Rodney Buford vs. Jalen Duren Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Duren and Rodney Buford, 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.

Rodney Buford played 5 years in the NBA, 3 more than Jalen Duren, who played 2. Rodney Buford had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Jalen Duren had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5
Rookie Season
	Rodney Buford	Jalen Duren
Season	1999-00	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Rodney Buford	34	11.4	4.3	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.3	1.3	1.8	4.4	.411	0.2	0.9	.241	0.5	0.6	.727
Jalen Duren	67	24.9	9.1	3.4	5.5	8.9	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.4	2.7	3.9	5.9	.648	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.3	.611
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rodney Buford	1	16.0	11.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	8.0	.500	1.0	2.0	.500	2.0	2.0	1.000
Jalen Duren	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Rodney Buford didn't play in 2002-03.