Steve Hawes vs. Enes Kanter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Enes Kanter and Steve Hawes, 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.

Steve Hawes played 10 years in the NBA, 1 less than Enes Kanter, who played 11. Steve Hawes had the first of his seasons in 1974-75, while Enes Kanter had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Steve Hawes	10	7	1974-75 to 1983-84
Enes Kanter	11	6	2011-12 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Steve Hawes	Enes Kanter
Season	1974-75	2011-12
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Steve Hawes	55	16.3	5.9	1.5	3.5	5.0	1.6	0.7	0.7	-	1.8	2.5	5.1	.502	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.818
Enes Kanter	66	13.2	4.6	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.3	1.8	3.6	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	8	16.0	5.5	0.4	3.3	3.6	1.6	0.4	0.4	-	1.4	2.3	4.8	.474	-	-	-	1.0	1.1	.889
Enes Kanter	4	10.8	3.5	2.0	2.0	4.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.8	1.8	4.0	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.3	.000


Season 2
	Steve Hawes	Enes Kanter
Season	1975-76	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers	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		%
Steve Hawes	72	19.6	6.7	2.4	4.5	6.9	1.6	0.6	0.3	-	2.3	2.8	5.6	.494	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.725
Enes Kanter	70	15.4	7.2	1.9	2.4	4.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.4	1.7	2.9	5.4	.544	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.3	1.7	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Steve Hawes	Enes Kanter
Season	1976-77	2013-14
Team	Atlanta Hawks	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		%
Steve Hawes	44	21.5	8.2	1.8	4.2	5.9	1.4	0.8	0.5	-	3.2	3.3	6.9	.482	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.761
Enes Kanter	80	26.7	12.3	2.8	4.7	7.5	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.8	2.9	5.2	10.7	.491	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Steve Hawes	Enes Kanter
Season	1977-78	2014-15
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Steve Hawes	75	31.0	12.7	2.4	6.8	9.2	2.5	1.0	0.8	2.0	3.1	5.2	11.4	.453	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.818
Enes Kanter	75	28.5	15.5	3.7	5.3	8.9	0.7	0.5	0.4	1.9	2.5	6.4	12.4	.519	0.2	0.6	.356	2.4	3.1	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	2	35.5	8.0	1.5	7.0	8.5	4.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	2.5	3.5	9.0	.389	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.667
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Steve Hawes	Enes Kanter
Season	1978-79	2015-16
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Steve Hawes	81	27.2	10.5	2.3	5.0	7.3	2.3	1.0	0.6	1.8	3.3	4.6	9.3	.492	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.818
Enes Kanter	82	21.0	12.7	3.0	5.1	8.1	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.4	2.0	5.0	8.8	.576	0.1	0.3	.476	2.4	3.1	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	9	27.0	9.9	3.0	4.0	7.0	3.2	0.9	0.3	0.6	3.7	4.4	9.0	.494	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Enes Kanter	18	17.9	9.4	2.6	3.6	6.2	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	2.2	3.6	6.6	.551	0.1	0.8	.143	2.1	2.5	.844


Season 6
	Steve Hawes	Enes Kanter
Season	1979-80	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Thunder 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		%
Steve Hawes	82	22.6	9.3	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.8	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.7	7.4	.502	0.0	0.1	.375	1.8	2.2	.824
Enes Kanter	72	21.3	14.3	2.7	4.0	6.7	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.7	2.1	5.6	10.2	.545	0.1	0.5	.132	3.1	4.0	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	5	29.8	10.4	2.6	4.4	7.0	2.4	1.8	0.2	1.6	4.4	3.6	8.2	.439	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	3.6	.889
Enes Kanter	5	9.0	4.8	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	5.2	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 7
	Steve Hawes	Enes Kanter
Season	1980-81	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
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		%
Steve Hawes	74	31.2	12.0	2.2	5.4	7.6	2.3	1.0	0.4	2.2	3.9	4.5	8.6	.523	0.0	0.1	.250	3.0	3.8	.799
Enes Kanter	71	25.8	14.1	3.8	7.1	11.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.7	2.6	5.9	10.0	.592	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.6	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Steve Hawes	Enes Kanter
Season	1981-82	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Steve Hawes	49	26.9	9.3	1.8	4.7	6.5	2.9	0.7	0.7	1.8	3.2	3.6	7.6	.481	0.1	0.2	.400	2.0	2.6	.762
Enes Kanter	67	24.5	13.7	3.8	6.0	9.8	1.7	0.5	0.4	1.8	2.5	5.6	10.2	.549	0.1	0.5	.294	2.3	2.9	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	1	12.0	7.0	3.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750
Enes Kanter	16	28.8	11.4	3.3	6.4	9.6	1.2	0.7	0.6	1.6	2.3	4.7	9.1	.514	0.1	0.3	.250	1.9	2.6	.756


Season 9
	Steve Hawes	Enes Kanter
Season	1982-83	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Steve Hawes	77	18.4	5.2	1.1	3.6	4.7	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.4	2.5	2.1	5.1	.418	0.1	0.3	.238	0.9	1.2	.734
Enes Kanter	58	16.9	8.1	2.8	4.6	7.4	1.0	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.7	3.4	6.0	.572	0.0	0.1	.143	1.2	1.7	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	2	17.5	6.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	4.0	2.5	5.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.667
Enes Kanter	11	9.3	4.5	1.7	2.2	3.9	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.7	2.0	3.8	.524	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.5	0.9	.500


Season 10
	Steve Hawes	Enes Kanter
Season	1983-84	2020-21
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
Steve Hawes	79	14.6	3.7	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.8	1.4	3.0	.481	0.0	0.1	.250	0.8	1.0	.782
Enes Kanter	72	24.4	11.2	3.9	7.1	11.0	1.2	0.5	0.7	1.1	2.3	4.7	7.8	.604	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.3	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	5	14.8	3.0	1.6	2.4	4.0	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.4	1.2	1.2	2.8	.429	0.2	0.4	.500	0.4	0.4	1.000
Enes Kanter	5	11.2	2.0	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.8	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 11
	Steve Hawes	Enes Kanter
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Boston Celtics
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		%
Steve Hawes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	35	11.7	3.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.8	.526	0.1	0.1	.400	0.7	0.8	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Steve Hawes vs. Enes Kanter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Enes Kanter and Steve Hawes, 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