Josh Giddey vs. Jaxson Hayes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaxson Hayes and Josh Giddey, 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.

Josh Giddey played 4 years in the NBA, 2 less than Jaxson Hayes, who played 6. Josh Giddey had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Jaxson Hayes had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Josh Giddey 4 1 2021-22 to 2024-25
Jaxson Hayes 6 3 2019-20 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Josh Giddey Jaxson Hayes
Season 2021-222019-20
Team Oklahoma City ThunderNew Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie Second Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Josh Giddey 54 31.5 12.5 1.8 6.0 7.8 6.4 0.9 0.4 3.2 1.6 5.2 12.4 .419 1.0 3.9 .263 1.0 1.5 .709
difference:+10+14.6+5.1+0.3+3.5+3.8+5.5+0.5+0.5-2.4-0.9+2.5+8.4+.253+1.0+3.8+.013+0.9+1.5+.062
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Josh Giddey nor Jaxson Hayes played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
Josh Giddey Jaxson Hayes
Season 2022-232020-21
Team Oklahoma City ThunderNew Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Josh Giddey 76 31.2 16.6 1.9 5.9 7.9 6.2 0.8 0.4 2.8 1.9 7.1 14.7 .482 1.0 3.1 .325 1.4 1.9 .731
difference:+16+15.1+9.1+0.4+3.1+3.6+5.6+0.4+0.2-2.1-0.2+4.2+10.0+.143+0.9+2.9+.104+0.2+0.1+.044
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Josh Giddey nor Jaxson Hayes played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
Josh Giddey Jaxson Hayes
Season 2023-242021-22
Team Oklahoma City ThunderNew Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Thunder Lost West Conf SemisPelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Josh Giddey 80 25.1 12.3 1.4 5.0 6.4 4.8 0.7 0.6 2.1 1.4 5.0 10.6 .475 1.0 3.0 .337 1.3 1.6 .806
difference:+10+5.1+3.0+0.2+2.1+1.9+4.2+0.2+0.2-1.3-0.8+1.5+4.9+.141+0.7+2.2+.014+0.8+1.1+.040
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
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Josh Giddey 10 18.1 8.7 0.7 2.9 3.6 2.1 0.2 0.4 1.2 0.9 3.4 7.5 .453 1.2 3.4 .353 0.7 0.8 .875
difference:+4+4.3+2.9+1.1+1.1+1.9+0.2+0.1-0.5-0.9+1.1+3.3+.107+1.2+2.9+.353+0.5+1.0+.239
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

Season 4
Josh Giddey Jaxson Hayes
Season 2024-252022-23
Team Chicago BullsNew Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Josh Giddey 70 30.2 14.6 1.8 6.3 8.1 7.2 1.2 0.6 2.9 1.7 5.3 11.4 .465 1.5 4.0 .378 2.5 3.2 .781
difference:+23+17.2+9.6+1.0+4.3+5.3+6.5+0.8+0.2-2.2-0.3+3.5+8.1+.086+1.4+3.4+.275+1.3+1.4+.082
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Josh Giddey nor Jaxson Hayes played in the postseason in their season 4

Additional Years

* Jaxson Hayes played 2 seasons more than Josh Giddey in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 5 to 6, from 2024 to 2025—Jaxson Hayes played in two Playoffs and one NBA Cup.

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