Buddy Hield vs. Derik Queen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derik Queen 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 10 years in the NBA, 9 more than Derik Queen, who played 1. Buddy Hield had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Derik Queen had his rookie season in 2025-26. 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	Derik Queen
Season	2016-17	2025-26
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings	New Orleans Pelicans
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:	+55	+2.2	+2.1	+1.2	+1.9	+3.1	+2.6	+0.5	+0.7	-1.1	-1.9	+0.8	+0.1	+.078	+1.7	+3.9	+.280	+2.3	+3.0	+.044
Derik Queen	27	25.2	12.7	1.6	4.8	6.4	4.1	1.0	0.8	2.3	3.3	4.8	9.5	.504	0.1	0.7	.111	3.1	3.9	.798
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Buddy Hield nor Derik Queen played in the postseason in their season 1