Kevin Garnett vs. Rui Hachimura Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rui Hachimura and Kevin Garnett, 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.

Kevin Garnett played 21 years in the NBA, 14 more than Rui Hachimura, who played 7. Kevin Garnett had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, while Rui Hachimura 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.

Rookie Season
	Kevin Garnett	Rui Hachimura
Season	1995-96	2019-20
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	80	28.7	10.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	1.8	1.1	1.6	1.4	2.4	4.5	9.2	.491	0.1	0.4	.286	1.3	1.9	.705
difference:	+32	+1.4	+3.1	+0.6	+0.4	+0.2		+0.3	+1.4	-0.3	-0.2	+0.8	+2.2	+.025	+0.4	+1.4	+.001	+1.1	+1.0	+.124
Rui Hachimura	48	30.1	13.5	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.2	5.3	11.4	.466	0.5	1.8	.287	2.4	2.9	.829
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Garnett nor Rui Hachimura played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Kevin Garnett	Rui Hachimura
Season	1996-97	2020-21
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	77	38.9	17.0	2.5	5.6	8.0	3.1	1.4	2.1	2.3	2.6	7.1	14.3	.499	0.1	0.3	.286	2.7	3.5	.754
difference:	+20	+7.4	+3.2	+1.6	+1.0	+2.5	+1.7	+0.6	+2.0	-1.1	-0.5	+1.7	+2.9	+.021	+0.7	+2.1	+.042	+0.5	+0.7	+.016
Rui Hachimura	57	31.5	13.8	0.9	4.6	5.5	1.4	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.1	5.4	11.4	.478	0.8	2.4	.328	2.2	2.8	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	3	41.7	17.3	4.7	4.7	9.3	3.7	1.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.0	17.0	.471	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
difference:	+2	+7.1	+2.5	+3.7	+1.5	+2.1	+2.7	+0.9	+0.8	-0.3	-1.6	+2.2	+7.6	+.146	+1.5	+2.7	+.400	+0.4	+1.4	+.417
Rui Hachimura	5	34.6	14.8	1.0	6.2	7.2	1.0	0.4	0.2	1.0	3.6	5.8	9.4	.617	1.8	3.0	.600	1.4	2.4	.583

Season 3
	Kevin Garnett	Rui Hachimura
Season	1997-98	2021-22
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Kevin Garnett	82	39.3	18.5	2.7	6.9	9.6	4.2	1.7	1.8	2.3	2.7	7.7	15.8	.491	0.0	0.2	.188	3.0	4.0	.738
difference:	+40	+16.8	+7.2	+2.1	+3.7	+5.8	+3.1	+1.2	+1.6	-1.5	-1.4	+3.2	+6.7		+1.3	+2.7	+.259	+1.9	+2.4	+.041
Rui Hachimura	42	22.5	11.3	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.3	4.5	9.1	.491	1.3	2.9	.447	1.1	1.6	.697
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	5	38.6	15.8	3.4	6.2	9.6	4.0	0.8	2.4	4.4	3.4	7.2	15.0	.480	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.778
Rui Hachimura	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Kevin Garnett	Rui Hachimura
Season	1998-99	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Kevin Garnett	47	37.9	20.8	3.5	6.9	10.4	4.3	1.7	1.8	2.9	3.2	8.8	19.1	.460	0.1	0.3	.286	3.1	4.4	.704
difference:	+16	+14.6	+9.6	+2.7	+3.2	+5.9	+3.4	+1.4	+1.4	-2.1	-2.1	+4.3	+9.8	+.026	+0.7	+2.2	+.033	+1.7	+2.5	+.035
Rui Hachimura	63	23.3	11.2	0.8	3.7	4.5	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.1	4.5	9.3	.486	0.8	2.5	.319	1.4	1.9	.739
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	4	42.5	21.8	4.0	8.0	12.0	3.8	1.8	2.0	3.3	2.5	8.8	19.8	.443	0.0	0.5	.000	4.3	5.8	.739
difference:	+12	+18.2	+9.6	+3.4	+4.9	+8.4	+3.2	+1.3	+1.7	-2.7	-0.9	+4.2	+11.6	+.114	+1.2	+1.9	+.487	+2.4	+3.7	+.143
Rui Hachimura	16	24.3	12.2	0.6	3.1	3.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.6	4.6	8.2	.557	1.2	2.4	.487	1.9	2.1	.882

Season 5
	Kevin Garnett	Rui Hachimura
Season	1999-00	2023-24
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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		%
Kevin Garnett	81	40.0	22.9	2.8	9.0	11.8	5.0	1.5	1.6	3.3	2.5	9.4	18.8	.497	0.4	1.0	.370	3.8	5.0	.765
difference:	+13	+13.1	+9.3	+1.9	+5.5	+7.5	+3.8	+0.9	+1.2	-2.6	-1.0	+4.1	+8.9	+.040	+1.0	+2.4	+.052	+2.3	+3.0	+.026
Rui Hachimura	68	26.9	13.6	0.9	3.5	4.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.5	5.3	9.9	.537	1.4	3.4	.422	1.5	2.0	.739
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	4	42.5	18.8	3.3	7.5	10.8	8.8	1.3	0.8	2.8	3.0	7.5	19.5	.385	0.5	0.8	.667	3.3	4.0	.813
difference:	+1	+12.1	+11.0	+2.1	+4.9	+7.0	+8.0	+1.3	+0.8	-2.4	-1.4	+4.5	+11.9	+.010	+0.5	+2.0	+.310	+2.5	+2.4	+.313
Rui Hachimura	5	30.4	7.8	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.6	3.0	7.6	.395	1.0	2.8	.357	0.8	1.6	.500

Season 6
	Kevin Garnett	Rui Hachimura
Season	2000-01	2024-25
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Kevin Garnett	81	39.5	22.0	2.7	8.7	11.4	5.0	1.4	1.8	2.8	2.5	8.7	18.2	.477	0.2	0.8	.288	4.4	5.8	.764
difference:	+22	+7.8	+8.9	+1.4	+5.0	+6.4	+3.6	+0.6	+1.4	-2.0	-0.7	+3.7	+8.4	+.032	+1.5	+3.4	+.125	+2.9	+3.9	+.006
Rui Hachimura	59	31.7	13.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.8	5.0	9.8	.509	1.7	4.2	.413	1.5	1.9	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	4	41.3	21.0	2.5	9.5	12.0	4.3	1.0	1.5	1.5	3.3	6.8	14.5	.466	0.0	0.8	.000	7.5	9.0	.833
difference:	+1	+4.9	+6.2	+1.7	+5.7	+7.4	+3.3	+0.4	+0.9	-0.1	-0.9	+1.2	+3.1	+.025	+3.0	+5.4	+.484	+6.9	+8.4	+.167
Rui Hachimura	5	36.4	14.8	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.0	0.6	0.6	1.4	2.4	5.6	11.4	.491	3.0	6.2	.484	0.6	0.6	1.000

Season 7
	Kevin Garnett	Rui Hachimura
Season	2001-02	2025-26
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First 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		%
Kevin Garnett	81	39.2	21.2	3.0	9.1	12.1	5.2	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.3	8.1	17.3	.470	0.5	1.4	.319	4.4	5.5	.801
difference:	+77	+3.2	+4.7	+2.5	+5.8	+8.3	+3.7	+0.7	+1.3	-1.3	-0.3	+1.6	+7.0	+.164	+1.3	+2.6	+.119	+2.6	+3.0	+.101
Rui Hachimura	4	36.0	16.5	0.5	3.3	3.8	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.5	2.0	6.5	10.3	.634	1.8	4.0	.438	1.8	2.5	.700
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	3	43.3	24.0	5.3	13.3	18.7	5.0	1.7	1.7	4.0	3.7	8.0	18.7	.429	0.3	0.7	.500	7.7	10.7	.719
Rui Hachimura	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kevin Garnett played 14 seasons more than Rui Hachimura in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 21, from 2003 to 2016—Kevin Garnett played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 14 extra years over Rui Hachimura, Kevin Garnett got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 4 Rebounds Leader 10 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP