Quinn Buckner vs. Zach LaVine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zach LaVine and Quinn Buckner, 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.

Quinn Buckner and Zach LaVine both played 10 years in the NBA. Quinn Buckner had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Zach LaVine had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Quinn Buckner	Zach LaVine
Season	1976-77	2014-15
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
Quinn Buckner	79	26.5	8.6	1.2	2.2	3.3	4.7	2.4	0.3	-	3.7	3.8	8.7	.434	-	-	-	1.1	1.9	.539
Zach LaVine	77	24.7	10.1	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.6	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.1	3.7	8.8	.422	0.7	2.2	.341	1.9	2.3	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quinn Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Quinn Buckner	Zach LaVine
Season	1977-78	2015-16
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West 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		%
Quinn Buckner	82	25.3	9.3	1.0	2.1	3.0	5.6	2.3	0.2	2.8	3.5	3.8	8.2	.468	-	-	-	1.6	2.5	.645
Zach LaVine	82	28.0	14.0	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.1	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.4	5.3	11.7	.452	1.5	3.9	.389	2.0	2.5	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quinn Buckner	9	28.6	11.2	0.3	2.7	3.0	6.9	2.0	0.1	4.3	3.3	4.8	9.6	.500	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.652
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Quinn Buckner	Zach LaVine
Season	1979-80	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West 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		%
Quinn Buckner	67	25.2	10.7	1.0	2.5	3.6	5.7	2.0	0.1	2.2	3.0	4.6	9.8	.467	0.0	0.1	.400	1.6	2.1	.734
Zach LaVine	24	27.3	16.7	0.4	3.5	3.9	3.0	1.0	0.2	1.8	2.3	5.7	14.8	.383	1.8	5.1	.341	3.6	4.5	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quinn Buckner	7	23.6	6.1	0.9	1.4	2.3	4.4	2.1	0.0	1.9	2.9	2.6	7.6	.340	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.6	.636
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Quinn Buckner	Zach LaVine
Season	1980-81	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Quinn Buckner	82	29.1	13.3	1.1	2.6	3.6	4.7	2.4	0.0	2.9	3.3	5.7	11.7	.493	0.0	0.1	.167	1.8	2.5	.734
Zach LaVine	63	34.5	23.7	0.6	4.0	4.7	4.5	1.0	0.4	3.4	2.2	8.4	18.0	.467	1.9	5.1	.374	5.0	6.0	.832
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quinn Buckner	7	26.1	9.0	0.7	2.1	2.9	5.0	1.6	0.0	2.0	3.7	3.7	8.6	.433	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.688
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Quinn Buckner	Zach LaVine
Season	1981-82	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive 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		%
Quinn Buckner	70	30.8	12.9	1.1	2.5	3.6	4.7	2.5	0.0	2.6	3.1	5.7	11.7	.482	0.1	0.2	.267	1.6	2.4	.655
Zach LaVine	60	34.8	25.5	0.7	4.1	4.8	4.2	1.5	0.5	3.4	2.2	9.0	20.0	.450	3.1	8.1	.380	4.5	5.6	.802
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quinn Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Quinn Buckner	Zach LaVine
Season	1982-83	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Quinn Buckner	72	21.7	7.9	0.9	1.7	2.6	3.8	1.5	0.1	2.2	2.7	3.4	7.8	.442	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.6	.632
Zach LaVine	58	35.1	27.4	0.6	4.4	5.0	4.9	0.8	0.5	3.5	2.4	9.8	19.4	.507	3.4	8.2	.419	4.4	5.1	.849
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quinn Buckner	7	14.0	4.6	0.1	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.7	2.6	2.3	5.3	.432	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.3	.000
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Quinn Buckner	Zach LaVine
Season	1983-84	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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		%
Quinn Buckner	79	15.8	4.1	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.7	1.1	0.0	1.3	2.4	1.7	4.1	.427	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.649
Zach LaVine	67	34.7	24.4	0.3	4.3	4.6	4.5	0.6	0.3	2.6	1.8	8.4	17.7	.476	2.8	7.1	.389	4.8	5.6	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Quinn Buckner	23	11.7	3.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.2	0.6	0.0	0.8	2.3	1.4	3.4	.405	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.0	.545
Zach LaVine	4	38.3	19.3	0.0	5.3	5.3	6.0	0.8	0.3	3.0	2.3	6.8	15.8	.429	2.3	6.0	.375	3.5	3.8	.933