Jimmy Butler vs. Larry Hughes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Hughes 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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 and Larry Hughes both played 13 years in the NBA. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Larry Hughes had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jimmy Butler	13	11	2011-12 to 2023-24
Larry Hughes	13	5	1998-99 to 2011-12

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jimmy Butler	Larry Hughes
Season	2011-12	1998-99
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	42	8.5	2.6	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.9	.405	0.0	0.3	.182	1.0	1.3	.768
Larry Hughes	50	19.8	9.1	1.7	2.1	3.8	1.5	0.9	0.3	1.4	1.9	3.4	8.3	.411	0.2	1.0	.154	2.1	3.0	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Larry Hughes	8	25.0	10.3	2.1	2.5	4.6	2.0	1.9	1.1	1.5	2.6	3.9	9.6	.403	0.0	0.9	.000	2.5	3.0	.833


Season 2
	Jimmy Butler	Larry Hughes
Season	2012-13	1999-00
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	82	26.0	8.6	1.7	2.3	4.0	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.9	6.2	.467	0.5	1.3	.381	2.3	2.8	.803
Larry Hughes	82	28.3	15.0	1.4	2.9	4.3	2.5	1.4	0.3	2.4	2.3	5.6	14.0	.400	0.4	1.5	.232	3.4	4.6	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	12	40.8	13.3	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.3	2.2	4.2	9.6	.435	1.3	3.1	.405	3.8	4.6	.818
Larry Hughes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jimmy Butler	Larry Hughes
Season	2013-14	2000-01
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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
Larry Hughes	50	36.9	16.5	1.5	4.0	5.5	4.5	1.9	0.6	3.0	2.9	6.2	16.1	.383	0.3	1.5	.187	3.9	5.0	.766

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
Larry Hughes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jimmy Butler	Larry Hughes
Season	2014-15	2001-02
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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
Larry Hughes	73	28.1	12.3	1.1	2.2	3.4	4.3	1.5	0.3	2.3	2.1	4.7	11.1	.423	0.2	1.3	.194	2.6	3.5	.737

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
Larry Hughes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Jimmy Butler	Larry Hughes
Season	2015-16	2002-03
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Larry Hughes	67	31.9	12.8	1.0	3.6	4.6	3.1	1.3	0.4	2.0	2.2	5.2	11.1	.467	0.4	1.2	.367	2.0	2.8	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Hughes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jimmy Butler	Larry Hughes
Season	2016-17	2003-04
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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
Larry Hughes	61	33.8	18.8	1.6	3.8	5.3	2.4	1.6	0.4	2.5	2.4	6.6	16.5	.397	1.3	3.8	.341	4.4	5.5	.797

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
Larry Hughes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jimmy Butler	Larry Hughes
Season	2017-18	2004-05
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Larry Hughes	61	38.7	22.0	1.2	5.0	6.3	4.7	2.9	0.3	2.5	2.8	7.7	17.8	.430	1.0	3.4	.282	5.8	7.4	.777

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
Larry Hughes	10	40.3	20.7	1.7	5.4	7.1	3.7	2.0	0.7	2.5	3.5	6.8	18.1	.376	0.7	3.3	.212	6.4	7.7	.831


Season 8
	Jimmy Butler	Larry Hughes
Season	2018-19	2005-06
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Larry Hughes	36	35.6	15.5	0.7	3.8	4.5	3.6	1.5	0.6	2.8	3.3	5.3	13.0	.409	0.8	2.1	.368	4.1	5.4	.756

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
Larry Hughes	9	37.3	11.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	2.2	0.1	1.8	3.8	4.0	12.6	.319	0.6	2.0	.278	2.6	3.4	.742


Season 9
	Jimmy Butler	Larry Hughes
Season	2019-20	2006-07
Team	Miami Heat	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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
Larry Hughes	70	37.1	14.9	0.6	3.2	3.8	3.7	1.3	0.4	2.2	2.3	5.4	13.6	.400	1.1	3.2	.333	3.0	4.4	.676

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
Larry Hughes	18	35.5	11.3	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.4	1.4	0.4	2.3	1.9	3.8	11.1	.347	1.1	3.0	.352	2.6	3.5	.746


Season 10
	Jimmy Butler	Larry Hughes
Season	2020-21	2007-08
Team	Miami Heat	Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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
Larry Hughes	68	29.7	12.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.7	1.5	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.5	11.8	.381	1.0	2.9	.345	2.2	2.8	.798

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
Larry Hughes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jimmy Butler	Larry Hughes
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	57	33.9	21.4	1.8	4.1	5.9	5.5	1.6	0.5	2.1	1.5	7.0	14.5	.480	0.5	2.0	.233	6.9	8.0	.870
Larry Hughes	55	26.9	11.6	0.3	2.6	2.9	2.2	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.7	4.1	10.1	.402	1.4	3.5	.389	2.1	2.6	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	17	37.0	27.4	2.4	4.9	7.4	4.6	2.1	0.6	1.5	1.5	9.8	19.3	.506	1.4	4.0	.338	6.5	7.8	.841
Larry Hughes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jimmy Butler	Larry Hughes
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	Miami Heat	New York Knicks, Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Bobcats Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	64	33.4	22.9	2.2	3.7	5.9	5.3	1.8	0.3	1.6	1.3	7.5	13.9	.539	0.6	1.6	.350	7.4	8.7	.850
Larry Hughes	45	24.8	9.1	0.5	2.6	3.2	3.0	1.2	0.3	1.7	1.6	3.0	8.6	.355	1.0	3.1	.309	2.1	2.5	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	22	39.7	26.9	2.1	4.3	6.5	5.9	1.8	0.6	1.9	1.7	9.4	20.1	.468	1.3	3.5	.359	6.8	8.5	.806
Larry Hughes	4	14.5	6.0	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.8	2.0	2.0	4.3	.471	1.0	2.5	.400	1.0	1.8	.571

Note: Larry Hughes didn't play in 2010-11.


Season 13
	Jimmy Butler	Larry Hughes
Season	2023-24	2011-12
Team	Miami Heat	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	60	34.0	20.8	1.8	3.6	5.3	5.0	1.3	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.6	13.2	.499	1.0	2.4	.414	6.6	7.7	.858
Larry Hughes	9	12.7	1.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	1.3	1.1	0.6	2.4	.227	0.1	0.8	.143	0.1	0.2	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Hughes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jimmy Butler vs. Larry Hughes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Hughes 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13