Goran Dragic vs. Rui Hachimura Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rui Hachimura 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.

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, 9 more than Rui Hachimura, who played 6. Goran Dragic had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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
	Goran Dragic	Rui Hachimura
Season	2008-09	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Washington Wizards
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		%
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:	+7	+16.9	+9.0	+1.0	+3.2	+4.2	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	-0.2	-0.6	+3.7	+7.3	+.073	+0.1	+0.8	+.083	+1.5	+1.7	+.060
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 Goran Dragic nor Rui Hachimura played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Goran Dragic	Rui Hachimura
Season	2012-13	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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		%
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:	+9	+6.6	+1.1	+0.1	+1.2	+1.2	+6.2	+1.0	+0.1	-2.1	-1.3	+0.1	+1.9	+.094	+0.3	+0.2	+.103	+1.7	+2.2	+.009
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		%
Goran Dragic	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
	Goran Dragic	Rui Hachimura
Season	2013-14	2024-25
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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:	+17	+3.4	+7.2	+0.4	+1.4	+1.8	+4.5	+0.6	+0.1	-2.0	-0.9	+2.3	+4.6	+.004	+0.1	+0.3	+.005	+2.7	+3.6	+.010
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		%
Goran Dragic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
* Goran Dragic played 9 seasons more than Rui Hachimura in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 15, from 2015 to 2023—Goran Dragic played in 6 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Rui Hachimura, Goran Dragic got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game