Don Buse vs. Jrue Holiday Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jrue Holiday and Don Buse, 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.

Don Buse played 9 years in the NBA, 6 less than Jrue Holiday, who played 15. Don Buse had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Jrue Holiday had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
Don Buse	9	6	1976-77 to 1984-85
Jrue Holiday	15	8	2009-10 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Don Buse	Jrue Holiday
Season	1976-77	2009-10
Team	Indiana Pacers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Don Buse	81	36.4	8.0	0.8	2.5	3.3	8.5	3.5	0.2	-	1.6	3.3	7.9	.416	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.786
Jrue Holiday	73	24.2	8.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.1	3.2	7.1	.442	0.8	2.2	.390	0.9	1.2	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Don Buse	Jrue Holiday
Season	1977-78	2010-11
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East 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		%
Don Buse	82	31.1	8.4	0.7	2.3	3.0	4.8	2.3	0.2	1.5	1.8	3.5	7.6	.458	-	-	-	1.4	1.7	.824
Jrue Holiday	82	35.4	14.0	0.8	3.2	4.0	6.5	1.5	0.4	2.7	2.5	5.4	12.2	.446	1.0	2.7	.365	2.1	2.5	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	2	38.0	4.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	5.5	.364	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jrue Holiday	5	37.6	14.2	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.6	2.0	0.4	2.2	2.0	4.8	11.6	.414	2.2	4.2	.524	2.4	3.0	.800


Season 3
	Don Buse	Jrue Holiday
Season	1978-79	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	76ers 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		%
Don Buse	82	31.0	7.8	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.9	0.2	1.2	1.8	3.5	7.0	.495	-	-	-	0.9	1.1	.769
Jrue Holiday	65	33.8	13.5	0.9	2.4	3.3	4.5	1.6	0.3	2.1	2.1	5.5	12.8	.432	1.0	2.6	.380	1.4	1.8	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	15	34.1	7.9	1.1	2.5	3.7	3.5	1.5	0.3	1.0	2.1	3.1	7.7	.405	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.727
Jrue Holiday	13	38.0	15.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.2	1.5	0.6	2.0	1.8	5.7	13.8	.413	1.5	3.8	.408	2.9	3.4	.864


Season 4
	Don Buse	Jrue Holiday
Season	1979-80	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Don Buse	81	30.9	7.7	0.9	2.0	2.9	4.0	1.6	0.1	1.1	1.4	3.2	7.3	.443	0.2	1.0	.241	1.0	1.6	.664
Jrue Holiday	78	37.5	17.7	1.1	3.1	4.2	8.0	1.6	0.4	3.7	2.2	7.1	16.5	.431	1.2	3.2	.368	2.3	3.1	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	8	29.5	8.5	1.0	1.6	2.6	5.5	0.8	0.0	1.6	1.9	3.5	8.0	.438	0.6	1.6	.385	0.9	1.4	.636
Jrue Holiday	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Don Buse	Jrue Holiday
Season	1980-81	2013-14
Team	Indiana Pacers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Don Buse	58	18.9	5.1	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.4	1.3	0.1	0.7	1.1	2.0	4.9	.397	0.3	1.0	.328	0.9	1.1	.769
Jrue Holiday	34	33.6	14.3	0.8	3.4	4.2	7.9	1.6	0.4	3.1	2.7	6.0	13.4	.447	0.9	2.3	.390	1.5	1.9	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	2	17.5	2.5	0.0	2.5	2.5	3.5	1.5	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.5	4.0	.125	0.5	2.0	.250	1.0	1.0	1.000
Jrue Holiday	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Don Buse	Jrue Holiday
Season	1981-82	2014-15
Team	Indiana Pacers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans 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		%
Don Buse	82	30.8	9.7	0.6	2.2	2.7	5.0	2.0	0.3	1.2	2.1	3.8	8.4	.455	0.9	2.3	.386	1.2	1.5	.813
Jrue Holiday	40	32.6	14.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	6.9	1.6	0.6	2.3	2.8	6.0	13.4	.446	1.3	3.4	.378	1.6	1.9	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	3	18.3	6.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	4.3	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.0	2.3	6.3	.368	0.3	1.3	.250	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 7
	Don Buse	Jrue Holiday
Season	1982-83	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Don Buse	41	15.7	4.7	0.5	0.9	1.3	2.8	1.1	0.0	0.6	1.5	1.8	4.4	.396	0.2	0.9	.257	1.0	1.1	.891
Jrue Holiday	65	28.2	16.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.0	1.4	0.3	2.6	2.3	6.3	14.4	.439	1.3	4.0	.336	2.8	3.3	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	5	6.2	1.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.6	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.750
Jrue Holiday	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Don Buse	Jrue Holiday
Season	1983-84	2016-17
Team	Kansas City Kings	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West 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		%
Don Buse	76	17.5	5.0	0.4	1.1	1.5	4.0	1.1	0.0	1.1	0.8	2.0	4.6	.426	0.2	0.8	.305	0.8	1.1	.788
Jrue Holiday	67	32.7	15.4	0.7	3.3	3.9	7.3	1.5	0.7	2.9	2.0	6.0	13.3	.454	1.5	4.2	.356	1.8	2.5	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	3	16.7	7.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.7	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.7	2.3	5.3	.438	1.0	2.0	.500	1.3	2.0	.667
Jrue Holiday	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Don Buse	Jrue Holiday
Season	1984-85	2017-18
Team	Kansas City Kings	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans 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		%
Don Buse	65	14.4	3.4	0.3	0.6	0.9	3.1	0.6	0.0	0.7	1.2	1.3	3.1	.404	0.5	1.3	.356	0.4	0.5	.767
Jrue Holiday	81	36.1	19.0	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.0	1.5	0.8	2.6	2.5	7.6	15.4	.494	1.5	4.4	.337	2.3	2.9	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	9	38.7	23.7	1.0	4.7	5.7	6.3	1.1	0.6	2.6	2.4	9.8	18.9	.518	1.8	5.6	.320	2.3	3.3	.700


Season 10
	Don Buse	Jrue Holiday
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	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		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	67	35.9	21.2	1.1	3.9	5.0	7.7	1.6	0.8	3.1	2.2	8.2	17.3	.472	1.8	5.4	.325	3.1	4.0	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Don Buse	Jrue Holiday
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	61	34.7	19.1	1.3	3.5	4.8	6.7	1.6	0.8	3.0	2.4	7.5	16.5	.455	2.0	5.7	.353	2.1	3.0	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Don Buse	Jrue Holiday
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	59	32.3	17.7	1.2	3.3	4.5	6.1	1.6	0.6	2.2	1.7	7.0	13.9	.503	1.9	4.8	.392	1.8	2.3	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	23	39.7	17.3	1.4	4.3	5.7	8.7	1.7	0.4	2.4	2.1	6.9	16.9	.406	1.9	6.2	.303	1.7	2.4	.714


Season 13
	Don Buse	Jrue Holiday
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	67	33.0	18.3	1.0	3.5	4.5	6.8	1.6	0.4	2.7	2.0	7.1	14.2	.501	2.0	4.8	.411	2.0	2.7	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	12	38.6	19.1	1.0	4.6	5.6	6.5	1.8	0.6	2.8	2.3	7.4	19.6	.379	2.1	6.6	.316	2.2	2.6	.839


Season 14
	Don Buse	Jrue Holiday
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	67	32.6	19.3	1.2	3.9	5.1	7.4	1.2	0.4	2.9	1.7	7.3	15.3	.479	2.4	6.1	.384	2.3	2.6	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	5	38.2	17.8	0.8	5.8	6.6	8.0	1.0	0.4	2.4	2.4	6.8	17.0	.400	2.4	8.4	.286	1.8	2.6	.692


Season 15
	Don Buse	Jrue Holiday
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	69	32.8	12.5	1.2	4.2	5.4	4.8	0.9	0.8	1.8	1.6	4.8	10.0	.480	2.0	4.7	.429	0.9	1.0	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	10	37.0	10.4	1.4	3.6	5.0	4.1	1.2	0.8	1.3	1.7	4.0	9.1	.440	1.7	4.4	.386	0.7	0.8	.875

Don Buse vs. Jrue Holiday Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jrue Holiday and Don Buse, 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

Season 15