Tracy McGrady vs. Hassan Whiteside Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hassan Whiteside and Tracy McGrady, 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.

Tracy McGrady played 16 years in the NBA, 6 more than Hassan Whiteside, who played 10. Tracy McGrady had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Hassan Whiteside had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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.

Note: Hassan Whiteside didn't play in 2012-13 and 2013-14.

Season 4
	Tracy McGrady	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2000-01	2015-16
Team	Orlando Magic	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Heat 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		%
Tracy McGrady	77	40.1	26.8	2.5	5.0	7.5	4.6	1.5	1.5	2.6	2.1	10.2	22.4	.457	0.8	2.2	.355	5.6	7.6	.733
difference:	+4	+11.0	+12.6	+0.8	+3.6	+4.3	+4.2	+0.9	+2.2	-0.7	-0.7	+4.5	+13.1	+.149	+0.8	+2.2		+2.7	+3.1	+.083
Hassan Whiteside	73	29.1	14.2	3.3	8.6	11.8	0.4	0.6	3.7	1.9	2.8	5.7	9.3	.606	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.5	.650
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	4	44.3	33.8	1.5	5.0	6.5	8.3	1.8	1.3	2.0	2.8	12.8	30.8	.415	0.5	2.5	.200	7.8	9.5	.816
difference:	+6	+15.2	+21.8	+1.1	+3.3	+4.4	+8.0	+1.0	+1.5	-0.7	-0.6	+8.1	+23.9	+.266	+0.5	+2.5		+5.2	+5.1	+.225
Hassan Whiteside	10	29.1	12.0	2.6	8.3	10.9	0.3	0.8	2.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	6.9	.681	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	4.4	.591

Season 5
	Tracy McGrady	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2001-02	2016-17
Team	Orlando Magic	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tracy McGrady	76	38.3	25.6	2.0	5.9	7.9	5.3	1.6	1.0	2.5	1.8	9.4	20.9	.451	1.4	3.7	.364	5.5	7.3	.748
difference:	+1	+5.7	+8.6	+1.8	+4.4	+6.2	+4.6	+0.9	+1.1	-0.5	-1.1	+2.4	+8.3	+.106	+1.4	+3.7		+2.6	+2.7	+.120
Hassan Whiteside	77	32.6	17.0	3.8	10.3	14.1	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.0	2.9	7.0	12.6	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.6	.628
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	4	44.5	30.8	1.5	4.8	6.3	5.5	0.5	1.8	3.3	2.8	10.5	22.8	.462	1.3	4.0	.313	8.5	11.5	.739
Hassan Whiteside	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Tracy McGrady	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2002-03	2017-18
Team	Orlando Magic	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tracy McGrady	75	39.4	32.1	1.6	4.9	6.5	5.5	1.7	0.8	2.6	2.1	11.1	24.2	.457	2.3	6.0	.386	7.7	9.7	.793
difference:	+21	+14.1	+18.1	+1.6	+3.3	+4.9	+4.5	+1.0	+0.9	-0.9	-0.3	+5.3	+13.5	+.083	+2.3	+6.0		+5.3	+6.3	+.090
Hassan Whiteside	54	25.3	14.0	3.2	8.2	11.4	1.0	0.7	1.7	1.7	2.4	5.8	10.7	.540	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	7	44.1	31.7	1.4	5.3	6.7	4.7	2.0	0.9	3.7	2.3	10.6	23.6	.448	2.3	6.7	.340	8.3	10.7	.773
difference:	+2	+28.7	+26.5	+0.6	+1.3	+0.7	+4.5	+2.0	+0.3	-1.3	-0.9	+8.8	+19.6	+.002	+2.3	+6.7		+6.7	+8.1	+.158
Hassan Whiteside	5	15.4	5.2	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.2	0.0	1.2	2.4	3.2	1.8	4.0	.450	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.615

Season 7
	Tracy McGrady	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2003-04	2018-19
Team	Orlando Magic	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tracy McGrady	67	39.9	28.0	1.4	4.6	6.0	5.5	1.4	0.6	2.7	1.9	9.7	23.4	.417	2.6	7.7	.339	5.9	7.5	.796
difference:	+5	+16.6	+15.7	+2.2	+3.2	+5.3	+4.7	+0.8	+1.3	-1.4	-0.8	+4.3	+14.0	+.154	+2.6	+7.5	+.214	+4.4	+4.1	+.347
Hassan Whiteside	72	23.3	12.3	3.6	7.8	11.3	0.8	0.6	1.9	1.3	2.7	5.4	9.4	.571	0.0	0.2	.125	1.5	3.4	.449
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tracy McGrady nor Hassan Whiteside played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Tracy McGrady	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2004-05	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tracy McGrady	78	40.8	25.7	0.9	5.3	6.2	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.6	2.1	9.2	21.3	.431	1.8	5.6	.326	5.5	7.1	.774
difference:	+11	+10.8	+10.2	+3.0	+4.4	+7.3	+4.5	+1.3	+2.2	-0.8	-0.8	+2.7	+10.8	+.190	+1.7	+5.5	+.245	+3.1	+3.5	+.088
Hassan Whiteside	67	30.0	15.5	3.9	9.7	13.5	1.2	0.4	2.9	1.8	2.9	6.5	10.5	.621	0.1	0.1	.571	2.4	3.6	.686
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	7	43.1	30.7	1.7	5.7	7.4	6.7	1.6	1.4	3.7	2.9	11.1	24.4	.456	2.4	6.6	.370	6.0	7.3	.824
difference:	+2	+21.9	+23.9	+0.3	+0.1	+0.4	+6.3	+1.4	+0.6	-2.5	-0.5	+8.5	+19.6	+.086	+2.2	+6.4	+.630	+4.6	+4.5	+.324
Hassan Whiteside	5	21.2	6.8	1.4	5.6	7.0	0.4	0.2	2.0	1.2	3.4	2.6	4.8	.542	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.4	2.8	.500

Season 9
	Tracy McGrady	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2005-06	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	47	37.1	24.4	1.0	5.6	6.5	4.8	1.3	0.9	2.6	1.9	8.7	21.5	.406	1.6	5.0	.312	5.4	7.2	.747
difference:	+11	+21.9	+16.3	+0.7	+1.3	+0.5	+4.2	+1.0	+0.4	-1.5	-0.1	+5.2	+15.3	+.157	+1.6	+5.0		+4.3	+5.0	+.228
Hassan Whiteside	36	15.2	8.1	1.7	4.3	6.0	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.1	2.0	3.5	6.2	.563	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.2	.519
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tracy McGrady nor Hassan Whiteside played in the postseason in their season 9

Season 10
	Tracy McGrady	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2006-07	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	71	35.8	24.6	0.8	4.5	5.3	6.5	1.3	0.5	3.0	1.9	9.0	20.8	.431	1.8	5.4	.331	4.9	6.9	.707
difference:	+6	+17.9	+16.4	+1.8	+0.5	+2.3	+6.1	+1.0	+1.1	-2.2	-0.9	+5.7	+15.7	+.221	+1.8	+5.4		+3.3	+4.3	+.084
Hassan Whiteside	65	17.9	8.2	2.6	5.0	7.6	0.4	0.3	1.6	0.8	2.8	3.3	5.1	.652	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.6	.623
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	7	40.0	25.3	0.7	5.1	5.9	7.3	0.7	0.9	3.0	1.7	9.0	22.9	.394	1.3	5.1	.250	6.0	8.1	.737
difference:	+1	+29.2	+23.5	+0.6	+1.3	+0.7	+7.3	+0.4	+0.4	-3.0	-0.2	+8.2	+20.9	+.023	+1.3	+5.1		+5.8	+7.4	+.487
Hassan Whiteside	6	10.8	1.8	1.3	3.8	5.2	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.0	1.5	0.8	2.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.7	.250

Additional Years
* Tracy McGrady played 6 seasons more than Hassan Whiteside in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 16, from 2008 to 2013—Tracy McGrady played in 3 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Hassan Whiteside, Tracy McGrady got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team