Vlade Divac vs. Buddy Hield Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buddy Hield and Vlade Divac, 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 / Scoring / Stats / 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.

Vlade Divac played 16 years in the NBA, 7 more than Buddy Hield, who played 9. Vlade Divac had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Buddy Hield had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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
Vlade Divac	16	14	1989-90 to 2004-05
Buddy Hield	9	2	2016-17 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Vlade Divac	Buddy Hield
Season	1989-90	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Vlade Divac	82	19.6	8.5	2.0	4.2	6.2	0.9	1.0	1.4	1.3	2.9	3.3	6.7	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.708
difference:		+3.4	+2.1	+1.6	+1.3	+2.9	+0.6	+0.5	+1.3	-0.1	-1.5	+0.7	+2.7	+.073	+1.8	+4.5	+.391	+1.1	+1.7	+.134
Buddy Hield	82	23.0	10.6	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.5	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.4	4.0	9.4	.426	1.8	4.6	.391	0.8	0.9	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	9	19.4	9.1	1.8	3.6	5.3	1.1	0.9	1.7	1.4	3.0	3.6	4.9	.727	0.1	0.2	.500	1.9	2.1	.895
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Vlade Divac	Buddy Hield
Season	1990-91	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Vlade Divac	82	28.2	11.2	2.5	5.6	8.1	1.1	1.3	1.5	1.8	3.0	4.4	7.8	.565	0.1	0.2	.357	2.4	3.4	.703
difference:	+2	+2.9	+2.3	+1.8	+2.4	+4.3	+0.8	+0.2	+1.2	-0.2	-1.1	+0.8	+3.9	+.119	+2.1	+4.9	+.074	+1.5	+2.4	+.174
Buddy Hield	80	25.3	13.5	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.9	1.1	0.3	1.6	1.9	5.2	11.7	.446	2.2	5.1	.431	0.9	1.0	.877

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	19	32.1	13.3	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.1	1.4	2.2	2.2	3.4	5.1	9.1	.564	0.1	0.3	.167	3.0	3.7	.803
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Vlade Divac	Buddy Hield
Season	1991-92	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vlade Divac	36	27.2	11.3	2.4	4.4	6.9	1.7	1.5	1.0	2.4	3.2	4.4	8.8	.495	0.1	0.5	.263	2.4	3.1	.768
difference:	+46	+4.7	+9.4	+1.1	+0.7	+1.9	+0.8	+0.8	+0.6	-0.6	-0.7	+3.2	+7.8	+.037	+3.3	+7.4	+.164	+0.3	+0.7	+.118
Buddy Hield	82	31.9	20.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	2.5	0.7	0.4	1.8	2.5	7.6	16.6	.458	3.4	7.9	.427	2.1	2.4	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	4	35.8	9.8	1.5	4.0	5.5	3.8	1.3	0.8	4.5	4.3	3.8	10.8	.349	0.0	0.5	.000	2.3	2.5	.900
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Vlade Divac	Buddy Hield
Season	1992-93	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vlade Divac	82	30.8	12.8	2.7	6.2	8.9	2.8	1.6	1.7	2.6	3.8	4.8	10.0	.485	0.3	0.9	.280	2.9	4.2	.689
difference:	+10		+6.4	+1.9	+2.4	+4.3	+0.2	+0.7	+1.5	-0.3	-1.5	+2.1	+6.1	+.056	+3.5	+8.7	+.114	+1.3	+2.3	+.157
Buddy Hield	72	30.8	19.2	0.8	3.8	4.6	3.0	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.3	6.9	16.1	.429	3.8	9.6	.394	1.6	1.9	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	5	33.4	18.0	3.4	6.0	9.4	5.6	1.2	2.4	2.2	4.4	7.4	14.8	.500	0.8	1.8	.444	2.4	4.4	.545
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Vlade Divac	Buddy Hield
Season	1993-94	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Vlade Divac	79	34.0	14.2	3.6	7.2	10.8	3.9	1.2	1.4	2.4	3.6	5.7	11.3	.506	0.1	0.6	.191	2.6	3.8	.686
difference:	+8	+0.3	+2.4	+3.2	+2.9	+6.1	+0.3	+0.3	+1.0	-0.6	-1.1		+2.7	+.100	+3.9	+9.6	+.200	+1.4	+2.3	+.160
Buddy Hield	71	34.3	16.6	0.4	4.3	4.7	3.6	0.9	0.4	1.8	2.5	5.7	14.0	.406	4.0	10.2	.391	1.2	1.5	.846

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vlade Divac nor Buddy Hield played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Vlade Divac	Buddy Hield
Season	1994-95	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Vlade Divac	80	35.1	16.0	3.3	7.1	10.4	4.1	1.4	2.2	2.6	3.8	6.1	12.0	.507	0.1	0.7	.189	3.7	4.8	.777
difference:	+1	+4.2	+0.4	+2.5	+3.6	+6.0	+1.3	+0.5	+1.9	-0.7	-1.5	+0.6	+1.6	+.101	+3.1	+8.1	+.177	+2.3	+3.2	+.097
Buddy Hield	81	30.9	15.6	0.8	3.5	4.4	2.8	0.9	0.3	1.9	2.3	5.5	13.6	.406	3.2	8.8	.366	1.4	1.6	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	10	38.8	15.6	3.4	5.1	8.5	3.1	0.8	1.3	2.8	4.4	5.7	12.2	.467	0.2	0.9	.222	4.0	6.2	.645
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Vlade Divac	Buddy Hield
Season	1995-96	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vlade Divac	79	31.3	12.9	2.5	6.1	8.6	3.3	1.0	1.7	2.5	3.5	5.2	10.2	.513	0.0	0.2	.167	2.4	3.7	.641
difference:	+1	+0.3	+3.9	+1.7	+1.9	+3.6	+0.5	+0.2	+1.4	-0.8	-1.5	+0.7	+2.8	+.055	+3.6	+8.3	+.258	+1.1	+2.1	+.181
Buddy Hield	80	31.0	16.8	0.8	4.2	5.0	2.8	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.9	13.0	.458	3.6	8.5	.425	1.3	1.6	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	4	28.8	9.0	2.8	4.8	7.5	2.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	2.5	3.8	8.8	.429	0.3	1.3	.200	1.3	2.0	.625
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Vlade Divac	Buddy Hield
Season	1996-97	2023-24
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East 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		%
Vlade Divac	81	35.1	12.6	3.0	6.0	9.0	3.7	1.3	2.2	2.4	3.4	5.2	10.5	.494	0.1	0.6	.234	2.2	3.2	.683
difference:	+3	+9.4	+0.5	+2.3	+3.5	+5.8	+0.9	+0.5	+1.7	-1.2	-1.4	+0.8	+0.4	+.058	+2.5	+6.2	+.152	+1.6	+2.5	+.198
Buddy Hield	84	25.7	12.1	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.8	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.0	4.4	10.1	.436	2.6	6.8	.386	0.6	0.7	.881

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	3	38.7	18.0	4.3	4.3	8.7	3.3	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.7	7.0	15.3	.457	0.0	1.0	.000	4.0	5.0	.800
difference:	+1	+25.9	+12.5	+3.8	+3.5	+7.4	+2.8	+1.0	+1.7	-1.5	-2.7	+5.2	+11.0	+.045	+1.5	+2.3	+.462	+3.5	+4.5	+.200
Buddy Hield	4	12.8	5.5	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.8	4.3	.412	1.5	3.3	.462	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 9
	Vlade Divac	Buddy Hield
Season	1997-98	2024-25
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Vlade Divac	64	28.2	10.4	2.9	5.2	8.1	2.7	1.3	1.5	1.8	2.8	4.2	8.4	.498	0.0	0.2	.214	2.0	2.9	.691
difference:	+18	+5.5	+0.7	+2.3	+2.6	+4.9	+1.1	+0.5	+1.2	-0.7	-1.2	+0.2	+1.2	+.081	+2.5	+6.5	+.156	+1.4	+2.1	+.137
Buddy Hield	82	22.7	11.1	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.6	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.6	4.0	9.6	.417	2.5	6.7	.370	0.6	0.8	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	9	38.1	11.6	2.8	8.1	10.9	3.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.8	4.7	9.7	.483	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.7	.606
difference:	+3	+10.8	+0.9	+1.3	+6.1	+7.4	+1.6	+0.4	+1.2	-1.3	-1.8	+0.4	+0.7	+.067	+2.8	+6.3	+.429	+1.1	+2.5	+.323
Buddy Hield	12	27.3	12.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.1	2.0	4.3	10.4	.416	2.8	6.4	.429	1.1	1.2	.929


Additional Years
* Vlade Divac played 7 seasons more than Buddy Hield in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 16, from 1999 to 2005—Vlade Divac played in 6 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Buddy Hield, Vlade Divac got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Vlade Divac vs. Buddy Hield Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buddy Hield and Vlade Divac, 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

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years