Buddy Hield vs. John Wall Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Wall 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, 2 less than John Wall, who played 11. Buddy Hield had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while John Wall had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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	John Wall
Season	2016-17	2010-11
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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:	+13	+14.8	+5.8	+0.1	+1.2	+1.3	+6.8	+1.3	+0.4	-2.6	-1.1	+1.8	+4.7	+.017	+1.3	+2.9	+.095	+3.6	+4.8	+.076
John Wall	69	37.8	16.4	0.5	4.1	4.6	8.3	1.8	0.5	3.8	2.5	5.8	14.1	.409	0.5	1.7	.296	4.4	5.7	.766
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Buddy Hield nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Buddy Hield	John Wall
Season	2019-20	2013-14
Team	Sacramento Kings	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+10	+5.5	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.5	+5.8	+0.9	+0.3	-1.3	-0.4	+0.2	+0.2	+.004	+2.5	+5.8	+.043	+2.3	+2.9	+.041
John Wall	82	36.3	19.3	0.5	3.6	4.1	8.8	1.8	0.5	3.6	2.7	7.1	16.3	.433	1.3	3.8	.351	3.9	4.8	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	11	38.2	16.3	0.5	3.5	4.0	7.1	1.6	0.7	3.3	2.6	5.5	14.9	.366	0.6	2.9	.219	4.7	6.2	.765

Season 5
	Buddy Hield	John Wall
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Sacramento Kings	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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5th 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	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
difference:	+8	+1.6	+1.0	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+6.4	+0.8	+0.2	-2.0	-0.2	+0.9	+0.8	+.039	+3.2	+7.5	+.091	+2.4	+3.1	+.061
John Wall	79	35.9	17.6	0.5	4.2	4.6	10.0	1.7	0.6	3.8	2.3	6.6	14.8	.445	0.8	2.7	.300	3.6	4.6	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	7	39.0	17.4	0.7	4.0	4.7	11.9	1.4	1.4	3.9	1.9	6.1	15.7	.391	0.4	2.4	.176	4.7	5.6	.846

Season 6
	Buddy Hield	John Wall
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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6th 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	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
difference:	+4	+5.3	+4.3	+0.3	+0.9	+0.5	+7.4	+1.0	+0.5	-2.2	-0.2	+1.9	+3.9	+.018	+1.7	+4.5	+.015	+2.1	+2.9	+.083
John Wall	77	36.2	19.9	0.5	4.4	4.9	10.2	1.9	0.8	4.1	2.1	7.4	17.5	.424	1.5	4.3	.351	3.5	4.5	.791
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Buddy Hield nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Buddy Hield	John Wall
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Indiana Pacers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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7th 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	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
difference:	+2	+5.4	+6.3		+0.8	+0.8	+7.9	+0.8	+0.3	-2.4	-0.1	+2.4	+5.4	+.007	+2.5	+5.0	+.098	+4.1	+5.2	+.021
John Wall	78	36.4	23.1	0.8	3.4	4.2	10.7	2.0	0.6	4.1	1.9	8.3	18.4	.451	1.1	3.5	.327	5.4	6.8	.801
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Wall	13	39.0	27.2	0.5	3.2	3.7	10.3	1.7	1.2	4.2	2.0	9.8	21.6	.452	1.6	4.7	.344	6.0	7.2	.839

Season 8
	Buddy Hield	John Wall
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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8th 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	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
difference:	+43	+8.7	+7.3	+0.2	+0.6	+0.5	+6.8	+0.6	+0.6	-2.7		+2.4	+6.2	+.016	+1.1	+2.7	+.015	+3.7	+5.2	+.155
John Wall	41	34.4	19.4	0.5	3.1	3.7	9.6	1.4	1.1	3.9	2.0	6.8	16.3	.420	1.5	4.1	.371	4.3	5.9	.726
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
difference:	+2	+26.2	+20.5		+4.4	+4.4	+11.0	+2.3	+1.0	-4.0	-1.7	+7.5	+16.9	+.029	+0.8	+0.2	+.272	+6.2	+7.3	+.149
John Wall	6	39.0	26.0	0.5	5.2	5.7	11.5	2.3	1.3	4.5	2.7	9.3	21.2	.441	0.7	3.5	.190	6.7	7.8	.851