Buddy Hield vs. Guy Rodgers Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Guy Rodgers 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.

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 Guy Rodgers, who played 12. Buddy Hield had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Guy Rodgers had his rookie season in 1958-59. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Buddy Hield	Guy Rodgers
Season	2016-17	1958-59
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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	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
Guy Rodgers	45	34.8	10.7	-	-	6.2	5.8	-	-	-	2.9	4.7	11.9	.394	-	-	-	1.4	2.5	.545
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guy Rodgers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Buddy Hield	Guy Rodgers
Season	2020-21	1962-63
Team	Sacramento Kings	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
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	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
Guy Rodgers	79	41.1	13.9	-	-	5.0	10.4	-	-	-	3.7	5.6	14.6	.387	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guy Rodgers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Buddy Hield	Guy Rodgers
Season	2021-22	1963-64
Team	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA 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
Guy Rodgers	79	34.1	11.0	-	-	4.2	7.0	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	11.7	.365	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.707
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guy Rodgers	12	34.9	12.3	-	-	4.8	7.5	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	14.4	.329	-	-	-	2.8	3.9	.702

Season 8
	Buddy Hield	Guy Rodgers
Season	2023-24	1965-66
Team	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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
Guy Rodgers	79	36.7	18.6	-	-	5.3	10.7	-	-	-	3.1	7.4	19.9	.373	-	-	-	3.7	5.2	.727
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
Guy Rodgers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Buddy Hield	Guy Rodgers
Season	-	1966-67
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost West Div 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guy Rodgers	81	37.8	18.0	-	-	4.3	11.2	-	-	-	3.0	6.6	17.0	.391	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guy Rodgers	3	32.3	11.3	-	-	2.0	6.0	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	13.3	.375	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.800