Jaxson Hayes vs. Dwyane Wade Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwyane Wade and Jaxson Hayes, 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.

Jaxson Hayes played 6 years in the NBA, 10 less than Dwyane Wade, who played 16. Jaxson Hayes had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Dwyane Wade had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
	Jaxson Hayes	Dwyane Wade
Season	2019-20	2003-04
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Jaxson Hayes	64	16.9	7.4	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.9	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.5	2.7	4.0	.672	0.0	0.1	.250	1.9	3.0	.647
difference:	+3	+18.0	+8.8	+0.1	+0.2		+3.6	+1.0	+0.3	-2.4	-0.2	+3.4	+9.1	+.207	+0.3	+0.8	+.052	+1.9	+2.1	+.100
Dwyane Wade	61	34.9	16.2	1.4	2.7	4.0	4.5	1.4	0.6	3.2	2.3	6.1	13.1	.465	0.3	0.9	.302	3.8	5.1	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaxson Hayes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	13	39.5	18.0	1.2	2.8	4.0	5.6	1.3	0.3	4.2	3.5	6.6	14.5	.455	0.2	0.6	.375	4.5	5.8	.787

Season 2
	Jaxson Hayes	Dwyane Wade
Season	2020-21	2004-05
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Jaxson Hayes	60	16.1	7.5	1.5	2.8	4.3	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.7	1.7	2.9	4.7	.625	0.1	0.2	.429	1.6	2.0	.775
difference:	+17	+22.5	+16.6	+0.1	+0.9	+0.9	+6.2	+1.2	+0.5	-3.5	-1.3	+5.3	+12.4	+.147	+0.1	+0.4	+.140	+5.9	+7.9	+.013
Dwyane Wade	77	38.6	24.1	1.4	3.7	5.2	6.8	1.6	1.1	4.2	3.0	8.2	17.1	.478	0.2	0.6	.289	7.5	9.9	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaxson Hayes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	14	41.0	27.4	1.6	4.1	5.7	6.6	1.6	1.1	4.4	3.1	9.7	20.1	.484	0.1	0.7	.100	7.9	9.9	.799

Season 3
	Jaxson Hayes	Dwyane Wade
Season	2021-22	2005-06
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaxson Hayes	70	20.0	9.3	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.8	2.2	3.5	5.7	.616	0.3	0.8	.351	2.1	2.7	.766
difference:	+5	+18.6	+17.9	+0.2	+1.4	+1.2	+6.1	+1.4		-2.8	-0.7	+5.8	+13.1	+.121	+0.1	+0.2	+.180	+6.3	+8.0	+.017
Dwyane Wade	75	38.6	27.2	1.4	4.3	5.7	6.7	1.9	0.8	3.6	2.9	9.3	18.8	.495	0.2	1.0	.171	8.4	10.7	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaxson Hayes	6	13.8	5.8	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.3	4.2	.560	0.0	0.5	.000	1.2	1.8	.636
difference:	+17	+27.9	+22.6	+0.5	+2.9	+3.4	+5.5	+2.2	+0.8	-3.2	-1.3	+7.2	+15.0	+.063	+0.6	+1.1	+.378	+7.6	+9.1	+.172
Dwyane Wade	23	41.7	28.4	1.2	4.7	5.9	5.7	2.2	1.1	3.9	3.1	9.5	19.2	.497	0.6	1.6	.378	8.8	10.9	.808

Season 4
	Jaxson Hayes	Dwyane Wade
Season	2022-23	2006-07
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Jaxson Hayes	47	13.0	5.0	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.4	1.8	3.3	.551	0.1	0.6	.103	1.2	1.8	.699
difference:	+4	+24.9	+22.4	+0.2	+1.7	+1.9	+6.8	+1.7	+0.8	-3.5	-0.9	+7.5	+15.6	+.060	+0.3	+0.9	+.163	+7.3	+8.7	+.108
Dwyane Wade	51	37.9	27.4	1.0	3.7	4.7	7.5	2.1	1.2	4.2	2.3	9.3	18.9	.491	0.4	1.5	.266	8.5	10.5	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaxson Hayes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	4	40.5	23.5	1.8	3.0	4.8	6.3	1.3	0.5	5.8	3.3	9.0	21.0	.429	0.0	1.3	.000	5.5	8.0	.688

Season 5
	Jaxson Hayes	Dwyane Wade
Season	2023-24	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Jaxson Hayes	70	12.5	4.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.8	1.8	2.5	.720	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.2	.622
difference:	+19	+25.8	+20.3	+0.1	+1.3	+1.2	+6.4	+1.2	+0.3	-3.8	-0.9	+6.8	+15.9	+.251	+0.4	+1.4	+.286	+6.2	+8.0	+.136
Dwyane Wade	51	38.3	24.6	0.9	3.3	4.2	6.9	1.7	0.7	4.4	2.7	8.6	18.4	.469	0.4	1.5	.286	6.9	9.2	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaxson Hayes	4	6.0	0.3	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.8	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Dwyane Wade	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Jaxson Hayes	Dwyane Wade
Season	2024-25	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Jaxson Hayes	56	19.5	6.8	1.4	3.4	4.8	1.0	0.6	0.9	0.8	2.4	2.9	4.0	.722	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.8	.622
difference:	+23	+19.1	+23.4	+0.3	+0.5	+0.2	+6.5	+1.6	+0.4	-2.6	-0.1	+7.9	+18.0	+.231	+1.1	+3.4	+.317	+6.4	+8.0	+.143
Dwyane Wade	79	38.6	30.2	1.1	3.9	5.0	7.5	2.2	1.3	3.4	2.3	10.8	22.0	.491	1.1	3.5	.317	7.5	9.8	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaxson Hayes	4	7.8	1.8	1.3	0.8	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.0	0.8	2.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
difference:	+3	+32.9	+27.3	+0.7	+3.6	+3.0	+5.0	+0.9	+1.3	-3.3	-0.9	+8.9	+20.1	+.064	+2.6	+7.1		+6.8	+7.8	+.362
Dwyane Wade	7	40.7	29.1	0.6	4.4	5.0	5.3	0.9	1.6	3.6	2.9	9.7	22.1	.439	2.6	7.1	.360	7.1	8.3	.862

Additional Years
* Dwyane Wade played 10 seasons more than Jaxson Hayes in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 16, from 2010 to 2019—Dwyane Wade played in 8 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over Jaxson Hayes, Dwyane Wade got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 8 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP