Lou Hudson vs. Norman Powell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Norman Powell and Lou Hudson, 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.

Lou Hudson played 13 years in the NBA, 4 more than Norman Powell, who played 9. Lou Hudson had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, while Norman Powell had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Lou Hudson	Norman Powell
Season	1966-67	2015-16
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lou Hudson	80	30.6	18.4	-	-	5.4	1.2	-	-	-	3.5	7.8	16.6	.467	-	-	-	2.9	4.1	.706
Norman Powell	49	14.8	5.6	0.3	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.2	2.0	4.7	.424	0.7	1.8	.404	0.9	1.1	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lou Hudson	9	35.2	22.6	-	-	5.3	1.7	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	19.9	.430	-	-	-	5.4	7.6	.721
Norman Powell	18	11.4	3.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.3	1.0	1.5	3.9	.386	0.4	1.4	.269	0.4	0.4	.875

Season 3
	Lou Hudson	Norman Powell
Season	1968-69	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Raptors 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		%
Lou Hudson	81	35.4	21.9	-	-	6.6	2.7	-	-	-	3.1	8.8	18.0	.492	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.777
Norman Powell	70	15.2	5.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.9	1.6	2.1	5.3	.401	0.8	2.7	.285	0.5	0.6	.821
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lou Hudson	11	38.5	22.0	-	-	5.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.9	9.2	19.6	.468	-	-	-	3.6	4.7	.769
Norman Powell	6	6.7	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.2	1.2	.143	0.5	0.7	.750

Season 4
	Lou Hudson	Norman Powell
Season	1969-70	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Lou Hudson	80	38.6	25.4	-	-	4.7	3.5	-	-	-	2.8	10.4	19.6	.531	-	-	-	4.6	5.6	.824
Norman Powell	60	18.8	8.6	0.3	2.1	2.3	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.1	1.6	3.2	6.7	.483	1.1	2.8	.400	1.0	1.3	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lou Hudson	9	40.0	21.9	-	-	4.4	3.7	-	-	-	3.8	8.7	20.8	.417	-	-	-	4.6	5.6	.820
Norman Powell	23	15.9	6.5	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.3	2.4	5.5	.444	1.0	2.7	.387	0.6	0.8	.737

Season 5
	Lou Hudson	Norman Powell
Season	1970-71	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Raptors 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		%
Lou Hudson	76	41.0	26.8	-	-	5.1	3.4	-	-	-	2.4	10.9	22.5	.484	-	-	-	5.0	6.6	.759
Norman Powell	52	28.4	16.0	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.5	2.1	5.7	11.5	.495	2.1	5.3	.399	2.5	2.9	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lou Hudson	5	42.6	25.4	-	-	7.0	3.0	-	-	-	3.8	9.8	21.6	.454	-	-	-	5.8	7.8	.744
Norman Powell	11	24.8	13.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.6	4.6	9.5	.490	2.0	4.7	.423	2.1	2.6	.793

Season 6
	Lou Hudson	Norman Powell
Season	1971-72	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Toronto Raptors, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
Lou Hudson	77	39.5	24.7	-	-	5.0	4.0	-	-	-	2.9	10.1	20.0	.503	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.812
Norman Powell	69	32.0	18.6	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.9	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.3	6.3	13.3	.477	2.5	6.0	.411	3.4	3.9	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lou Hudson	6	44.3	25.0	-	-	5.5	3.5	-	-	-	2.2	10.5	23.2	.453	-	-	-	4.0	4.8	.828
Norman Powell	6	36.0	17.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.0	0.8	1.0	1.2	2.8	6.3	12.7	.500	1.7	4.3	.385	2.7	3.0	.889

Season 7
	Lou Hudson	Norman Powell
Season	1972-73	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Lou Hudson	75	40.4	27.1	-	-	6.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.6	10.9	22.8	.477	-	-	-	5.3	6.4	.825
Norman Powell	45	32.4	19.0	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.1	0.9	0.5	1.5	2.4	6.2	13.4	.461	2.4	5.6	.419	4.2	5.2	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lou Hudson	6	42.5	29.7	-	-	7.8	2.8	-	-	-	2.7	12.7	27.7	.458	-	-	-	4.3	4.8	.897
Norman Powell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Lou Hudson	Norman Powell
Season	1973-74	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Lou Hudson	65	39.8	25.4	1.9	3.4	5.4	3.3	2.5	0.4	-	3.2	10.4	20.9	.500	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.836
Norman Powell	60	26.1	17.0	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.1	5.7	11.8	.479	1.9	4.8	.397	3.8	4.6	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lou Hudson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norman Powell	5	33.4	21.8	0.8	2.2	3.0	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.6	3.2	7.2	15.2	.474	2.6	6.4	.406	4.8	6.2	.774