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Buddy Hield
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Bogdan Bogdanovic vs Buddy Hield

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Bogdanovic · Hield
Bogdan Bogdanovic
Bogdanovic
Rockets
2025-26
Hield
Bulls
7
23
Games
availability
51
19.7
Minutes
per game
16.1
7.4
Points
per game
7.6
2.6
Rebounds
per game
2.3
2.2
Assists
per game
1.4
0.5
Steals + blocks
per game
1.0
1.2
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.9
38.8%
Field goal %
43.7%
34.7%
Three-point %
4.1 vs 4.2 attempts
34.9%
80.0%
Free throw %
81.1%
52.5%
True shooting
TS%
56.8%
18.5%
Usage
USG%
19.2%
18.4%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
12.9%
6.6%
Rebound %
of available
6.9%
-4.4
Net rating
on court
-4.9
6.9%
PIE
player impact estimate
8.5%
-1.3
Plus-minus
per game
-1.7
Bars show each player's share of the pair's total; the better number is in the club's color (turnovers: fewer is better).

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Buddy Hield scored more in 2025-26, 0.2 points a game apart (7.6 vs 7.4), on Hield's heavier usage (19.2% vs 18.5%).

Hield is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 56.8% to 52.5%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Bogdanovic (2.2 vs 1.4 assists), the glass to Bogdanovic (2.6 vs 2.3 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Hield played 28 more games (51 vs 23 of 82).

With Bogdanovic on the floor his team outscored opponents by -4.4 per 100 possessions, against -4.9 for Hield; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Bogdanovic $2.4M through 2026-27, Hield $9.7M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Bogdanovic
2025-26
Hield
8-15
Record when playing
25-26
6.1
Points at home
8.0
8.5
Points on the road
7.3
5.4
Points in wins
7.5
8.5
Points in losses
7.8
21
Season high
31
0
30-point games
1
0
Double-doubles
0
Bogdanovic · last 5
Thu, Oct 15 vs OKC15 pts · 6 reb · 1 ast
Sun, Oct 11 vs DAL7 pts · 4 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Oct 9 at DAL4 pts · 2 reb · 4 ast
Sun, Apr 12 vs GSW17 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Apr 5 at SAC0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Hield · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 vs MIN2 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Oct 14 at MIL3 pts · 1 reb · 3 ast
Sun, Oct 11 at DEN15 pts · 3 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Oct 9 vs MEM5 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast
Wed, Oct 7 vs PHX8 pts · 2 reb · 3 ast
Bogdanovic · contract
2026-27$2.4M
Hield · contract
2026-27$9.7M
2027-28player option$10.1M

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Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).