Jaxson Hayes vs. Kyle Kuzma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Kuzma 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, 2 less than Kyle Kuzma, who played 8. Jaxson Hayes had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Kyle Kuzma had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2019-20	2017-18
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
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:	+13	+14.3	+8.7	+0.4	+2.6	+2.3	+0.9	+0.2	+0.5	-1.0	-0.4	+3.4	+9.5	+.222	+2.1	+5.5	+.116		+0.3	+.060
Kyle Kuzma	77	31.2	16.1	1.1	5.1	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.1	6.1	13.5	.450	2.1	5.6	.366	1.9	2.7	.707
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jaxson Hayes nor Kyle Kuzma played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Jaxson Hayes	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2021-22	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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:	+9	+5.0	+3.5	+0.7	+0.7		+0.7		+0.4	-0.7	-0.1	+1.3	+5.3	+.180	+1.1	+3.7	+.035	+0.2	+0.2	+.031
Kyle Kuzma	61	25.0	12.8	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	2.1	4.8	11.0	.436	1.4	4.5	.316	1.9	2.5	.735
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:	+15	+9.2	+4.2	+0.2	+0.4	+0.6	+0.6	+0.3		-0.3	-0.6	+1.4	+4.3	+.130	+1.2	+3.5	+.313	+0.2		+.148
Kyle Kuzma	21	23.0	10.0	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.7	8.5	.430	1.2	4.0	.313	1.4	1.8	.784

Season 5
	Jaxson Hayes	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2023-24	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
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:	+4	+20.9	+12.8	+0.1	+5.4	+5.5	+3.0	+0.1	+0.5	-2.0	-0.1	+4.6	+11.7	+.268	+1.9	+5.6	+.341	+1.7	+2.1	+.090
Kyle Kuzma	66	33.4	17.1	1.1	7.4	8.5	3.5	0.6	0.9	2.6	1.9	6.4	14.2	.452	1.9	5.7	.341	2.4	3.3	.712
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
Kyle Kuzma	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-