Carlos Boozer vs. Buddy Hield Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buddy Hield and Carlos Boozer, 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

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.

Carlos Boozer played 13 years in the NBA, 4 more than Buddy Hield, who played 9. Carlos Boozer had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Buddy Hield 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Carlos Boozer	13	8	2002-03 to 2014-15
Buddy Hield	9	2	2016-17 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Carlos Boozer	Buddy Hield
Season	2002-03	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Carlos Boozer	81	25.3	10.0	2.5	5.0	7.5	1.3	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.8	4.1	7.6	.536	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.771
difference:	+1	+2.3	+0.6	+2.1	+2.1	+4.2	+0.2	+0.2	+0.5	-0.1	-1.4	+0.1	+1.8	+.110	+1.8	+4.6		+1.0	+1.5	+.071
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Carlos Boozer nor Buddy Hield played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Carlos Boozer	Buddy Hield
Season	2003-04	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Carlos Boozer	75	34.6	15.5	3.1	8.4	11.4	2.0	1.0	0.7	1.8	2.7	6.3	12.0	.523	0.0	0.1	.167	2.9	3.8	.768
difference:	+5	+9.3	+2.0	+2.4	+5.2	+7.6	+0.1	+0.1	+0.4	-0.2	-0.8	+1.1	+0.3	+.077	+2.2	+5.0	+.264	+2.0	+2.8	+.109
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Carlos Boozer nor Buddy Hield played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Carlos Boozer	Buddy Hield
Season	2004-05	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Carlos Boozer	51	34.7	17.8	2.8	6.2	9.0	2.8	0.8	0.5	2.7	3.5	7.1	13.6	.521	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.3	.698
difference:	+31	+2.8	+2.9	+1.5	+2.5	+4.0	+0.3	+0.1	+0.1	-0.9	-1.0	+0.5	+3.0	+.063	+3.4	+7.9		+1.6	+2.9	+.188
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Carlos Boozer nor Buddy Hield played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Carlos Boozer	Buddy Hield
Season	2005-06	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Carlos Boozer	33	31.1	16.3	2.2	6.4	8.6	2.7	0.9	0.2	2.1	3.2	6.6	12.1	.549	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.2	.723
difference:	+39	+0.3	+2.9	+1.4	+2.6	+4.0	+0.3			-0.2	-0.9	+0.3	+4.0	+.120	+3.8	+9.6		+1.4	+2.3	+.123
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Carlos Boozer nor Buddy Hield played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Carlos Boozer	Buddy Hield
Season	2006-07	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Carlos Boozer	74	34.6	20.9	3.2	8.5	11.7	3.0	0.9	0.3	2.6	2.9	8.7	15.6	.561	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.685
difference:	+3	+0.3	+4.3	+2.8	+4.2	+7.0	+0.6		+0.1	-0.8	-0.4	+3.0	+1.6	+.155	+4.0	+10.2		+2.2	+3.5	+.161
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	17	38.5	23.5	3.2	9.0	12.2	2.9	1.0	0.3	3.0	3.1	9.5	17.8	.536	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.1	.738
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Carlos Boozer	Buddy Hield
Season	2007-08	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Carlos Boozer	81	34.9	21.1	2.4	8.0	10.4	2.9	1.2	0.5	2.6	3.6	8.8	16.0	.547	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.9	.738
difference:		+4.0	+5.5	+1.6	+4.5	+6.0	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	-0.7	-1.3	+3.3	+2.4	+.141	+3.2	+8.8		+2.2	+3.3	+.136
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	12	36.8	16.0	3.5	8.8	12.3	2.8	0.5	0.2	3.0	3.9	6.3	15.3	.415	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.7	.714
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Carlos Boozer	Buddy Hield
Season	2008-09	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Carlos Boozer	37	32.4	16.2	3.0	7.4	10.4	2.1	1.1	0.2	2.1	3.6	6.8	13.8	.490	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.8	.698
difference:	+43	+1.4	+0.6	+2.2	+3.2	+5.4	+0.7	+0.1	+0.1	-0.4	-1.6	+0.9	+0.8	+.032	+3.6	+8.5		+1.3	+2.2	+.124
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	5	37.2	20.6	2.4	10.8	13.2	2.2	1.6	0.4	3.0	3.6	7.6	14.4	.528	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.0	.771
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Carlos Boozer	Buddy Hield
Season	2009-10	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East 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		%
Carlos Boozer	78	34.3	19.5	2.3	8.9	11.2	3.2	1.1	0.5	2.7	3.5	7.9	14.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	4.9	.742
difference:	+6	+8.6	+7.4	+1.6	+6.4	+8.0	+0.4	+0.3		-1.5	-1.5	+3.5	+4.0	+.126	+2.6	+6.8		+3.1	+4.2	+.139
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	10	40.2	19.7	3.3	9.9	13.2	3.0	0.4	0.7	2.4	3.8	8.9	16.8	.530	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.5	.543
difference:	+6	+27.4	+14.2	+2.8	+9.1	+11.9	+2.5	+0.4	+0.4	-1.9	-2.8	+7.1	+12.5	+.118	+1.5	+3.3		+1.4	+3.0	+.457
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


Season 9
	Carlos Boozer	Buddy Hield
Season	2010-11	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Warriors 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		%
Carlos Boozer	59	31.9	17.5	2.2	7.4	9.6	2.5	0.8	0.3	2.5	3.2	7.3	14.3	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.1	.701
difference:	+23	+9.2	+6.4	+1.6	+4.8	+6.4	+0.9			-1.4	-1.6	+3.3	+4.7	+.093	+2.5	+6.7		+2.3	+3.3	+.127
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carlos Boozer	16	31.7	12.6	2.5	7.2	9.7	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	3.1	4.8	11.1	.433	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.8	.800
difference:	+4	+4.4	+0.1	+1.0	+5.2	+6.2		+0.6		-0.7	-1.1	+0.5	+0.7	+.017	+2.8	+6.3	+.429	+1.9	+2.6	+.129
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

Additional Years

* Carlos Boozer played 4 seasons more than Buddy Hield in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 10 to 13, from 2012 to 2015—Carlos Boozer played in 3 Playoffs.

Carlos Boozer vs. Buddy Hield Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buddy Hield and Carlos Boozer, 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