Mike Conley vs. Buddy Hield Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buddy Hield and Mike Conley, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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.

Mike Conley played 19 years in the NBA, 9 more than Buddy Hield, who played 10. Mike Conley had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, 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 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
Mike Conley	19	12	2007-08 to 2025-26
Buddy Hield	10	2	2016-17 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mike Conley	Buddy Hield
Season	2007-08	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
Mike Conley	53	26.1	9.4	0.4	2.2	2.6	4.2	0.8	0.0	1.7	1.6	3.6	8.3	.428	0.6	1.7	.330	1.7	2.3	.732
difference:	+29	+3.1	+1.2		+0.7	+0.7	+2.7	+0.3	+0.1	-0.5	-0.2	+0.4	+1.1	+.002	+1.2	+2.9	+.061	+0.9	+1.4	+.110
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
* Neiher Mike Conley nor Buddy Hield played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Mike Conley	Buddy Hield
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Mike Conley	82	30.6	10.9	0.3	3.1	3.4	4.3	1.1	0.1	1.7	1.8	3.9	8.9	.442	1.1	2.6	.406	2.0	2.4	.817
difference:	+2	+5.3	+2.6	+0.4	+0.1	+0.4	+2.4		+0.2	-0.1	-0.1	+1.3	+2.8	+.004	+1.1	+2.5	+.025	+1.1	+1.4	+.060
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
* Neiher Mike Conley nor Buddy Hield played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Mike Conley	Buddy Hield
Season	2009-10	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mike Conley	80	32.1	12.0	0.4	2.0	2.4	5.3	1.4	0.2	2.1	2.2	4.6	10.4	.445	1.0	2.7	.387	1.7	2.3	.743
difference:	+2	+0.2	+8.7	+0.9	+1.7	+2.6	+2.8	+0.7	+0.2	-0.3	-0.3	+3.0	+6.2	+.013	+2.4	+5.2	+.040	+0.4	+0.1	+.143
Buddy Hield	82	31.9	20.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	2.5	0.7	0.4	1.8	2.5	7.6	16.6	.458	3.4	7.9	.427	2.1	2.4	.886

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Mike Conley nor Buddy Hield played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Mike Conley	Buddy Hield
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Mike Conley	81	35.5	13.7	0.4	2.7	3.0	6.5	1.8	0.2	2.2	2.2	5.2	11.8	.444	1.0	2.7	.369	2.2	3.0	.733
difference:	+9	+4.7	+5.5	+0.4	+1.1	+1.6	+3.5	+0.9		-0.1	-0.1	+1.7	+4.3	+.015	+2.8	+6.9	+.025	+0.6	+1.1	+.113
Buddy Hield	72	30.8	19.2	0.8	3.8	4.6	3.0	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.3	6.9	16.1	.429	3.8	9.6	.394	1.6	1.9	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	13	39.0	15.2	0.5	3.3	3.8	6.4	1.1	0.2	2.3	3.0	5.5	14.1	.388	0.8	2.8	.297	3.4	4.1	.830
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Mike Conley	Buddy Hield
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mike Conley	62	35.1	12.7	0.4	2.2	2.5	6.5	2.2	0.2	2.0	2.1	4.8	11.0	.433	1.0	2.6	.377	2.2	2.5	.861
difference:	+9	+0.8	+3.9		+2.1	+2.2	+2.9	+1.3	+0.2	-0.2	-0.4	+0.9	+3.0	+.027	+3.0	+7.6	+.014	+1.0	+1.0	+.015
Buddy Hield	71	34.3	16.6	0.4	4.3	4.7	3.6	0.9	0.4	1.8	2.5	5.7	14.0	.406	4.0	10.2	.391	1.2	1.5	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	7	39.6	14.1	0.6	2.7	3.3	7.1	0.9	0.0	2.3	2.7	4.6	10.9	.421	1.6	3.1	.500	3.4	4.6	.750
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Mike Conley	Buddy Hield
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Mike Conley	80	34.5	14.6	0.5	2.3	2.8	6.1	2.2	0.3	2.4	2.1	5.2	11.8	.440	1.3	3.7	.362	2.9	3.5	.830
difference:	+1	+3.6	+1.0	+0.3	+1.2	+1.6	+3.3	+1.3		-0.5	-0.2	+0.3	+1.8	+.034	+1.9	+5.1	+.004	+1.5	+1.9	+.044
Buddy Hield	81	30.9	15.6	0.8	3.5	4.4	2.8	0.9	0.3	1.9	2.3	5.5	13.6	.406	3.2	8.8	.366	1.4	1.6	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	15	38.3	17.0	0.8	3.9	4.7	7.1	1.7	0.3	2.3	2.3	5.5	14.4	.384	1.2	4.3	.281	4.7	6.2	.763
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Mike Conley	Buddy Hield
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	73	33.5	17.2	0.6	2.4	2.9	6.0	1.5	0.2	2.1	1.9	6.3	14.1	.450	1.4	4.0	.361	3.1	3.8	.815
difference:	+7	+2.5	+0.4	+0.2	+1.8	+2.1	+3.2	+0.3	+0.1	-0.4	-0.1	+0.4	+1.1	+.008	+2.2	+4.5	+.064	+1.8	+2.2	+.007
Buddy Hield	80	31.0	16.8	0.8	4.2	5.0	2.8	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.9	13.0	.458	3.6	8.5	.425	1.3	1.6	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	7	38.1	15.9	0.7	3.9	4.6	7.9	2.0	0.1	2.1	2.0	6.3	14.6	.431	0.4	3.9	.111	2.9	3.7	.769
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Mike Conley	Buddy Hield
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East 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		%
Mike Conley	70	31.8	15.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	5.4	1.3	0.2	2.2	2.0	5.6	12.6	.446	1.5	4.0	.386	3.1	3.6	.859
difference:	+14	+6.1	+3.7	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+2.6	+0.5	+0.3	-1.0		+1.2	+2.5	+.010	+1.1	+2.8		+2.5	+2.9	+.022
Buddy Hield	84	25.7	12.1	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.8	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.0	4.4	10.1	.436	2.6	6.8	.386	0.6	0.7	.881

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	8	30.4	14.4	0.0	1.1	1.1	5.0	1.4	0.0	1.5	1.3	5.1	12.0	.427	1.3	4.1	.303	2.9	3.5	.821
difference:	+4	+17.6	+8.9	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	+4.5	+1.4	+0.3	-1.0	-0.3	+3.3	+7.7	+.015	+0.2	+0.8	+.159	+2.4	+3.0	+.179
Buddy Hield	4	12.8	5.5	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.8	4.3	.412	1.5	3.3	.462	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 9
	Mike Conley	Buddy Hield
Season	2015-16	2024-25
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	56	31.4	15.3	0.5	2.5	2.9	6.1	1.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	5.3	12.4	.422	1.4	3.8	.363	3.4	4.1	.834
difference:	+26	+8.7	+4.2	+0.1	+0.1	+0.3	+4.5	+0.4		-0.4	-0.2	+1.3	+2.8	+.005	+1.1	+2.9	+.007	+2.8	+3.3	+.006
Buddy Hield	82	22.7	11.1	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.6	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.6	4.0	9.6	.417	2.5	6.7	.370	0.6	0.8	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buddy Hield	12	27.3	12.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.1	2.0	4.3	10.4	.416	2.8	6.4	.429	1.1	1.2	.929


Season 10
	Mike Conley	Buddy Hield
Season	2016-17	2025-26
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	69	33.2	20.5	0.4	3.0	3.5	6.3	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.8	6.7	14.6	.460	2.5	6.1	.408	4.6	5.3	.859
difference:	+41	+14.7	+12.6	+0.3	+1.2	+1.0	+4.7	+0.5	+0.2	-1.2	-0.4	+3.8	+7.6	+.047	+1.0	+1.5	+.088	+4.0	+4.7	+.085
Buddy Hield	28	18.5	7.9	0.7	1.8	2.5	1.6	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.4	2.9	7.0	.413	1.5	4.6	.320	0.6	0.6	.944

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Conley	6	37.3	24.7	0.2	3.2	3.3	7.0	1.7	0.5	2.0	1.8	8.3	17.2	.485	2.8	6.3	.447	5.2	6.2	.838
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Mike Conley played 9 seasons more than Buddy Hield in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 19, from 2018 to 2026—Mike Conley played in 6 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Buddy Hield, Mike Conley got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Mike Conley vs. Buddy Hield Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buddy Hield and Mike Conley, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years