Gordon Hayward vs. Chris Mullin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Mullin and Gordon Hayward, 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.

Gordon Hayward played 14 years in the NBA, 2 less than Chris Mullin, who played 16. Gordon Hayward had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Chris Mullin had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
Gordon Hayward	14	5	2010-11 to 2023-24
Chris Mullin	16	8	1985-86 to 2000-01

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


Rookie Season
	Gordon Hayward	Chris Mullin
Season	2010-11	1985-86
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
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		%
Gordon Hayward	72	16.9	5.4	0.6	1.4	1.9	1.1	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.5	2.0	4.1	.485	0.5	1.0	.473	1.0	1.3	.711
difference:	+17	+8.4	+8.6	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	+0.8	+0.9	+0.1	-0.4	-0.9	+3.2	+7.2	+.022	+0.4	+0.5	+.288	+2.4	+2.5	+.185
Chris Mullin	55	25.3	14.0	0.8	1.3	2.1	1.9	1.3	0.4	1.4	2.4	5.2	11.3	.463	0.1	0.5	.185	3.4	3.8	.896

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gordon Hayward nor Chris Mullin played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Gordon Hayward	Chris Mullin
Season	2011-12	1986-87
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Gordon Hayward	66	30.5	11.8	0.9	2.6	3.5	3.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.6	4.0	8.9	.456	0.8	2.4	.346	2.9	3.5	.832
difference:	+16	+1.5	+3.3	+0.4	+0.9	+1.3	+0.1	+0.4	+0.2	-0.2	-1.0	+1.8	+2.4	+.058	+0.6	+1.6	+.044	+0.4	+0.5	+.007
Chris Mullin	82	29.0	15.1	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.2	1.2	0.4	1.9	2.6	5.8	11.3	.514	0.2	0.8	.302	3.3	4.0	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	4	30.8	7.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.5	8.3	.182	0.3	3.0	.083	4.0	4.0	1.000
difference:	+6	+4.6	+4.0	+0.3	+1.0	+1.3	+0.7	+0.1	+0.2	-0.8	-2.1	+3.4	+1.5	+.318		+2.6	+.667	+2.8	+2.4	+.250
Chris Mullin	10	26.2	11.3	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	3.1	4.9	9.8	.500	0.3	0.4	.750	1.2	1.6	.750


Season 3
	Gordon Hayward	Chris Mullin
Season	2012-13	1987-88
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Gordon Hayward	72	29.2	14.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.0	0.8	0.5	1.7	1.7	4.7	10.7	.435	1.4	3.4	.415	3.4	4.1	.827
difference:	+12	+4.7	+6.1	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+1.8	+1.1		-0.9	-0.6	+3.1	+4.7	+.073	+0.8	+1.8	+.064	+0.6	+0.4	+.058
Chris Mullin	60	33.9	20.2	1.0	2.5	3.4	4.8	1.9	0.5	2.6	2.3	7.8	15.4	.508	0.6	1.6	.351	4.0	4.5	.885

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gordon Hayward nor Chris Mullin played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Gordon Hayward	Chris Mullin
Season	2013-14	1988-89
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Gordon Hayward	77	36.4	16.2	0.8	4.3	5.1	5.2	1.4	0.5	2.8	2.0	5.5	13.4	.413	1.1	3.6	.304	4.0	4.9	.816
difference:	+5	+1.3	+10.3	+1.1	+0.3	+0.8	+0.1	+0.7		-0.8	-0.2	+4.6	+6.5	+.096	+0.8	+2.4	+.074	+2.0	+1.8	+.076
Chris Mullin	82	37.7	26.5	1.9	4.0	5.9	5.1	2.1	0.5	3.6	2.2	10.1	19.9	.509	0.3	1.2	.230	6.0	6.7	.892

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Mullin	8	42.6	29.4	1.4	4.5	5.9	4.5	1.8	1.4	4.0	2.4	11.0	20.4	.540	0.1	1.0	.125	7.3	8.4	.866


Season 5
	Gordon Hayward	Chris Mullin
Season	2014-15	1989-90
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Gordon Hayward	76	34.4	19.3	0.7	4.2	4.9	4.1	1.4	0.4	2.7	1.7	6.4	14.3	.445	1.6	4.3	.364	4.9	6.1	.812
difference:	+2	+1.9	+5.8	+1.0	+0.1	+1.0		+0.2	+0.2	-0.4	-0.1	+2.3	+2.0	+.091	+0.5	+1.3	+.008	+1.6	+1.2	+.077
Chris Mullin	78	36.3	25.1	1.7	4.3	5.9	4.1	1.6	0.6	3.1	1.8	8.7	16.3	.536	1.1	3.0	.372	6.5	7.3	.889

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gordon Hayward nor Chris Mullin played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Gordon Hayward	Chris Mullin
Season	2015-16	1990-91
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Gordon Hayward	80	36.2	19.7	0.8	4.2	5.0	3.7	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.3	6.5	15.0	.433	1.8	5.1	.349	4.9	6.0	.824
difference:	+2	+4.2	+6.0	+0.9	+0.5	+0.4	+0.3	+0.9	+0.5	-0.5	-0.2	+3.0	+2.7	+.103	+1.3	+3.5	+.048	+1.4	+1.1	+.060
Chris Mullin	82	40.4	25.7	1.7	3.7	5.4	4.0	2.1	0.8	3.0	2.1	9.5	17.7	.536	0.5	1.6	.301	6.3	7.1	.884

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Mullin	8	45.8	23.8	1.1	6.1	7.3	2.9	1.9	1.5	3.1	2.9	8.6	16.4	.527	1.1	1.6	.692	5.4	6.3	.860


Season 7
	Gordon Hayward	Chris Mullin
Season	2016-17	1991-92
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Gordon Hayward	73	34.5	21.9	0.7	4.7	5.4	3.5	1.0	0.3	1.9	1.6	7.5	15.8	.471	2.0	5.1	.398	5.0	5.9	.844
difference:	+8	+6.8	+3.7	+0.9	+0.7	+0.2		+1.1	+0.5	-0.6	-0.5	+2.7	+3.8	+.053	+1.2	+2.9	+.032	+0.7	+0.7	+.011
Chris Mullin	81	41.3	25.6	1.6	4.0	5.6	3.5	2.1	0.8	2.5	2.1	10.2	19.6	.524	0.8	2.2	.366	4.3	5.2	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	11	37.4	24.1	0.6	5.5	6.1	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.1	7.5	17.1	.441	2.5	6.2	.412	6.5	6.9	.934
difference:	+7	+4.6	+6.3	+0.2	+3.2	+3.1	+0.4	+0.4	+0.2	-0.2	-0.1	+0.7	+1.3	+.012	+1.5	+3.2	+.079	+3.2	+3.4	+.005
Chris Mullin	4	42.0	17.8	0.8	2.3	3.0	3.0	1.3	0.5	2.0	2.0	6.8	15.8	.429	1.0	3.0	.333	3.3	3.5	.929


Season 8
	Gordon Hayward	Chris Mullin
Season	2017-18	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Gordon Hayward	1	5.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+45	+36.3	+23.9	+0.9	+3.1	+4.0	+3.6	+1.5	+0.9	-3.0	-0.7	+9.3	+18.2	+.010	+1.3	+1.9	+.451	+4.0	+4.9
Chris Mullin	46	41.3	25.9	0.9	4.1	5.0	3.6	1.5	0.9	3.0	1.7	10.3	20.2	.510	1.3	2.9	.451	4.0	4.9	.810

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gordon Hayward nor Chris Mullin played in the postseason in their season 8


Season 9
	Gordon Hayward	Chris Mullin
Season	2018-19	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Gordon Hayward	72	25.9	11.5	0.7	3.8	4.5	3.4	0.9	0.3	1.5	1.4	4.1	8.8	.466	1.1	3.2	.333	2.2	2.6	.834
difference:	+10	+11.6	+5.3	+0.3	+0.7	+1.1	+1.7	+0.8	+0.6	-1.4	-0.4	+2.5	+5.2	+.006	+0.2	+0.8	+.031	+0.5	+0.9	+.081
Chris Mullin	62	37.5	16.8	1.0	4.5	5.6	5.1	1.7	0.9	2.9	1.8	6.6	14.0	.472	0.9	2.4	.364	2.7	3.5	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	9	29.7	9.6	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.4	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.8	3.2	7.8	.414	1.0	2.7	.375	2.1	2.1	1.000
difference:	+6	+15.3	+15.7	+1.0	+0.4	+0.7	+1.3	+0.7	+1.4	-0.7	-0.5	+6.8	+9.2	+.174	+1.0	+1.3	+.125	+1.2	+1.6	+.091
Chris Mullin	3	45.0	25.3	1.3	3.3	4.7	3.7	0.0	1.7	2.3	1.3	10.0	17.0	.588	2.0	4.0	.500	3.3	3.7	.909


Season 10
	Gordon Hayward	Chris Mullin
Season	2019-20	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Gordon Hayward	52	33.5	17.5	1.1	5.6	6.7	4.1	0.7	0.4	1.8	1.8	6.7	13.5	.500	1.6	4.3	.383	2.4	2.8	.855
difference:	+27	+2.1	+1.5	+0.1	+2.0	+2.1	+0.9	+0.8	+0.4	-1.9	-0.3	+0.1	+0.4	+.011	+0.1	+0.6	+.069	+1.4	+1.5	+.024
Chris Mullin	25	35.6	19.0	1.0	3.6	4.6	5.0	1.5	0.8	3.7	2.1	6.8	13.9	.489	1.7	3.7	.452	3.8	4.3	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	5	31.4	10.8	0.6	3.4	4.0	2.8	1.4	0.4	1.4	2.0	4.0	10.0	.400	1.4	4.8	.292	1.4	1.6	.875
Chris Mullin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Gordon Hayward	Chris Mullin
Season	2020-21	1995-96
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	44	34.0	19.6	0.8	5.0	5.9	4.1	1.2	0.3	2.1	1.7	7.1	15.0	.473	1.9	4.7	.415	3.5	4.2	.843
difference:	+11	+4.6	+6.3		+2.9	+3.0	+0.6	+0.2	+0.3	-0.1	-0.6	+2.2	+5.2	+.026	+0.8	+2.0	+.022	+1.0	+1.3	+.013
Chris Mullin	55	29.4	13.3	0.8	2.1	2.9	3.5	1.4	0.6	2.2	2.3	4.9	9.8	.499	1.1	2.7	.393	2.5	2.9	.856

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gordon Hayward nor Chris Mullin played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Gordon Hayward	Chris Mullin
Season	2021-22	1996-97
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	49	31.9	15.9	0.8	3.8	4.6	3.6	1.0	0.4	1.7	1.7	5.8	12.6	.459	1.8	4.5	.391	2.6	3.0	.846
difference:	+30	+2.7	+1.4	+0.1	+0.7	+0.6	+0.5	+0.6		-0.7	-0.3	+0.3	+2.6	+.094	+0.7	+1.9	+.020	+0.3	+0.3	+.018
Chris Mullin	79	34.6	14.5	0.9	3.1	4.0	4.1	1.6	0.4	2.4	2.0	5.5	10.0	.553	1.1	2.6	.411	2.3	2.7	.864

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Gordon Hayward nor Chris Mullin played in the postseason in their season 12


Season 13
	Gordon Hayward	Chris Mullin
Season	2022-23	1997-98
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	50	31.5	14.7	0.7	3.6	4.3	4.1	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.4	5.5	11.6	.475	1.0	3.2	.325	2.6	3.2	.811
difference:	+32	+5.0	+3.4	+0.2	+1.0	+1.3	+1.8	+0.4	+0.3	-0.6	-0.9	+1.4	+3.2	+.006	+0.3	+0.2	+.115	+0.7	+1.2	+.128
Chris Mullin	82	26.5	11.3	0.5	2.6	3.0	2.3	1.2	0.5	1.4	2.3	4.1	8.4	.481	1.3	3.0	.440	1.9	2.0	.939

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Mullin	16	25.8	8.9	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.3	7.1	.460	1.3	3.3	.385	1.1	1.3	.857


Season 14
	Gordon Hayward	Chris Mullin
Season	2023-24	1998-99
Team	Charlotte Hornets, Oklahoma City Thunder	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	51	24.4	9.8	0.7	2.8	3.5	3.1	0.8	0.3	1.3	1.3	3.7	7.9	.464	0.7	1.8	.411	1.7	2.4	.742
difference:	+1	+0.8	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+1.5	+0.1		-0.1	-0.7	+0.2	+0.5	+.013	+0.8	+1.3	+.054	+0.1	+0.6	+.128
Chris Mullin	50	23.6	10.1	0.5	2.7	3.2	1.6	0.9	0.3	1.2	2.0	3.5	7.4	.477	1.5	3.1	.465	1.6	1.8	.870

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gordon Hayward	7	6.6	0.0	0.1	1.7	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+6	+15.2	+9.5	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+0.8	+0.7	+0.1	-1.5	-1.3	+3.2	+7.3	+.410	+1.7	+4.2		+1.5	+1.8
Chris Mullin	13	21.8	9.5	0.2	1.4	1.5	1.2	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.6	3.2	7.7	.410	1.7	4.2	.400	1.5	1.8	.870

Additional Years

* Chris Mullin played 2 seasons more than Gordon Hayward in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 15 to 16, from 2000 to 2001—Chris Mullin played in one postseason.

Gordon Hayward vs. Chris Mullin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Mullin and Gordon Hayward, 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

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

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