Luka Doncic vs. Rui Hachimura Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rui Hachimura and Luka Doncic, 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.

Luka Doncic played 7 years in the NBA, 1 more than Rui Hachimura, who played 6. Luka Doncic had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, 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
	Luka Doncic	Rui Hachimura
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First 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		%
Luka Doncic	72	32.2	21.2	1.2	6.6	7.8	6.0	1.1	0.3	3.4	1.9	7.0	16.5	.427	2.3	7.1	.327	4.8	6.7	.713
difference:	+24	+2.1	+7.7	+0.4	+2.1	+1.7	+4.2	+0.3	+0.1	-2.3	-0.3	+1.7	+5.1	+.039	+1.8	+5.3	+.040	+2.4	+3.8	+.116
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 Luka Doncic nor Rui Hachimura played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Luka Doncic	Rui Hachimura
Season	2019-20	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Luka Doncic	61	33.6	28.8	1.3	8.1	9.4	8.8	1.0	0.2	4.3	2.5	9.5	20.6	.463	2.8	8.9	.316	7.0	9.2	.758
difference:	+4	+2.1	+15.0	+0.4	+3.5	+3.9	+7.4	+0.2	+0.1	-3.1	-0.4	+4.1	+9.2	+.015	+2.0	+6.5	+.012	+4.8	+6.4	+.012
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		%
Luka Doncic	6	35.8	31.0	0.7	9.2	9.8	8.7	1.2	0.5	5.2	2.8	10.7	21.3	.500	2.7	7.3	.364	7.0	10.7	.656
difference:	+1	+1.2	+16.2	+0.3	+3.0	+2.6	+7.7	+0.8	+0.3	-4.2	-0.8	+4.9	+11.9	+.117	+0.9	+4.3	+.236	+5.6	+8.3	+.073
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
	Luka Doncic	Rui Hachimura
Season	2020-21	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Luka Doncic	66	34.3	27.7	0.8	7.2	8.0	8.6	1.0	0.5	4.3	2.3	9.8	20.5	.479	2.9	8.3	.350	5.2	7.1	.730
difference:	+24	+11.8	+16.4	+0.2	+4.0	+4.2	+7.5	+0.5	+0.3	-3.5	-1.0	+5.3	+11.4	+.012	+1.6	+5.4	+.097	+4.1	+5.5	+.033
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		%
Luka Doncic	7	40.1	35.7	0.6	7.3	7.9	10.3	1.3	0.4	4.6	2.4	13.7	28.0	.490	4.4	10.9	.408	3.9	7.3	.529
Rui Hachimura	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Luka Doncic	Rui Hachimura
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Luka Doncic	65	35.4	28.4	0.9	8.3	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	4.5	2.2	9.9	21.6	.457	3.1	8.8	.353	5.6	7.5	.744
difference:	+2	+12.1	+17.2	+0.1	+4.6	+4.6	+7.8	+0.9	+0.2	-3.7	-1.1	+5.4	+12.3	+.029	+2.3	+6.3	+.034	+4.2	+5.6	+.005
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		%
Luka Doncic	15	36.8	31.7	0.7	9.1	9.8	6.4	1.8	0.6	3.9	2.9	10.7	23.5	.455	3.4	9.9	.345	6.9	9.0	.770
difference:	+1	+12.5	+19.5	+0.1	+6.0	+6.2	+5.8	+1.3	+0.3	-3.3	-1.3	+6.1	+15.3	+.102	+2.2	+7.5	+.142	+5.0	+6.9	+.112
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
	Luka Doncic	Rui Hachimura
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Luka Doncic	66	36.2	32.4	0.8	7.8	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	3.6	2.5	10.9	22.0	.496	2.8	8.2	.342	7.8	10.5	.742
difference:	+2	+9.3	+18.8	+0.1	+4.3	+4.3	+6.8	+0.8	+0.1	-2.9	-1.0	+5.6	+12.1	+.041	+1.4	+4.8	+.080	+6.3	+8.5	+.003
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		%
Luka Doncic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Luka Doncic	Rui Hachimura
Season	2023-24	2024-25
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Luka Doncic	70	37.5	33.9	0.8	8.4	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	4.0	2.1	11.5	23.6	.487	4.1	10.6	.382	6.8	8.7	.786
difference:	+11	+5.8	+20.8	+0.5	+4.7	+4.2	+8.4	+0.6	+0.1	-3.2	-0.3	+6.5	+13.8	+.022	+2.4	+6.4	+.031	+5.3	+6.8	+.016
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		%
Luka Doncic	22	40.9	28.9	0.7	8.7	9.5	8.1	1.9	0.4	4.1	2.5	10.2	22.9	.446	3.1	9.6	.322	5.3	7.0	.765
difference:	+17	+4.5	+14.1	+0.1	+4.9	+4.9	+7.1	+1.3	+0.2	-2.7	-0.1	+4.6	+11.5	+.045	+0.1	+3.4	+.162	+4.7	+6.4	+.235
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