Isaac Okoro vs. Hassan Whiteside Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hassan Whiteside and Isaac Okoro, 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.

Isaac Okoro played 5 years in the NBA, 5 less than Hassan Whiteside, who played 10. Isaac Okoro had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Hassan Whiteside had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
	Isaac Okoro	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2020-21	2010-11
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Isaac Okoro	67	32.4	9.6	1.0	2.1	3.1	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.8	3.5	8.3	.420	0.9	3.2	.290	1.7	2.3	.726
difference:	+66	+30.4	+9.6	+1.0	+2.1	+3.1	+1.9	+0.9	+0.4	-1.3	-0.8	+3.5	+8.3		+0.9	+3.2		+1.7	+2.3
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	-
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Isaac Okoro nor Hassan Whiteside played in the postseason in their season 1

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

Season 4
	Isaac Okoro	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Heat Lost East 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		%
Isaac Okoro	69	27.3	9.4	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.9	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.0	3.4	7.0	.490	1.2	3.1	.391	1.3	2.0	.679
difference:	+4	+1.8	+4.8	+2.3	+6.6	+8.8	+1.5	+0.2	+3.2	-1.1	-0.8	+2.3	+2.3	+.116	+1.2	+3.1		+1.6	+2.5	+.029
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaac Okoro	12	21.9	5.5	0.4	1.3	1.8	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.9	2.5	2.1	5.8	.357	0.8	2.9	.257	0.6	0.8	.778
difference:	+2	+7.2	+6.5	+2.2	+7.0	+9.1	+0.8	+0.1	+2.5	-0.4	-0.9	+2.6	+1.1	+.324	+0.8	+2.9		+2.0	+3.6	+.187
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

Season 5
	Isaac Okoro	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Isaac Okoro	55	19.1	6.1	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.9	2.3	4.9	.464	1.0	2.7	.371	0.6	0.8	.717
difference:	+22	+13.5	+10.9	+2.9	+8.8	+11.7	+0.5	+0.1	+1.8	-1.6	-1.0	+4.7	+7.7	+.093	+1.0	+2.7		+2.3	+3.8	+.089
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaac Okoro	9	14.2	4.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.4	1.4	1.7	3.3	.500	0.7	1.8	.375	0.6	0.9	.625
Hassan Whiteside	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Hassan Whiteside played 5 seasons more than Isaac Okoro in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 10, from 2018 to 2022—Hassan Whiteside played in 3 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Isaac Okoro, Hassan Whiteside got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Blocks Leader