Greg Foster vs. Buddy Hield Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buddy Hield and Greg Foster, 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.

Greg Foster played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than Buddy Hield, who played 8. Greg Foster had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, 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
Greg Foster	13	7	1990-91 to 2002-03
Buddy Hield	8	1	2016-17 to 2023-24

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


Rookie Season
	Greg Foster	Buddy Hield
Season	1990-91	2016-17
Team	Washington Bullets	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		%
Greg Foster	54	11.2	4.4	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.8	2.1	1.8	3.9	.460	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.1	.689
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		%
Greg Foster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Greg Foster	Buddy Hield
Season	1991-92	2017-18
Team	Washington Bullets	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		%
Greg Foster	49	11.2	4.3	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.7	0.1	0.2	0.7	1.7	1.8	3.9	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.714
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		%
Greg Foster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Greg Foster	Buddy Hield
Season	1992-93	2018-19
Team	Washington Bullets, Atlanta Hawks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Greg Foster	43	6.9	2.9	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.3	1.3	2.8	.458	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.5	.714
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		%
Greg Foster	1	5.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Greg Foster	Buddy Hield
Season	1993-94	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Greg Foster	3	6.3	3.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	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		%
Greg Foster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Greg Foster	Buddy Hield
Season	1994-95	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls, Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Greg Foster	78	14.7	4.9	1.1	2.2	3.3	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.9	2.3	1.9	4.1	.472	0.1	0.3	.304	1.0	1.4	.703
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		%
Greg Foster	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Greg Foster	Buddy Hield
Season	1995-96	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Greg Foster	73	11.0	3.8	0.7	1.7	2.4	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.8	1.6	1.5	3.3	.439	0.0	0.1	.125	0.8	1.0	.847
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		%
Greg Foster	12	6.3	2.3	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.4	1.3	0.9	1.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.600
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Greg Foster	Buddy Hield
Season	1996-97	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Greg Foster	79	11.6	3.5	0.7	1.7	2.4	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.7	1.8	1.4	3.1	.453	0.0	0.0	.667	0.7	0.8	.831
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		%
Greg Foster	20	15.3	4.2	0.8	2.1	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.6	2.7	1.4	3.6	.389	0.1	0.4	.250	1.3	1.5	.867
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Greg Foster	Buddy Hield
Season	1997-98	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Greg Foster	78	18.5	5.7	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.9	2.4	2.4	5.4	.445	0.0	0.1	.222	0.9	1.1	.770
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		%
Greg Foster	20	16.7	4.1	1.0	2.4	3.4	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.9	2.8	2.0	4.3	.453	0.1	0.1	.500	0.2	0.3	.600
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
	Greg Foster	Buddy Hield
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Greg Foster	42	10.9	2.8	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.5	1.2	3.3	.377	0.0	0.1	.250	0.3	0.5	.619
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Foster	8	8.9	2.0	0.1	0.9	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.4	1.0	2.4	.421	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Greg Foster	Buddy Hield
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Greg Foster	60	12.0	3.4	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.8	1.5	3.7	.406	0.1	0.3	.200	0.3	0.5	.643
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Foster	5	13.8	3.6	0.2	2.0	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.6	2.8	1.4	3.8	.368	0.4	1.0	.400	0.4	0.4	1.000
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Greg Foster	Buddy Hield
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Foster	62	7.3	2.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.4	1.2	0.9	2.1	.421	0.0	0.1	.333	0.2	0.2	.714
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Foster	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Greg Foster	Buddy Hield
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Greg Foster	6	4.0	1.2	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	1.5	.222	0.0	0.7	.000	0.5	0.7	.750
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Greg Foster	Buddy Hield
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Toronto Raptors	-
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		%
Greg Foster	29	18.6	4.2	1.0	2.5	3.5	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.0	2.8	1.6	4.2	.385	0.0	0.1	.250	0.9	1.1	.813
Buddy Hield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Greg Foster vs. Buddy Hield Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buddy Hield and Greg Foster, 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