Jalen Green vs. Hassan Whiteside Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hassan Whiteside and Jalen Green, 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.

Jalen Green played 4 years in the NBA, 6 less than Hassan Whiteside, who played 10. Jalen Green had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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
	Jalen Green	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2021-22	2010-11
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Jalen Green	67	31.9	17.3	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.3	2.0	1.5	6.1	14.2	.426	2.3	6.8	.343	2.8	3.5	.797
difference:	+66	+29.9	+17.3	+0.5	+2.9	+3.4	+2.6	+0.7	+0.3	-2.0	-0.5	+6.1	+14.2		+2.3	+6.8		+2.8	+3.5
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 Jalen Green 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
	Jalen Green	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2024-25	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jalen Green	82	32.9	21.0	0.5	4.0	4.6	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.5	1.5	7.4	17.5	.423	2.9	8.1	.354	3.3	4.1	.813
difference:	+9	+3.8	+6.8	+2.8	+4.6	+7.2	+3.0	+0.3	+3.4	-0.6	-1.3	+1.7	+8.2	+.183	+2.9	+8.1		+0.4	+0.4	+.163
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		%
Jalen Green	7	31.3	13.3	0.4	5.0	5.4	2.9	0.6	0.3	1.4	0.9	4.6	12.3	.372	1.9	6.3	.295	2.3	3.4	.667
difference:	+3	+2.2	+1.3	+2.2	+3.3	+5.5	+2.6	+0.2	+2.5	-0.1	-2.5	+0.1	+5.4	+.309	+1.9	+6.3		+0.3	+1.0	+.076
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

Additional Years
* Hassan Whiteside played 6 seasons more than Jalen Green in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 10, from 2017 to 2022—Hassan Whiteside played in 3 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Jalen Green, Hassan Whiteside got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Rebounds Leader 1 Blocks Leader