DeSagana Diop vs. Buddy Hield Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buddy Hield and DeSagana Diop, 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.

DeSagana Diop played 12 years in the NBA, 4 more than Buddy Hield, who played 8. DeSagana Diop had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Buddy Hield had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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
DeSagana Diop	12	2	2001-02 to 2012-13
Buddy Hield	8	1	2016-17 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	DeSagana Diop	Buddy Hield
Season	2001-02	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings
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		%
DeSagana Diop	18	6.1	1.4	0.3	0.7	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	0.7	1.6	.414	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.200
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

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


Season 2
	DeSagana Diop	Buddy Hield
Season	2002-03	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sacramento Kings
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		%
DeSagana Diop	80	11.8	1.5	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.5	0.4	1.0	0.7	1.9	0.7	1.9	.351	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.4	.367
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

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


Season 3
	DeSagana Diop	Buddy Hield
Season	2003-04	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sacramento Kings
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		%
DeSagana Diop	56	13.0	2.3	1.3	2.3	3.6	0.6	0.5	0.9	0.5	2.1	1.0	2.6	.388	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.600
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

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


Season 4
	DeSagana Diop	Buddy Hield
Season	2004-05	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sacramento Kings
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		%
DeSagana Diop	39	7.8	1.0	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.7	0.3	1.4	0.5	1.8	.290	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.1	.000
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

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


Season 5
	DeSagana Diop	Buddy Hield
Season	2005-06	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
DeSagana Diop	81	18.6	2.3	1.8	2.8	4.6	0.3	0.5	1.8	0.4	3.1	0.9	1.9	.487	0.0	0.0	.500	0.5	0.9	.542
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeSagana Diop	22	18.5	2.7	1.8	3.1	5.0	0.1	0.6	1.3	0.5	3.7	1.1	1.8	.615	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.611
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	DeSagana Diop	Buddy Hield
Season	2006-07	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
DeSagana Diop	81	18.3	2.3	2.0	3.4	5.4	0.4	0.5	1.4	0.8	3.0	0.9	1.9	.470	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.1	.558
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeSagana Diop	6	23.3	3.5	2.7	4.2	6.8	0.3	0.5	1.7	0.7	3.5	1.5	2.5	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.2	.429
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	DeSagana Diop	Buddy Hield
Season	2007-08	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets	Indiana Pacers
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		%
DeSagana Diop	79	16.4	2.9	2.0	2.9	5.0	0.5	0.3	1.1	0.7	1.8	1.2	2.3	.522	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.9	.543
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

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


Season 8
	DeSagana Diop	Buddy Hield
Season	2008-09	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Charlotte Bobcats	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
DeSagana Diop	75	13.8	2.3	1.5	2.1	3.6	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.5	1.7	1.0	2.3	.433	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.9	.333
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

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


Season 9
	DeSagana Diop	Buddy Hield
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	-
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		%
DeSagana Diop	27	9.7	1.2	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.4	1.1	0.6	1.1	.517	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.222
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	DeSagana Diop	Buddy Hield
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	-
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		%
DeSagana Diop	16	11.3	1.3	0.8	1.8	2.5	0.4	0.3	0.9	0.7	1.6	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.364
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	DeSagana Diop	Buddy Hield
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	-
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		%
DeSagana Diop	27	12.0	1.1	1.2	1.9	3.1	0.9	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.3	0.6	1.6	.357	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.2	.167
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	DeSagana Diop	Buddy Hield
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	-
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		%
DeSagana Diop	22	10.3	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.3	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.4	0.9	0.4	1.2	.296	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

DeSagana Diop vs. Buddy Hield Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buddy Hield and DeSagana Diop, 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