Buddy Hield vs. Greg Kite Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Greg Kite 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, 4 less than Greg Kite, who played 12. Buddy Hield had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Greg Kite had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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
Greg Kite	12	5	1983-84 to 1994-95

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Buddy Hield	Greg Kite
Season	2016-17	1983-84
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

more >>

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
Greg Kite	35	5.6	1.9	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.6	1.2	0.9	1.9	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.5	.313

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Kite	11	3.5	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.8	0.1	0.7	.125	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	.833


Season 2
	Buddy Hield	Greg Kite
Season	2017-18	1984-85
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

more >>

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
Greg Kite	55	7.7	1.6	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.5	1.5	0.6	1.6	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Kite	9	7.0	1.2	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	1.4	0.6	1.3	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500


Season 3
	Buddy Hield	Greg Kite
Season	2018-19	1985-86
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

more >>

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
Greg Kite	64	7.3	1.3	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.3	0.5	1.4	.374	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.6	.385

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Kite	13	6.0	1.4	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.5	0.5	0.8	.700	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.571


Season 4
	Buddy Hield	Greg Kite
Season	2019-20	1986-87
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

more >>

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
Greg Kite	74	10.1	1.7	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.5	2.0	0.6	1.5	.427	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	1.0	.382

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Kite	20	8.6	0.9	0.8	1.6	2.3	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.4	2.2	0.4	1.0	.350	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.429


Season 5
	Buddy Hield	Greg Kite
Season	2020-21	1987-88
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

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
Greg Kite	53	20.1	4.2	1.6	3.4	5.0	0.9	0.4	1.1	1.4	2.9	1.7	3.9	.449	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.5	.506

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


Season 6
	Buddy Hield	Greg Kite
Season	2021-22	1988-89
Team	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Clippers, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

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
Greg Kite	70	13.5	2.1	1.2	2.3	3.5	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.8	2.3	0.9	2.2	.430	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.488

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


Season 7
	Buddy Hield	Greg Kite
Season	2022-23	1989-90
Team	Indiana Pacers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

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
Greg Kite	71	21.3	3.2	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	2.8	1.4	3.3	.432	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.4	0.8	.500

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


Season 8
	Buddy Hield	Greg Kite
Season	2023-24	1990-91
Team	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

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
Greg Kite	82	27.1	4.8	2.3	4.9	7.2	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.2	3.6	2.0	4.1	.491	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.512

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
Greg Kite	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Buddy Hield	Greg Kite
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Kite	72	20.5	3.2	2.2	3.4	5.6	0.6	0.4	0.8	0.8	2.9	1.3	3.0	.437	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.588

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


Season 10
	Buddy Hield	Greg Kite
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Kite	64	10.0	1.4	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.5	2.1	0.6	1.3	.452	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.4	.542

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


Season 11
	Buddy Hield	Greg Kite
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Kite	29	10.7	1.2	0.8	1.7	2.4	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.6	2.1	0.4	1.2	.371	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.8	.364

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


Season 12
	Buddy Hield	Greg Kite
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Kite	11	7.0	0.7	1.1	0.9	2.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.4	0.3	1.5	.176	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.9	.200

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Kite	8	3.3	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.1	0.1	0.4	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000

Buddy Hield vs. Greg Kite Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Greg Kite 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

Season 12