Roy Hibbert vs. Steve Novak Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Novak and Roy Hibbert, 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.

Roy Hibbert played 9 years in the NBA, 2 less than Steve Novak, who played 11. Roy Hibbert had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Steve Novak had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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
Roy Hibbert	9	4	2008-09 to 2016-17
Steve Novak	11	5	2006-07 to 2016-17

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


Rookie Season
	Roy Hibbert	Steve Novak
Season	2008-09	2006-07
Team	Indiana Pacers	Houston Rockets
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		%
Roy Hibbert	70	14.4	7.1	1.6	1.8	3.5	0.7	0.3	1.1	0.8	3.1	2.8	6.0	.471	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.667
Steve Novak	35	5.5	1.5	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.5	1.4	.360	0.4	1.1	.333	0.1	0.1	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Novak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Roy Hibbert	Steve Novak
Season	2009-10	2007-08
Team	Indiana Pacers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Roy Hibbert	81	25.1	11.7	2.2	3.5	5.7	2.0	0.4	1.6	1.8	3.5	4.8	9.7	.495	0.0	0.1	.500	2.1	2.8	.754
Steve Novak	35	7.5	3.9	0.1	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.4	2.9	.480	1.0	2.0	.479	0.1	0.1	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Novak	3	7.0	2.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.3	.750	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Roy Hibbert	Steve Novak
Season	2010-11	2008-09
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Roy Hibbert	81	27.7	12.7	2.2	5.3	7.5	2.0	0.4	1.8	2.3	3.2	5.1	11.0	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.4	.745
Steve Novak	71	16.4	6.9	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.0	2.5	5.6	.444	1.7	4.0	.416	0.3	0.3	.913

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	5	26.4	10.4	3.0	3.8	6.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.6	4.2	4.0	9.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.706
Steve Novak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Roy Hibbert	Steve Novak
Season	2011-12	2009-10
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Roy Hibbert	65	29.8	12.8	3.3	5.5	8.8	1.7	0.5	2.0	2.0	3.0	5.1	10.3	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	3.7	.711
Steve Novak	54	6.7	2.1	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.8	2.0	.389	0.4	1.3	.310	0.1	0.2	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	11	30.9	11.7	4.1	7.1	11.2	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.0	3.5	4.7	9.5	.500	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.2	3.3	.667
Steve Novak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Roy Hibbert	Steve Novak
Season	2012-13	2010-11
Team	Indiana Pacers	Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Spurs 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		%
Roy Hibbert	79	28.7	11.9	3.7	4.6	8.3	1.4	0.5	2.6	2.1	3.5	4.9	10.9	.448	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.8	.741
Steve Novak	30	7.2	3.5	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.2	2.2	.522	0.9	1.5	.565	0.3	0.3	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	19	36.5	17.0	4.7	5.2	9.9	1.4	0.2	1.9	2.3	3.9	6.3	12.4	.511	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	5.4	.806
Steve Novak	1	6.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 6
	Roy Hibbert	Steve Novak
Season	2013-14	2011-12
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks 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		%
Roy Hibbert	81	29.7	10.8	2.5	4.1	6.6	1.1	0.4	2.2	1.8	3.3	4.1	9.3	.439	0.0	0.1	.400	2.6	3.3	.770
Steve Novak	54	18.9	8.8	0.2	1.8	1.9	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.1	3.0	6.2	.478	2.5	5.2	.472	0.4	0.5	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	19	28.5	9.3	2.3	3.2	5.5	0.9	0.2	1.4	1.3	3.3	3.5	7.7	.449	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.0	.772
Steve Novak	5	19.0	2.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.4	0.8	1.8	.444	0.8	1.4	.571	0.0	0.0	-


Season 7
	Roy Hibbert	Steve Novak
Season	2014-15	2012-13
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Roy Hibbert	76	25.3	10.6	2.1	5.1	7.1	1.1	0.2	1.6	1.4	2.8	4.2	9.3	.446	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.7	.824
Steve Novak	81	20.3	6.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.2	2.2	5.3	.414	1.8	4.3	.425	0.4	0.4	.909

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Novak	9	5.6	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.4	.538	0.4	1.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Roy Hibbert	Steve Novak
Season	2015-16	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors 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		%
Roy Hibbert	81	23.2	5.9	1.6	3.3	4.9	1.2	0.4	1.4	0.9	3.1	2.2	5.1	.443	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.8	.807
Steve Novak	54	10.0	3.3	0.1	0.9	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.8	1.1	2.7	.411	1.0	2.3	.426	0.1	0.1	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Novak	4	3.8	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	Roy Hibbert	Steve Novak
Season	2016-17	2014-15
Team	Charlotte Hornets, Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder
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		%
Roy Hibbert	48	14.2	4.6	1.1	2.0	3.2	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.7	2.1	1.7	3.1	.544	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.6	.813
Steve Novak	35	5.6	1.8	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.6	1.6	.393	0.5	1.4	.396	0.0	0.1	.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Novak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Roy Hibbert	Steve Novak
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder, 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		%
Roy Hibbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Novak	10	4.4	2.4	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.8	1.8	.444	0.7	1.5	.467	0.1	0.1	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Novak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Roy Hibbert	Steve Novak
Season	-	2016-17
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		%
Roy Hibbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Novak	8	2.8	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.9	.286	0.1	0.8	.167	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Roy Hibbert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Novak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Roy Hibbert vs. Steve Novak Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Novak and Roy Hibbert, 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