Jimmy Butler vs. Greg Ostertag Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Greg Ostertag and Jimmy 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

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.

Jimmy Butler played 13 years in the NBA, 2 more than Greg Ostertag, who played 11. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Greg Ostertag had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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
Jimmy Butler	13	11	2011-12 to 2023-24
Greg Ostertag	11	9	1995-96 to 2005-06

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Jimmy Butler	Greg Ostertag
Season	2011-12	1995-96
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	42	8.5	2.6	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.9	.405	0.0	0.3	.182	1.0	1.3	.768
Greg Ostertag	57	11.6	3.6	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.4	1.6	1.5	3.2	.473	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Greg Ostertag	15	14.1	3.5	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.1	0.1	1.4	0.3	1.9	1.3	3.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.619


Season 2
	Jimmy Butler	Greg Ostertag
Season	2012-13	1996-97
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost NBA Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	82	26.0	8.6	1.7	2.3	4.0	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.9	6.2	.467	0.5	1.3	.381	2.3	2.8	.803
Greg Ostertag	77	23.6	7.3	2.3	5.0	7.3	0.4	0.3	2.0	1.0	3.0	2.7	5.3	.515	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.7	.678

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	12	40.8	13.3	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.3	2.2	4.2	9.6	.435	1.3	3.1	.405	3.8	4.6	.818
Greg Ostertag	20	23.0	4.7	2.6	4.3	6.9	0.3	0.5	2.4	0.9	3.8	1.7	4.2	.410	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.743


Season 3
	Jimmy Butler	Greg Ostertag
Season	2013-14	1997-98
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost NBA Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	67	38.7	13.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.6	1.9	0.5	1.5	1.6	4.1	10.3	.397	1.0	3.6	.283	3.9	5.0	.769
Greg Ostertag	63	20.4	4.7	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.4	0.4	2.1	1.2	2.6	1.8	3.8	.481	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.2	.479

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	5	43.6	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	2.2	1.2	0.0	0.6	2.6	4.4	11.4	.386	1.2	4.0	.300	3.6	4.6	.783
Greg Ostertag	19	17.7	3.4	1.3	2.9	4.3	0.3	0.4	1.9	0.6	2.7	1.4	2.4	.565	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.3	.480


Season 4
	Jimmy Butler	Greg Ostertag
Season	2014-15	1998-99
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	65	38.7	20.0	1.8	4.1	5.8	3.3	1.8	0.6	1.4	1.7	6.5	14.0	.462	1.1	3.0	.378	5.9	7.1	.834
Greg Ostertag	48	27.9	5.7	2.2	5.1	7.3	0.5	0.3	2.7	0.9	2.9	2.1	4.3	.476	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.5	.620

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	12	42.2	22.9	1.5	4.1	5.6	3.2	2.4	0.8	1.8	2.3	7.8	17.8	.441	2.3	6.0	.389	4.9	6.0	.819
Greg Ostertag	11	23.7	4.0	1.6	4.3	5.9	0.5	0.2	2.2	0.7	2.5	1.2	3.2	.371	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.5	.643


Season 5
	Jimmy Butler	Greg Ostertag
Season	2015-16	1999-00
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	67	36.9	20.9	1.2	4.2	5.3	4.8	1.6	0.6	2.0	1.9	7.0	15.4	.454	1.0	3.1	.312	5.9	7.1	.832
Greg Ostertag	81	19.8	4.5	2.1	3.8	6.0	0.2	0.2	2.1	1.0	2.4	1.5	3.3	.464	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.3	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Ostertag	8	21.6	3.8	2.4	3.3	5.6	0.3	0.3	2.1	1.0	2.5	1.3	2.4	.526	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.8	.455


Season 6
	Jimmy Butler	Greg Ostertag
Season	2016-17	2000-01
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	76	37.0	23.9	1.7	4.5	6.2	5.5	1.9	0.4	2.1	1.5	7.5	16.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.367	7.7	8.9	.865
Greg Ostertag	81	18.4	4.5	2.0	3.1	5.1	0.3	0.3	1.8	0.8	2.7	1.7	3.5	.495	0.0	0.0	.500	1.0	1.9	.556

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	6	39.8	22.7	1.5	5.8	7.3	4.3	1.7	0.8	2.5	1.7	7.7	18.0	.426	1.0	3.8	.261	6.3	7.8	.809
Greg Ostertag	5	12.8	1.6	1.2	2.4	3.6	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	2.0	0.8	2.2	.364	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.8	.000


Season 7
	Jimmy Butler	Greg Ostertag
Season	2017-18	2001-02
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	59	36.7	22.2	1.3	4.0	5.3	4.9	2.0	0.4	1.8	1.3	7.4	15.6	.474	1.2	3.4	.350	6.2	7.2	.854
Greg Ostertag	74	15.0	3.3	1.7	2.5	4.2	0.7	0.2	1.5	0.7	2.1	1.2	2.7	.453	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.8	.485

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	5	34.0	15.8	0.6	5.4	6.0	4.0	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.8	5.6	12.6	.444	1.6	3.4	.471	3.0	3.6	.833
Greg Ostertag	4	21.8	6.8	4.8	3.8	8.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	3.5	3.3	5.3	.619	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	2.5	.100


Season 8
	Jimmy Butler	Greg Ostertag
Season	2018-19	2002-03
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	65	33.6	18.7	1.9	3.4	5.3	4.0	1.9	0.6	1.5	1.7	6.4	13.9	.462	1.0	3.0	.347	4.8	5.6	.855
Greg Ostertag	81	23.8	5.4	2.2	4.0	6.2	0.7	0.2	1.8	1.3	2.9	2.1	4.0	.518	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.4	.510

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	12	35.1	19.4	1.8	4.2	6.0	5.2	1.5	0.6	1.8	1.7	6.6	14.6	.451	1.0	3.8	.267	5.3	6.0	.875
Greg Ostertag	5	30.2	9.2	3.8	4.8	8.6	1.6	0.6	1.8	1.6	3.4	3.2	7.2	.444	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.8	.737


Season 9
	Jimmy Butler	Greg Ostertag
Season	2019-20	2003-04
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	58	33.8	19.9	1.8	4.8	6.7	6.0	1.8	0.6	2.2	1.4	5.9	13.1	.455	0.5	2.1	.244	7.6	9.1	.834
Greg Ostertag	78	27.6	6.8	2.8	4.6	7.4	1.6	0.4	1.8	1.3	2.9	2.7	5.6	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.5	.579

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	21	38.4	22.2	2.2	4.3	6.5	6.0	2.0	0.7	2.8	1.8	6.9	14.0	.488	0.7	2.0	.349	7.8	9.1	.859
Greg Ostertag	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Jimmy Butler	Greg Ostertag
Season	2020-21	2004-05
Team	Miami Heat	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	52	33.6	21.5	1.8	5.1	6.9	7.1	2.1	0.3	2.1	1.4	7.0	14.2	.497	0.5	2.0	.245	6.9	8.0	.863
Greg Ostertag	56	9.9	1.6	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.7	0.1	0.7	0.4	1.6	0.7	1.5	.440	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.7	.342

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	4	38.5	14.5	1.5	6.0	7.5	7.0	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.5	4.8	16.0	.297	1.0	3.8	.267	4.0	5.5	.727
Greg Ostertag	2	12.5	3.0	2.0	2.5	4.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Jimmy Butler	Greg Ostertag
Season	2021-22	2005-06
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	57	33.9	21.4	1.8	4.1	5.9	5.5	1.6	0.5	2.1	1.5	7.0	14.5	.480	0.5	2.0	.233	6.9	8.0	.870
Greg Ostertag	60	13.5	2.4	1.4	2.4	3.8	1.0	0.1	1.1	0.8	2.2	1.0	2.1	.492	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	17	37.0	27.4	2.4	4.9	7.4	4.6	2.1	0.6	1.5	1.5	9.8	19.3	.506	1.4	4.0	.338	6.5	7.8	.841
Greg Ostertag	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jimmy Butler	Greg Ostertag
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	64	33.4	22.9	2.2	3.7	5.9	5.3	1.8	0.3	1.6	1.3	7.5	13.9	.539	0.6	1.6	.350	7.4	8.7	.850
Greg Ostertag	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	22	39.7	26.9	2.1	4.3	6.5	5.9	1.8	0.6	1.9	1.7	9.4	20.1	.468	1.3	3.5	.359	6.8	8.5	.806
Greg Ostertag	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Jimmy Butler	Greg Ostertag
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	60	34.0	20.8	1.8	3.6	5.3	5.0	1.3	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.6	13.2	.499	1.0	2.4	.414	6.6	7.7	.858
Greg Ostertag	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Ostertag	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jimmy Butler vs. Greg Ostertag Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Greg Ostertag and Jimmy 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