Rui Hachimura vs. Kel'el Ware Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kel'el Ware 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, 5 more than Kel'el Ware, who played 2. Rui Hachimura had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Kel'el Ware had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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	Kel'el Ware
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Washington Wizards	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+16	+7.9	+4.2	+0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+0.9	+0.2	+0.9	-0.2	-0.5	+1.3	+4.1	+.088		+0.1	+.028	+1.7	+1.9	+.142
Kel'el Ware	64	22.2	9.3	1.8	5.6	7.4	0.9	0.6	1.1	0.9	1.7	4.0	7.3	.554	0.5	1.7	.315	0.7	1.0	.687
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kel'el Ware	4	18.3	4.8	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.0	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.0	4.5	.444	0.8	2.8	.273	0.0	0.0	-