Happy Hairston vs. Chris Webber Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Webber and Happy Hairston, 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.

Happy Hairston played 11 years in the NBA, 4 less than Chris Webber, who played 15. Happy Hairston had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while Chris Webber had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Happy Hairston	Chris Webber
Season	1964-65	1993-94
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	61	12.1	6.1	-	-	4.8	0.4	-	-	-	1.6	2.1	5.8	.373	-	-	-	1.8	2.7	.667
Chris Webber	76	32.1	17.5	4.0	5.1	9.1	3.6	1.2	2.2	2.7	3.3	7.5	13.6	.552	0.0	0.2	.000	2.5	4.7	.532
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	3	13.0	4.0	-	-	6.7	1.0	-	-	-	0.7	1.7	6.0	.278	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.667
Chris Webber	3	36.3	15.7	4.3	4.3	8.7	9.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.7	7.3	13.3	.550	0.0	0.7	.000	1.0	3.3	.300

Season 4
	Happy Hairston	Chris Webber
Season	1967-68	1996-97
Team	Cincinnati Royals, Detroit Pistons	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	74	34.0	17.9	-	-	8.3	1.3	-	-	-	2.7	6.5	13.3	.487	-	-	-	4.9	7.1	.699
Chris Webber	72	39.0	20.1	3.3	7.0	10.3	4.6	1.7	1.9	3.2	3.6	8.4	16.2	.518	0.8	2.1	.397	2.5	4.3	.565
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	6	24.8	11.7	-	-	6.2	1.2	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	11.8	.408	-	-	-	2.0	3.3	.600
Chris Webber	3	35.7	15.7	2.3	5.7	8.0	3.3	0.7	2.3	5.3	6.0	6.3	10.0	.633	1.7	3.7	.455	1.3	2.7	.500

Season 6
	Happy Hairston	Chris Webber
Season	1969-70	1998-99
Team	Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	70	34.7	18.5	-	-	11.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.3	6.9	13.9	.496	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.789
Chris Webber	42	40.9	20.0	3.5	9.4	13.0	4.1	1.4	2.1	3.5	3.5	9.0	18.5	.486	0.1	0.8	.118	1.9	4.1	.454
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	16	18.5	7.4	-	-	4.8	1.3	-	-	-	1.9	2.9	6.8	.435	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.686
Chris Webber	5	38.4	14.8	2.6	6.8	9.4	4.0	1.8	1.0	4.0	4.0	6.2	16.0	.388	0.4	1.4	.286	2.0	5.0	.400

Season 7
	Happy Hairston	Chris Webber
Season	1970-71	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	80	36.5	18.6	-	-	10.0	2.1	-	-	-	3.2	7.2	15.4	.466	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.782
Chris Webber	75	38.4	24.5	2.5	8.0	10.5	4.6	1.6	1.7	2.9	3.5	10.0	20.6	.483	0.4	1.3	.284	4.1	5.5	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	12	39.3	17.0	-	-	9.1	2.8	-	-	-	3.4	6.9	13.7	.506	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.760
Chris Webber	5	39.2	24.4	2.8	6.8	9.6	5.4	1.6	2.0	1.6	2.8	9.4	22.0	.427	0.2	1.0	.200	5.4	6.8	.794

Season 8
	Happy Hairston	Chris Webber
Season	1971-72	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	80	34.4	13.1	-	-	13.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	10.0	.461	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.779
Chris Webber	70	40.5	27.1	2.6	8.5	11.1	4.2	1.3	1.7	2.8	3.2	11.2	23.4	.481	0.0	0.4	.071	4.6	6.6	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	15	38.5	13.5	-	-	13.1	2.1	-	-	-	2.9	4.9	11.2	.440	-	-	-	3.6	4.5	.794
Chris Webber	8	43.5	23.3	4.3	7.3	11.5	3.1	1.1	1.0	3.9	3.6	9.5	24.5	.388	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	6.1	.694

Season 9
	Happy Hairston	Chris Webber
Season	1972-73	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Kings Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	28	33.5	16.3	-	-	13.2	2.4	-	-	-	2.8	5.6	11.7	.482	-	-	-	5.0	6.4	.787
Chris Webber	54	38.4	24.5	2.8	7.3	10.1	4.8	1.7	1.4	2.9	3.4	9.9	19.9	.495	0.1	0.4	.263	4.7	6.3	.749
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	3	8.7	2.7	-	-	1.3	0.3	-	-	-	0.7	0.3	3.0	.111	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.750
Chris Webber	16	41.6	23.7	3.1	7.8	10.8	4.7	0.9	1.6	2.9	4.0	10.0	19.9	.502	0.0	0.3	.000	3.7	6.2	.596

Season 10
	Happy Hairston	Chris Webber
Season	1973-74	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Kings Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	77	34.2	14.5	4.4	9.2	13.5	2.7	0.8	0.2	-	3.4	5.0	9.9	.507	-	-	-	4.5	5.8	.771
Chris Webber	67	39.1	23.0	2.4	8.1	10.5	5.4	1.6	1.3	3.2	3.0	9.9	21.4	.461	0.1	0.3	.238	3.2	5.3	.607
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	5	34.4	9.2	3.0	7.4	10.4	3.8	1.0	0.2	-	1.6	3.0	7.2	.417	-	-	-	3.2	3.6	.889
Chris Webber	7	35.0	23.7	2.6	5.7	8.3	3.6	1.4	1.1	3.3	3.6	9.6	19.3	.496	0.0	0.4	.000	4.6	7.0	.653