Leandro Barbosa vs. Jimmy Butler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jimmy Butler and Leandro Barbosa, 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.

Leandro Barbosa played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Jimmy Butler, who played 13. Leandro Barbosa had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Jimmy Butler 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
Leandro Barbosa	14	8	2003-04 to 2016-17
Jimmy Butler	13	11	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Leandro Barbosa	Jimmy Butler
Season	2003-04	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	70	21.4	7.9	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.4	1.3	0.1	1.7	2.6	3.0	6.7	.447	1.2	3.0	.395	0.7	0.9	.770
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-


Season 2
	Leandro Barbosa	Jimmy Butler
Season	2004-05	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Bulls 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	63	17.3	7.0	0.5	1.6	2.1	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.4	2.0	2.7	5.6	.475	0.8	2.2	.367	0.9	1.1	.797
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	12	9.7	2.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.9	.343	0.3	0.8	.400	0.2	0.3	.500
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


Season 3
	Leandro Barbosa	Jimmy Butler
Season	2005-06	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Bulls 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	57	27.9	13.1	0.5	2.1	2.6	2.8	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.5	4.8	9.9	.481	1.5	3.4	.444	1.9	2.6	.755
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	20	31.6	14.2	0.3	1.4	1.6	2.7	0.8	0.2	1.5	3.3	5.2	11.0	.470	1.4	3.5	.391	2.5	2.9	.862
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


Season 4
	Leandro Barbosa	Jimmy Butler
Season	2006-07	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	80	32.7	18.1	0.3	2.4	2.7	4.0	1.2	0.2	1.8	2.6	6.6	13.9	.476	2.4	5.5	.434	2.5	2.9	.845
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	11	31.7	15.8	0.6	2.8	3.5	2.2	1.1	0.2	2.0	2.7	5.8	14.4	.405	1.6	5.4	.305	2.5	3.5	.718
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


Season 5
	Leandro Barbosa	Jimmy Butler
Season	2007-08	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	82	29.5	15.6	0.5	2.3	2.8	2.6	0.9	0.2	1.4	2.4	5.8	12.5	.462	2.0	5.1	.389	2.1	2.6	.822
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	5	28.6	10.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.8	2.0	3.8	11.0	.345	0.8	3.6	.222	2.0	2.2	.909
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Leandro Barbosa	Jimmy Butler
Season	2008-09	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	70	24.4	14.2	0.5	2.1	2.6	2.3	1.2	0.1	1.3	1.6	5.2	10.8	.482	1.3	3.4	.375	2.4	2.8	.881
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 7
	Leandro Barbosa	Jimmy Butler
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Timberwolves 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	44	17.9	9.5	0.3	1.3	1.6	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.6	3.5	8.3	.425	1.0	3.1	.324	1.5	1.7	.877
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	16	15.6	7.2	0.1	1.2	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.9	2.1	2.7	6.4	.417	0.8	2.2	.343	1.1	1.5	.708
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


Season 8
	Leandro Barbosa	Jimmy Butler
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Leandro Barbosa	58	24.1	13.3	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.1	0.9	0.1	1.4	1.9	5.1	11.3	.450	1.2	3.7	.338	1.9	2.4	.796
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 9
	Leandro Barbosa	Jimmy Butler
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	64	21.6	11.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.5	0.9	0.1	1.5	2.1	4.2	10.0	.425	1.0	2.7	.382	1.6	1.9	.815
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	11	20.3	5.7	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.3	0.5	0.1	1.2	2.1	2.5	6.6	.370	0.3	1.8	.150	0.5	1.1	.500
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


Season 10
	Leandro Barbosa	Jimmy Butler
Season	2012-13	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	41	12.5	5.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.2	2.0	4.7	.430	0.4	1.1	.383	0.8	1.0	.756
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 11
	Leandro Barbosa	Jimmy Butler
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	20	18.4	7.5	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.5	2.8	6.6	.427	0.4	1.3	.280	1.6	2.0	.795
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	Leandro Barbosa	Jimmy Butler
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	Golden State Warriors	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	66	14.9	7.1	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.3	2.8	5.8	.474	0.7	1.7	.384	0.9	1.1	.784
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	21	10.9	5.0	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.1	1.9	4.2	.443	0.4	1.1	.348	0.9	1.0	.818
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


Season 13
	Leandro Barbosa	Jimmy Butler
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	Golden State Warriors	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	68	15.9	6.4	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.2	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.6	2.5	5.4	.462	0.6	1.6	.355	0.8	0.9	.839
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	23	11.0	5.6	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.2	3.8	.580	0.5	1.2	.393	0.7	0.9	.762
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Leandro Barbosa	Jimmy Butler
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	67	14.4	6.3	0.2	1.3	1.6	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.2	2.6	5.9	.439	0.5	1.5	.357	0.6	0.7	.889
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Leandro Barbosa vs. Jimmy Butler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jimmy Butler and Leandro Barbosa, 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