Darius Garland vs. Buddy Hield Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buddy Hield and Darius Garland, 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.

Darius Garland played 6 years in the NBA, 4 less than Buddy Hield, who played 10. Darius Garland had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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.

Rookie Season
	Darius Garland	Buddy Hield
Season	2019-20	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Darius Garland	59	30.9	12.3	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.6	4.7	11.8	.401	1.8	5.0	.355	1.1	1.2	.875
difference:	+23	+7.9	+1.7	+0.1	+1.5	+1.4	+2.4	+0.2		-1.4	-0.2	+0.7	+2.4	+.025		+0.4	+.036	+0.3	+0.3	+.033
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 Darius Garland nor Buddy Hield played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Darius Garland	Buddy Hield
Season	2021-22	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Darius Garland	68	35.7	21.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.6	1.7	8.0	17.3	.462	2.6	6.7	.383	3.2	3.5	.892
difference:	+14	+3.8	+1.0	+0.7	+1.0	+1.7	+6.1	+0.6	+0.3	-1.8	-0.8	+0.4	+0.7	+.004	+0.8	+1.2	+.044	+1.1	+1.1	+.006
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 Darius Garland nor Buddy Hield played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 6
	Darius Garland	Buddy Hield
Season	2024-25	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Darius Garland	75	30.7	20.6	0.6	2.2	2.9	6.7	1.2	0.1	2.5	1.9	7.4	15.7	.472	2.8	7.1	.401	3.0	3.4	.878
difference:	+6	+0.2	+5.0	+0.2	+1.3	+1.5	+3.9	+0.3	+0.2	-0.6	-0.4	+1.9	+2.1	+.066	+0.4	+1.7	+.035	+1.6	+1.8	+.004
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		%
Darius Garland	5	29.6	18.0	0.2	2.0	2.2	5.2	0.4	0.0	3.0	3.4	5.8	13.8	.420	2.0	7.0	.286	4.4	4.8	.917
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-