovic, 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.

Bogdan Bogdanovic played 9 years in the NBA, 9 less than Dwight Howard, who played 18. Bogdan Bogdanovic had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Dwight Howard had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
Bogdan Bogdanovic	9	4	2017-18 to 2025-26
Dwight Howard	18	12	2004-05 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Dwight Howard
Season	2017-18	2004-05
Team	Sacramento Kings	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	78	27.9	11.8	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.4	9.9	.446	1.7	4.2	.392	1.3	1.5	.840
difference:	+4	+4.7	+0.2	+3.1	+4.0	+7.1	+2.4		+1.5	-0.4	-0.6	+0.1	+1.6	+.074	+1.7	+4.2		+2.1	+3.5	+.169
Dwight Howard	82	32.6	12.0	3.5	6.5	10.0	0.9	0.9	1.7	2.0	2.8	4.3	8.3	.520	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.671

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bogdan Bogdanovic nor Dwight Howard played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Dwight Howard
Season	2018-19	2005-06
Team	Sacramento Kings	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	70	27.8	14.1	0.6	2.9	3.5	3.8	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.0	5.2	12.3	.418	1.9	5.3	.360	1.9	2.3	.827
difference:	+12	+9.0	+1.7	+2.9	+6.1	+9.0	+2.3	+0.2	+1.2	-0.9	-1.4	+0.5	+1.6	+.113	+1.9	+5.3		+2.4	+5.0	+.232
Dwight Howard	82	36.8	15.8	3.5	9.0	12.5	1.5	0.8	1.4	2.6	3.4	5.7	10.7	.531	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	7.3	.595

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bogdan Bogdanovic nor Dwight Howard played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Dwight Howard
Season	2019-20	2006-07
Team	Sacramento Kings	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	61	29.0	15.1	0.4	3.0	3.4	3.4	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.2	5.5	12.6	.440	2.7	7.2	.372	1.4	1.9	.741
difference:	+21	+7.9	+2.5	+3.1	+5.8	+8.9	+1.5	+0.1	+1.7	-2.2	-0.8	+0.9	+2.0	+.163	+2.7	+7.2		+3.4	+6.2	+.155
Dwight Howard	82	36.9	17.6	3.5	8.8	12.3	1.9	0.9	1.9	3.9	3.0	6.4	10.6	.603	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	8.1	.586

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	4	41.8	15.3	4.0	10.8	14.8	1.8	0.5	1.0	4.3	3.3	5.8	10.5	.548	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	8.3	.455


Season 4
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Dwight Howard
Season	2020-21	2007-08
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Magic Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	44	29.7	16.4	0.5	3.2	3.6	3.3	1.1	0.3	1.2	2.3	6.1	12.8	.473	3.3	7.6	.438	0.9	1.0	.909
difference:	+38	+8.0	+4.3	+2.9	+7.6	+10.6	+2.0	+0.2	+1.8	-2.0	-1.0	+1.0	+0.9	+.126	+3.3	+7.6		+5.6	+9.9	+.319
Dwight Howard	82	37.7	20.7	3.4	10.8	14.2	1.3	0.9	2.1	3.2	3.3	7.1	11.9	.599	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	10.9	.590

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	18	33.2	14.1	0.6	3.6	4.2	2.9	1.6	0.3	1.5	2.8	5.4	13.8	.390	2.6	7.9	.329	0.7	0.9	.706
difference:	+8	+8.9	+4.8	+5.4	+6.2	+11.6	+2.0	+0.8	+3.1	-1.7	-1.0	+1.8	+1.4	+.191	+2.6	+7.9		+3.8	+7.4	+.164
Dwight Howard	10	42.1	18.9	6.0	9.8	15.8	0.9	0.8	3.4	3.2	3.8	7.2	12.4	.581	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	8.3	.542


Season 5
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Dwight Howard
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	63	29.3	15.1	0.5	3.5	4.0	3.1	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.1	5.4	12.6	.431	2.7	7.3	.368	1.5	1.8	.843
difference:	+16	+6.4	+5.5	+3.8	+6.1	+9.8	+1.7	+0.1	+2.7	-1.9	-1.3	+1.7	+0.2	+.141	+2.7	+7.3		+4.9	+8.9	+.249
Dwight Howard	79	35.7	20.6	4.3	9.6	13.8	1.4	1.0	2.9	3.0	3.4	7.1	12.4	.572	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	10.7	.594

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	4	26.8	14.3	1.0	3.8	4.8	3.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.0	5.0	12.3	.408	2.3	6.5	.346	2.0	2.5	.800
difference:	+19	+12.5	+6.0	+3.3	+7.2	+10.5	+1.1	+0.6	+2.3	-1.9	-1.4	+2.0	+0.6	+.193	+2.3	+6.4	+.346	+4.3	+7.4	+.164
Dwight Howard	23	39.3	20.3	4.3	11.0	15.3	1.9	0.9	2.6	2.9	4.4	7.0	11.7	.601	0.0	0.1	.000	6.3	9.9	.636


Season 6
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Dwight Howard
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East Conf 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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	54	27.9	14.0	0.4	2.6	3.1	2.8	0.8	0.3	1.2	1.6	5.1	11.3	.447	2.7	6.7	.406	1.2	1.4	.831
difference:	+28	+6.8	+4.3	+3.1	+7.1	+10.1	+1.0	+0.1	+2.5	-2.1	-1.9	+1.1	+1.1	+.165	+2.7	+6.6	+.406	+4.7	+8.6	+.239
Dwight Howard	82	34.7	18.3	3.5	9.7	13.2	1.8	0.9	2.8	3.3	3.5	6.2	10.2	.612	0.0	0.1	.000	5.9	10.0	.592

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	6	26.2	13.3	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.5	1.0	0.8	0.5	2.7	5.0	9.0	.556	2.5	5.5	.455	0.8	1.2	.714
difference:	+8	+9.3	+4.8	+2.4	+5.7	+8.1	+1.1	+0.2	+2.7	-3.1	-1.5	+1.1	+1.0	+.058	+2.5	+5.5		+5.1	+10.1	+.195
Dwight Howard	14	35.5	18.1	2.7	8.4	11.1	1.4	0.8	3.5	3.6	4.2	6.1	10.0	.614	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	11.3	.519


Season 7
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Dwight Howard
Season	2023-24	2010-11
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	79	30.4	16.9	0.7	2.8	3.4	3.1	1.2	0.3	1.4	2.3	6.0	13.9	.428	3.0	8.1	.374	1.9	2.1	.921
difference:	+1	+7.2	+6.0	+3.3	+7.3	+10.7	+1.7	+0.2	+2.1	-2.2	-1.0	+1.9	+0.5	+.165	+3.0	+8.0	+.374	+5.1	+9.6	+.325
Dwight Howard	78	37.6	22.9	4.0	10.1	14.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	3.6	3.3	7.9	13.4	.593	0.0	0.1	.000	7.0	11.7	.596

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	6	43.0	27.0	4.5	11.0	15.5	0.5	0.7	1.8	5.5	4.2	8.5	13.5	.630	0.0	0.2	.000	10.0	14.7	.682


Season 8
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Dwight Howard
Season	2024-25	2011-12
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	54	25.0	10.8	0.4	2.5	2.9	2.7	0.8	0.2	1.4	2.4	3.9	9.1	.427	1.9	5.4	.363	1.1	1.2	.879
difference:		+13.3	+9.8	+3.3	+8.3	+11.6	+0.8	+0.7	+1.9	-1.8	-0.5	+3.8	+4.3	+.146	+1.9	+5.3	+.363	+4.1	+9.4	+.388
Dwight Howard	54	38.3	20.6	3.7	10.8	14.5	1.9	1.5	2.1	3.2	2.9	7.7	13.4	.573	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	10.6	.491

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	7	16.7	6.4	0.7	2.1	2.9	2.1	0.4	0.0	1.6	3.6	2.3	6.3	.364	1.0	3.4	.292	0.9	1.0	.857
Dwight Howard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Dwight Howard
Season	2025-26	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	13	24.7	9.5	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.9	0.6	0.1	1.2	2.7	3.2	8.0	.404	1.8	4.9	.359	1.2	1.5	.842
difference:	+63	+11.1	+7.6	+2.9	+6.3	+9.2	+1.5	+0.5	+2.3	-1.8	-1.1	+3.0	+2.7	+.174	+1.8	+4.8	+.192	+3.5	+8.0	+.350
Dwight Howard	76	35.8	17.1	3.3	9.1	12.4	1.4	1.1	2.4	3.0	3.8	6.2	10.7	.578	0.0	0.1	.167	4.7	9.5	.492

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	4	31.5	17.0	2.5	8.3	10.8	1.0	0.5	2.0	4.0	4.3	6.5	10.5	.619	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	9.0	.444


Additional Years
* Dwight Howard played 9 seasons more than Bogdan Bogdanovic in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 18, from 2014 to 2022—Dwight Howard played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Bogdan Bogdanovic, Dwight Howard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game

Bogdan Bogdanovic vs. Dwight Howard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwight Howard and Bogdan Bogdanovic, 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

Additional Years