Sam Cassell vs. Isaiah Hartenstein Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Hartenstein and Sam Cassell, 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 / Stats Rankings

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.

Sam Cassell played 15 years in the NBA, 7 more than Isaiah Hartenstein, who played 8. Sam Cassell had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Isaiah Hartenstein had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Sam Cassell	15	11	1993-94 to 2007-08
Isaiah Hartenstein	8	4	2018-19 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Sam Cassell	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	1993-94	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Sam Cassell	66	17.0	6.7	0.4	1.7	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.1	1.4	2.1	2.5	5.9	.418	0.4	1.3	.295	1.4	1.6	.841
difference:	+38	+9.1	+4.8	+0.4	+0.8	+0.3	+2.4	+0.6	+0.3	-0.9	-0.1	+1.8	+4.4	+.070	+0.3	+1.1	+.038	+1.0	+1.1	+.055
Isaiah Hartenstein	28	7.9	1.9	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.5	2.0	0.7	1.5	.488	0.1	0.2	.333	0.4	0.5	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Cassell	22	21.7	9.4	0.9	1.8	2.7	4.2	1.0	0.2	2.1	2.8	2.9	7.3	.394	0.8	2.0	.378	2.9	3.4	.865
difference:	+20	+20.7	+7.4	+0.4	+1.8	+2.2	+4.2	+1.0	+0.2	-2.1	-2.3	+1.9	+6.3	+.606	+0.8	+2.0		+2.9	+3.4
Isaiah Hartenstein	2	1.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Sam Cassell	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	1994-95	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Cassell	82	23.0	9.5	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.9	1.1	0.2	2.0	2.5	3.1	7.2	.427	0.8	2.3	.330	2.6	3.1	.843
difference:	+59	+11.4	+4.8	+0.8	+0.6	+1.3	+4.1	+0.7	+0.3	-1.3	-0.7	+1.2	+4.3	+.230	+0.8	+2.1	+.330	+1.8	+1.9	+.164
Isaiah Hartenstein	23	11.6	4.7	1.3	2.7	3.9	0.8	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.8	1.9	2.9	.657	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	1.2	.679

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Cassell	22	22.0	11.0	0.4	1.5	1.9	4.0	1.0	0.1	1.5	3.0	3.4	7.7	.438	1.1	2.7	.400	3.2	3.9	.835
Isaiah Hartenstein	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Sam Cassell	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	1995-96	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Sam Cassell	61	27.6	14.5	0.8	2.2	3.1	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.6	2.7	4.7	10.8	.439	1.2	3.4	.348	3.9	4.7	.825
difference:	+15	+15.4	+9.4	+0.6	+0.3	+0.8	+3.4	+0.5	+0.7	-1.6	-0.4	+2.7	+7.1	+.111	+1.2	+3.3	+.015	+2.9	+3.2	+.177
Isaiah Hartenstein	46	12.2	5.1	1.4	2.5	3.9	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.0	2.3	2.0	3.7	.550	0.0	0.1	.333	1.0	1.5	.648

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Cassell	8	25.8	10.4	0.1	2.0	2.1	4.3	0.8	0.1	2.3	2.5	3.3	10.1	.321	1.0	3.6	.276	2.9	3.6	.793
Isaiah Hartenstein	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Sam Cassell	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	1996-97	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Sam Cassell	61	28.1	15.9	0.8	2.2	3.0	5.0	1.3	0.3	2.8	3.3	5.5	12.8	.430	1.3	3.8	.351	3.5	4.1	.845
difference:	+7	+10.2	+7.6	+0.9	+1.0	+1.9	+2.6	+0.6	+0.8	-1.6	-0.8	+2.1	+7.4	+.196	+1.1	+3.4	+.116	+2.2	+2.2	+.156
Isaiah Hartenstein	68	17.9	8.3	1.7	3.2	4.9	2.4	0.7	1.1	1.2	2.5	3.4	5.4	.626	0.2	0.4	.467	1.3	1.9	.689

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Sam Cassell nor Isaiah Hartenstein played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Sam Cassell	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	1997-98	2022-23
Team	New Jersey Nets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Sam Cassell	75	34.7	19.6	1.0	2.1	3.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	3.6	3.5	6.8	15.4	.441	0.2	1.1	.188	5.8	6.8	.860
difference:	+7	+14.8	+14.6	+1.5	+1.9	+3.5	+6.8	+1.0	+0.5	-2.8	-0.9	+4.7	+11.4	+.094	+0.1	+0.6	+.028	+5.2	+5.9	+.184
Isaiah Hartenstein	82	19.9	5.0	2.5	4.0	6.5	1.2	0.6	0.8	0.8	2.6	2.1	4.0	.535	0.1	0.5	.216	0.6	0.9	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Cassell	3	9.0	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.0	0.3	0.7	2.3	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+8	+11.0	+1.1	+1.8	+1.8	+3.6	+0.4	+0.8	+1.1	-0.2	-0.3		+0.9	+.145				+1.1	+1.5
Isaiah Hartenstein	11	20.0	3.1	2.1	2.5	4.6	1.3	0.8	1.4	0.5	2.6	1.0	2.1	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.750


Season 6
	Sam Cassell	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	1998-99	2023-24
Team	New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Sam Cassell	8	24.9	15.9	0.6	1.3	1.9	4.5	1.1	0.0	2.5	2.8	4.9	11.6	.419	0.3	1.3	.200	5.9	6.3	.940
difference:	+67	+0.4	+8.1	+2.7	+3.8	+6.4	+2.0	+0.1	+1.1	-1.3		+1.8	+6.7	+.225	+0.3	+1.3		+4.4	+4.2	+.233
Isaiah Hartenstein	75	25.3	7.8	3.3	5.1	8.3	2.5	1.2	1.1	1.2	2.8	3.1	4.9	.644	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Cassell	3	34.3	15.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	8.7	1.0	0.0	2.3	4.7	5.3	10.7	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	4.7	5.3	.875
difference:	+10	+4.5	+6.8	+3.8	+2.1	+5.8	+5.2	+0.7	+0.9	-0.8	-1.5	+1.8	+4.9	+.092	+0.1	+0.1	+.500	+3.2	+3.6	+.011
Isaiah Hartenstein	13	29.8	8.5	3.8	4.1	7.8	3.5	0.3	0.9	1.5	3.2	3.5	5.8	.592	0.1	0.2	.500	1.5	1.7	.864


Season 7
	Sam Cassell	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	1999-00	2024-25
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Sam Cassell	81	35.8	18.6	0.9	2.9	3.7	9.0	1.3	0.1	3.3	3.1	6.7	14.4	.466	0.3	1.1	.289	4.8	5.5	.876
difference:	+24	+7.9	+7.4	+2.0	+5.0	+7.0	+5.2	+0.5	+1.0	-1.6	-0.1	+1.8	+6.0	+.115	+0.3	+0.8	+.289	+3.4	+3.4	+.201
Isaiah Hartenstein	57	27.9	11.2	2.9	7.9	10.7	3.8	0.8	1.1	1.7	3.0	4.9	8.4	.581	0.0	0.3	.000	1.4	2.1	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Cassell	5	35.6	15.8	0.0	3.4	3.4	9.0	0.8	0.0	1.8	3.8	6.0	14.4	.417	0.2	1.0	.200	3.6	4.2	.857
difference:	+18	+13.2	+7.7	+2.7	+1.4	+4.1	+6.8		+0.5	-0.6	-1.3	+2.4	+8.6	+.202	+0.2	+1.0		+2.7	+2.9	+.190
Isaiah Hartenstein	23	22.4	8.1	2.7	4.8	7.5	2.2	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.5	3.6	5.8	.619	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.667


Season 8
	Sam Cassell	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	2000-01	2025-26
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Sam Cassell	76	35.6	18.2	0.6	3.2	3.8	7.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.8	7.1	14.9	.474	0.4	1.3	.306	3.6	4.3	.858
difference:	+73	+1.3	+9.9	+2.1	+4.8	+6.9	+4.6	+0.1	+0.1	-1.2	-0.9	+3.4	+7.6	+.026	+0.4	+0.6	+.306	+2.6	+2.3	+.358
Isaiah Hartenstein	3	34.3	8.3	2.7	8.0	10.7	3.0	1.3	0.0	1.7	3.7	3.7	7.3	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	1.0	2.0	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Cassell	18	37.9	17.4	0.7	3.9	4.6	6.7	1.1	0.2	2.9	4.2	6.1	15.4	.396	0.6	1.7	.333	4.7	5.4	.866
Isaiah Hartenstein	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Sam Cassell played 7 seasons more than Isaiah Hartenstein in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 15, from 2002 to 2008—Sam Cassell played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Isaiah Hartenstein, Sam Cassell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game

Sam Cassell vs. Isaiah Hartenstein Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Hartenstein and Sam Cassell, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years