Buddy Hield vs. Darnell Valentine Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darnell Valentine 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 8 years in the NBA, 1 less than Darnell Valentine, who played 9. Buddy Hield had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Darnell Valentine had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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 |
|
Buddy Hield |
Darnell Valentine |
Season |
2016-17 | 1981-82 |
Team |
New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings | Portland Trail Blazers |
Honors & Awards |
All-Rookie First Team | - |
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 |
% |
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 |
Darnell Valentine |
82 |
16.9 |
6.4 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
1.8 |
3.3 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
1.5 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
5.5 |
.413 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
.760 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Darnell Valentine |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
80 |
25.3 |
13.5 |
0.7 |
3.2 |
3.8 |
1.9 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
5.2 |
11.7 |
.446 |
2.2 |
5.1 |
.431 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
.877 |
Darnell Valentine |
47 |
27.6 |
12.5 |
0.7 |
1.8 |
2.5 |
6.2 |
2.1 |
0.1 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
4.4 |
9.8 |
.454 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
3.6 |
4.5 |
.793 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Darnell Valentine |
7 |
29.3 |
12.1 |
0.7 |
1.4 |
2.1 |
8.7 |
1.4 |
0.4 |
2.7 |
3.0 |
4.9 |
11.4 |
.425 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.500 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
.762 |
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Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
82 |
31.9 |
20.7 |
1.3 |
3.7 |
5.0 |
2.5 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
1.8 |
2.5 |
7.6 |
16.6 |
.458 |
3.4 |
7.9 |
.427 |
2.1 |
2.4 |
.886 |
Darnell Valentine |
68 |
27.8 |
10.2 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
1.9 |
5.8 |
1.6 |
0.1 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
3.7 |
8.3 |
.447 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
.789 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Darnell Valentine |
5 |
35.6 |
18.4 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
2.2 |
8.4 |
1.8 |
0.2 |
2.2 |
4.6 |
6.0 |
12.0 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
6.4 |
7.0 |
.914 |
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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 |
Darnell Valentine |
75 |
30.4 |
11.6 |
0.7 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
7.0 |
1.9 |
0.1 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
4.3 |
9.1 |
.473 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
3.1 |
3.9 |
.793 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Darnell Valentine |
9 |
27.1 |
12.8 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
1.9 |
6.4 |
1.8 |
0.0 |
2.3 |
3.1 |
4.8 |
9.8 |
.489 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
3.2 |
3.4 |
.935 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
71 |
34.3 |
16.6 |
0.4 |
4.3 |
4.7 |
3.6 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
1.8 |
2.5 |
5.7 |
14.0 |
.406 |
4.0 |
10.2 |
.391 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
.846 |
Darnell Valentine |
62 |
19.6 |
7.4 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
2.6 |
6.3 |
.415 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.286 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
.743 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Darnell Valentine |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
81 |
30.9 |
15.6 |
0.8 |
3.5 |
4.4 |
2.8 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
5.5 |
13.6 |
.406 |
3.2 |
8.8 |
.366 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
.874 |
Darnell Valentine |
65 |
27.1 |
11.2 |
0.6 |
1.7 |
2.3 |
6.9 |
1.8 |
0.2 |
2.6 |
2.3 |
4.2 |
10.3 |
.410 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
.232 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
.815 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Darnell Valentine |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
80 |
31.0 |
16.8 |
0.8 |
4.2 |
5.0 |
2.8 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
5.9 |
13.0 |
.458 |
3.6 |
8.5 |
.425 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
.822 |
Darnell Valentine |
79 |
20.7 |
7.1 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
4.8 |
1.5 |
0.1 |
1.9 |
1.7 |
2.8 |
6.7 |
.418 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
.455 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
.743 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Darnell Valentine |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
84 |
25.7 |
12.1 |
0.7 |
2.5 |
3.2 |
2.8 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
2.0 |
4.4 |
10.1 |
.436 |
2.6 |
6.8 |
.386 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
.881 |
Darnell Valentine |
77 |
14.1 |
4.8 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
2.3 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.8 |
4.1 |
.426 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.214 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
.813 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
4 |
12.8 |
5.5 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
1.8 |
4.3 |
.412 |
1.5 |
3.3 |
.462 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1.000 |
Darnell Valentine |
5 |
16.0 |
4.2 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
3.2 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
4.0 |
.350 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.4 |
1.6 |
.875 |
Note: Darnell Valentine didn't play in 1989-90.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Darnell Valentine |
65 |
28.3 |
9.4 |
0.6 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
5.4 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
1.9 |
2.6 |
3.5 |
7.6 |
.464 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.240 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
.831 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Darnell Valentine |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |