Buddy Hield vs. Paul Westphal Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Westphal 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 Paul Westphal, who played 12. Buddy Hield had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Paul Westphal had his rookie season in 1972-73. 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 |
Paul Westphal |
12 |
9 |
1972-73 to 1983-84 |
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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 |
Paul Westphal |
60 |
8.0 |
4.1 |
- |
- |
1.1 |
1.2 |
- |
- |
- |
1.5 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
.420 |
- |
- |
- |
1.1 |
1.4 |
.779 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paul Westphal |
11 |
9.9 |
3.9 |
- |
- |
0.6 |
0.8 |
- |
- |
- |
2.2 |
1.7 |
3.5 |
.487 |
- |
- |
- |
0.5 |
0.6 |
.714 |
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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 |
Paul Westphal |
82 |
14.2 |
7.2 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
- |
2.1 |
2.9 |
5.8 |
.501 |
- |
- |
- |
1.4 |
1.9 |
.732 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paul Westphal |
18 |
13.4 |
5.7 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
1.7 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
- |
2.1 |
2.6 |
5.6 |
.460 |
- |
- |
- |
0.6 |
0.8 |
.733 |
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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 |
Paul Westphal |
82 |
19.3 |
9.8 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
2.9 |
1.0 |
0.4 |
- |
2.3 |
4.2 |
8.2 |
.510 |
- |
- |
- |
1.5 |
1.9 |
.763 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paul Westphal |
11 |
16.6 |
8.0 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
2.9 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
- |
1.9 |
3.5 |
7.4 |
.469 |
- |
- |
- |
1.1 |
1.6 |
.667 |
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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 |
Paul Westphal |
82 |
36.1 |
20.5 |
0.9 |
2.3 |
3.2 |
5.4 |
2.6 |
0.5 |
- |
2.7 |
8.0 |
16.2 |
.494 |
- |
- |
- |
4.5 |
5.4 |
.830 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paul Westphal |
19 |
36.1 |
21.1 |
0.7 |
1.7 |
2.5 |
5.1 |
1.8 |
0.5 |
- |
3.2 |
8.7 |
17.0 |
.511 |
- |
- |
- |
3.7 |
4.9 |
.763 |
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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 |
Paul Westphal |
81 |
32.1 |
21.3 |
0.7 |
1.6 |
2.3 |
5.7 |
1.7 |
0.3 |
- |
2.1 |
8.4 |
16.3 |
.518 |
- |
- |
- |
4.5 |
5.4 |
.825 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paul Westphal |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Paul Westphal |
80 |
31.0 |
25.2 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
5.5 |
1.7 |
0.4 |
3.5 |
2.0 |
10.1 |
19.6 |
.516 |
- |
- |
- |
5.0 |
6.1 |
.813 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paul Westphal |
2 |
33.0 |
26.0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
3.0 |
9.5 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
11.0 |
23.5 |
.468 |
- |
- |
- |
4.0 |
4.5 |
.889 |
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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 |
Paul Westphal |
81 |
32.6 |
24.0 |
0.4 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
6.5 |
1.4 |
0.3 |
2.9 |
2.0 |
9.9 |
18.5 |
.535 |
- |
- |
- |
4.2 |
5.0 |
.837 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paul Westphal |
15 |
35.6 |
22.4 |
0.5 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
4.3 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
9.5 |
19.1 |
.495 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
4.4 |
.788 |
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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 |
Paul Westphal |
82 |
32.5 |
21.9 |
0.6 |
1.7 |
2.3 |
5.1 |
1.5 |
0.4 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
8.4 |
16.1 |
.525 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
.280 |
4.7 |
5.4 |
.862 |
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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 |
Paul Westphal |
8 |
31.6 |
20.9 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
3.9 |
1.4 |
0.4 |
1.6 |
2.5 |
8.6 |
17.8 |
.486 |
0.1 |
1.5 |
.083 |
3.5 |
4.0 |
.875 |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paul Westphal |
36 |
29.9 |
16.7 |
0.3 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
4.1 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
6.1 |
13.9 |
.442 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
.240 |
4.3 |
5.1 |
.832 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paul Westphal |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paul Westphal |
18 |
25.1 |
11.7 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
5.6 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
2.6 |
3.4 |
4.8 |
10.8 |
.443 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.250 |
2.0 |
2.6 |
.766 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paul Westphal |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paul Westphal |
80 |
24.7 |
10.0 |
0.2 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
5.5 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
2.5 |
2.3 |
4.0 |
8.7 |
.459 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
.292 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
.804 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paul Westphal |
6 |
26.0 |
9.5 |
0.0 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
5.7 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
2.2 |
3.7 |
8.3 |
.440 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
.375 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
.769 |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paul Westphal |
59 |
14.7 |
7.0 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
2.5 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
1.3 |
1.2 |
2.4 |
5.3 |
.460 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.269 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
.824 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Buddy Hield |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paul Westphal |
17 |
13.1 |
5.3 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
2.2 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
4.7 |
.375 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
.222 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
.875 |