Markelle Fultz vs. Hassan Whiteside Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hassan Whiteside and Markelle Fultz, 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.

Markelle Fultz played 8 years in the NBA, 2 less than Hassan Whiteside, who played 10. Markelle Fultz had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Hassan Whiteside 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.

Note: Hassan Whiteside didn't play in 2012-13 and 2013-14.

Season 4
	Markelle Fultz	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2020-21	2015-16
Team	Orlando Magic	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Markelle Fultz	8	26.9	12.9	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.4	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.3	5.1	13.0	.394	0.5	2.0	.250	2.1	2.4	.895
difference:	+65	+2.2	+1.3	+2.7	+6.1	+8.7	+5.0	+0.4	+3.4	-0.4	-0.5	+0.6	+3.7	+.212	+0.5	+2.0		+0.8	+2.1	+.245
Hassan Whiteside	73	29.1	14.2	3.3	8.6	11.8	0.4	0.6	3.7	1.9	2.8	5.7	9.3	.606	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.5	.650
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Markelle Fultz	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hassan Whiteside	10	29.1	12.0	2.6	8.3	10.9	0.3	0.8	2.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	6.9	.681	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	4.4	.591

Season 5
	Markelle Fultz	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2021-22	2016-17
Team	Orlando Magic	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Markelle Fultz	18	20.0	10.8	0.2	2.5	2.7	5.5	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.2	4.6	9.7	.474	0.2	0.9	.235	1.4	1.7	.806
difference:	+59	+12.6	+6.2	+3.6	+7.8	+11.4	+4.8	+0.4	+1.8	-0.2	-1.7	+2.4	+2.9	+.083	+0.2	+0.9		+1.5	+2.9	+.178
Hassan Whiteside	77	32.6	17.0	3.8	10.3	14.1	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.0	2.9	7.0	12.6	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.6	.628
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Markelle Fultz nor Hassan Whiteside played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 8
	Markelle Fultz	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2024-25	2019-20
Team	Sacramento Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Markelle Fultz	21	8.8	2.9	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.6	1.3	3.2	.418	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+46	+21.2	+12.6	+3.6	+9.0	+12.5	+0.1	+0.1	+2.8	-1.1	-2.3	+5.2	+7.3	+.203	+0.1	+0.3	+.071	+2.4	+3.6
Hassan Whiteside	67	30.0	15.5	3.9	9.7	13.5	1.2	0.4	2.9	1.8	2.9	6.5	10.5	.621	0.1	0.1	.571	2.4	3.6	.686
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Markelle Fultz	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hassan Whiteside	5	21.2	6.8	1.4	5.6	7.0	0.4	0.2	2.0	1.2	3.4	2.6	4.8	.542	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.4	2.8	.500