Jud Buechler vs. Spencer Haywood Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Spencer Haywood 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.

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 and Spencer Haywood both played 12 years in the NBA. Jud Buechler had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, while Spencer Haywood had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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.

Season 2
	Jud Buechler	Spencer Haywood
Season	1991-92	1971-72
Team	New Jersey Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Golden State Warriors	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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		%
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
Spencer Haywood	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jud Buechler	Spencer Haywood
Season	1992-93	1972-73
Team	Golden State Warriors	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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		%
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
Spencer Haywood	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Jud Buechler	Spencer Haywood
Season	1993-94	1973-74
Team	Golden State Warriors	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	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		%
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
Spencer Haywood	75	40.5	23.5	4.2	9.2	13.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	-	2.6	9.3	20.3	.457	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jud Buechler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jud Buechler	Spencer Haywood
Season	1994-95	1974-75
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
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
Spencer Haywood	68	37.2	22.4	2.9	6.4	9.3	2.0	0.8	1.6	-	2.5	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.811
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
Spencer Haywood	9	37.4	15.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	2.0	0.8	1.2	-	3.2	5.2	14.6	.359	-	-	-	5.2	6.8	.770

Season 6
	Jud Buechler	Spencer Haywood
Season	1995-96	1975-76
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
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
Spencer Haywood	78	37.1	19.9	3.0	8.3	11.3	1.2	0.7	1.0	-	3.3	7.8	17.4	.445	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.757
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
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Jud Buechler	Spencer Haywood
Season	1996-97	1976-77
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
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
Spencer Haywood	31	32.9	16.5	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.6	0.5	0.9	-	2.3	6.5	14.5	.450	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	.832
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
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Jud Buechler	Spencer Haywood
Season	1997-98	1977-78
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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		%
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
Spencer Haywood	67	26.3	13.7	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.9	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.8	6.1	12.7	.484	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.711
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	-
Spencer Haywood	6	29.5	16.2	3.2	3.8	7.0	2.0	0.3	0.8	1.7	4.0	7.2	14.2	.506	-	-	-	1.8	1.8	1.000

Season 10
	Jud Buechler	Spencer Haywood
Season	1999-00	1979-80
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Spencer Haywood	76	20.3	9.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.7	.772
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	-
Spencer Haywood	11	13.2	5.7	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	2.3	4.8	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.5	.813

Note: Spencer Haywood didn't play in 1980-81.