Buddy Hield vs. Wesley Matthews Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wesley Matthews 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 / 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 8 years in the NBA, 7 less than Wesley Matthews, who played 15. Buddy Hield had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Wesley Matthews 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 achivements, 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	8	1	2016-17 to 2023-24
Wesley Matthews	15	9	2009-10 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Buddy Hield	Wesley Matthews
Season	2016-17	2009-10
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Wesley Matthews	82	24.7	9.4	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.5	0.8	0.2	1.1	1.9	3.3	6.9	.483	0.8	2.0	.382	2.0	2.4	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	10	37.1	13.2	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.7	1.8	0.5	1.5	3.4	3.9	10.1	.386	1.5	4.2	.357	3.9	4.8	.813


Season 2
	Buddy Hield	Wesley Matthews
Season	2017-18	2010-11
Team	Sacramento Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Wesley Matthews	82	33.6	15.9	0.6	2.6	3.1	2.0	1.2	0.1	1.7	2.4	5.4	11.9	.449	1.9	4.6	.407	3.2	3.8	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	6	33.7	13.0	0.3	0.8	1.2	1.0	0.7	0.2	1.2	2.5	4.5	9.5	.474	1.3	3.5	.381	2.7	3.2	.842


Season 3
	Buddy Hield	Wesley Matthews
Season	2018-19	2011-12
Team	Sacramento Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Wesley Matthews	66	33.8	13.7	0.8	2.5	3.4	1.7	1.5	0.2	1.1	2.2	4.8	11.6	.412	2.0	5.1	.383	2.2	2.6	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Buddy Hield	Wesley Matthews
Season	2019-20	2012-13
Team	Sacramento Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Wesley Matthews	69	34.8	14.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	2.5	1.3	0.3	1.6	2.5	5.1	11.7	.436	2.4	6.2	.398	2.2	2.7	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Buddy Hield	Wesley Matthews
Season	2020-21	2013-14
Team	Sacramento Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Wesley Matthews	82	33.9	16.4	0.6	2.9	3.5	2.4	0.9	0.2	1.3	2.1	5.4	12.3	.441	2.5	6.2	.393	3.1	3.7	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	11	38.7	14.5	0.6	3.3	3.9	1.3	1.3	0.5	2.0	4.1	5.1	12.4	.412	2.0	6.2	.324	2.4	2.9	.813


Season 6
	Buddy Hield	Wesley Matthews
Season	2021-22	2014-15
Team	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Wesley Matthews	60	33.7	15.9	0.6	3.1	3.7	2.3	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.2	5.6	12.5	.448	2.9	7.4	.389	1.8	2.4	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Buddy Hield	Wesley Matthews
Season	2022-23	2015-16
Team	Indiana Pacers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Wesley Matthews	78	33.9	12.5	0.3	2.7	3.1	1.9	1.0	0.2	1.0	2.3	4.2	10.9	.388	2.4	6.7	.360	1.6	1.9	.863

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	5	34.6	13.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.2	1.2	0.0	0.8	2.8	4.0	12.0	.333	2.0	7.0	.286	3.0	3.8	.789


Season 8
	Buddy Hield	Wesley Matthews
Season	2023-24	2016-17
Team	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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
Wesley Matthews	73	34.2	13.5	0.2	3.3	3.5	2.9	1.1	0.2	1.4	2.2	4.6	11.6	.393	2.4	6.6	.363	2.0	2.5	.816

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
Wesley Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Buddy Hield	Wesley Matthews
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	63	33.8	12.7	0.4	2.7	3.1	2.7	1.2	0.3	1.3	2.2	4.5	11.1	.406	2.4	6.4	.381	1.3	1.6	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Buddy Hield	Wesley Matthews
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	69	30.3	12.2	0.5	2.0	2.5	2.3	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.3	4.0	10.1	.400	2.2	5.8	.372	1.9	2.4	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	4	29.8	7.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	2.0	0.8	0.3	2.0	1.5	2.3	7.5	.300	1.8	5.3	.333	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 11
	Buddy Hield	Wesley Matthews
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	67	24.4	7.4	0.3	2.1	2.5	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.5	2.5	6.3	.396	1.6	4.4	.364	0.8	1.0	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	10	24.6	7.2	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.9	0.9	0.4	0.7	2.0	2.4	5.7	.421	1.7	4.3	.395	0.7	1.0	.700


Season 12
	Buddy Hield	Wesley Matthews
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	58	19.5	4.8	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.4	1.5	4.3	.353	1.1	3.4	.335	0.6	0.7	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	6	18.3	5.5	0.8	0.8	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	2.2	1.7	5.5	.303	1.2	4.2	.280	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 13
	Buddy Hield	Wesley Matthews
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	49	20.4	5.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.4	1.8	1.8	4.5	.395	1.1	3.2	.338	0.4	0.6	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	12	28.8	6.2	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.5	2.3	2.1	5.3	.391	1.5	3.8	.400	0.5	0.8	.667


Season 14
	Buddy Hield	Wesley Matthews
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	52	15.8	3.4	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.4	1.1	3.1	.363	0.8	2.4	.315	0.5	0.5	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	2	20.5	6.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	2.0	4.5	.444	2.0	3.5	.571	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Buddy Hield	Wesley Matthews
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	36	11.5	3.1	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.2	1.2	0.9	2.7	.351	0.7	1.9	.348	0.5	0.7	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wesley Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Buddy Hield vs. Wesley Matthews Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wesley Matthews 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15