Bradley Beal vs. Happy Hairston Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Happy Hairston and Bradley Beal, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Bradley Beal played 12 years in the NBA, 1 more than Happy Hairston, who played 11. Bradley Beal had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Happy Hairston had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bradley Beal	Happy Hairston
Season	2012-13	1964-65
Team	Washington Wizards	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Bradley Beal	56	31.2	13.9	0.8	3.0	3.8	2.4	0.9	0.5	1.6	2.0	5.0	12.3	.410	1.6	4.2	.386	2.2	2.8	.786
Happy Hairston	61	12.1	6.1	-	-	4.8	0.4	-	-	-	1.6	2.1	5.8	.373	-	-	-	1.8	2.7	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Happy Hairston	3	13.0	4.0	-	-	6.7	1.0	-	-	-	0.7	1.7	6.0	.278	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.667

Season 6
	Bradley Beal	Happy Hairston
Season	2017-18	1969-70
Team	Washington Wizards	Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Bradley Beal	82	36.3	22.6	0.7	3.7	4.4	4.5	1.2	0.4	2.6	2.0	8.3	18.1	.460	2.4	6.5	.375	3.6	4.5	.791
Happy Hairston	70	34.7	18.5	-	-	11.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.3	6.9	13.9	.496	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	6	36.0	23.2	0.3	3.0	3.3	2.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	3.2	8.2	18.0	.454	3.5	7.5	.467	3.3	3.8	.870
Happy Hairston	16	18.5	7.4	-	-	4.8	1.3	-	-	-	1.9	2.9	6.8	.435	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.686

Season 7
	Bradley Beal	Happy Hairston
Season	2018-19	1970-71
Team	Washington Wizards	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Bradley Beal	82	36.9	25.6	1.1	3.9	5.0	5.5	1.5	0.7	2.7	2.8	9.3	19.6	.475	2.5	7.3	.351	4.4	5.5	.808
Happy Hairston	80	36.5	18.6	-	-	10.0	2.1	-	-	-	3.2	7.2	15.4	.466	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Happy Hairston	12	39.3	17.0	-	-	9.1	2.8	-	-	-	3.4	6.9	13.7	.506	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.760

Season 8
	Bradley Beal	Happy Hairston
Season	2019-20	1971-72
Team	Washington Wizards	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	57	36.0	30.5	0.9	3.3	4.2	6.1	1.2	0.4	3.4	2.2	10.4	22.9	.455	3.0	8.4	.353	6.8	8.0	.842
Happy Hairston	80	34.4	13.1	-	-	13.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	10.0	.461	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Happy Hairston	15	38.5	13.5	-	-	13.1	2.1	-	-	-	2.9	4.9	11.2	.440	-	-	-	3.6	4.5	.794

Season 9
	Bradley Beal	Happy Hairston
Season	2020-21	1972-73
Team	Washington Wizards	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Bradley Beal	60	35.8	31.3	1.2	3.5	4.7	4.4	1.2	0.4	3.1	2.3	11.2	23.0	.485	2.2	6.2	.349	6.8	7.7	.889
Happy Hairston	28	33.5	16.3	-	-	13.2	2.4	-	-	-	2.8	5.6	11.7	.482	-	-	-	5.0	6.4	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	5	39.0	30.0	1.2	5.0	6.2	4.2	0.8	0.6	4.0	1.2	11.2	24.6	.455	1.4	6.4	.219	6.2	7.2	.861
Happy Hairston	3	8.7	2.7	-	-	1.3	0.3	-	-	-	0.7	0.3	3.0	.111	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.750