Jud Buechler vs. Kyle Kuzma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Kuzma and Jud Buechler, 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

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.

Jud Buechler played 12 years in the NBA, 5 more than Kyle Kuzma, who played 7. Jud Buechler had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, 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 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
Jud Buechler	12	7	1990-91 to 2001-02
Kyle Kuzma	7	2	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jud Buechler	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1990-91	2017-18
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Jud Buechler	74	11.6	3.1	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.1	1.3	3.1	.416	0.0	0.1	.250	0.6	0.9	.652
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jud Buechler	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1991-92	2018-19
Team	New Jersey Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Jud Buechler	28	10.4	2.5	0.6	1.2	1.9	0.8	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.1	1.0	2.5	.408	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.571
Kyle Kuzma	70	33.1	18.7	0.9	4.6	5.5	2.5	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.4	7.1	15.5	.456	1.8	6.0	.303	2.7	3.6	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jud Buechler	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1992-93	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	70	18.4	6.2	1.2	1.6	2.8	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.4	2.5	5.8	.437	0.3	0.8	.339	0.9	1.2	.747
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		%
Jud Buechler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 4
	Jud Buechler	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1993-94	2020-21
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Jud Buechler	36	6.1	2.9	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.2	2.3	.500	0.3	0.8	.414	0.3	0.6	.500
Kyle Kuzma	68	28.7	12.9	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.9	0.5	0.6	1.7	1.8	4.9	11.1	.443	2.0	5.6	.361	1.0	1.4	.691

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Kuzma	6	21.5	6.3	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.2	0.3	0.2	1.0	1.3	2.3	8.0	.292	0.7	3.8	.174	1.0	1.5	.667


Season 5
	Jud Buechler	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1994-95	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Wizards
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		%
Jud Buechler	57	10.6	3.8	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.1	1.6	3.2	.492	0.3	0.8	.313	0.4	0.7	.564
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		%
Jud Buechler	10	10.4	2.0	1.1	0.9	2.0	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.5	0.9	2.1	.429	0.0	0.2	.000	0.2	0.4	.500
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jud Buechler	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1995-96	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Jud Buechler	74	10.0	3.8	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.9	1.5	3.3	.463	0.5	1.2	.444	0.2	0.3	.636
Kyle Kuzma	64	35.0	21.2	0.9	6.4	7.2	3.7	0.6	0.5	3.0	2.3	8.0	17.8	.448	2.5	7.5	.333	2.7	3.7	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	17	7.5	2.7	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	0.8	1.1	2.2	.474	0.5	1.2	.381	0.1	0.2	.500
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jud Buechler	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1996-97	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Jud Buechler	76	9.3	1.8	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.8	2.1	.367	0.2	0.7	.333	0.1	0.2	.357
Kyle Kuzma	70	32.6	22.2	0.9	5.7	6.6	4.2	0.5	0.7	2.7	2.2	8.7	18.8	.463	2.2	6.4	.336	2.7	3.4	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	18	7.7	1.8	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.7	1.7	.419	0.2	0.7	.333	0.2	0.3	.600
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Jud Buechler	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	74	8.2	2.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.1	2.4	.483	0.3	0.9	.385	0.0	0.1	.500
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	16	3.7	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.7	.364	0.2	0.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jud Buechler	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Jud Buechler	50	21.1	5.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.7	2.0	4.8	.417	1.2	3.0	.412	0.3	0.4	.722
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	5	16.8	1.6	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.2	0.6	3.0	.200	0.4	1.6	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Jud Buechler	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Jud Buechler	58	11.3	2.2	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.9	0.9	2.7	.353	0.3	1.4	.217	0.0	0.1	.286
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	3	11.3	2.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	0.7	2.3	.286	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jud Buechler	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jud Buechler	57	12.9	3.4	0.4	1.3	1.6	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.5	1.3	2.9	.463	0.6	1.4	.416	0.2	0.2	.750
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jud Buechler	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Jud Buechler	66	10.4	1.7	0.4	1.3	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.8	0.7	1.8	.373	0.3	0.9	.350	0.0	0.1	.500
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	2	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jud Buechler vs. Kyle Kuzma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Kuzma and Jud Buechler, 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