Buddy Hield vs. Hot Rod Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hot Rod Williams 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, 5 less than Hot Rod Williams, who played 13. Buddy Hield had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Hot Rod Williams had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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
Hot Rod Williams	13	9	1986-87 to 1998-99

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Buddy Hield	Hot Rod Williams
Season	2016-17	1986-87
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings	Cleveland Cavaliers
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
Hot Rod Williams	80	33.9	14.6	2.8	5.1	7.9	1.9	0.7	2.1	1.7	2.5	5.4	11.2	.485	0.0	0.0	.000	3.7	5.0	.745

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


Season 2
	Buddy Hield	Hot Rod Williams
Season	2017-18	1987-88
Team	Sacramento Kings	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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	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
Hot Rod Williams	77	27.4	10.9	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.3	0.8	1.9	1.4	2.6	4.1	8.6	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.6	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	5	26.6	9.2	2.6	3.2	5.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	0.8	2.6	4.0	8.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.6	.462


Season 3
	Buddy Hield	Hot Rod Williams
Season	2018-19	1988-89
Team	Sacramento Kings	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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	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
Hot Rod Williams	82	25.9	11.6	2.1	3.7	5.8	1.3	0.9	1.6	1.2	2.3	4.3	8.5	.509	0.0	0.0	.250	2.9	3.8	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	5	32.2	11.0	1.4	5.4	6.8	2.0	0.4	1.4	2.2	2.4	4.2	9.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.6	.722


Season 4
	Buddy Hield	Hot Rod Williams
Season	2019-20	1989-90
Team	Sacramento Kings	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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	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
Hot Rod Williams	82	33.9	16.8	2.7	5.4	8.1	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.7	2.6	6.4	13.0	.493	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.4	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	5	34.8	19.0	2.8	6.4	9.2	2.2	0.4	1.0	1.4	4.6	7.8	14.0	.557	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.4	.773


Season 5
	Buddy Hield	Hot Rod Williams
Season	2020-21	1990-91
Team	Sacramento Kings	Cleveland Cavaliers
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	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
Hot Rod Williams	43	30.1	11.7	2.6	4.2	6.7	2.3	0.8	1.6	1.5	2.9	4.6	10.0	.463	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.8	.652

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


Season 6
	Buddy Hield	Hot Rod Williams
Season	2021-22	1991-92
Team	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East 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
Hot Rod Williams	80	30.4	11.9	2.9	4.7	7.6	2.5	0.8	2.3	1.0	2.4	4.3	8.5	.503	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.5	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	17	33.4	15.0	2.9	4.7	7.6	2.5	1.4	1.0	1.8	3.4	4.9	9.1	.545	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	6.4	.798


Season 7
	Buddy Hield	Hot Rod Williams
Season	2022-23	1992-93
Team	Indiana Pacers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
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
Hot Rod Williams	67	30.7	11.0	1.9	4.3	6.2	2.3	0.7	1.6	1.7	2.6	3.9	8.4	.470	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.4	.716

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	9	26.3	9.0	1.3	3.2	4.6	1.9	0.6	1.6	1.2	2.9	3.3	8.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.1	.750


Season 8
	Buddy Hield	Hot Rod Williams
Season	2023-24	1993-94
Team	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland Cavaliers
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
Hot Rod Williams	76	35.0	13.7	2.7	4.8	7.6	2.5	1.0	1.7	1.8	2.9	5.2	10.9	.478	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.6	.728

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
Hot Rod Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Buddy Hield	Hot Rod Williams
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	74	35.7	12.6	2.3	4.5	6.9	2.6	1.1	1.4	2.0	2.9	4.9	10.9	.452	0.0	0.1	.200	2.6	3.9	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	4	36.0	6.8	0.8	5.5	6.3	2.8	2.3	0.8	2.5	2.8	3.0	10.5	.286	0.0	0.3	.000	0.8	2.0	.375


Season 10
	Buddy Hield	Hot Rod Williams
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	62	26.6	7.3	2.1	3.9	6.0	1.0	0.7	1.5	1.0	2.7	2.9	6.4	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.1	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	4	28.8	9.0	2.8	3.8	6.5	0.3	0.0	1.8	1.5	4.3	3.5	8.0	.438	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 11
	Buddy Hield	Hot Rod Williams
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	68	31.4	8.0	2.6	5.6	8.3	1.5	1.0	1.3	1.0	2.6	3.0	6.1	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.9	.672

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	5	20.6	4.0	2.0	2.6	4.6	0.6	0.4	1.6	1.0	2.4	1.6	3.0	.533	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.0	.400


Season 12
	Buddy Hield	Hot Rod Williams
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	71	18.8	3.6	1.5	2.9	4.4	0.7	0.5	0.8	0.4	1.9	1.3	2.8	.470	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.699

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	3	11.0	2.0	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	2.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.667


Season 13
	Buddy Hield	Hot Rod Williams
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hot Rod Williams	25	16.1	1.2	1.4	1.9	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.5	2.0	0.4	1.3	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.700

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

Buddy Hield vs. Hot Rod Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hot Rod Williams 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

Season 13