Derrick Coleman vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Derrick Coleman, 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.

Derrick Coleman played 15 years in the NBA, 8 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Derrick Coleman had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, while Jayson Tatum had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
Derrick Coleman	15	7	1990-91 to 2004-05
Jayson Tatum	7	7	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Derrick Coleman	Jayson Tatum
Season	1990-91	2017-18
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Derrick Coleman	74	35.2	18.4	3.6	6.6	10.3	2.2	1.0	1.3	2.9	2.9	6.9	14.9	.467	0.2	0.5	.342	4.4	6.0	.731
Jayson Tatum	80	30.5	13.9	0.6	4.4	5.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	1.4	2.1	5.0	10.4	.475	1.3	3.0	.434	2.7	3.2	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	19	35.9	18.5	0.5	3.8	4.4	2.7	1.2	0.5	2.2	2.6	6.5	13.7	.471	1.2	3.7	.324	4.3	5.1	.845


Season 2
	Derrick Coleman	Jayson Tatum
Season	1991-92	2018-19
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Derrick Coleman	65	34.0	19.8	3.1	6.4	9.5	3.2	0.8	1.5	3.8	2.6	7.4	14.7	.504	0.4	1.2	.303	4.6	6.0	.763
Jayson Tatum	79	31.1	15.7	0.9	5.2	6.0	2.1	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.1	5.9	13.1	.450	1.5	3.9	.373	2.5	2.9	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	4	40.5	22.3	3.3	8.0	11.3	5.3	1.8	1.0	2.8	3.0	9.0	18.5	.486	0.3	1.5	.167	4.0	5.3	.762
Jayson Tatum	9	32.8	15.2	0.8	5.9	6.7	1.9	1.1	0.8	2.0	2.3	5.4	12.4	.438	1.1	3.4	.323	3.2	4.3	.744


Season 3
	Derrick Coleman	Jayson Tatum
Season	1992-93	2019-20
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
Derrick Coleman	76	36.3	20.7	3.3	8.0	11.2	3.6	1.2	1.7	3.2	2.8	7.4	16.1	.460	0.3	1.3	.232	5.5	6.9	.808
Jayson Tatum	66	34.3	23.4	1.0	6.0	7.0	3.0	1.4	0.9	2.3	2.1	8.4	18.6	.450	2.9	7.1	.403	3.8	4.7	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	5	45.0	26.8	2.6	10.8	13.4	4.6	1.2	2.6	2.6	3.6	10.0	18.8	.532	1.0	2.4	.417	5.8	7.2	.806
Jayson Tatum	17	40.6	25.7	1.3	8.7	10.0	5.0	1.0	1.2	2.8	2.4	8.5	19.6	.434	2.8	7.4	.373	5.9	7.2	.813


Season 4
	Derrick Coleman	Jayson Tatum
Season	1993-94	2020-21
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Derrick Coleman	77	36.1	20.2	3.4	7.9	11.3	3.4	0.9	1.8	2.7	2.7	7.0	15.7	.447	0.5	1.6	.314	5.7	7.4	.774
Jayson Tatum	64	35.8	26.4	0.8	6.6	7.4	4.3	1.2	0.5	2.7	1.9	9.5	20.6	.459	2.9	7.6	.386	4.6	5.3	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	4	43.3	24.5	4.8	9.5	14.3	2.5	0.5	1.3	4.5	3.0	6.8	17.0	.397	1.3	2.3	.556	9.8	12.5	.780
Jayson Tatum	5	37.0	30.6	0.6	5.2	5.8	4.6	1.2	1.6	2.6	3.0	9.4	22.2	.423	2.8	7.2	.389	9.0	9.8	.918


Season 5
	Derrick Coleman	Jayson Tatum
Season	1994-95	2021-22
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Derrick Coleman	56	37.6	20.5	3.0	7.6	10.6	3.3	0.6	1.7	3.1	2.9	6.6	15.6	.424	0.5	2.1	.233	6.7	8.8	.767
Jayson Tatum	76	35.9	26.9	1.1	6.9	8.0	4.4	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.3	9.3	20.6	.453	3.0	8.6	.353	5.3	6.2	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	24	41.0	25.6	1.0	5.7	6.7	6.2	1.2	0.9	4.2	3.0	8.4	19.7	.426	3.2	8.2	.393	5.7	7.1	.800


Season 6
	Derrick Coleman	Jayson Tatum
Season	1995-96	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Derrick Coleman	11	26.7	11.2	1.2	5.4	6.5	2.8	0.4	0.9	2.5	2.7	4.4	10.7	.407	0.6	1.9	.333	1.8	2.9	.625
Jayson Tatum	74	36.9	30.1	1.1	7.7	8.8	4.6	1.1	0.7	2.9	2.2	9.8	21.1	.466	3.2	9.3	.350	7.2	8.4	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	20	40.0	27.2	1.3	9.2	10.5	5.3	1.1	1.1	2.8	2.2	9.3	20.2	.458	2.7	8.2	.323	6.0	6.9	.876


Season 7
	Derrick Coleman	Jayson Tatum
Season	1996-97	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	57	36.9	18.1	2.8	7.3	10.1	3.4	0.9	1.3	3.2	2.9	6.4	14.7	.435	0.6	2.1	.269	4.8	6.4	.745
Jayson Tatum	74	35.7	26.9	0.9	7.2	8.1	4.9	1.0	0.6	2.5	2.0	9.1	19.3	.471	3.1	8.2	.376	5.6	6.7	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	8	38.0	23.1	0.5	9.9	10.4	5.5	0.5	0.9	2.0	2.9	7.1	17.3	.413	1.6	6.1	.265	7.3	8.6	.841


Season 8
	Derrick Coleman	Jayson Tatum
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
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		%
Derrick Coleman	59	36.2	17.6	2.5	7.4	9.9	2.5	0.8	1.2	2.7	2.4	6.0	14.7	.411	0.4	1.7	.265	5.1	6.6	.772
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Derrick Coleman	Jayson Tatum
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
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		%
Derrick Coleman	37	31.8	13.1	2.1	6.8	8.9	2.1	0.6	1.1	2.4	2.6	4.5	11.0	.414	0.2	0.9	.212	3.9	5.1	.753
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Derrick Coleman	Jayson Tatum
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Derrick Coleman	74	31.7	16.7	1.7	6.9	8.5	2.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	2.6	6.0	13.2	.456	0.7	1.9	.362	4.0	5.1	.785
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	4	42.0	20.3	2.5	10.0	12.5	3.5	0.8	3.0	3.3	2.8	6.8	14.3	.474	1.3	4.0	.313	5.5	7.0	.786
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Derrick Coleman	Jayson Tatum
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Derrick Coleman	34	20.1	8.1	1.4	4.1	5.4	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.6	2.9	7.5	.380	0.6	1.5	.392	1.9	2.7	.685
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	5	17.6	5.4	1.8	3.2	5.0	1.2	0.8	0.4	1.0	2.4	1.8	6.8	.265	0.4	1.6	.250	1.4	1.8	.778
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Derrick Coleman	Jayson Tatum
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Derrick Coleman	58	35.9	15.1	2.9	5.9	8.8	1.7	0.7	0.9	2.1	2.7	5.7	12.7	.450	0.5	1.4	.337	3.2	3.9	.815
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	5	38.6	12.8	3.0	6.2	9.2	2.0	0.2	1.4	1.0	2.0	4.4	8.4	.524	0.8	2.6	.308	3.2	4.0	.800
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Derrick Coleman	Jayson Tatum
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Derrick Coleman	64	27.2	9.4	2.4	4.7	7.0	1.4	0.8	1.1	1.5	2.7	3.5	7.8	.448	0.3	1.0	.328	2.1	2.7	.784
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	12	37.4	13.6	2.4	5.6	8.0	2.0	0.6	1.3	1.4	3.0	4.9	9.8	.500	0.3	0.8	.400	3.4	3.9	.872
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Derrick Coleman	Jayson Tatum
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
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		%
Derrick Coleman	34	24.8	8.0	1.3	4.3	5.6	1.4	0.7	0.8	1.7	2.3	3.1	7.6	.413	0.2	1.1	.222	1.4	1.9	.754
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Derrick Coleman	Jayson Tatum
Season	2004-05	-
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		%
Derrick Coleman	5	10.0	1.8	0.6	2.4	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.2	0.6	2.8	.214	0.0	0.4	.000	0.6	0.6	1.000
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Derrick Coleman vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Derrick Coleman, 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

Season 15