Buddy Hield vs. Taurean Prince Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Taurean Prince 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 and Taurean Prince both played 9 years in the NBA. Buddy Hield had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Taurean Prince had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Taurean Prince
Season	2016-17	2016-17
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+23	+6.4	+4.9		+0.7	+0.6	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	-0.2	-0.2	+2.1	+4.6	+.026	+1.2	+2.9	+.067	+0.5	+0.7	+.055
Taurean Prince	59	16.6	5.7	0.4	2.2	2.7	0.9	0.7	0.5	1.0	1.6	1.9	4.8	.400	0.6	1.7	.324	1.3	1.6	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taurean Prince	6	31.2	11.2	1.2	4.2	5.3	1.3	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.5	4.8	8.7	.558	0.7	2.3	.286	0.8	0.8	1.000

Season 8
	Buddy Hield	Taurean Prince
Season	2023-24	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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:	+6	+1.3	+3.2	+0.4	+0.2	+0.3	+1.3	+0.1	+0.1	-0.3	-0.1	+1.2	+2.8	+.006	+0.8	+2.2	+.010		+0.2	+.146
Taurean Prince	78	27.0	8.9	0.3	2.7	2.9	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.9	1.9	3.2	7.3	.442	1.8	4.6	.396	0.6	0.9	.735
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	+9.4	+1.9	+0.3	+1.4	+1.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	-0.3	-0.8	+0.6	+1.5	+.002	+0.5	+0.1	+.168	+1.1	+1.1
Taurean Prince	5	22.2	7.4	0.2	2.2	2.4	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	1.8	2.4	5.8	.414	1.0	3.4	.294	1.6	1.6	1.000

Season 9
	Buddy Hield	Taurean Prince
Season	2024-25	2024-25
Team	Golden State Warriors	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup 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:	+2	+4.4	+2.9	+0.2	+0.6	+0.4	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	-0.1	-0.5	+1.1	+3.2	+.040	+0.7	+2.5	+.069	+0.1	+0.2	+.015
Taurean Prince	80	27.1	8.2	0.4	3.2	3.6	1.9	1.0	0.2	1.0	2.1	2.9	6.4	.457	1.8	4.2	.439	0.5	0.6	.813
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	+15.1	+11.3	+1.5	+1.0	+2.5	+0.2	+0.8	+0.2	-0.1	-1.4	+3.9	+8.4	+.216	+2.4	+4.6	+.207	+1.1	+1.2
Taurean Prince	5	12.2	1.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.6	0.4	2.0	.200	0.4	1.8	.222	0.0	0.0	-