Marty Byrnes vs. Buddy Hield Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buddy Hield and Marty Byrnes, 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.

Marty Byrnes played 4 years in the NBA, 4 less than Buddy Hield, who played 8. Marty Byrnes had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Buddy Hield had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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
	Marty Byrnes	Buddy Hield
Season	1978-79	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns, New Orleans Jazz	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Marty Byrnes	79	16.0	6.1	1.1	1.3	2.4	1.3	0.3	0.1	1.5	1.4	2.4	4.9	.481	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.688
Buddy Hield	82	23.0	10.6	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.5	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.4	4.0	9.4	.426	1.8	4.6	.391	0.8	0.9	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marty Byrnes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Marty Byrnes	Buddy Hield
Season	1979-80	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Marty Byrnes	32	6.1	2.0	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.867
Buddy Hield	80	25.3	13.5	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.9	1.1	0.3	1.6	1.9	5.2	11.7	.446	2.2	5.1	.431	0.9	1.0	.877
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marty Byrnes	4	2.0	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.667
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Marty Byrnes didn't play in 1981-82.