Darrell Armstrong vs. Gordon Hayward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gordon Hayward and Darrell Armstrong, 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.

Darrell Armstrong and Gordon Hayward both played 14 years in the NBA. Darrell Armstrong had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Gordon Hayward had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Darrell Armstrong	14	8	1994-95 to 2007-08
Gordon Hayward	14	5	2010-11 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Darrell Armstrong	Gordon Hayward
Season	1994-95	2010-11
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	3	2.7	3.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.0	2.7	.375	0.7	2.0	.333	0.7	0.7	1.000
Gordon Hayward	72	16.9	5.4	0.6	1.4	1.9	1.1	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.5	2.0	4.1	.485	0.5	1.0	.473	1.0	1.3	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Darrell Armstrong	Gordon Hayward
Season	1995-96	2011-12
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	13	3.2	3.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.5	.500	0.5	0.9	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000
Gordon Hayward	66	30.5	11.8	0.9	2.6	3.5	3.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.6	4.0	8.9	.456	0.8	2.4	.346	2.9	3.5	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	4	30.8	7.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.5	8.3	.182	0.3	3.0	.083	4.0	4.0	1.000


Season 3
	Darrell Armstrong	Gordon Hayward
Season	1996-97	2012-13
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	67	15.1	6.1	0.5	0.6	1.1	2.6	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.7	2.0	5.1	.383	0.8	2.7	.304	1.4	1.6	.868
Gordon Hayward	72	29.2	14.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.0	0.8	0.5	1.7	1.7	4.7	10.7	.435	1.4	3.4	.415	3.4	4.1	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	5	28.8	11.4	0.6	3.6	4.2	3.4	1.6	0.2	1.4	1.2	4.0	8.4	.476	1.2	3.6	.333	2.2	2.6	.846
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Darrell Armstrong	Gordon Hayward
Season	1997-98	2013-14
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	48	25.8	9.2	1.4	2.0	3.3	4.9	1.2	0.1	2.3	2.0	3.3	7.9	.411	0.5	1.4	.368	2.2	2.6	.854
Gordon Hayward	77	36.4	16.2	0.8	4.3	5.1	5.2	1.4	0.5	2.8	2.0	5.5	13.4	.413	1.1	3.6	.304	4.0	4.9	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Darrell Armstrong	Gordon Hayward
Season	1998-99	2014-15
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	50	30.0	13.8	1.1	2.5	3.6	6.7	2.2	0.1	3.2	1.8	4.6	10.4	.441	1.4	3.8	.365	3.2	3.6	.904
Gordon Hayward	76	34.4	19.3	0.7	4.2	4.9	4.1	1.4	0.4	2.7	1.7	6.4	14.3	.445	1.6	4.3	.364	4.9	6.1	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	4	40.8	14.8	1.5	3.5	5.0	6.3	2.3	0.0	6.3	4.0	4.3	11.5	.370	2.3	6.0	.375	4.0	4.0	1.000
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Darrell Armstrong	Gordon Hayward
Season	1999-00	2015-16
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	82	31.6	16.2	0.8	2.5	3.3	6.1	2.1	0.1	3.0	1.7	5.9	13.6	.433	1.7	4.9	.340	2.7	3.0	.911
Gordon Hayward	80	36.2	19.7	0.8	4.2	5.0	3.7	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.3	6.5	15.0	.433	1.8	5.1	.349	4.9	6.0	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Darrell Armstrong	Gordon Hayward
Season	2000-01	2016-17
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Darrell Armstrong	75	36.9	15.9	1.3	3.3	4.6	7.0	1.8	0.2	2.7	2.1	5.5	13.4	.412	1.9	5.4	.355	2.9	3.3	.884
Gordon Hayward	73	34.5	21.9	0.7	4.7	5.4	3.5	1.0	0.3	1.9	1.6	7.5	15.8	.471	2.0	5.1	.398	5.0	5.9	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	4	41.5	13.3	1.3	4.3	5.5	4.8	2.0	0.5	2.8	2.5	4.3	11.3	.378	1.8	4.8	.368	3.0	3.3	.923
Gordon Hayward	11	37.4	24.1	0.6	5.5	6.1	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.1	7.5	17.1	.441	2.5	6.2	.412	6.5	6.9	.934


Season 8
	Darrell Armstrong	Gordon Hayward
Season	2001-02	2017-18
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	82	33.3	12.4	1.0	2.9	3.9	5.5	1.9	0.1	2.1	2.0	4.2	10.1	.419	1.7	4.9	.349	2.2	2.5	.888
Gordon Hayward	1	5.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	4	39.5	15.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	3.3	1.3	0.0	1.8	3.5	5.0	10.5	.476	1.0	4.3	.235	4.3	5.3	.810
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Darrell Armstrong	Gordon Hayward
Season	2002-03	2018-19
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Darrell Armstrong	82	28.7	9.4	1.1	2.5	3.6	3.9	1.6	0.2	2.0	2.0	3.2	7.8	.409	1.0	2.8	.336	2.0	2.3	.878
Gordon Hayward	72	25.9	11.5	0.7	3.8	4.5	3.4	0.9	0.3	1.5	1.4	4.1	8.8	.466	1.1	3.2	.333	2.2	2.6	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	7	32.1	9.4	1.0	1.4	2.4	3.7	0.9	0.0	2.4	3.1	2.9	6.3	.455	0.9	2.6	.333	2.9	3.1	.909
Gordon Hayward	9	29.7	9.6	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.4	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.8	3.2	7.8	.414	1.0	2.7	.375	2.1	2.1	1.000


Season 10
	Darrell Armstrong	Gordon Hayward
Season	2003-04	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	79	28.4	10.6	0.8	2.1	2.9	3.9	1.7	0.2	2.0	1.9	3.7	9.3	.395	1.7	5.4	.315	1.6	1.8	.854
Gordon Hayward	52	33.5	17.5	1.1	5.6	6.7	4.1	0.7	0.4	1.8	1.8	6.7	13.5	.500	1.6	4.3	.383	2.4	2.8	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	7	21.4	3.4	0.9	1.3	2.1	2.3	0.9	0.0	1.9	1.4	1.1	4.9	.235	0.7	3.6	.200	0.4	0.4	1.000
Gordon Hayward	5	31.4	10.8	0.6	3.4	4.0	2.8	1.4	0.4	1.4	2.0	4.0	10.0	.400	1.4	4.8	.292	1.4	1.6	.875


Season 11
	Darrell Armstrong	Gordon Hayward
Season	2004-05	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Hornets, Dallas Mavericks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Darrell Armstrong	66	15.0	4.0	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.4	1.3	4.2	.321	0.4	1.7	.252	0.9	1.0	.853
Gordon Hayward	44	34.0	19.6	0.8	5.0	5.9	4.1	1.2	0.3	2.1	1.7	7.1	15.0	.473	1.9	4.7	.415	3.5	4.2	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	9	6.9	2.0	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.9	1.8	.500	0.2	0.9	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Darrell Armstrong	Gordon Hayward
Season	2005-06	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Darrell Armstrong	62	10.0	2.1	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.1	0.7	2.1	.336	0.2	0.8	.229	0.5	0.7	.786
Gordon Hayward	49	31.9	15.9	0.8	3.8	4.6	3.6	1.0	0.4	1.7	1.7	5.8	12.6	.459	1.8	4.5	.391	2.6	3.0	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	11	4.3	0.7	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.3	1.4	.200	0.0	0.6	.000	0.2	0.2	1.000
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Darrell Armstrong	Gordon Hayward
Season	2006-07	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	Charlotte Hornets
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		%
Darrell Armstrong	81	15.7	5.6	0.4	1.2	1.7	2.4	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.3	1.9	4.7	.414	0.9	2.6	.336	0.9	1.1	.785
Gordon Hayward	50	31.5	14.7	0.7	3.6	4.3	4.1	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.4	5.5	11.6	.475	1.0	3.2	.325	2.6	3.2	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Darrell Armstrong	Gordon Hayward
Season	2007-08	2023-24
Team	New Jersey Nets	Charlotte Hornets, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	50	11.0	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.5	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.1	0.8	2.2	.364	0.5	1.4	.333	0.4	0.6	.667
Gordon Hayward	51	24.4	9.8	0.7	2.8	3.5	3.1	0.8	0.3	1.3	1.3	3.7	7.9	.464	0.7	1.8	.411	1.7	2.4	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darrell Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	7	6.6	0.0	0.1	1.7	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Darrell Armstrong vs. Gordon Hayward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gordon Hayward and Darrell Armstrong, 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