Keyonte George vs. Gordon Hayward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gordon Hayward and Keyonte George, 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.

Keyonte George played 3 years in the NBA, 11 less than Gordon Hayward, who played 14. Keyonte George had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Gordon Hayward had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Keyonte George 3 0 2023-24 to 2025-26
Gordon Hayward 14 5 2010-11 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Keyonte George Gordon Hayward
Season 2023-242010-11
Team Utah JazzUtah Jazz
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%
Keyonte George 75 27.0 13.0 0.2 2.6 2.8 4.4 0.5 0.1 2.5 1.2 4.3 10.9 .391 2.0 5.9 .334 2.5 3.0 .848
difference:+3+10.1+7.6+0.4+1.2+0.9+3.3+0.1+0.2-1.5-0.3+2.3+6.8+.094+1.5+4.9+.139+1.5+1.7+.137
Gordon Hayward 72 16.9 5.4 0.6 1.4 1.9 1.1 0.4 0.3 1.0 1.5 2.0 4.1 .485 0.5 1.0 .473 1.0 1.3 .711
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Keyonte George nor Gordon Hayward played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
Keyonte George Gordon Hayward
Season 2024-252011-12
Team Utah JazzUtah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayJazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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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%
Keyonte George 67 31.5 16.8 0.4 3.4 3.8 5.6 0.7 0.1 2.7 1.7 5.4 13.7 .391 2.6 7.6 .343 3.5 4.3 .818
difference:+1+1.0+5.0+0.5+0.8+0.3+2.5+0.1+0.5-1.0-0.1+1.4+4.8+.065+1.8+5.2+.003+0.6+0.8+.014
Gordon Hayward 66 30.5 11.8 0.9 2.6 3.5 3.1 0.8 0.6 1.7 1.6 4.0 8.9 .456 0.8 2.4 .346 2.9 3.5 .832
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Keyonte George DNP------ --- ----------
Gordon Hayward 4 30.8 7.3 0.5 2.3 2.8 3.0 0.8 0.0 0.8 1.0 1.5 8.3 .182 0.3 3.0 .083 4.0 4.0 1.000

Season 3
Keyonte George Gordon Hayward
Season 2025-262012-13
Team Utah JazzUtah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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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%
Keyonte George 13 34.4 22.2 0.7 3.2 3.9 7.0 1.0 0.3 3.3 2.2 6.7 16.2 .412 1.8 6.4 .277 7.0 7.5 .929
difference:+59+5.2+8.1+0.8+0.8+4.0+0.2+0.2-1.6-0.5+2.0+5.5+.023+0.4+3.0+.138+3.6+3.4+.102
Gordon Hayward 72 29.2 14.1 0.7 2.4 3.1 3.0 0.8 0.5 1.7 1.7 4.7 10.7 .435 1.4 3.4 .415 3.4 4.1 .827
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Keyonte George nor Gordon Hayward played in the postseason in their season 3

Additional Years

* Gordon Hayward played 11 seasons more than Keyonte George in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 2014 to 2024—Gordon Hayward played in 4 Playoffs.

In those 11 extra years over Keyonte George, Gordon Hayward got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 All-Star Game
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