Dwight Howard vs. De'Andre Hunter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of De'Andre Hunter and Dwight Howard, 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.

Dwight Howard played 18 years in the NBA, 11 more than De'Andre Hunter, who played 7. Dwight Howard had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while De'Andre Hunter 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
	Dwight Howard	De'Andre Hunter
Season	2004-05	2019-20
Team	Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
Dwight Howard	82	32.6	12.0	3.5	6.5	10.0	0.9	0.9	1.7	2.0	2.8	4.3	8.3	.520	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.671
difference:	+19	+0.6	+0.3	+2.8	+2.7	+5.5	+0.9	+0.2	+1.4	-0.4	-0.1	+0.1	+2.5	+.110	+1.7	+4.8		+1.7	+2.7	+.093
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dwight Howard nor De'Andre Hunter played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Dwight Howard	De'Andre Hunter
Season	2006-07	2021-22
Team	Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Dwight Howard	82	36.9	17.6	3.5	8.8	12.3	1.9	0.9	1.9	3.9	3.0	6.4	10.6	.603	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	8.1	.586
difference:	+29	+7.1	+4.2	+3.0	+6.0	+9.0	+0.6	+0.2	+1.5	-2.6	-0.1	+1.6	+0.2	+.161	+1.4	+3.7		+2.4	+5.0	+.179
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwight Howard	4	41.8	15.3	4.0	10.8	14.8	1.8	0.5	1.0	4.3	3.3	5.8	10.5	.548	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	8.3	.455
difference:	+1	+6.8	+5.9	+3.6	+7.4	+11.0	+1.2	+0.3	+0.8	-2.1	-0.7	+2.0	+3.5	+.009	+2.4	+5.2		+0.6	+4.3	+.345
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

Season 4
	Dwight Howard	De'Andre Hunter
Season	2007-08	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Dwight Howard	82	37.7	20.7	3.4	10.8	14.2	1.3	0.9	2.1	3.2	3.3	7.1	11.9	.599	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	10.9	.590
difference:	+15	+6.0	+5.3	+2.7	+7.2	+10.0	+0.1	+0.4	+1.8	-2.0	-0.3	+1.4	+0.4	+.138	+1.5	+4.3		+3.9	+7.8	+.236
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwight Howard	10	42.1	18.9	6.0	9.8	15.8	0.9	0.8	3.4	3.2	3.8	7.2	12.4	.581	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	8.3	.542
difference:	+4	+4.8	+2.2	+4.8	+5.3	+10.1	+0.3	+0.1	+3.1	-1.7	-0.5	+0.7	+1.8	+.122	+2.3	+6.3		+3.2	+6.6	+.258
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

Season 5
	Dwight Howard	De'Andre Hunter
Season	2008-09	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Dwight Howard	79	35.7	20.6	4.3	9.6	13.8	1.4	1.0	2.9	3.0	3.4	7.1	12.4	.572	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	10.7	.594
difference:	+22	+6.2	+5.0	+3.8	+6.2	+9.9	+0.1	+0.3	+2.6	-1.5	-0.8	+1.8	+0.8	+.113	+2.1	+5.3		+3.5	+7.3	+.253
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwight Howard	23	39.3	20.3	4.3	11.0	15.3	1.9	0.9	2.6	2.9	4.4	7.0	11.7	.601	0.0	0.1	.000	6.3	9.9	.636
De'Andre Hunter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Dwight Howard	De'Andre Hunter
Season	2009-10	2024-25
Team	Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Dwight Howard	82	34.7	18.3	3.5	9.7	13.2	1.8	0.9	2.8	3.3	3.5	6.2	10.2	.612	0.0	0.1	.000	5.9	10.0	.592
difference:	+18	+7.5	+1.3	+2.8	+6.4	+9.2	+0.4	+0.1	+2.6	-2.0	-1.1	+0.6	+1.7	+.142	+2.5	+6.0	+.405	+2.5	+6.0	+.254
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwight Howard	14	35.5	18.1	2.7	8.4	11.1	1.4	0.8	3.5	3.6	4.2	6.1	10.0	.614	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	11.3	.519
difference:	+6	+12.4	+7.1	+1.9	+5.5	+7.5	+0.4	+0.3	+3.4	-2.7	-2.1	+2.7	+2.1	+.185	+1.5	+3.3		+3.1	+8.0	+.327
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

Season 7
	Dwight Howard	De'Andre Hunter
Season	2010-11	2025-26
Team	Orlando Magic	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did not play (season in progress)

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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		%
Dwight Howard	78	37.6	22.9	4.0	10.1	14.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	3.6	3.3	7.9	13.4	.593	0.0	0.1	.000	7.0	11.7	.596
difference:	+48	+9.8	+8.2	+3.3	+6.5	+9.9	+0.7	+0.7	+2.2	-2.1	-0.6	+3.0	+1.8	+.168	+1.8	+5.7	+.314	+4.0	+8.2	+.260
De'Andre Hunter	30	27.8	14.7	0.7	3.6	4.2	2.1	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.7	4.9	11.6	.425	1.8	5.8	.314	3.0	3.5	.856
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwight Howard	6	43.0	27.0	4.5	11.0	15.5	0.5	0.7	1.8	5.5	4.2	8.5	13.5	.630	0.0	0.2	.000	10.0	14.7	.682
De'Andre Hunter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Dwight Howard played 11 seasons more than De'Andre Hunter in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 18, from 2012 to 2022—Dwight Howard played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over De'Andre Hunter, Dwight Howard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 2 Rebounds Leader 3 All-Star Game