Alex Hannum vs. Hassan Whiteside Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hassan Whiteside and Alex Hannum, 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.

Alex Hannum played 8 years in the NBA, 2 less than Hassan Whiteside, who played 10. Alex Hannum had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, 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 achivements, 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
	Alex Hannum	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1952-53	2015-16
Team	Rochester Royals	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Semis	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Hannum	68	18.9	5.1	-	-	4.1	1.2	-	-	-	3.8	1.9	5.3	.358	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.662
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		%
Alex Hannum	3	17.3	3.7	-	-	1.3	0.7	-	-	-	5.3	1.3	3.3	.400	-	-	-	1.0	2.7	.375
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
	Alex Hannum	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1953-54	2016-17
Team	Rochester Royals	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Hannum	72	23.7	6.3	-	-	4.9	1.5	-	-	-	3.9	2.4	7.0	.348	-	-	-	1.4	2.3	.622
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		%
Alex Hannum	6	17.8	6.5	-	-	3.7	0.8	-	-	-	4.7	2.0	4.8	.414	-	-	-	2.5	4.0	.625
Hassan Whiteside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Alex Hannum	Hassan Whiteside
Season	1956-57	2019-20
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons, St. Louis Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Hannum	59	10.9	3.2	-	-	2.7	0.5	-	-	-	2.3	1.3	3.8	.345	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.661
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		%
Alex Hannum	2	3.0	0.0	-	-	0	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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