Buddy Hield vs. Alperen Sengun Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alperen Sengun and Buddy Hield, 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.

Buddy Hield played 9 years in the NBA, 5 more than Alperen Sengun, who played 4. Buddy Hield had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Alperen Sengun had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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.

Rookie Season
	Buddy Hield	Alperen Sengun
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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		%
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
difference:	+10	+2.3	+1.0	+1.5	+0.6	+2.2	+1.1	+0.3	+0.8	-0.8	-1.6	+0.5	+2.1	+.048	+1.4	+3.0	+.143	+1.5	+2.3	+.131
Alperen Sengun	72	20.7	9.6	1.9	3.5	5.5	2.6	0.8	0.9	2.0	3.0	3.5	7.3	.474	0.4	1.6	.248	2.3	3.2	.711
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Buddy Hield nor Alperen Sengun played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Buddy Hield	Alperen Sengun
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+4	+0.7	+0.1	+2.6	+3.1	+5.7	+1.9	+0.2	+0.6	-0.3	-0.5	+0.6	+1.1	+.067	+3.5	+8.4	+.161	+2.3	+3.7	+.154
Alperen Sengun	76	31.5	19.1	3.4	6.9	10.3	4.9	1.1	0.8	2.6	2.8	7.5	15.0	.496	0.3	1.2	.233	3.9	5.6	.692
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alperen Sengun	7	36.6	20.9	3.0	8.9	11.9	5.3	1.9	0.4	2.1	3.7	8.4	18.7	.450	0.4	1.1	.375	3.6	5.7	.625