Jaden McDaniels vs. Hassan Whiteside Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hassan Whiteside and Jaden McDaniels, 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.

Jaden McDaniels played 5 years in the NBA, 5 less than Hassan Whiteside, who played 10. Jaden McDaniels 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.

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

Season 4
	Jaden McDaniels	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Jaden McDaniels	72	29.2	10.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	8.7	.489	1.2	3.5	.337	0.8	1.1	.722
difference:	+1	+0.1	+3.7	+2.5	+6.3	+8.7	+1.0	+0.3	+3.1	-0.7	-0.2	+1.4	+0.6	+.117	+1.2	+3.5		+2.1	+3.4	+.072
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		%
Jaden McDaniels	16	33.6	12.2	1.8	2.1	3.8	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	8.8	.514	1.5	3.5	.429	1.7	2.2	.771
difference:	+6	+4.5	+0.2	+0.8	+6.2	+7.1	+0.8	+0.1	+1.7	-0.2		+0.2	+1.9	+.167	+1.5	+3.5		+0.9	+2.2	+.180
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
	Jaden McDaniels	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Jaden McDaniels	82	31.9	12.2	1.6	4.2	5.7	2.0	1.3	0.9	1.2	2.7	4.9	10.2	.477	1.2	3.7	.330	1.3	1.6	.813
difference:	+5	+0.7	+4.8	+2.2	+6.1	+8.4	+1.3	+0.6	+1.2	-0.8	-0.2	+2.1	+2.4	+.080	+1.2	+3.7		+1.6	+3.0	+.185
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		%
Jaden McDaniels	15	33.1	14.7	1.8	3.8	5.6	1.5	1.3	0.9	1.2	3.3	5.8	11.3	.515	1.4	3.7	.382	1.7	1.9	.893
Hassan Whiteside	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Hassan Whiteside played 5 seasons more than Jaden McDaniels 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 Jaden McDaniels, Hassan Whiteside got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Blocks Leader