Caron Butler vs. Draymond Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Draymond Green and Caron Butler, 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.

Caron Butler played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Draymond Green, who played 12. Caron Butler had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Draymond Green had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
Caron Butler	14	7	2002-03 to 2015-16
Draymond Green	12	9	2012-13 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Caron Butler	Draymond Green
Season	2002-03	2012-13
Team	Miami Heat	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Caron Butler	78	36.6	15.4	1.7	3.4	5.1	2.7	1.8	0.4	2.5	2.9	5.5	13.2	.416	0.4	1.4	.318	4.0	4.8	.824
Draymond Green	79	13.4	2.9	0.7	2.6	3.3	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.6	2.0	1.1	3.3	.327	0.2	0.8	.209	0.6	0.7	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Draymond Green	12	18.6	5.8	1.2	3.1	4.3	1.6	0.5	0.8	1.0	2.9	2.0	4.7	.429	0.8	1.9	.391	1.1	1.4	.765


Season 2
	Caron Butler	Draymond Green
Season	2003-04	2013-14
Team	Miami Heat	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors 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		%
Caron Butler	68	29.9	9.2	1.4	3.4	4.8	1.9	1.1	0.2	1.3	2.4	3.5	9.3	.380	0.1	0.6	.238	2.0	2.6	.756
Draymond Green	82	21.9	6.2	1.0	3.9	5.0	1.9	1.2	0.9	1.1	2.8	2.3	5.6	.407	0.7	2.0	.333	1.0	1.5	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	13	39.2	12.8	1.4	7.1	8.5	2.4	2.2	0.5	1.8	3.5	4.5	11.8	.386	0.2	0.8	.182	3.6	4.4	.825
Draymond Green	7	32.6	11.9	2.6	5.7	8.3	2.9	1.7	1.7	2.4	4.7	4.0	8.6	.467	1.1	4.1	.276	2.7	3.4	.792


Season 3
	Caron Butler	Draymond Green
Season	2004-05	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	77	35.7	15.5	1.9	3.9	5.8	1.9	1.4	0.3	1.6	2.8	5.7	12.9	.445	0.5	1.6	.304	3.6	4.1	.862
Draymond Green	79	31.5	11.7	1.4	6.7	8.2	3.7	1.6	1.3	1.7	3.2	4.3	9.7	.443	1.4	4.2	.337	1.7	2.5	.660

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Draymond Green	21	37.3	13.7	2.2	7.9	10.1	5.2	1.8	1.2	2.8	4.2	4.8	11.4	.417	1.1	4.3	.264	3.0	4.1	.736


Season 4
	Caron Butler	Draymond Green
Season	2005-06	2015-16
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost NBA 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		%
Caron Butler	75	36.1	17.6	1.5	4.7	6.2	2.5	1.7	0.2	2.3	3.2	6.6	14.5	.455	0.5	1.6	.342	3.9	4.4	.870
Draymond Green	81	34.7	14.0	1.7	7.8	9.5	7.4	1.5	1.4	3.2	3.0	5.0	10.1	.490	1.2	3.2	.388	2.8	4.1	.696

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	6	43.7	18.5	2.7	7.8	10.5	2.7	2.0	0.7	2.3	5.2	7.0	16.8	.416	0.5	2.3	.214	4.0	4.8	.828
Draymond Green	23	38.2	15.4	1.7	8.3	9.9	6.0	1.6	1.8	2.4	3.5	5.2	12.0	.431	1.7	4.5	.365	3.4	4.7	.738


Season 5
	Caron Butler	Draymond Green
Season	2006-07	2016-17
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	63	39.3	19.1	2.3	5.1	7.4	3.7	2.1	0.3	2.9	3.0	7.2	15.5	.463	0.3	1.1	.250	4.5	5.2	.863
Draymond Green	76	32.5	10.2	1.3	6.6	7.9	7.0	2.0	1.4	2.4	2.9	3.6	8.6	.418	1.1	3.5	.308	2.0	2.8	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Draymond Green	17	34.9	13.1	1.2	7.9	9.1	6.5	1.8	1.6	2.1	3.5	4.2	9.5	.447	1.9	4.6	.410	2.7	3.9	.687


Season 6
	Caron Butler	Draymond Green
Season	2007-08	2017-18
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	58	39.9	20.3	1.6	5.1	6.7	4.9	2.2	0.3	2.6	2.8	7.6	16.3	.466	1.1	3.2	.357	4.1	4.5	.901
Draymond Green	70	32.7	11.0	1.1	6.6	7.6	7.3	1.4	1.3	2.9	2.6	4.0	8.8	.454	1.1	3.7	.301	1.9	2.5	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	6	41.0	18.7	1.7	4.0	5.7	3.8	1.8	0.2	2.7	3.2	6.7	14.5	.460	0.8	3.5	.238	4.5	5.2	.871
Draymond Green	21	39.0	10.8	2.0	8.6	10.6	8.1	2.0	1.5	3.0	3.6	4.0	9.1	.432	1.0	3.8	.266	1.9	2.3	.796


Season 7
	Caron Butler	Draymond Green
Season	2008-09	2018-19
Team	Washington Wizards	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA 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		%
Caron Butler	67	38.6	20.8	1.8	4.4	6.2	4.3	1.6	0.3	3.1	2.5	7.3	16.2	.453	1.0	3.1	.310	5.1	6.0	.858
Draymond Green	66	31.3	7.4	0.9	6.4	7.3	6.9	1.4	1.1	2.6	3.0	2.8	6.4	.445	0.7	2.5	.285	1.0	1.4	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Draymond Green	22	38.7	13.3	1.9	8.3	10.1	8.5	1.5	1.5	3.8	3.9	5.2	10.4	.498	0.6	2.6	.228	2.3	3.2	.718


Season 8
	Caron Butler	Draymond Green
Season	2009-10	2019-20
Team	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Caron Butler	74	37.6	16.3	1.4	4.8	6.2	2.1	1.6	0.3	2.2	2.6	6.1	14.2	.428	0.6	2.0	.290	3.6	4.3	.838
Draymond Green	43	28.4	8.0	0.5	5.7	6.2	6.2	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.6	2.9	7.3	.389	0.8	3.0	.279	1.5	1.9	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	6	33.7	19.7	0.5	5.3	5.8	1.3	1.5	0.8	2.5	2.7	7.2	16.5	.434	1.2	3.8	.304	4.2	4.5	.926
Draymond Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Caron Butler	Draymond Green
Season	2010-11	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Caron Butler	29	29.9	15.0	0.8	3.3	4.1	1.6	1.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.9	13.0	.450	1.0	2.2	.431	2.3	3.0	.773
Draymond Green	63	31.5	7.0	0.9	6.3	7.1	8.9	1.7	0.8	3.0	3.1	2.7	6.0	.447	0.5	2.0	.270	1.1	1.4	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Draymond Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Caron Butler	Draymond Green
Season	2011-12	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	63	29.7	12.0	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.2	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.0	4.6	11.2	.407	1.5	4.1	.358	1.4	1.7	.813
Draymond Green	46	28.9	7.5	1.0	6.3	7.3	7.0	1.3	1.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	5.6	.525	0.3	1.2	.296	1.3	2.0	.659

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	10	26.8	8.6	0.4	2.6	3.0	1.0	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.2	3.3	9.2	.359	0.8	3.1	.258	1.2	1.6	.750
Draymond Green	22	32.0	8.0	1.2	6.0	7.2	6.3	1.1	1.0	2.7	4.0	3.1	6.5	.479	0.4	1.8	.205	1.4	2.1	.638


Season 11
	Caron Butler	Draymond Green
Season	2012-13	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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		%
Caron Butler	78	24.1	10.4	0.5	2.3	2.9	1.0	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.8	3.9	9.2	.424	1.6	4.2	.388	1.0	1.2	.833
Draymond Green	73	31.5	8.5	0.9	6.3	7.2	6.8	1.0	0.8	2.8	3.1	3.4	6.5	.527	0.5	1.8	.305	1.1	1.5	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	6	22.7	8.5	0.2	2.5	2.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.8	3.7	7.7	.478	0.7	2.7	.250	0.5	0.5	1.000
Draymond Green	12	30.6	9.4	1.6	5.3	6.9	6.8	1.5	1.0	2.3	4.0	3.5	7.6	.462	0.4	1.7	.250	2.0	2.8	.727


Season 12
	Caron Butler	Draymond Green
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Oklahoma City Thunder	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Caron Butler	56	25.3	10.5	0.4	3.7	4.1	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.1	3.8	9.6	.394	1.8	4.4	.394	1.1	1.3	.840
Draymond Green	55	27.1	8.6	1.4	5.9	7.2	6.0	1.0	0.9	2.5	3.0	3.4	6.8	.497	0.9	2.3	.395	1.0	1.3	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	18	23.3	6.3	0.6	2.6	3.2	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.8	1.9	6.0	.324	1.2	3.3	.356	1.2	1.6	.786
Draymond Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Caron Butler	Draymond Green
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
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		%
Caron Butler	78	20.8	5.9	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	5.1	.407	1.1	2.8	.379	0.7	0.8	.902
Draymond Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Draymond Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Caron Butler	Draymond Green
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
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		%
Caron Butler	17	10.4	3.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.2	1.1	1.5	3.5	.424	0.2	1.1	.167	0.6	0.7	.833
Draymond Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Draymond Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Caron Butler vs. Draymond Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Draymond Green and Caron Butler, 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14