Rodney Buford vs. Victor Oladipo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Oladipo 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 5 less than Victor Oladipo, who played 10. Rodney Buford had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Victor Oladipo had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Rodney Buford	5	4	1999-00 to 2004-05
Victor Oladipo	10	5	2013-14 to 2022-23

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Rodney Buford	Victor Oladipo
Season	1999-00	2013-14
Team	Miami Heat	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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
Victor Oladipo	80	31.1	13.8	0.5	3.6	4.1	4.1	1.6	0.5	3.2	2.6	4.9	11.7	.419	0.9	2.8	.327	3.1	4.0	.780

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
Victor Oladipo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Rodney Buford	Victor Oladipo
Season	2000-01	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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	47	12.2	5.3	0.3	1.2	1.6	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.4	2.2	5.1	.432	0.3	0.8	.421	0.5	0.6	.828
Victor Oladipo	72	35.7	17.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	4.1	1.7	0.3	2.8	2.6	6.6	15.1	.436	1.2	3.4	.339	3.6	4.4	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rodney Buford	15	4.7	1.4	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.0	0.5	1.6	.333	0.2	0.4	.500	0.1	0.1	1.000
Victor Oladipo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Rodney Buford	Victor Oladipo
Season	2001-02	2015-16
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
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		%
Rodney Buford	63	28.1	9.4	0.8	3.5	4.3	1.1	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.7	4.1	9.4	.435	0.3	1.1	.243	0.9	1.3	.725
Victor Oladipo	72	33.0	16.0	0.7	4.1	4.8	3.9	1.6	0.8	2.1	2.4	5.9	13.5	.438	1.4	3.9	.348	2.8	3.4	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rodney Buford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 4
	Rodney Buford	Victor Oladipo
Season	2003-04	2016-17
Team	Sacramento Kings	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	22	6.4	1.9	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.9	2.5	.339	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.3	.500
Victor Oladipo	67	33.2	15.9	0.6	3.8	4.3	2.6	1.2	0.3	1.8	2.3	6.1	13.9	.442	1.9	5.3	.361	1.7	2.3	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rodney Buford	5	6.2	2.4	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.0	2.4	.417	0.2	0.6	.333	0.2	0.4	.500
Victor Oladipo	5	36.2	10.8	0.4	5.2	5.6	2.0	1.4	0.6	1.2	3.4	4.2	12.2	.344	1.2	5.0	.240	1.2	1.2	1.000

Season 5
	Rodney Buford	Victor Oladipo
Season	2004-05	2017-18
Team	New Jersey Nets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	64	20.5	7.0	0.5	2.4	3.0	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.6	2.9	7.6	.382	0.5	1.7	.315	0.6	0.7	.822
Victor Oladipo	75	34.0	23.1	0.6	4.6	5.2	4.3	2.4	0.8	2.9	2.3	8.5	17.9	.477	2.1	5.8	.371	3.9	4.9	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rodney Buford	3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Victor Oladipo	7	37.3	22.7	0.4	7.9	8.3	6.0	2.4	0.4	3.4	1.6	7.6	18.1	.417	3.3	8.1	.404	4.3	5.9	.732

Season 6
	Rodney Buford	Victor Oladipo
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	36	31.9	18.8	0.6	5.0	5.6	5.2	1.7	0.3	2.3	2.0	6.9	16.3	.423	2.1	6.0	.343	2.9	3.9	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rodney Buford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Rodney Buford	Victor Oladipo
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	19	27.8	14.5	0.5	3.5	3.9	2.9	0.9	0.2	2.5	1.9	5.1	12.9	.394	1.7	5.5	.317	2.5	3.1	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rodney Buford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	4	30.8	17.8	0.0	3.3	3.3	2.5	2.3	0.0	3.5	3.5	5.5	14.0	.393	3.0	8.3	.364	3.8	4.0	.938

Season 8
	Rodney Buford	Victor Oladipo
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Indiana Pacers, Houston Rockets, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	33	32.7	19.8	0.4	4.5	4.8	4.6	1.4	0.4	2.5	2.5	7.1	17.5	.408	2.4	7.2	.326	3.2	4.2	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rodney Buford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Rodney Buford	Victor Oladipo
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	8	21.6	12.4	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.5	0.6	0.1	2.0	1.6	4.4	9.1	.479	1.9	4.5	.417	1.8	2.4	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rodney Buford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	15	24.5	10.6	0.3	3.1	3.4	2.1	1.3	0.3	1.7	1.9	3.3	9.1	.368	1.1	4.1	.274	2.8	3.5	.792

Season 10
	Rodney Buford	Victor Oladipo
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	42	26.3	10.7	0.4	2.7	3.0	3.5	1.4	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.8	9.6	.397	1.7	5.0	.330	1.4	1.9	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rodney Buford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	2	22.5	11.5	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	5.0	9.5	.526	1.0	2.5	.400	0.5	1.5	.333

Rodney Buford vs. Victor Oladipo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Oladipo 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10