Mike Riordan vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Mike Riordan, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Mike Riordan played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Mike Riordan had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mike Riordan	Jayson Tatum
Season	1968-69	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Mike Riordan	54	7.4	2.3	-	-	1.1	0.9	-	-	-	1.7	0.9	2.7	.340	-	-	-	0.5	0.8	.667
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		%
Mike Riordan	10	10.8	5.2	-	-	1.7	0.3	-	-	-	2.7	2.0	3.9	.513	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.750
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
	Mike Riordan	Jayson Tatum
Season	1969-70	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mike Riordan	81	20.7	7.7	-	-	2.4	2.5	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	6.8	.464	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.691
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		%
Mike Riordan	19	15.6	6.9	-	-	2.4	1.4	-	-	-	1.7	2.8	5.7	.486	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.714
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
	Mike Riordan	Jayson Tatum
Season	1970-71	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Mike Riordan	82	16.1	4.8	-	-	2.1	1.5	-	-	-	1.8	2.0	4.7	.418	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.620
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		%
Mike Riordan	12	14.0	3.8	-	-	2.5	0.8	-	-	-	2.2	1.7	4.3	.385	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.750
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
	Mike Riordan	Jayson Tatum
Season	1971-72	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mike Riordan	58	23.7	9.5	-	-	2.2	2.2	-	-	-	2.2	4.0	8.6	.467	-	-	-	1.4	2.1	.677
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		%
Mike Riordan	6	26.8	13.8	-	-	2.5	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	9.5	.579	-	-	-	2.8	3.5	.810
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
	Mike Riordan	Jayson Tatum
Season	1972-73	2021-22
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mike Riordan	82	42.3	18.1	-	-	4.9	5.2	-	-	-	2.6	8.0	15.6	.510	-	-	-	2.2	2.7	.821
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		%
Mike Riordan	5	46.2	15.0	-	-	3.6	3.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.6	12.4	.452	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.792
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
	Mike Riordan	Jayson Tatum
Season	1973-74	2022-23
Team	Capital Bullets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mike Riordan	81	39.9	15.9	1.5	3.2	4.7	3.3	1.3	0.2	-	2.9	7.1	15.1	.472	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.782
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		%
Mike Riordan	7	38.1	12.3	1.0	2.4	3.4	2.4	0.6	0.3	-	4.0	5.1	12.4	.414	-	-	-	2.0	2.3	.875
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
	Mike Riordan	Jayson Tatum
Season	1974-75	2023-24
Team	Washington Bullets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Mike Riordan	74	29.6	15.4	1.2	2.6	3.8	2.7	1.0	0.1	-	3.2	7.0	14.3	.492	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.838
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		%
Mike Riordan	17	22.2	7.9	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.6	0.9	0.1	-	2.9	3.5	8.9	.397	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.778
Jayson Tatum	14	40.5	26.0	0.9	9.4	10.4	5.9	1.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	8.6	19.6	.442	2.1	7.1	.290	6.6	7.9	.845