Devin Booker vs. Rui Hachimura Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rui Hachimura and Devin Booker, 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.

Devin Booker played 10 years in the NBA, 4 more than Rui Hachimura, who played 6. Devin Booker had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Rui Hachimura had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Devin Booker	Rui Hachimura
Season	2015-16	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	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		%
Devin Booker	76	27.7	13.8	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.6	0.6	0.3	2.1	3.0	4.8	11.4	.423	1.3	3.8	.343	2.8	3.4	.840
difference:	+28	+2.4	+0.3	+1.2	+2.4	+3.6	+0.8	+0.2	+0.1	-1.0	-0.8	+0.5		+.043	+0.8	+2.0	+.056	+0.4	+0.5	+.011
Rui Hachimura	48	30.1	13.5	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.2	5.3	11.4	.466	0.5	1.8	.287	2.4	2.9	.829
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Devin Booker nor Rui Hachimura played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Devin Booker	Rui Hachimura
Season	2019-20	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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		%
Devin Booker	70	35.9	26.6	0.4	3.8	4.2	6.5	0.7	0.3	3.8	3.0	9.0	18.3	.489	2.0	5.7	.354	6.7	7.3	.919
difference:	+2	+9.0	+13.0	+0.5	+0.3	+0.1	+5.3	+0.1	+0.1	-3.1	-1.5	+3.7	+8.4	+.048	+0.6	+2.3	+.068	+5.2	+5.3	+.180
Rui Hachimura	68	26.9	13.6	0.9	3.5	4.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.5	5.3	9.9	.537	1.4	3.4	.422	1.5	2.0	.739
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rui Hachimura	5	30.4	7.8	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.6	3.0	7.6	.395	1.0	2.8	.357	0.8	1.6	.500

Season 6
	Devin Booker	Rui Hachimura
Season	2020-21	2024-25
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Lakers 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		%
Devin Booker	67	33.9	25.6	0.5	3.7	4.2	4.3	0.8	0.2	3.1	2.7	9.3	19.2	.484	1.9	5.5	.340	5.1	5.9	.867
difference:	+8	+2.2	+12.5	+0.8		+0.8	+2.9		+0.2	-2.3	-0.9	+4.3	+9.4	+.025	+0.2	+1.3	+.073	+3.6	+4.0	+.097
Rui Hachimura	59	31.7	13.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.8	5.0	9.8	.509	1.7	4.2	.413	1.5	1.9	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	22	40.4	27.3	0.7	5.0	5.6	4.5	0.8	0.2	3.7	3.5	9.6	21.5	.447	2.0	6.2	.321	6.0	6.7	.905
difference:	+17	+4.0	+12.5	+0.1	+1.2	+1.0	+3.5	+0.2	+0.4	-2.3	-1.1	+4.0	+10.1	+.044	+1.0		+.163	+5.4	+6.1	+.095
Rui Hachimura	5	36.4	14.8	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.0	0.6	0.6	1.4	2.4	5.6	11.4	.491	3.0	6.2	.484	0.6	0.6	1.000

Additional Years
* Devin Booker played 4 seasons more than Rui Hachimura in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 10, from 2022 to 2025—Devin Booker played in 3 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Rui Hachimura, Devin Booker got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game