Drew Gooden vs. Gordon Hayward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gordon Hayward and Drew Gooden, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Drew Gooden and Gordon Hayward both played 14 years in the NBA. Drew Gooden had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Gordon Hayward had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Drew Gooden	14	6	2002-03 to 2015-16
Gordon Hayward	14	5	2010-11 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Drew Gooden	Gordon Hayward
Season	2002-03	2010-11
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Drew Gooden	70	26.8	12.5	2.3	4.2	6.5	1.2	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.5	5.1	11.1	.457	0.2	0.7	.292	2.2	3.0	.712
Gordon Hayward	72	16.9	5.4	0.6	1.4	1.9	1.1	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.5	2.0	4.1	.485	0.5	1.0	.473	1.0	1.3	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	7	33.3	14.0	4.0	8.7	12.7	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.7	3.3	5.1	12.9	.400	0.0	0.4	.000	3.7	5.1	.722
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Drew Gooden	Gordon Hayward
Season	2003-04	2011-12
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
Drew Gooden	79	27.0	11.6	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.6	2.5	4.7	10.5	.445	0.1	0.5	.214	2.1	3.3	.637
Gordon Hayward	66	30.5	11.8	0.9	2.6	3.5	3.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.6	4.0	8.9	.456	0.8	2.4	.346	2.9	3.5	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	4	30.8	7.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.5	8.3	.182	0.3	3.0	.083	4.0	4.0	1.000


Season 3
	Drew Gooden	Gordon Hayward
Season	2004-05	2012-13
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
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		%
Drew Gooden	82	30.8	14.4	2.5	6.7	9.2	1.6	0.9	0.9	1.6	2.8	5.7	11.5	.492	0.1	0.3	.179	3.1	3.8	.810
Gordon Hayward	72	29.2	14.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.0	0.8	0.5	1.7	1.7	4.7	10.7	.435	1.4	3.4	.415	3.4	4.1	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Drew Gooden	Gordon Hayward
Season	2005-06	2013-14
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Drew Gooden	79	27.5	10.7	3.0	5.4	8.4	0.7	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.4	4.2	8.3	.512	0.0	0.0	.333	2.2	3.3	.682
Gordon Hayward	77	36.4	16.2	0.8	4.3	5.1	5.2	1.4	0.5	2.8	2.0	5.5	13.4	.413	1.1	3.6	.304	4.0	4.9	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	13	21.6	8.2	2.4	5.2	7.5	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.4	3.1	3.5	6.5	.529	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.4	.944
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Drew Gooden	Gordon Hayward
Season	2006-07	2014-15
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Drew Gooden	80	28.0	11.1	3.3	5.2	8.5	1.1	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.6	4.6	9.8	.473	0.0	0.1	.167	1.8	2.5	.714
Gordon Hayward	76	34.4	19.3	0.7	4.2	4.9	4.1	1.4	0.4	2.7	1.7	6.4	14.3	.445	1.6	4.3	.364	4.9	6.1	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	20	30.3	11.4	2.5	5.6	8.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.4	3.1	5.0	10.1	.493	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.0	.769
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Drew Gooden	Gordon Hayward
Season	2007-08	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
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		%
Drew Gooden	69	30.8	12.0	2.5	6.0	8.6	1.2	0.7	0.8	1.8	2.9	4.8	10.7	.449	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.1	.753
Gordon Hayward	80	36.2	19.7	0.8	4.2	5.0	3.7	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.3	6.5	15.0	.433	1.8	5.1	.349	4.9	6.0	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Drew Gooden	Gordon Hayward
Season	2008-09	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Drew Gooden	51	24.8	11.9	2.2	4.9	7.1	0.9	0.6	0.4	1.5	2.8	4.6	9.9	.468	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.1	.840
Gordon Hayward	73	34.5	21.9	0.7	4.7	5.4	3.5	1.0	0.3	1.9	1.6	7.5	15.8	.471	2.0	5.1	.398	5.0	5.9	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	4	17.8	7.3	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	3.3	2.8	8.3	.333	0.0	0.5	.000	1.8	1.8	1.000
Gordon Hayward	11	37.4	24.1	0.6	5.5	6.1	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.1	7.5	17.1	.441	2.5	6.2	.412	6.5	6.9	.934


Season 8
	Drew Gooden	Gordon Hayward
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
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		%
Drew Gooden	70	25.1	10.9	3.0	4.8	7.7	0.7	0.6	0.8	1.5	2.8	4.1	8.6	.478	0.0	0.1	.125	2.7	3.1	.861
Gordon Hayward	1	5.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Drew Gooden	Gordon Hayward
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Drew Gooden	35	24.6	11.3	2.1	4.7	6.8	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.8	4.5	10.3	.431	0.1	0.6	.150	2.3	2.9	.794
Gordon Hayward	72	25.9	11.5	0.7	3.8	4.5	3.4	0.9	0.3	1.5	1.4	4.1	8.8	.466	1.1	3.2	.333	2.2	2.6	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	9	29.7	9.6	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.4	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.8	3.2	7.8	.414	1.0	2.7	.375	2.1	2.1	1.000


Season 10
	Drew Gooden	Gordon Hayward
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Drew Gooden	56	26.2	13.7	2.3	4.2	6.5	2.6	0.8	0.6	1.9	2.0	5.1	11.7	.437	0.3	1.0	.291	3.1	3.7	.846
Gordon Hayward	52	33.5	17.5	1.1	5.6	6.7	4.1	0.7	0.4	1.8	1.8	6.7	13.5	.500	1.6	4.3	.383	2.4	2.8	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	5	31.4	10.8	0.6	3.4	4.0	2.8	1.4	0.4	1.4	2.0	4.0	10.0	.400	1.4	4.8	.292	1.4	1.6	.875


Season 11
	Drew Gooden	Gordon Hayward
Season	2012-13	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Charlotte Hornets
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		%
Drew Gooden	16	9.4	3.3	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.3	1.3	3.8	.328	0.1	0.3	.200	0.7	1.0	.688
Gordon Hayward	44	34.0	19.6	0.8	5.0	5.9	4.1	1.2	0.3	2.1	1.7	7.1	15.0	.473	1.9	4.7	.415	3.5	4.2	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Drew Gooden	Gordon Hayward
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	Washington Wizards	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Drew Gooden	22	18.0	8.3	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.4	3.5	6.5	.531	0.3	0.8	.412	1.1	1.2	.889
Gordon Hayward	49	31.9	15.9	0.8	3.8	4.6	3.6	1.0	0.4	1.7	1.7	5.8	12.6	.459	1.8	4.5	.391	2.6	3.0	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	10	14.6	3.4	2.0	2.2	4.2	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	3.0	1.4	3.8	.368	0.0	0.4	.000	0.6	0.8	.750
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Drew Gooden	Gordon Hayward
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	Washington Wizards	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Drew Gooden	51	16.9	5.4	1.4	3.0	4.4	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.8	2.2	5.4	.399	0.5	1.2	.390	0.7	0.9	.773
Gordon Hayward	50	31.5	14.7	0.7	3.6	4.3	4.1	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.4	5.5	11.6	.475	1.0	3.2	.325	2.6	3.2	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	10	17.8	6.8	1.3	4.2	5.5	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.4	2.1	2.3	6.1	.377	1.2	2.6	.462	1.0	1.3	.769
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Drew Gooden	Gordon Hayward
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	Washington Wizards	Charlotte Hornets, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	30	10.2	2.7	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	1.3	1.1	3.4	.320	0.2	1.4	.171	0.3	0.5	.643
Gordon Hayward	51	24.4	9.8	0.7	2.8	3.5	3.1	0.8	0.3	1.3	1.3	3.7	7.9	.464	0.7	1.8	.411	1.7	2.4	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	7	6.6	0.0	0.1	1.7	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Drew Gooden vs. Gordon Hayward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gordon Hayward and Drew Gooden, 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

Season 14