Don Buse vs. Victor Oladipo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Oladipo and Don Buse, 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.

Don Buse played 9 years in the NBA, 1 less than Victor Oladipo, who played 10. Don Buse had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Victor Oladipo had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
Don Buse	9	6	1976-77 to 1984-85
Victor Oladipo	10	5	2013-14 to 2022-23

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Don Buse	Victor Oladipo
Season	1976-77	2013-14
Team	Indiana Pacers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	Assists Leader	-
	Steals 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		%
Don Buse	81	36.4	8.0	0.8	2.5	3.3	8.5	3.5	0.2	-	1.6	3.3	7.9	.416	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.786
Victor Oladipo	80	31.1	13.8	0.5	3.6	4.1	4.1	1.6	0.5	3.2	2.6	4.9	11.7	.419	0.9	2.8	.327	3.1	4.0	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Don Buse	Victor Oladipo
Season	1977-78	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Don Buse	82	31.1	8.4	0.7	2.3	3.0	4.8	2.3	0.2	1.5	1.8	3.5	7.6	.458	-	-	-	1.4	1.7	.824
Victor Oladipo	72	35.7	17.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	4.1	1.7	0.3	2.8	2.6	6.6	15.1	.436	1.2	3.4	.339	3.6	4.4	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	2	38.0	4.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	5.5	.364	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Victor Oladipo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Don Buse	Victor Oladipo
Season	1978-79	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
Don Buse	82	31.0	7.8	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.9	0.2	1.2	1.8	3.5	7.0	.495	-	-	-	0.9	1.1	.769
Victor Oladipo	72	33.0	16.0	0.7	4.1	4.8	3.9	1.6	0.8	2.1	2.4	5.9	13.5	.438	1.4	3.9	.348	2.8	3.4	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	15	34.1	7.9	1.1	2.5	3.7	3.5	1.5	0.3	1.0	2.1	3.1	7.7	.405	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.727
Victor Oladipo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Don Buse	Victor Oladipo
Season	1979-80	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder 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		%
Don Buse	81	30.9	7.7	0.9	2.0	2.9	4.0	1.6	0.1	1.1	1.4	3.2	7.3	.443	0.2	1.0	.241	1.0	1.6	.664
Victor Oladipo	67	33.2	15.9	0.6	3.8	4.3	2.6	1.2	0.3	1.8	2.3	6.1	13.9	.442	1.9	5.3	.361	1.7	2.3	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	8	29.5	8.5	1.0	1.6	2.6	5.5	0.8	0.0	1.6	1.9	3.5	8.0	.438	0.6	1.6	.385	0.9	1.4	.636
Victor Oladipo	5	36.2	10.8	0.4	5.2	5.6	2.0	1.4	0.6	1.2	3.4	4.2	12.2	.344	1.2	5.0	.240	1.2	1.2	1.000


Season 5
	Don Buse	Victor Oladipo
Season	1980-81	2017-18
Team	Indiana Pacers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
Don Buse	58	18.9	5.1	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.4	1.3	0.1	0.7	1.1	2.0	4.9	.397	0.3	1.0	.328	0.9	1.1	.769
Victor Oladipo	75	34.0	23.1	0.6	4.6	5.2	4.3	2.4	0.8	2.9	2.3	8.5	17.9	.477	2.1	5.8	.371	3.9	4.9	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	2	17.5	2.5	0.0	2.5	2.5	3.5	1.5	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.5	4.0	.125	0.5	2.0	.250	1.0	1.0	1.000
Victor Oladipo	7	37.3	22.7	0.4	7.9	8.3	6.0	2.4	0.4	3.4	1.6	7.6	18.1	.417	3.3	8.1	.404	4.3	5.9	.732


Season 6
	Don Buse	Victor Oladipo
Season	1981-82	2018-19
Team	Indiana Pacers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Don Buse	82	30.8	9.7	0.6	2.2	2.7	5.0	2.0	0.3	1.2	2.1	3.8	8.4	.455	0.9	2.3	.386	1.2	1.5	.813
Victor Oladipo	36	31.9	18.8	0.6	5.0	5.6	5.2	1.7	0.3	2.3	2.0	6.9	16.3	.423	2.1	6.0	.343	2.9	3.9	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Don Buse	Victor Oladipo
Season	1982-83	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Don Buse	41	15.7	4.7	0.5	0.9	1.3	2.8	1.1	0.0	0.6	1.5	1.8	4.4	.396	0.2	0.9	.257	1.0	1.1	.891
Victor Oladipo	19	27.8	14.5	0.5	3.5	3.9	2.9	0.9	0.2	2.5	1.9	5.1	12.9	.394	1.7	5.5	.317	2.5	3.1	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	5	6.2	1.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.6	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.750
Victor Oladipo	4	30.8	17.8	0.0	3.3	3.3	2.5	2.3	0.0	3.5	3.5	5.5	14.0	.393	3.0	8.3	.364	3.8	4.0	.938


Season 8
	Don Buse	Victor Oladipo
Season	1983-84	2020-21
Team	Kansas City Kings	Indiana Pacers, Houston Rockets, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Don Buse	76	17.5	5.0	0.4	1.1	1.5	4.0	1.1	0.0	1.1	0.8	2.0	4.6	.426	0.2	0.8	.305	0.8	1.1	.788
Victor Oladipo	33	32.7	19.8	0.4	4.5	4.8	4.6	1.4	0.4	2.5	2.5	7.1	17.5	.408	2.4	7.2	.326	3.2	4.2	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	3	16.7	7.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.7	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.7	2.3	5.3	.438	1.0	2.0	.500	1.3	2.0	.667
Victor Oladipo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Don Buse	Victor Oladipo
Season	1984-85	2021-22
Team	Kansas City Kings	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Don Buse	65	14.4	3.4	0.3	0.6	0.9	3.1	0.6	0.0	0.7	1.2	1.3	3.1	.404	0.5	1.3	.356	0.4	0.5	.767
Victor Oladipo	8	21.6	12.4	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.5	0.6	0.1	2.0	1.6	4.4	9.1	.479	1.9	4.5	.417	1.8	2.4	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	15	24.5	10.6	0.3	3.1	3.4	2.1	1.3	0.3	1.7	1.9	3.3	9.1	.368	1.1	4.1	.274	2.8	3.5	.792


Season 10
	Don Buse	Victor Oladipo
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	42	26.3	10.7	0.4	2.7	3.0	3.5	1.4	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.8	9.6	.397	1.7	5.0	.330	1.4	1.9	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Buse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	2	22.5	11.5	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	5.0	9.5	.526	1.0	2.5	.400	0.5	1.5	.333

Don Buse vs. Victor Oladipo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Oladipo and Don Buse, 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