Buddy Hield vs. Jrue Holiday Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jrue Holiday 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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, 7 less than Jrue Holiday, who played 17. Buddy Hield had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Jrue Holiday had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Buddy Hield	10	2	2016-17 to 2025-26
Jrue Holiday	17	9	2009-10 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10


Rookie Season
	Buddy Hield	Jrue Holiday
Season	2016-17	2009-10
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
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:	+9	+1.2	+2.6	+0.4	+1.1	+0.7	+2.3	+0.6	+0.1	-0.9	-0.7	+0.8	+2.3	+.016	+1.0	+2.4	+.001	+0.1	+0.3	+.086
Jrue Holiday	73	24.2	8.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.1	3.2	7.1	.442	0.8	2.2	.390	0.9	1.2	.756

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Buddy Hield nor Jrue Holiday played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Buddy Hield	Jrue Holiday
Season	2017-18	2010-11
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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2nd 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	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
difference:	+2	+10.1	+0.5	+0.1		+0.2	+4.6	+0.4	+0.1	-1.1	-0.6	+0.2	+0.5		+1.2	+2.4	+.066	+1.2	+1.5	+.054
Jrue Holiday	82	35.4	14.0	0.8	3.2	4.0	6.5	1.5	0.4	2.7	2.5	5.4	12.2	.446	1.0	2.7	.365	2.1	2.5	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	5	37.6	14.2	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.6	2.0	0.4	2.2	2.0	4.8	11.6	.414	2.2	4.2	.524	2.4	3.0	.800


Season 3
	Buddy Hield	Jrue Holiday
Season	2018-19	2011-12
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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3rd 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	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
difference:	+17	+1.9	+7.2	+0.4	+1.3	+1.7	+2.0	+0.9	+0.1	-0.3	-0.4	+2.1	+3.8	+.026	+2.4	+5.3	+.047	+0.7	+0.6	+.103
Jrue Holiday	65	33.8	13.5	0.9	2.4	3.3	4.5	1.6	0.3	2.1	2.1	5.5	12.8	.432	1.0	2.6	.380	1.4	1.8	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	13	38.0	15.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.2	1.5	0.6	2.0	1.8	5.7	13.8	.413	1.5	3.8	.408	2.9	3.4	.864


Season 4
	Buddy Hield	Jrue Holiday
Season	2019-20	2012-13
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+6	+6.7	+1.5	+0.3	+0.7	+0.4	+5.0	+0.7	+0.2	-1.4	-0.1	+0.2	+0.4	+.002	+2.6	+6.4	+.026	+0.7	+1.2	+.094
Jrue Holiday	78	37.5	17.7	1.1	3.1	4.2	8.0	1.6	0.4	3.7	2.2	7.1	16.5	.431	1.2	3.2	.368	2.3	3.1	.752

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Buddy Hield nor Jrue Holiday played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Buddy Hield	Jrue Holiday
Season	2020-21	2013-14
Team	Sacramento Kings	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+37	+0.7	+2.3	+0.4	+0.9	+0.5	+4.3	+0.7		-1.3	-0.2	+0.3	+0.6	+.041	+3.1	+7.9	+.001	+0.3	+0.4	+.036
Jrue Holiday	34	33.6	14.3	0.8	3.4	4.2	7.9	1.6	0.4	3.1	2.7	6.0	13.4	.447	0.9	2.3	.390	1.5	1.9	.810

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Buddy Hield nor Jrue Holiday played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Buddy Hield	Jrue Holiday
Season	2021-22	2014-15
Team	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+41	+1.7	+0.8		+0.9	+1.0	+4.1	+0.7	+0.3	-0.4	-0.5	+0.5	+0.2	+.040	+1.9	+5.4	+.012	+0.2	+0.3	+.019
Jrue Holiday	40	32.6	14.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	6.9	1.6	0.6	2.3	2.8	6.0	13.4	.446	1.3	3.4	.378	1.6	1.9	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	3	18.3	6.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	4.3	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.0	2.3	6.3	.368	0.3	1.3	.250	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 7
	Buddy Hield	Jrue Holiday
Season	2022-23	2015-16
Team	Indiana Pacers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+15	+2.8		+0.4	+1.6	+2.0	+3.2	+0.2		-0.9	-0.3	+0.4	+1.4	+.019	+2.3	+4.5	+.089	+1.5	+1.7	+.021
Jrue Holiday	65	28.2	16.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.0	1.4	0.3	2.6	2.3	6.3	14.4	.439	1.3	4.0	.336	2.8	3.3	.843

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Buddy Hield nor Jrue Holiday played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Buddy Hield	Jrue Holiday
Season	2023-24	2016-17
Team	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+17	+7.0	+3.3		+0.8	+0.7	+4.5	+0.7	+0.2	-1.7		+1.6	+3.2	+.018	+1.1	+2.6	+.030	+1.2	+1.8	+.173
Jrue Holiday	67	32.7	15.4	0.7	3.3	3.9	7.3	1.5	0.7	2.9	2.0	6.0	13.3	.454	1.5	4.2	.356	1.8	2.5	.708

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
Jrue Holiday	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Buddy Hield	Jrue Holiday
Season	2024-25	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Pelicans Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+13.4	+7.9	+0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+4.4	+0.7	+0.5	-1.5	-0.9	+3.6	+5.8	+.077	+1.0	+2.3	+.033	+1.7	+2.1	+.042
Jrue Holiday	81	36.1	19.0	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.0	1.5	0.8	2.6	2.5	7.6	15.4	.494	1.5	4.4	.337	2.3	2.9	.786

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:	+3	+11.4	+11.2	+0.5	+2.7	+2.2	+4.5	+0.1	+0.2	-1.5	-0.4	+5.5	+8.5	+.102	+1.0	+0.8	+.109	+1.2	+2.1	+.229
Jrue Holiday	9	38.7	23.7	1.0	4.7	5.7	6.3	1.1	0.6	2.6	2.4	9.8	18.9	.518	1.8	5.6	.320	2.3	3.3	.700


Season 10
	Buddy Hield	Jrue Holiday
Season	2025-26	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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	6	17.0	7.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	1.2	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.8	2.8	6.8	.415	1.3	4.7	.286	0.5	0.5	1.000
difference:	+61	+18.9	+13.7	+0.8	+2.7	+3.5	+6.5	+0.9	+0.8	-2.4	-1.4	+5.4	+10.5	+.057	+0.5	+0.7	+.039	+2.6	+3.5	+.232
Jrue Holiday	67	35.9	21.2	1.1	3.9	5.0	7.7	1.6	0.8	3.1	2.2	8.2	17.3	.472	1.8	5.4	.325	3.1	4.0	.768

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Buddy Hield nor Jrue Holiday played in the postseason in their season 10


Additional Years
* Jrue Holiday played 7 seasons more than Buddy Hield in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 17, from 2020 to 2026—Jrue Holiday played in 5 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 7 extra years over Buddy Hield, Jrue Holiday got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game

Buddy Hield vs. Jrue Holiday Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jrue Holiday 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years