Paul Pierce vs. Hassan Whiteside Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hassan Whiteside and Paul Pierce, 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.

Paul Pierce played 19 years in the NBA, 9 more than Hassan Whiteside, who played 10. Paul Pierce had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, 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.

Rookie Season
	Paul Pierce	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1998-99	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Paul Pierce	48	34.0	16.5	2.4	4.0	6.4	2.4	1.7	1.0	2.4	2.9	5.9	13.5	.439	1.8	4.3	.412	2.9	4.1	.713
difference:	+47	+32.0	+16.5	+2.4	+4.0	+6.4	+2.4	+1.7	+1.0	-2.4	-0.9	+5.9	+13.5		+1.8	+4.3		+2.9	+4.1
Hassan Whiteside	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paul Pierce nor Hassan Whiteside played in the postseason in their season 1

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

Season 4
	Paul Pierce	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2001-02	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Paul Pierce	82	40.3	26.1	1.0	5.9	6.9	3.2	1.9	1.0	2.9	2.9	8.6	19.5	.442	2.6	6.3	.404	6.3	7.8	.809
difference:	+9	+11.2	+11.9	+2.3	+2.7	+4.9	+2.8	+1.3	+2.7	-1.0	-0.1	+2.9	+10.2	+.164	+2.6	+6.3		+3.4	+3.3	+.159
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		%
Paul Pierce	16	42.0	24.6	1.7	6.9	8.6	4.1	1.7	1.3	3.8	3.3	7.6	18.9	.403	1.9	6.5	.288	7.5	9.8	.764
difference:	+6	+12.9	+12.6	+0.9	+1.4	+2.3	+3.8	+0.9	+1.5	-2.5	-0.1	+2.9	+12.0	+.278	+1.9	+6.5		+4.9	+5.4	+.173
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
	Paul Pierce	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2002-03	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Paul Pierce	79	39.2	25.9	1.3	6.0	7.3	4.4	1.8	0.8	3.6	2.9	8.4	20.2	.416	1.5	4.9	.302	7.6	9.5	.802
difference:	+2	+6.6	+8.9	+2.5	+4.3	+6.8	+3.7	+1.1	+1.3	-1.6		+1.4	+7.6	+.141	+1.5	+4.9		+4.7	+4.9	+.174
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Pierce	10	44.5	27.1	1.1	7.9	9.0	6.7	2.1	0.8	4.4	3.8	7.7	19.3	.399	1.6	4.5	.356	10.1	11.7	.863
Hassan Whiteside	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Paul Pierce	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2003-04	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East 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		%
Paul Pierce	80	38.7	23.0	0.9	5.7	6.5	5.1	1.6	0.7	3.8	2.9	7.5	18.7	.402	1.4	4.8	.299	6.5	7.9	.819
difference:	+26	+13.4	+9.0	+2.3	+2.5	+4.9	+4.1	+0.9	+1.0	-2.1	-0.5	+1.7	+8.0	+.138	+1.4	+4.8		+4.1	+4.5	+.116
Hassan Whiteside	54	25.3	14.0	3.2	8.2	11.4	1.0	0.7	1.7	1.7	2.4	5.8	10.7	.540	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Pierce	4	40.8	20.8	1.5	7.3	8.8	2.5	1.3	1.0	6.3	3.0	6.5	19.0	.342	1.3	4.3	.294	6.5	7.8	.839
difference:	+1	+25.4	+15.6	+0.5	+3.3	+2.8	+2.3	+1.3	+0.2	-3.9	-0.2	+4.7	+15.0	+.108	+1.3	+4.3		+4.9	+5.2	+.224
Hassan Whiteside	5	15.4	5.2	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.2	0.0	1.2	2.4	3.2	1.8	4.0	.450	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.615

Season 7
	Paul Pierce	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2004-05	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Paul Pierce	82	36.1	21.6	1.0	5.6	6.6	4.2	1.6	0.5	2.8	3.1	6.8	14.9	.455	1.3	3.6	.370	6.7	8.1	.822
difference:	+10	+12.8	+9.3	+2.6	+2.2	+4.7	+3.4	+1.0	+1.4	-1.5	-0.4	+1.4	+5.5	+.116	+1.3	+3.4	+.245	+5.2	+4.7	+.373
Hassan Whiteside	72	23.3	12.3	3.6	7.8	11.3	0.8	0.6	1.9	1.3	2.7	5.4	9.4	.571	0.0	0.2	.125	1.5	3.4	.449
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Pierce	7	39.7	22.9	1.0	6.7	7.7	4.6	1.9	1.4	2.7	2.6	6.7	13.3	.505	1.0	3.9	.259	8.4	9.7	.868
Hassan Whiteside	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Paul Pierce	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2005-06	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Paul Pierce	79	39.0	26.8	1.0	5.7	6.7	4.7	1.4	0.4	3.5	2.8	8.7	18.5	.471	1.4	4.0	.354	7.9	10.3	.772
difference:	+12	+9.0	+11.3	+2.9	+4.0	+6.8	+3.5	+1.0	+2.5	-1.7	-0.1	+2.2	+8.0	+.150	+1.3	+3.9	+.217	+5.5	+6.7	+.086
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		%
Paul Pierce	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

Season 10
	Paul Pierce	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2007-08	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Paul Pierce	80	35.9	19.6	0.7	4.5	5.1	4.5	1.3	0.5	2.8	2.5	6.4	13.7	.464	1.8	4.6	.392	5.1	6.1	.843
difference:	+15	+18.0	+11.4	+1.9	+0.5	+2.5	+4.1	+1.0	+1.1	-2.0	-0.3	+3.1	+8.6	+.188	+1.8	+4.6		+3.5	+3.5	+.220
Hassan Whiteside	65	17.9	8.2	2.6	5.0	7.6	0.4	0.3	1.6	0.8	2.8	3.3	5.1	.652	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.623
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Pierce	26	38.1	19.7	0.8	4.2	5.0	4.6	1.1	0.3	3.2	3.5	6.3	14.2	.441	1.7	4.6	.361	5.5	6.8	.802
difference:	+20	+27.3	+17.9	+0.5	+0.4	+0.2	+4.6	+0.8	+1.0	-3.2	-2.0	+5.5	+12.2	+.024	+1.7	+4.6		+5.3	+6.1	+.552
Hassan Whiteside	6	10.8	1.8	1.3	3.8	5.2	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.0	1.5	0.8	2.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.7	.250

Additional Years
* Paul Pierce played 9 seasons more than Hassan Whiteside in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 19, from 2009 to 2017—Paul Pierce played in 9 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Hassan Whiteside, Paul Pierce got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Star Game