Buddy Hield vs. Lamar Odom Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lamar Odom 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 / Stats Rankings

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, 5 less than Lamar Odom, who played 14. Buddy Hield had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Lamar Odom had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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	9	2	2016-17 to 2024-25
Lamar Odom	14	8	1999-00 to 2012-13

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Buddy Hield	Lamar Odom
Season	2016-17	1999-00
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Clippers
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:	+6	+13.4	+6.0	+1.7	+2.8	+4.5	+2.7	+0.7	+1.2	-2.2	-2.4	+1.9	+4.1	+.012	+1.0	+2.4	+.031	+3.2	+4.6	+.123
Lamar Odom	76	36.4	16.6	2.1	5.7	7.8	4.2	1.2	1.3	3.4	3.8	5.9	13.5	.438	0.8	2.2	.360	4.0	5.5	.719

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Buddy Hield nor Lamar Odom played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Buddy Hield	Lamar Odom
Season	2017-18	2000-01
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+4	+12.0	+3.7	+0.7	+3.1	+4.0	+3.3	+0.1	+1.3	-1.9	-1.2	+1.1	+2.1	+.014	+1.1	+1.8	+.115	+2.5	+4.1	+.198
Lamar Odom	76	37.3	17.2	1.4	6.3	7.8	5.2	1.0	1.6	3.5	3.1	6.3	13.8	.460	1.1	3.3	.316	3.4	5.1	.679

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Buddy Hield nor Lamar Odom played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Buddy Hield	Lamar Odom
Season	2018-19	2001-02
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+53	+2.5	+7.6	+0.2	+1.3	+1.1	+3.4	+0.1	+0.8	-1.5	-0.6	+2.4	+4.2	+.039	+2.8	+5.0	+.237		+0.8	+.230
Lamar Odom	29	34.4	13.1	1.1	5.0	6.1	5.9	0.8	1.2	3.3	3.1	5.2	12.4	.419	0.6	2.9	.190	2.1	3.2	.656

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Buddy Hield nor Lamar Odom played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Buddy Hield	Lamar Odom
Season	2019-20	2002-03
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
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:	+23	+3.5	+4.6	+0.4	+1.6	+2.1	+0.6		+0.6	-0.6	-1.4	+1.4	+3.6	+.010	+2.9	+7.0	+.068	+1.2	+1.7	+.069
Lamar Odom	49	34.3	14.6	1.2	5.4	6.7	3.6	0.9	0.8	2.9	3.7	5.5	12.5	.439	0.9	2.6	.326	2.8	3.6	.777

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Buddy Hield nor Lamar Odom played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Buddy Hield	Lamar Odom
Season	2020-21	2003-04
Team	Sacramento Kings	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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:	+9	+3.2	+0.5	+1.6	+3.4	+5.0	+0.5	+0.2	+0.5	-1.2	-0.9	+0.4	+0.1	+.024	+3.2	+7.6	+.093	+3.1	+4.2	+.104
Lamar Odom	80	37.5	17.1	2.0	7.7	9.7	4.1	1.1	0.9	3.0	3.4	6.1	14.1	.430	0.8	2.6	.298	4.3	5.7	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lamar Odom	13	39.2	16.8	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.8	1.2	0.8	3.2	4.5	6.2	14.0	.445	0.6	2.0	.308	3.8	5.5	.681


Season 6
	Buddy Hield	Lamar Odom
Season	2021-22	2004-05
Team	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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:	+17	+5.4	+0.4	+1.3	+4.6	+5.8	+0.9	+0.2	+0.7	-0.6	-1.0	+0.2	+1.5	+.067	+2.6	+7.0	+.058	+1.8	+3.1	+.179
Lamar Odom	64	36.3	15.2	2.1	8.1	10.2	3.7	0.7	1.0	2.5	3.3	5.7	12.1	.473	0.6	1.8	.308	3.2	4.7	.695

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Buddy Hield nor Lamar Odom played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Buddy Hield	Lamar Odom
Season	2022-23	2005-06
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:		+9.3	+2.0	+1.5	+2.8	+4.2	+2.7	+0.3	+0.5	-1.0	-1.2	+0.3	+1.4	+.023	+2.6	+5.8	+.053	+1.4	+2.3	+.132
Lamar Odom	80	40.3	14.8	2.3	7.0	9.2	5.5	0.9	0.8	2.7	3.2	5.6	11.6	.481	1.0	2.7	.372	2.7	3.9	.690

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lamar Odom	7	44.9	19.1	2.1	8.9	11.0	4.9	0.4	1.1	3.3	3.3	7.0	14.1	.495	0.9	4.3	.200	4.3	6.4	.667


Season 8
	Buddy Hield	Lamar Odom
Season	2023-24	2006-07
Team	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West 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:	+28	+13.6	+3.8	+1.1	+5.4	+6.6	+2.0	+0.1	+0.1	-1.7	-1.3	+1.3	+2.1	+.032	+1.6	+3.5	+.089	+2.9	+4.4	+.181
Lamar Odom	56	39.3	15.9	1.8	7.9	9.8	4.8	0.9	0.6	2.9	3.3	5.7	12.2	.468	1.0	3.3	.297	3.5	5.1	.700

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:	+1	+25.6	+13.9	+3.5	+8.2	+11.7	+1.7	+0.4	+0.9	-1.5	-2.4	+6.4	+12.7	+.070	+0.9	+1.1	+.189	+1.9	+4.3	+.500
Lamar Odom	5	38.4	19.4	4.0	9.0	13.0	2.2	0.4	1.2	2.0	3.4	8.2	17.0	.482	0.6	2.2	.273	2.4	4.8	.500


Season 9
	Buddy Hield	Lamar Odom
Season	2024-25	2007-08
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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	+15.2	+3.1	+2.0	+5.5	+7.4	+1.9	+0.2	+0.6	-0.9	-1.3	+1.4	+0.7	+.108	+2.1	+5.2	+.096	+2.4	+3.5	+.130
Lamar Odom	77	37.9	14.2	2.6	8.1	10.6	3.5	1.0	0.9	2.0	2.9	5.4	10.3	.525	0.4	1.5	.274	3.0	4.3	.698

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:	+9	+10.1	+1.8	+0.7	+5.7	+6.5	+1.2	+0.5	+0.9	-1.1	-1.4	+0.8		+.075	+2.7	+5.9	+.156	+2.9	+4.8	+.268
Lamar Odom	21	37.4	14.3	2.2	7.7	10.0	3.0	0.7	1.3	2.2	3.4	5.1	10.4	.491	0.1	0.5	.273	4.0	6.0	.661


Additional Years
* Lamar Odom played 5 seasons more than Buddy Hield in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 2009 to 2013—Lamar Odom played in 4 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 5 extra years over Buddy Hield, Lamar Odom got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year

Buddy Hield vs. Lamar Odom Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lamar Odom 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

Additional Years