Nathaniel Clifton vs. Gordon Hayward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gordon Hayward and Nathaniel Clifton, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Nathaniel Clifton played 8 years in the NBA, 6 less than Gordon Hayward, who played 14. Nathaniel Clifton had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, 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.

Season 7
	Nathaniel Clifton	Gordon Hayward
Season	1956-57	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Nathaniel Clifton	71	31.4	10.7	-	-	7.8	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	11.5	.377	-	-	-	2.1	3.1	.673
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		%
Nathaniel Clifton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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