Jimmy Butler vs. Hassan Whiteside Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hassan Whiteside and Jimmy Butler, 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.

Jimmy Butler played 14 years in the NBA, 4 more than Hassan Whiteside, who played 10. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, 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 3
	Jimmy Butler	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2013-14	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Jimmy Butler	67	38.7	13.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.6	1.9	0.5	1.5	1.6	4.1	10.3	.397	1.0	3.6	.283	3.9	5.0	.769
difference:	+19	+14.9	+1.3	+1.7	+3.4	+5.1	+2.5	+1.3	+2.1	-0.3	-1.1	+1.0	+2.2	+.231	+1.0	+3.6		+2.3	+1.7	+.269
Hassan Whiteside	48	23.8	11.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	0.1	0.6	2.6	1.2	2.7	5.1	8.1	.628	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	3.3	.500
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	5	43.6	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	2.2	1.2	0.0	0.6	2.6	4.4	11.4	.386	1.2	4.0	.300	3.6	4.6	.783
Hassan Whiteside	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Jimmy Butler	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2014-15	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Jimmy Butler	65	38.7	20.0	1.8	4.1	5.8	3.3	1.8	0.6	1.4	1.7	6.5	14.0	.462	1.1	3.0	.378	5.9	7.1	.834
difference:	+8	+9.6	+5.8	+1.5	+4.5	+6.0	+2.9	+1.2	+3.1	-0.5	-1.1	+0.8	+4.7	+.144	+1.1	+3.0		+3.0	+2.6	+.184
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		%
Jimmy Butler	12	42.2	22.9	1.5	4.1	5.6	3.2	2.4	0.8	1.8	2.3	7.8	17.8	.441	2.3	6.0	.389	4.9	6.0	.819
difference:	+2	+13.1	+10.9	+1.1	+4.2	+5.3	+2.9	+1.6	+2.0	-0.5	-1.1	+3.1	+10.9	+.240	+2.3	+6.0		+2.3	+1.6	+.228
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
	Jimmy Butler	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2015-16	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jimmy Butler	67	36.9	20.9	1.2	4.2	5.3	4.8	1.6	0.6	2.0	1.9	7.0	15.4	.454	1.0	3.1	.312	5.9	7.1	.832
difference:	+10	+4.3	+3.9	+2.6	+6.1	+8.8	+4.1	+0.9	+1.5		-1.0		+2.8	+.103	+1.0	+3.1		+3.0	+2.5	+.204
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
* Neiher Jimmy Butler nor Hassan Whiteside played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Jimmy Butler	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2016-17	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Jimmy Butler	76	37.0	23.9	1.7	4.5	6.2	5.5	1.9	0.4	2.1	1.5	7.5	16.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.367	7.7	8.9	.865
difference:	+22	+11.7	+9.9	+1.5	+3.7	+5.2	+4.5	+1.2	+1.3	-0.4	-0.9	+1.7	+5.8	+.085	+1.2	+3.3		+5.3	+5.5	+.162
Hassan Whiteside	54	25.3	14.0	3.2	8.2	11.4	1.0	0.7	1.7	1.7	2.4	5.8	10.7	.540	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	6	39.8	22.7	1.5	5.8	7.3	4.3	1.7	0.8	2.5	1.7	7.7	18.0	.426	1.0	3.8	.261	6.3	7.8	.809
difference:	+1	+24.4	+17.5	+0.5	+1.8	+1.3	+4.1	+1.7	+0.4	-0.1	-1.5	+5.9	+14.0	+.024	+1.0	+3.8		+4.7	+5.2	+.194
Hassan Whiteside	5	15.4	5.2	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.2	0.0	1.2	2.4	3.2	1.8	4.0	.450	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.615

Season 7
	Jimmy Butler	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2017-18	2018-19
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	59	36.7	22.2	1.3	4.0	5.3	4.9	2.0	0.4	1.8	1.3	7.4	15.6	.474	1.2	3.4	.350	6.2	7.2	.854
difference:	+13	+13.4	+9.9	+2.3	+3.8	+6.0	+4.1	+1.4	+1.5	-0.5	-1.4	+2.0	+6.2	+.097	+1.2	+3.2	+.225	+4.7	+3.8	+.405
Hassan Whiteside	72	23.3	12.3	3.6	7.8	11.3	0.8	0.6	1.9	1.3	2.7	5.4	9.4	.571	0.0	0.2	.125	1.5	3.4	.449
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	5	34.0	15.8	0.6	5.4	6.0	4.0	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.8	5.6	12.6	.444	1.6	3.4	.471	3.0	3.6	.833
Hassan Whiteside	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Jimmy Butler	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	65	33.6	18.7	1.9	3.4	5.3	4.0	1.9	0.6	1.5	1.7	6.4	13.9	.462	1.0	3.0	.347	4.8	5.6	.855
difference:	+2	+3.6	+3.2	+2.0	+6.3	+8.2	+2.8	+1.5	+2.3	-0.3	-1.2	+0.1	+3.4	+.159	+0.9	+2.9	+.224	+2.4	+2.0	+.169
Hassan Whiteside	67	30.0	15.5	3.9	9.7	13.5	1.2	0.4	2.9	1.8	2.9	6.5	10.5	.621	0.1	0.1	.571	2.4	3.6	.686
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	12	35.1	19.4	1.8	4.2	6.0	5.2	1.5	0.6	1.8	1.7	6.6	14.6	.451	1.0	3.8	.267	5.3	6.0	.875
difference:	+7	+13.9	+12.6	+0.4	+1.4	+1.0	+4.8	+1.3	+1.4	-0.6	-1.7	+4.0	+9.8	+.091	+0.8	+3.6	+.733	+3.9	+3.2	+.375
Hassan Whiteside	5	21.2	6.8	1.4	5.6	7.0	0.4	0.2	2.0	1.2	3.4	2.6	4.8	.542	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.4	2.8	.500

Season 9
	Jimmy Butler	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2019-20	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	58	33.8	19.9	1.8	4.8	6.7	6.0	1.8	0.6	2.2	1.4	5.9	13.1	.455	0.5	2.1	.244	7.6	9.1	.834
difference:	+22	+18.6	+11.8	+0.1	+0.5	+0.7	+5.4	+1.5	+0.7	-1.1	-0.6	+2.4	+6.9	+.108	+0.5	+2.1		+6.5	+6.9	+.315
Hassan Whiteside	36	15.2	8.1	1.7	4.3	6.0	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.1	2.0	3.5	6.2	.563	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.2	.519
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	21	38.4	22.2	2.2	4.3	6.5	6.0	2.0	0.7	2.8	1.8	6.9	14.0	.488	0.7	2.0	.349	7.8	9.1	.859
Hassan Whiteside	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Jimmy Butler	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2020-21	2021-22
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	52	33.6	21.5	1.8	5.1	6.9	7.1	2.1	0.3	2.1	1.4	7.0	14.2	.497	0.5	2.0	.245	6.9	8.0	.863
difference:	+13	+15.7	+13.3	+0.8	+0.1	+0.7	+6.7	+1.8	+1.3	-1.3	-1.4	+3.7	+9.1	+.155	+0.5	+2.0		+5.3	+5.4	+.240
Hassan Whiteside	65	17.9	8.2	2.6	5.0	7.6	0.4	0.3	1.6	0.8	2.8	3.3	5.1	.652	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.623
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	4	38.5	14.5	1.5	6.0	7.5	7.0	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.5	4.8	16.0	.297	1.0	3.8	.267	4.0	5.5	.727
difference:	+2	+27.7	+12.7	+0.2	+2.2	+2.3	+7.0	+1.0	+1.0	-2.3		+4.0	+14.0	+.120	+1.0	+3.8		+3.8	+4.8	+.477
Hassan Whiteside	6	10.8	1.8	1.3	3.8	5.2	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.0	1.5	0.8	2.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.7	.250

Additional Years
* Jimmy Butler played 4 seasons more than Hassan Whiteside in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 14, from 2022 to 2025—Jimmy Butler played in 3 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Hassan Whiteside, Jimmy Butler got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game