Buddy Hield vs. Calvin Natt Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Calvin Natt and Buddy Hield, 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

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.

Buddy Hield played 8 years in the NBA, 3 less than Calvin Natt, who played 11. Buddy Hield had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Calvin Natt had his rookie season in 1979-80. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Buddy Hield	8	1	2016-17 to 2023-24
Calvin Natt	11	7	1979-80 to 1989-90

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Buddy Hield	Calvin Natt
Season	2016-17	1979-80
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings	New Jersey Nets, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Calvin Natt	78	36.6	19.9	3.1	5.8	8.9	2.2	1.3	0.4	2.5	2.6	8.0	16.6	.479	0.0	0.1	.333	3.9	5.4	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Calvin Natt	3	41.7	16.0	3.0	5.0	8.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	3.3	2.3	7.0	16.0	.438	0.0	0.7	.000	2.0	3.3	.600


Season 2
	Buddy Hield	Calvin Natt
Season	2017-18	1980-81
Team	Sacramento Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Calvin Natt	74	28.5	13.4	2.0	3.8	5.8	2.1	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.5	5.3	10.7	.497	0.1	0.1	.500	2.7	3.8	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Calvin Natt	3	31.7	10.7	2.0	4.7	6.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	1.3	4.7	10.3	.452	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.7	.500


Season 3
	Buddy Hield	Calvin Natt
Season	2018-19	1981-82
Team	Sacramento Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Calvin Natt	75	34.7	17.7	2.6	5.6	8.2	2.0	0.8	0.5	1.9	2.3	6.9	11.9	.576	0.0	0.1	.250	3.9	5.2	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Calvin Natt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Buddy Hield	Calvin Natt
Season	2019-20	1982-83
Team	Sacramento Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
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
Calvin Natt	80	36.0	20.4	2.7	4.8	7.5	2.1	0.8	0.4	2.5	2.3	8.1	14.8	.543	0.0	0.3	.150	4.2	5.4	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Calvin Natt	7	39.1	18.9	3.1	6.0	9.1	1.6	1.1	0.1	1.3	2.0	7.1	14.6	.490	0.1	0.3	.500	4.4	6.9	.646


Season 5
	Buddy Hield	Calvin Natt
Season	2020-21	1983-84
Team	Sacramento Kings	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Calvin Natt	79	33.4	16.2	2.1	3.9	6.0	2.3	0.9	0.3	2.1	2.8	6.3	10.8	.583	0.0	0.2	.118	3.5	4.4	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Calvin Natt	5	39.0	19.8	2.2	5.4	7.6	1.8	1.2	0.2	2.0	2.0	7.4	14.4	.514	0.0	0.6	.000	5.0	7.2	.694


Season 6
	Buddy Hield	Calvin Natt
Season	2021-22	1984-85
Team	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Calvin Natt	78	34.1	23.3	2.7	5.1	7.8	3.1	1.0	0.4	2.4	2.3	8.8	16.1	.546	0.0	0.0	.000	5.7	7.2	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Calvin Natt	15	33.9	22.3	2.1	4.5	6.6	3.8	0.5	0.3	2.1	2.3	8.7	15.9	.550	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	5.9	.809


Season 7
	Buddy Hield	Calvin Natt
Season	2022-23	1985-86
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
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
Calvin Natt	69	29.1	17.7	1.8	4.5	6.3	2.4	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.1	6.8	13.5	.504	0.0	0.1	.333	4.0	5.0	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Calvin Natt	10	29.3	17.9	1.7	6.2	7.9	2.8	0.2	0.3	2.2	2.5	6.6	14.2	.465	0.1	0.2	.500	4.6	5.9	.780


Season 8
	Buddy Hield	Calvin Natt
Season	2023-24	1986-87
Team	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Calvin Natt	1	20.0	10.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	10.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Calvin Natt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Buddy Hield	Calvin Natt
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Calvin Natt	27	19.7	9.6	1.3	2.3	3.6	1.7	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.6	3.8	7.7	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.7	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Calvin Natt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Buddy Hield	Calvin Natt
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Denver Nuggets, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Calvin Natt	24	14.7	6.3	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.8	0.3	0.1	1.3	1.3	2.0	4.8	.405	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Calvin Natt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Buddy Hield	Calvin Natt
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Calvin Natt	14	11.7	4.1	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.2	.645	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Calvin Natt	2	7.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Buddy Hield vs. Calvin Natt Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Calvin Natt and Buddy Hield, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11