Luol Deng vs. Gordon Hayward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gordon Hayward and Luol Deng, 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.

Luol Deng played 15 years in the NBA, 1 more than Gordon Hayward, who played 14. Luol Deng had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, 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
Luol Deng	15	7	2004-05 to 2018-19
Gordon Hayward	14	5	2010-11 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Luol Deng	Gordon Hayward
Season	2004-05	2010-11
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
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		%
Luol Deng	61	27.3	11.7	1.5	3.8	5.3	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.9	1.6	4.6	10.6	.434	0.5	1.9	.265	2.0	2.7	.741
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		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Luol Deng	Gordon Hayward
Season	2005-06	2011-12
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Luol Deng	78	33.4	14.3	1.6	5.0	6.6	1.9	0.9	0.6	1.3	1.6	5.7	12.2	.463	0.3	1.0	.269	2.7	3.5	.750
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		%
Luol Deng	6	30.0	10.2	1.3	3.5	4.8	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.8	2.2	4.0	9.3	.429	0.2	0.8	.200	2.0	3.5	.571
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
	Luol Deng	Gordon Hayward
Season	2006-07	2012-13
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Luol Deng	82	37.5	18.8	1.8	5.3	7.1	2.5	1.2	0.6	1.9	2.0	7.7	14.9	.517	0.0	0.1	.143	3.4	4.4	.777
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		%
Luol Deng	10	41.0	22.2	3.0	5.7	8.7	2.4	1.0	0.7	2.3	2.2	8.8	16.8	.524	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	5.7	.807
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Luol Deng	Gordon Hayward
Season	2007-08	2013-14
Team	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		%
Luol Deng	63	33.8	17.0	2.2	4.1	6.3	2.5	0.9	0.5	1.9	1.9	6.8	14.2	.479	0.1	0.3	.364	3.2	4.2	.770
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		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Luol Deng	Gordon Hayward
Season	2008-09	2014-15
Team	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		%
Luol Deng	49	34.0	14.1	1.6	4.4	6.0	1.9	1.2	0.5	1.5	1.7	5.4	12.1	.448	0.2	0.4	.400	3.1	3.9	.796
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		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Luol Deng	Gordon Hayward
Season	2009-10	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Luol Deng	70	37.9	17.6	1.9	5.4	7.3	2.0	0.9	0.9	1.9	1.8	6.8	14.5	.466	0.5	1.2	.386	3.6	4.7	.764
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		%
Luol Deng	5	40.6	18.8	1.6	3.4	5.0	1.4	1.2	0.8	0.6	3.0	7.4	16.0	.463	0.2	2.4	.083	3.8	5.2	.731
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Luol Deng	Gordon Hayward
Season	2010-11	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Luol Deng	82	39.1	17.4	1.4	4.4	5.8	2.8	1.0	0.6	1.9	2.0	6.5	14.1	.460	1.4	4.1	.345	3.1	4.1	.753
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		%
Luol Deng	16	42.9	16.9	1.7	4.9	6.6	2.7	1.5	0.6	1.6	2.5	6.1	14.4	.426	1.4	4.3	.324	3.3	3.9	.839
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
	Luol Deng	Gordon Hayward
Season	2011-12	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Luol Deng	54	39.4	15.3	1.4	5.1	6.5	2.9	1.0	0.7	1.8	1.5	5.8	14.0	.412	1.5	4.0	.367	2.4	3.1	.770
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		%
Luol Deng	6	38.0	14.0	1.3	7.0	8.3	1.5	0.8	1.5	1.7	1.7	6.0	13.2	.456	1.3	3.7	.364	0.7	1.2	.571
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Luol Deng	Gordon Hayward
Season	2012-13	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Luol Deng	75	38.7	16.5	2.2	4.2	6.3	3.0	1.1	0.4	1.9	1.4	6.2	14.6	.426	1.0	3.1	.322	3.1	3.8	.816
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		%
Luol Deng	5	44.8	13.8	1.0	6.6	7.6	3.8	1.0	0.6	2.4	2.4	6.4	16.8	.381	0.2	3.6	.056	0.8	2.0	.400
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
	Luol Deng	Gordon Hayward
Season	2013-14	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Luol Deng	63	35.1	16.0	1.6	4.2	5.7	2.9	1.0	0.1	1.8	1.8	5.9	13.7	.431	0.9	3.0	.302	3.4	4.3	.791
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		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Luol Deng	Gordon Hayward
Season	2014-15	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	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		%
Luol Deng	72	33.6	14.0	1.4	3.8	5.2	1.9	0.9	0.3	1.5	1.5	5.1	10.9	.469	1.1	3.1	.355	2.7	3.5	.761
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		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Luol Deng	Gordon Hayward
Season	2015-16	2021-22
Team	Miami Heat	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Luol Deng	74	32.4	12.3	1.5	4.5	6.0	1.9	1.0	0.4	1.1	1.6	4.6	10.1	.455	1.2	3.5	.344	2.0	2.6	.755
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		%
Luol Deng	14	35.4	13.3	1.4	4.6	5.9	1.6	0.9	0.6	1.6	1.7	4.6	9.9	.471	1.7	4.1	.421	2.3	2.7	.842
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Luol Deng	Gordon Hayward
Season	2016-17	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Luol Deng	56	26.5	7.6	1.1	4.1	5.3	1.3	0.9	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.9	7.6	.387	0.9	2.9	.309	0.8	1.1	.730
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		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Luol Deng	Gordon Hayward
Season	2017-18	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Luol Deng	1	13.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Hayward	4	7.8	0.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Luol Deng	Gordon Hayward
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
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		%
Luol Deng	22	17.8	7.1	0.9	2.4	3.3	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.6	1.1	2.7	5.4	.500	0.6	2.0	.318	1.1	1.6	.714
Gordon Hayward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Luol Deng vs. Gordon Hayward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gordon Hayward and Luol Deng, 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

Season 15