Buddy Hield vs. JaVale McGee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of JaVale McGee 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, 6 less than JaVale McGee, who played 16. Buddy Hield had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while JaVale McGee had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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	JaVale McGee
Season	2016-17	2008-09
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings	Washington Wizards
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:	+7	+7.8	+4.1	+1.2	+0.6	+0.6	+1.2	+0.1	+0.9	-0.4	-0.7	+1.5	+4.2	+.068	+1.8	+4.6		+0.6	+1.3	+.182
JaVale McGee	75	15.2	6.5	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.3	0.4	1.0	0.8	2.1	2.5	5.2	.494	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.660
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Buddy Hield nor JaVale McGee played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 9
	Buddy Hield	JaVale McGee
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
Buddy Hield	82	22.7	11.1	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.6	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.6	4.0	9.6	.417	2.5	6.7	.370	0.6	0.8	.828
difference:	+5	+13.1	+5.0	+0.7	+0.7		+1.4	+0.6	+0.6	-0.6	-0.2	+1.3	+5.5	+.235	+2.5	+6.7		+0.1	+0.6	+.323
JaVale McGee	77	9.6	6.1	1.3	1.9	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.7	4.1	.652	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.505
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	12	27.3	12.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.1	2.0	4.3	10.4	.416	2.8	6.4	.429	1.1	1.2	.929
difference:	+4	+18.0	+6.6	+0.1	+0.4	+0.5	+1.5	+1.1	+0.5	-0.6	-0.1	+1.7	+6.9	+.316	+2.8	+6.4		+0.3	+0.1	+.207
JaVale McGee	16	9.3	5.9	1.4	1.6	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.5	1.9	2.6	3.5	.732	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.722

Season 10
	Buddy Hield	JaVale McGee
Season	2025-26	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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10th 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	15	16.8	6.9	0.3	1.3	1.6	1.6	0.9	0.0	1.0	1.3	2.5	5.8	.425	1.2	3.7	.321	0.8	0.9	.923
difference:	+50	+7.3	+2.1	+0.6	+0.4	+1.0	+1.1	+0.6	+0.9	-0.6	-0.1	+0.4	+2.4	+.196	+1.2	+3.6	+.321	+0.2	+0.1	+.192
JaVale McGee	65	9.5	4.8	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.1	3.4	.621	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.731
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	13	12.2	6.5	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	3.0	4.5	.672	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.667