Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. Hassan Whiteside Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hassan Whiteside and Giannis Antetokounmpo, 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.

Giannis Antetokounmpo played 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than Hassan Whiteside, who played 10. Giannis Antetokounmpo had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Hassan Whiteside 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 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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2013-14	2010-11
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	77	24.6	6.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.6	2.2	2.2	5.4	.414	0.5	1.5	.347	1.8	2.6	.683
difference:	+76	+22.6	+6.8	+1.0	+3.4	+4.4	+1.9	+0.8	+0.8	-1.6	-0.2	+2.2	+5.4		+0.5	+1.5		+1.8	+2.6
Hassan Whiteside	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Giannis Antetokounmpo nor Hassan Whiteside played in the postseason in their season 1

Note: Hassan Whiteside didn't play in 2012-13 and 2013-14.

Season 4
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2016-17	2015-16
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.6	22.9	1.8	7.0	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	2.9	3.1	8.2	15.7	.521	0.6	2.3	.272	5.9	7.7	.770
difference:	+7	+6.5	+8.7	+1.5	+1.6	+3.0	+5.0	+1.0	+1.8	-1.0	-0.3	+2.5	+6.4	+.085	+0.6	+2.3		+3.0	+3.2	+.120
Hassan Whiteside	73	29.1	14.2	3.3	8.6	11.8	0.4	0.6	3.7	1.9	2.8	5.7	9.3	.606	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.5	.650
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	40.5	24.8	1.7	7.8	9.5	4.0	2.2	1.7	3.3	3.5	10.0	18.7	.536	0.7	1.7	.400	4.2	7.7	.543
difference:	+4	+11.4	+12.8	+0.9	+0.5	+1.4	+3.7	+1.4	+1.1	-2.0	-0.1	+5.3	+11.8	+.145	+0.7	+1.7		+1.6	+3.3	+.048
Hassan Whiteside	10	29.1	12.0	2.6	8.3	10.9	0.3	0.8	2.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	6.9	.681	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	4.4	.591

Season 5
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2017-18	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	75	36.7	26.9	2.1	8.0	10.0	4.8	1.5	1.4	3.0	3.1	9.9	18.7	.529	0.6	1.9	.307	6.5	8.5	.760
difference:	+2	+4.1	+9.9	+1.7	+2.3	+4.1	+4.1	+0.8	+0.7	-1.0	-0.2	+2.9	+6.1	+.028	+0.6	+1.9		+3.6	+3.9	+.132
Hassan Whiteside	77	32.6	17.0	3.8	10.3	14.1	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.0	2.9	7.0	12.6	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.6	.628
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	7	40.0	25.7	1.1	8.4	9.6	6.3	1.4	0.9	2.4	4.0	9.9	17.3	.570	0.6	2.0	.286	5.4	7.9	.691
Hassan Whiteside	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2018-19	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Heat Lost East 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	72	32.8	27.7	2.2	10.3	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	3.7	3.2	10.0	17.3	.578	0.7	2.8	.256	6.9	9.5	.729
difference:	+18	+7.5	+13.7	+1.0	+2.1	+1.1	+4.9	+0.6	+0.2	-2.0	-0.8	+4.2	+6.6	+.038	+0.7	+2.8		+4.5	+6.1	+.026
Hassan Whiteside	54	25.3	14.0	3.2	8.2	11.4	1.0	0.7	1.7	1.7	2.4	5.8	10.7	.540	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	15	34.3	25.5	2.4	9.8	12.2	4.9	1.2	2.0	3.3	3.2	8.6	17.4	.494	1.2	3.7	.327	7.1	11.2	.637
difference:	+10	+18.9	+20.3	+0.4	+5.8	+6.2	+4.7	+1.2	+0.8	-0.9		+6.8	+13.4	+.044	+1.2	+3.7		+5.5	+8.6	+.022
Hassan Whiteside	5	15.4	5.2	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.2	0.0	1.2	2.4	3.2	1.8	4.0	.450	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.615

Season 7
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2019-20	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	30.4	29.5	2.2	11.4	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	3.7	3.1	10.9	19.7	.553	1.4	4.7	.304	6.3	10.0	.633
difference:	+9	+7.1	+17.2	+1.4	+3.6	+2.3	+4.8	+0.4	+0.9	-2.4	-0.4	+5.5	+10.3	+.018	+1.4	+4.5	+.179	+4.8	+6.6	+.184
Hassan Whiteside	72	23.3	12.3	3.6	7.8	11.3	0.8	0.6	1.9	1.3	2.7	5.4	9.4	.571	0.0	0.2	.125	1.5	3.4	.449
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	9	30.8	26.7	3.0	10.8	13.8	5.7	0.7	0.9	3.3	3.4	10.0	17.9	.559	1.4	4.4	.325	5.2	9.0	.580
Hassan Whiteside	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2020-21	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	61	33.0	28.1	1.6	9.4	11.0	5.9	1.2	1.2	3.4	2.8	10.3	18.0	.569	1.1	3.6	.303	6.5	9.5	.685
difference:	+6	+3.0	+12.6	+2.3	+0.3	+2.5	+4.7	+0.8	+1.7	-1.6	-0.1	+3.8	+7.5	+.052	+1.0	+3.5	+.268	+4.1	+5.9	+.001
Hassan Whiteside	67	30.0	15.5	3.9	9.7	13.5	1.2	0.4	2.9	1.8	2.9	6.5	10.5	.621	0.1	0.1	.571	2.4	3.6	.686
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	21	38.1	30.2	2.8	10.0	12.8	5.1	1.0	1.2	3.0	2.9	11.9	20.9	.569	0.6	3.3	.186	5.8	9.8	.587
difference:	+16	+16.9	+23.4	+1.4	+4.4	+5.8	+4.7	+0.8	+0.8	-1.8	-0.5	+9.3	+16.1	+.027	+0.4	+3.1	+.814	+4.4	+7.0	+.087
Hassan Whiteside	5	21.2	6.8	1.4	5.6	7.0	0.4	0.2	2.0	1.2	3.4	2.6	4.8	.542	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.4	2.8	.500

Season 9
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2021-22	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	67	32.9	29.9	2.0	9.6	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	3.3	3.2	10.3	18.6	.553	1.1	3.6	.293	8.3	11.4	.722
difference:	+31	+17.7	+21.8	+0.3	+5.3	+5.6	+5.2	+0.8	+0.1	-2.2	-1.2	+6.8	+12.4	+.010	+1.1	+3.6		+7.2	+9.2	+.203
Hassan Whiteside	36	15.2	8.1	1.7	4.3	6.0	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.1	2.0	3.5	6.2	.563	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.2	.519
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	12	37.3	31.7	2.2	12.0	14.2	6.8	0.7	1.3	4.5	3.6	11.7	23.8	.491	0.8	3.4	.220	7.6	11.2	.679
Hassan Whiteside	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2022-23	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	32.1	31.1	2.2	9.6	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	3.9	3.1	11.2	20.3	.553	0.7	2.7	.275	7.9	12.3	.645
difference:	+2	+14.2	+22.9	+0.4	+4.6	+4.2	+5.3	+0.5	+0.8	-3.1	-0.3	+7.9	+15.2	+.099	+0.7	+2.7		+6.3	+9.7	+.022
Hassan Whiteside	65	17.9	8.2	2.6	5.0	7.6	0.4	0.3	1.6	0.8	2.8	3.3	5.1	.652	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.623
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	3	30.3	23.3	2.7	8.3	11.0	5.3	0.3	0.7	4.7	3.0	9.3	17.7	.528	0.0	1.0	.000	4.7	10.3	.452
difference:	+3	+19.5	+21.5	+1.4	+4.5	+5.8	+5.3		+0.6	-4.7	-1.5	+8.5	+15.7	+.111		+1.0		+4.5	+9.6	+.202
Hassan Whiteside	6	10.8	1.8	1.3	3.8	5.2	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.0	1.5	0.8	2.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.7	.250

Additional Years
* Giannis Antetokounmpo played 2 seasons more than Hassan Whiteside in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 12, from 2024 to 2025—Giannis Antetokounmpo played in one postseason and one NBA Cup. In those 2 extra years over Hassan Whiteside, Giannis Antetokounmpo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 Cup MVP 2 Cup All-Tournament Team 2 All-Star Game