Rui Hachimura vs. Dwight Howard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwight Howard and Rui Hachimura, 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.

Rui Hachimura played 7 years in the NBA, 11 less than Dwight Howard, who played 18. Rui Hachimura had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Dwight Howard had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
	Rui Hachimura	Dwight Howard
Season	2019-20	2004-05
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Rui Hachimura	48	30.1	13.5	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.2	5.3	11.4	.466	0.5	1.8	.287	2.4	2.9	.829
difference:	+34	+2.5	+1.5	+1.9	+2.0	+3.9	+0.9	+0.1	+1.5	-0.9	-0.6	+1.0	+3.1	+.054	+0.5	+1.8		+1.0	+2.1	+.158
Dwight Howard	82	32.6	12.0	3.5	6.5	10.0	0.9	0.9	1.7	2.0	2.8	4.3	8.3	.520	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.671
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rui Hachimura nor Dwight Howard played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Rui Hachimura	Dwight Howard
Season	2021-22	2006-07
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Rui Hachimura	42	22.5	11.3	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.3	4.5	9.1	.491	1.3	2.9	.447	1.1	1.6	.697
difference:	+40	+14.4	+6.3	+2.9	+5.6	+8.5	+0.8	+0.4	+1.7	-3.1	-1.7	+1.9	+1.5	+.112	+1.3	+2.9		+3.7	+6.5	+.111
Dwight Howard	82	36.9	17.6	3.5	8.8	12.3	1.9	0.9	1.9	3.9	3.0	6.4	10.6	.603	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	8.1	.586
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	4	41.8	15.3	4.0	10.8	14.8	1.8	0.5	1.0	4.3	3.3	5.8	10.5	.548	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	8.3	.455

Season 4
	Rui Hachimura	Dwight Howard
Season	2022-23	2007-08
Team	Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Magic 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		%
Rui Hachimura	63	23.3	11.2	0.8	3.7	4.5	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.1	4.5	9.3	.486	0.8	2.5	.319	1.4	1.9	.739
difference:	+19	+14.4	+9.5	+2.6	+7.1	+9.7	+0.4	+0.6	+1.7	-2.4	-2.2	+2.6	+2.6	+.113	+0.8	+2.5		+5.1	+9.0	+.149
Dwight Howard	82	37.7	20.7	3.4	10.8	14.2	1.3	0.9	2.1	3.2	3.3	7.1	11.9	.599	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	10.9	.590
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	16	24.3	12.2	0.6	3.1	3.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.6	4.6	8.2	.557	1.2	2.4	.487	1.9	2.1	.882
difference:	+6	+17.8	+6.7	+5.4	+6.7	+12.2	+0.3	+0.3	+3.1	-2.6	-2.2	+2.6	+4.2	+.024	+1.2	+2.4		+2.6	+6.2	+.340
Dwight Howard	10	42.1	18.9	6.0	9.8	15.8	0.9	0.8	3.4	3.2	3.8	7.2	12.4	.581	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	8.3	.542

Season 5
	Rui Hachimura	Dwight Howard
Season	2023-24	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost NBA Finals
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Rui Hachimura	68	26.9	13.6	0.9	3.5	4.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.5	5.3	9.9	.537	1.4	3.4	.422	1.5	2.0	.739
difference:	+11	+8.8	+7.0	+3.4	+6.1	+9.5	+0.2	+0.4	+2.5	-2.3	-1.9	+1.8	+2.5	+.035	+1.4	+3.4		+4.9	+8.7	+.145
Dwight Howard	79	35.7	20.6	4.3	9.6	13.8	1.4	1.0	2.9	3.0	3.4	7.1	12.4	.572	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	10.7	.594
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	5	30.4	7.8	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.6	3.0	7.6	.395	1.0	2.8	.357	0.8	1.6	.500
difference:	+18	+8.9	+12.5	+3.1	+8.4	+11.5	+1.1	+0.9	+2.6	-2.5	-2.8	+4.0	+4.1	+.206	+1.0	+2.7	+.357	+5.5	+8.3	+.136
Dwight Howard	23	39.3	20.3	4.3	11.0	15.3	1.9	0.9	2.6	2.9	4.4	7.0	11.7	.601	0.0	0.1	.000	6.3	9.9	.636

Season 6
	Rui Hachimura	Dwight Howard
Season	2024-25	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Rui Hachimura	59	31.7	13.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.8	5.0	9.8	.509	1.7	4.2	.413	1.5	1.9	.770
difference:	+23	+3.0	+5.2	+2.2	+6.0	+8.2	+0.4	+0.1	+2.4	-2.5	-1.7	+1.2	+0.4	+.103	+1.7	+4.1	+.413	+4.4	+8.1	+.178
Dwight Howard	82	34.7	18.3	3.5	9.7	13.2	1.8	0.9	2.8	3.3	3.5	6.2	10.2	.612	0.0	0.1	.000	5.9	10.0	.592
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	5	36.4	14.8	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.0	0.6	0.6	1.4	2.4	5.6	11.4	.491	3.0	6.2	.484	0.6	0.6	1.000
difference:	+9	+0.9	+3.3	+1.9	+4.6	+6.5	+0.4	+0.2	+2.9	-2.2	-1.8	+0.5	+1.4	+.123	+3.0	+6.2		+5.3	+10.7	+.481
Dwight Howard	14	35.5	18.1	2.7	8.4	11.1	1.4	0.8	3.5	3.6	4.2	6.1	10.0	.614	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	11.3	.519

Season 7
	Rui Hachimura	Dwight Howard
Season	2025-26	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Rui Hachimura	4	36.0	16.5	0.5	3.3	3.8	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.5	2.0	6.5	10.3	.634	1.8	4.0	.438	1.8	2.5	.700
difference:	+74	+1.6	+6.4	+3.5	+6.8	+10.3	+0.1	+0.9	+2.1	-2.1	-1.3	+1.4	+3.1	+.041	+1.8	+3.9	+.438	+5.2	+9.2	+.104
Dwight Howard	78	37.6	22.9	4.0	10.1	14.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	3.6	3.3	7.9	13.4	.593	0.0	0.1	.000	7.0	11.7	.596
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	6	43.0	27.0	4.5	11.0	15.5	0.5	0.7	1.8	5.5	4.2	8.5	13.5	.630	0.0	0.2	.000	10.0	14.7	.682

Additional Years
* Dwight Howard played 11 seasons more than Rui Hachimura in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 18, from 2012 to 2022—Dwight Howard played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Rui Hachimura, Dwight Howard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 2 Rebounds Leader 3 All-Star Game