Hassan Whiteside vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and Hassan Whiteside, 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.

Hassan Whiteside played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than Trae Young, who played 8. Hassan Whiteside had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
	Hassan Whiteside	Trae Young
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Sacramento Kings	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
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	-
difference:	+80	+28.9	+19.1	+0.8	+2.9	+3.7	+8.1	+0.9	+0.2	-3.8	-0.3	+6.5	+15.5		+1.9	+6.0		+4.2	+5.1
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Hassan Whiteside nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Hassan Whiteside	Trae Young
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	Sacramento Kings	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Hassan Whiteside	18	6.1	1.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.3	0.7	0.7	1.5	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.417
difference:	+42	+29.2	+28.0	+0.4	+2.4	+2.1	+9.3	+0.9	+0.7	-4.5	-1.0	+8.4	+19.3	+.007	+3.4	+9.5		+7.7	+8.6	+.443
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Hassan Whiteside nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 2

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

Season 4
	Hassan Whiteside	Trae Young
Season	2015-16	2021-22
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+3	+5.8	+14.2	+2.6	+5.5	+8.1	+9.3	+0.3	+3.6	-2.1	-1.1	+3.7	+11.0	+.146	+3.1	+8.0		+3.7	+2.8	+.254
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+5	+8.1	+3.4	+1.6	+4.3	+5.9	+5.7	+0.2	+2.8	-4.9	-0.8	+0.3	+6.9	+.362	+1.4	+7.6		+2.6	+2.2	+.197
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788

Season 5
	Hassan Whiteside	Trae Young
Season	2016-17	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+4	+2.2	+9.2	+3.0	+8.1	+11.1	+9.5	+0.4	+2.0	-2.1	-1.5	+1.2	+6.4	+.128	+2.1	+6.3		+4.9	+4.2	+.258
Trae Young	73	34.8	26.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	10.2	1.1	0.1	4.1	1.4	8.2	19.0	.429	2.1	6.3	.335	7.8	8.8	.886
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Hassan Whiteside	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	6	38.3	29.2	0.8	2.8	3.7	10.2	1.7	0.7	4.0	1.8	10.0	24.8	.403	3.0	9.0	.333	6.2	7.2	.860

Season 6
	Hassan Whiteside	Trae Young
Season	2017-18	2023-24
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
difference:		+10.7	+11.7	+2.8	+5.9	+8.6	+9.8	+0.6	+1.5	-2.7	-0.4	+2.2	+8.0	+.110	+3.2	+8.7		+4.0	+4.1	+.152
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Hassan Whiteside	Trae Young
Season	2018-19	2024-25
Team	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
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
difference:	+4	+12.7	+11.9	+3.1	+5.2	+8.2	+10.8	+0.6	+1.7	-3.4	-0.8	+2.0	+8.7	+.160	+2.9	+8.2	+.215	+5.0	+4.0	+.426
Trae Young	76	36.0	24.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	11.6	1.2	0.2	4.7	1.9	7.4	18.1	.411	2.9	8.4	.340	6.5	7.4	.875
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Hassan Whiteside nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Hassan Whiteside	Trae Young
Season	2019-20	2025-26
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
difference:	+62	+2.2	+2.3	+3.9	+7.7	+11.5	+6.6	+0.4	+2.7	-0.2	-1.1	+1.3	+3.5	+.250	+0.9	+5.1	+.379	+4.0	+4.2	+.135
Trae Young	5	27.8	17.8	0.0	2.0	2.0	7.8	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.8	5.2	14.0	.371	1.0	5.2	.192	6.4	7.8	.821
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-