De'Andre Hunter vs. Chris Paul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Paul and De'Andre Hunter, 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.

De'Andre Hunter played 7 years in the NBA, 14 less than Chris Paul, who played 21. De'Andre Hunter had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Chris Paul had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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
	De'Andre Hunter	Chris Paul
Season	2019-20	2005-06
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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		%
De'Andre Hunter	63	32.0	12.3	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.8	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.9	4.4	10.8	.410	1.7	4.8	.355	1.7	2.3	.764
difference:	+15	+4.0	+3.8	+0.1	+0.5	+0.6	+6.0	+1.5	+0.2	-0.7	-0.1	+0.8	+1.3	+.020	+1.1	+2.5	+.073	+3.4	+3.7	+.083
Chris Paul	78	36.0	16.1	0.8	4.3	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	2.3	2.8	5.2	12.1	.430	0.6	2.3	.282	5.1	6.0	.847
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher De'Andre Hunter nor Chris Paul played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	De'Andre Hunter	Chris Paul
Season	2021-22	2007-08
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hornets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
De'Andre Hunter	53	29.8	13.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.3	0.7	0.4	1.3	2.9	4.8	10.8	.442	1.4	3.7	.379	2.4	3.1	.765
difference:	+27	+7.8	+7.7	+0.3	+0.4	+0.7	+10.3	+2.0	+0.3	-1.2	-0.6	+3.1	+5.3	+.046	+0.2	+0.6	+.010	+1.8	+1.8	+.086
Chris Paul	80	37.6	21.1	0.8	3.2	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	2.5	2.3	7.9	16.1	.488	1.2	3.1	.369	4.2	4.9	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	5	35.0	21.2	0.4	3.4	3.8	0.6	0.8	0.2	2.2	4.0	7.8	14.0	.557	2.4	5.2	.462	3.2	4.0	.800
difference:	+7	+5.5	+2.9	+0.9	+0.2	+1.1	+10.7	+1.5		-0.4	-0.4	+1.5	+4.4	+.055	+2.0	+3.4	+.224	+2.0	+2.6	+.015
Chris Paul	12	40.5	24.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	11.3	2.3	0.2	1.8	3.6	9.3	18.4	.502	0.4	1.8	.238	5.2	6.6	.785

Season 4
	De'Andre Hunter	Chris Paul
Season	2022-23	2008-09
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
De'Andre Hunter	67	31.7	15.4	0.7	3.6	4.2	1.4	0.5	0.3	1.2	3.0	5.7	12.3	.461	1.5	4.3	.350	2.6	3.1	.826
difference:	+11	+6.8	+7.4	+0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+9.6	+2.3	+0.2	-1.8	-0.3	+2.4	+3.8	+.042	+0.7	+2.0	+.014	+3.2	+3.6	+.042
Chris Paul	78	38.5	22.8	0.9	4.7	5.5	11.0	2.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	8.1	16.1	.503	0.8	2.3	.364	5.8	6.7	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	6	37.3	16.7	1.2	4.5	5.7	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.5	3.3	6.5	14.2	.459	2.3	6.3	.368	1.3	1.7	.800
difference:	+1	+2.9	+0.1	+0.4	+0.9	+1.3	+9.2	+0.9	+0.3	-3.3	-1.7	+0.5	+0.4	+.048	+1.3	+3.1	+.055	+2.3	+2.5	+.057
Chris Paul	5	40.2	16.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	10.4	1.6	0.0	4.8	1.6	6.0	14.6	.411	1.0	3.2	.313	3.6	4.2	.857

Season 5
	De'Andre Hunter	Chris Paul
Season	2023-24	2009-10
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
De'Andre Hunter	57	29.5	15.6	0.5	3.4	3.9	1.5	0.7	0.3	1.5	2.6	5.3	11.6	.459	2.1	5.3	.385	2.9	3.4	.847
difference:	+12	+8.5	+3.1	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	+9.2	+1.4	+0.1	-1.0		+1.7	+2.6	+.034	+0.9	+2.5	+.024	+0.7	+0.8
Chris Paul	45	38.0	18.7	0.4	3.8	4.2	10.7	2.1	0.2	2.5	2.6	7.0	14.2	.493	1.2	2.8	.409	3.6	4.2	.847
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher De'Andre Hunter nor Chris Paul played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	De'Andre Hunter	Chris Paul
Season	2024-25	2010-11
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
De'Andre Hunter	64	27.2	17.0	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.4	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.4	5.6	11.9	.470	2.5	6.1	.405	3.4	4.0	.846
difference:	+16	+8.8	+1.1	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+8.4	+1.6	+0.1	-0.9	-0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+.007	+1.6	+3.8	+.017	+0.8	+0.8	+.032
Chris Paul	80	36.0	15.9	0.5	3.6	4.1	9.8	2.4	0.1	2.2	2.5	5.4	11.6	.463	0.9	2.3	.388	4.2	4.8	.878
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	8	23.1	11.0	0.8	2.9	3.6	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.9	2.1	3.4	7.9	.429	1.5	3.3	.462	2.8	3.3	.846
difference:	+2	+18.6	+11.0	+0.3	+3.3	+3.1	+10.5	+1.3	+0.1	-2.8	-0.3	+3.6	+4.9	+.116		+0.1	+.012	+3.7	+4.9	+.050
Chris Paul	6	41.7	22.0	0.5	6.2	6.7	11.5	1.8	0.0	3.7	1.8	7.0	12.8	.545	1.5	3.2	.474	6.5	8.2	.796

Season 7
	De'Andre Hunter	Chris Paul
Season	2025-26	2011-12
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
De'Andre Hunter	20	28.6	16.5	0.7	3.8	4.4	2.5	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.8	5.7	12.5	.452	2.1	6.4	.320	3.1	3.7	.838
difference:	+40	+7.8	+3.3		+0.9	+0.8	+6.6	+1.7	+0.1	-0.4	-0.5	+1.4	+2.3	+.026	+0.8	+2.8	+.051	+1.2	+1.3	+.023
Chris Paul	60	36.4	19.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	9.1	2.5	0.1	2.1	2.3	7.1	14.8	.478	1.3	3.6	.371	4.3	5.0	.861
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	11	38.5	17.6	0.5	4.5	5.1	7.9	2.7	0.1	3.9	2.7	6.4	14.9	.427	1.2	3.5	.333	3.7	4.3	.872

Additional Years
* Chris Paul played 14 seasons more than De'Andre Hunter in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 21, from 2013 to 2026—Chris Paul played in 11 Playoffs. In those 14 extra years over De'Andre Hunter, Chris Paul got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 3 Assists Leader 2 Steals Leader 7 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP