Josh Hart vs. Desmond Mason Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Desmond Mason and Josh Hart, 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.

Josh Hart played 7 years in the NBA, 3 less than Desmond Mason, who played 10. Josh Hart had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Desmond Mason had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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
Josh Hart	7	2	2017-18 to 2023-24
Desmond Mason	10	3	2000-01 to 2009-10

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Josh Hart	Desmond Mason
Season	2017-18	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Josh Hart	63	23.2	7.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.7	2.8	6.0	.469	1.2	3.1	.396	1.0	1.5	.702
Desmond Mason	78	19.5	5.9	0.9	2.3	3.2	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.9	2.4	5.6	.431	0.2	0.9	.269	0.9	1.2	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Desmond Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Josh Hart	Desmond Mason
Season	2018-19	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Josh Hart	67	25.6	7.8	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.4	1.0	0.6	0.9	2.2	2.8	6.9	.407	1.4	4.1	.336	0.8	1.2	.688
Desmond Mason	75	32.3	12.4	1.2	3.5	4.7	1.4	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.3	4.8	10.3	.464	0.2	0.8	.271	2.7	3.2	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Desmond Mason	5	41.0	11.8	1.0	5.2	6.2	1.8	0.8	0.4	1.0	2.2	4.8	11.4	.421	0.2	0.6	.333	2.0	3.4	.588


Season 3
	Josh Hart	Desmond Mason
Season	2019-20	2002-03
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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		%
Josh Hart	65	27.0	10.1	0.9	5.6	6.5	1.7	1.0	0.4	1.2	2.5	3.5	8.2	.423	1.9	5.4	.342	1.3	1.8	.739
Desmond Mason	80	34.5	14.3	1.9	4.6	6.5	2.0	0.8	0.4	1.4	2.6	5.7	12.7	.449	0.3	0.9	.292	2.7	3.5	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Desmond Mason	6	34.0	13.0	1.0	6.0	7.0	0.8	1.0	0.7	1.2	3.2	4.7	9.2	.509	0.0	0.7	.000	3.7	5.2	.710


Season 4
	Josh Hart	Desmond Mason
Season	2020-21	2003-04
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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		%
Josh Hart	47	28.7	9.2	1.1	6.9	8.0	2.3	0.8	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.2	7.3	.439	1.3	4.1	.326	1.5	1.9	.775
Desmond Mason	82	30.9	14.4	1.1	3.2	4.4	1.9	0.7	0.3	1.8	2.3	5.0	10.6	.472	0.1	0.5	.231	4.3	5.6	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Desmond Mason	5	39.6	14.4	0.8	4.0	4.8	2.4	0.8	0.4	2.4	3.2	5.0	14.8	.338	0.0	0.4	.000	4.4	5.2	.846


Season 5
	Josh Hart	Desmond Mason
Season	2021-22	2004-05
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
Josh Hart	54	33.2	14.9	1.1	6.0	7.2	4.1	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.8	5.3	10.5	.504	1.4	3.9	.343	3.0	3.9	.758
Desmond Mason	80	36.2	17.2	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.7	0.7	0.3	2.1	2.5	6.0	13.5	.443	0.0	0.1	.125	5.3	6.6	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Desmond Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Josh Hart	Desmond Mason
Season	2022-23	2005-06
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Josh Hart	76	32.3	9.8	1.9	5.9	7.8	3.8	1.2	0.3	1.5	2.6	3.6	6.8	.529	0.8	2.2	.372	1.7	2.3	.750
Desmond Mason	70	30.0	10.8	0.9	3.3	4.3	0.9	0.6	0.2	1.6	1.9	3.9	9.9	.399	0.0	0.1	.167	2.9	4.3	.682

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	11	32.1	10.4	1.6	5.7	7.4	2.2	0.8	0.3	1.9	3.5	4.1	8.5	.479	0.9	2.9	.313	1.3	2.0	.636
Desmond Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Josh Hart	Desmond Mason
Season	2023-24	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks TBD	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		%
Josh Hart	81	33.4	9.4	1.6	6.8	8.3	4.1	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.1	3.6	8.4	.434	1.0	3.2	.310	1.1	1.4	.791
Desmond Mason	75	34.3	13.7	1.7	2.9	4.6	1.5	0.7	0.3	2.6	2.3	5.4	12.0	.452	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.3	.663

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	12	42.6	14.9	2.8	9.0	11.8	4.5	0.9	0.8	2.8	2.9	5.3	11.8	.447	1.8	4.6	.400	2.6	3.7	.705
Desmond Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Josh Hart	Desmond Mason
Season	-	2007-08
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		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Desmond Mason	59	28.8	9.7	1.3	3.1	4.3	2.1	0.7	0.5	1.4	1.8	3.9	8.1	.482	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.9	.659

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Desmond Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Josh Hart	Desmond Mason
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder
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		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Desmond Mason	39	27.3	7.5	1.1	3.0	4.0	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.5	3.2	7.3	.435	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	2.2	.541

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Desmond Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Josh Hart	Desmond Mason
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Desmond Mason	5	13.2	2.6	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.0	2.4	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Desmond Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Josh Hart vs. Desmond Mason Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Desmond Mason and Josh Hart, 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