Buddy Hield vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook 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 9 years in the NBA, 8 less than Russell Westbrook, who played 17. Buddy Hield had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Russell Westbrook 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Buddy Hield	9	2	2016-17 to 2024-25
Russell Westbrook	17	14	2008-09 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Buddy Hield	Russell Westbrook
Season	2016-17	2008-09
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings	Oklahoma City Thunder
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:		+9.5	+4.7	+1.8	+0.2	+1.6	+3.8	+0.8	+0.1	-2.1	-0.9	+1.3	+4.0	+.028	+1.4	+3.0	+.120	+3.5	+4.3	+.027
Russell Westbrook	82	32.5	15.3	2.2	2.7	4.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	3.3	2.3	5.3	13.4	.398	0.4	1.6	.271	4.3	5.2	.815

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Buddy Hield nor Russell Westbrook played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Buddy Hield	Russell Westbrook
Season	2017-18	2009-10
Team	Sacramento Kings	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West 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	+9.0	+2.6	+1.0	+0.1	+1.1	+6.1	+0.2	+0.1	-1.7	-0.6	+0.7	+2.4	+.028	+1.9	+3.8	+.210	+3.1	+4.1	+.097
Russell Westbrook	82	34.3	16.1	1.7	3.1	4.9	8.0	1.3	0.4	3.3	2.5	5.9	14.1	.418	0.3	1.3	.221	4.0	5.1	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	6	35.3	20.5	1.7	4.3	6.0	6.0	1.7	0.2	2.3	2.2	7.2	15.2	.473	0.8	2.0	.417	5.3	6.3	.842


Season 3
	Buddy Hield	Russell Westbrook
Season	2018-19	2010-11
Team	Sacramento Kings	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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:		+2.8	+1.2	+0.2	+0.6	+0.4	+5.7	+1.2		-2.1		+0.1	+0.4	+.016	+3.0	+6.6	+.097	+4.4	+5.3	+.044
Russell Westbrook	82	34.7	21.9	1.5	3.1	4.6	8.2	1.9	0.4	3.9	2.5	7.5	17.0	.442	0.4	1.3	.330	6.5	7.7	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	17	37.5	23.8	2.1	3.2	5.4	6.4	1.4	0.4	4.6	3.3	7.9	20.2	.394	0.8	2.8	.292	7.1	8.4	.852


Season 4
	Buddy Hield	Russell Westbrook
Season	2019-20	2011-12
Team	Sacramento Kings	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost NBA Finals

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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	+4.5	+4.4	+0.7	+0.7		+2.5	+0.8	+0.1	-1.3	-0.1	+1.9	+3.1	+.028	+2.9	+6.6	+.078	+3.6	+4.4	+.023
Russell Westbrook	66	35.3	23.6	1.5	3.1	4.6	5.5	1.7	0.3	3.6	2.2	8.8	19.2	.457	0.9	3.0	.316	5.2	6.3	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	20	38.4	23.1	1.1	4.4	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.4	2.3	2.5	8.9	20.4	.435	0.9	3.3	.277	4.5	5.6	.802


Season 5
	Buddy Hield	Russell Westbrook
Season	2020-21	2012-13
Team	Sacramento Kings	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West 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:	+11	+0.6	+6.6	+1.0	+0.4	+0.5	+3.8	+0.9	+0.1	-1.5	-0.2	+2.5	+4.7	+.032	+2.8	+6.5	+.068	+4.4	+5.5	+.046
Russell Westbrook	82	34.9	23.2	1.4	3.9	5.2	7.4	1.8	0.3	3.3	2.3	8.2	18.7	.438	1.2	3.7	.323	5.6	7.0	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	2	34.0	24.0	0.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	3.0	0.0	4.0	2.5	8.5	20.5	.415	1.0	4.5	.222	6.0	7.0	.857


Season 6
	Buddy Hield	Russell Westbrook
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+35	+0.2	+6.2	+0.4	+1.0	+1.3	+4.1	+1.0	+0.1	-1.9		+2.0	+3.6	+.031	+1.7	+4.1	+.048	+3.9	+4.8	+.048
Russell Westbrook	46	30.7	21.8	1.2	4.5	5.7	6.9	1.9	0.2	3.8	2.3	7.5	17.2	.437	1.5	4.7	.318	5.3	6.4	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russell Westbrook	19	38.7	26.7	2.4	4.9	7.3	8.1	2.2	0.3	4.4	3.3	8.8	20.9	.420	1.5	5.3	.280	7.6	8.6	.884


Season 7
	Buddy Hield	Russell Westbrook
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Indiana Pacers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
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:	+13	+3.4	+11.3	+1.1	+1.2	+2.3	+5.8	+0.9	+0.1	-2.7	-0.7	+3.5	+9.0	+.032	+2.3	+4.2	+.126	+6.8	+8.2	+.013
Russell Westbrook	67	34.4	28.1	1.9	5.4	7.3	8.6	2.1	0.2	4.4	2.7	9.4	22.0	.426	1.3	4.3	.299	8.1	9.8	.835

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Buddy Hield nor Russell Westbrook played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Buddy Hield	Russell Westbrook
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+4	+8.7	+11.4	+1.1	+3.5	+4.6	+7.6	+1.2	+0.2	-3.1	-0.5	+3.8	+8.0	+.018	+1.3	+2.5	+.090	+5.2	+6.5	+.069
Russell Westbrook	80	34.4	23.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	10.4	2.0	0.3	4.3	2.5	8.2	18.1	.454	1.3	4.3	.296	5.8	7.2	.812

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:	+14	+24.6	+20.5	+1.8	+3.8	+5.6	+10.5	+2.6	+0.2	-3.8	-1.4	+7.0	+17.5	+.007	+0.4	+2.5	+.138	+5.9	+7.3	+.171
Russell Westbrook	18	37.4	26.0	2.3	4.6	6.9	11.0	2.6	0.1	4.3	2.4	8.8	21.8	.405	1.9	5.8	.324	6.4	7.8	.829


Season 9
	Buddy Hield	Russell Westbrook
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Golden State Warriors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+11.9	+20.5	+1.1	+6.4	+7.5	+8.8	+0.8	+0.1	-4.3	-0.7	+6.2	+14.4	+.008		+0.5	+.027	+8.2	+9.6	+.017
Russell Westbrook	81	34.6	31.6	1.7	9.0	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	5.4	2.3	10.2	24.0	.425	2.5	7.2	.343	8.8	10.4	.845

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:	+7	+11.5	+24.9	+0.3	+7.8	+8.1	+9.0	+1.2		-4.9	-1.2	+7.5	+20.0	+.028	+0.2	+3.4	+.164	+10.1	+12.8	+.129
Russell Westbrook	5	38.8	37.4	1.8	9.8	11.6	10.8	2.4	0.4	6.0	3.2	11.8	30.4	.388	2.6	9.8	.265	11.2	14.0	.800


Additional Years
* Russell Westbrook played 8 seasons more than Buddy Hield in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 17, from 2018 to 2025—Russell Westbrook played in 7 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Buddy Hield, Russell Westbrook got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 3 Assists Leader 3 All-Star Game

Buddy Hield vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook 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