Goran Dragic vs. Buddy Hield Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buddy Hield and Goran Dragic, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Goran Dragic played 15 years in the NBA, 6 more than Buddy Hield, who played 9. Goran Dragic had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Buddy Hield had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Goran Dragic	15	7	2008-09 to 2022-23
Buddy Hield	9	2	2016-17 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Goran Dragic	Buddy Hield
Season	2008-09	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings
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		%
Goran Dragic	55	13.2	4.5	0.6	1.3	1.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.6	1.6	4.1	.393	0.4	1.0	.370	0.9	1.2	.769
difference:	+27	+9.8	+6.1	+0.2	+1.6	+1.4	+0.5			-0.1	-0.2	+2.4	+5.3	+.033	+1.4	+3.6	+.021	+0.1	+0.3	+.073
Buddy Hield	82	23.0	10.6	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.5	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.4	4.0	9.4	.426	1.8	4.6	.391	0.8	0.9	.842

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Goran Dragic nor Buddy Hield played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Goran Dragic	Buddy Hield
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	80	18.0	7.9	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.0	0.6	0.1	1.6	1.6	2.8	6.1	.452	0.9	2.4	.394	1.5	2.0	.736
difference:		+7.3	+5.6	+0.2	+1.5	+1.7	+1.1	+0.5	+0.2		-0.3	+2.4	+5.6	+.006	+1.3	+2.7	+.037	+0.6	+1.0	+.141
Buddy Hield	80	25.3	13.5	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.9	1.1	0.3	1.6	1.9	5.2	11.7	.446	2.2	5.1	.431	0.9	1.0	.877

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	16	14.8	7.6	0.6	1.2	1.8	2.3	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	2.7	6.3	.430	0.8	2.5	.325	1.4	1.9	.742
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Goran Dragic	Buddy Hield
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Goran Dragic	70	17.6	7.5	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.9	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.8	2.7	6.3	.435	0.8	2.2	.361	1.2	1.9	.624
difference:	+12	+14.3	+13.2	+0.8	+2.2	+3.0	+0.4		+0.3	-0.1	-0.7	+4.9	+10.3	+.023	+2.6	+5.7	+.066	+0.9	+0.5	+.262
Buddy Hield	82	31.9	20.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	2.5	0.7	0.4	1.8	2.5	7.6	16.6	.458	3.4	7.9	.427	2.1	2.4	.886

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Goran Dragic nor Buddy Hield played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Goran Dragic	Buddy Hield
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Goran Dragic	66	26.5	11.7	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.3	1.3	0.2	2.4	2.5	4.2	9.1	.462	1.0	3.1	.337	2.3	2.9	.805
difference:	+6	+4.3	+7.5		+2.1	+2.1	+2.3	+0.4		-0.1	-0.2	+2.7	+7.0	+.033	+2.8	+6.5	+.057	+0.7	+1.0	+.041
Buddy Hield	72	30.8	19.2	0.8	3.8	4.6	3.0	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.3	6.9	16.1	.429	3.8	9.6	.394	1.6	1.9	.846

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Goran Dragic nor Buddy Hield played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Goran Dragic	Buddy Hield
Season	2012-13	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
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		%
Goran Dragic	77	33.5	14.7	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.4	1.6	0.3	2.8	2.8	5.2	11.8	.443	1.1	3.6	.319	3.2	4.2	.748
difference:	+6	+0.8	+1.9	+0.4	+2.0	+1.6	+3.8	+0.7	+0.1	-1.0	-0.3	+0.5	+2.2	+.037	+2.9	+6.6	+.072	+2.0	+2.7	+.098
Buddy Hield	71	34.3	16.6	0.4	4.3	4.7	3.6	0.9	0.4	1.8	2.5	5.7	14.0	.406	4.0	10.2	.391	1.2	1.5	.846

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Goran Dragic nor Buddy Hield played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Goran Dragic	Buddy Hield
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Goran Dragic	76	35.1	20.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.9	1.4	0.3	2.8	2.7	7.3	14.4	.505	1.6	3.9	.408	4.2	5.5	.760
difference:	+5	+4.2	+4.7	+0.1	+1.2	+1.2	+3.1	+0.5		-0.9	-0.4	+1.8	+0.8	+.099	+1.6	+4.9	+.042	+2.8	+3.9	+.114
Buddy Hield	81	30.9	15.6	0.8	3.5	4.4	2.8	0.9	0.3	1.9	2.3	5.5	13.6	.406	3.2	8.8	.366	1.4	1.6	.874

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Goran Dragic nor Buddy Hield played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Goran Dragic	Buddy Hield
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Goran Dragic	78	33.8	16.3	1.0	2.5	3.5	4.5	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.4	12.8	.501	1.2	3.3	.347	2.3	3.0	.774
difference:	+2	+2.8	+0.5	+0.2	+1.7	+1.5	+1.7	+0.2	+0.1	-0.5	-0.5	+0.5	+0.2	+.043	+2.4	+5.2	+.078	+1.0	+1.4	+.048
Buddy Hield	80	31.0	16.8	0.8	4.2	5.0	2.8	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.9	13.0	.458	3.6	8.5	.425	1.3	1.6	.822

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Goran Dragic nor Buddy Hield played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Goran Dragic	Buddy Hield
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	Miami Heat	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	76ers Lost East 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		%
Goran Dragic	72	32.8	14.1	0.8	3.1	3.8	5.8	1.0	0.2	2.6	2.6	5.8	12.2	.477	0.9	2.8	.312	1.7	2.3	.727
difference:	+12	+7.1	+2.0	+0.1	+0.6	+0.6	+3.0	+0.2	+0.3	-1.4	-0.6	+1.4	+2.1	+.041	+1.7	+4.0	+.074	+1.1	+1.6	+.154
Buddy Hield	84	25.7	12.1	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.8	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.0	4.4	10.1	.436	2.6	6.8	.386	0.6	0.7	.881

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	14	33.7	16.5	0.8	4.1	4.9	3.9	0.4	0.2	2.2	3.3	6.5	14.7	.442	1.1	3.3	.348	2.4	3.1	.767
difference:	+10	+20.9	+11.0	+0.3	+3.3	+3.6	+3.4	+0.4	+0.1	-1.7	-2.3	+4.7	+10.4	+.030	+0.4		+.114	+1.9	+2.6	+.233
Buddy Hield	4	12.8	5.5	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.8	4.3	.412	1.5	3.3	.462	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 9
	Goran Dragic	Buddy Hield
Season	2016-17	2024-25
Team	Miami Heat	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Goran Dragic	73	33.7	20.3	0.8	3.0	3.8	5.8	1.2	0.2	2.9	2.7	7.3	15.4	.475	1.6	4.0	.405	4.1	5.2	.790
difference:	+9	+11.0	+9.2	+0.2	+0.4	+0.6	+4.2	+0.4	+0.1	-1.8	-1.1	+3.3	+5.8	+.058	+0.9	+2.7	+.035	+3.5	+4.4	+.038
Buddy Hield	82	22.7	11.1	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.6	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.6	4.0	9.6	.417	2.5	6.7	.370	0.6	0.8	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buddy Hield	12	27.3	12.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.1	2.0	4.3	10.4	.416	2.8	6.4	.429	1.1	1.2	.929


Additional Years
* Goran Dragic played 6 seasons more than Buddy Hield in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 15, from 2018 to 2023—Goran Dragic played in 5 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Buddy Hield, Goran Dragic got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Goran Dragic vs. Buddy Hield Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buddy Hield and Goran Dragic, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years