Tiny Archibald vs. Jimmy Butler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jimmy Butler and Tiny Archibald, 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.

Tiny Archibald and Jimmy Butler both played 13 years in the NBA. Tiny Archibald had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, 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
Tiny Archibald	13	5	1970-71 to 1983-84
Jimmy Butler	13	11	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tiny Archibald	Jimmy Butler
Season	1970-71	2011-12
Team	Cincinnati Royals	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		%
Tiny Archibald	82	35.0	16.0	-	-	3.0	5.5	-	-	-	2.7	5.9	13.4	.444	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.757
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		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tiny Archibald	Jimmy Butler
Season	1971-72	2012-13
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tiny Archibald	76	43.1	28.2	-	-	2.9	9.2	-	-	-	2.6	9.7	19.9	.486	-	-	-	8.9	10.8	.822
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		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tiny Archibald	Jimmy Butler
Season	1972-73	2013-14
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	Assists Leader	-
	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		%
Tiny Archibald	80	46.0	34.0	-	-	2.8	11.4	-	-	-	2.6	12.9	26.3	.488	-	-	-	8.3	9.8	.847
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		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tiny Archibald	Jimmy Butler
Season	1973-74	2014-15
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tiny Archibald	35	36.3	17.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	7.6	1.6	0.2	-	2.2	6.3	14.1	.451	-	-	-	4.9	6.0	.820
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		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tiny Archibald	Jimmy Butler
Season	1974-75	2015-16
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tiny Archibald	82	39.6	26.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.8	1.5	0.1	-	2.3	9.3	20.3	.456	-	-	-	8.0	9.1	.872
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		%
Tiny Archibald	6	40.3	20.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	5.3	0.7	0.0	-	3.0	7.2	19.7	.364	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.814
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Tiny Archibald	Jimmy Butler
Season	1975-76	2016-17
Team	Kansas City Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	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		%
Tiny Archibald	78	40.8	24.8	0.9	1.9	2.7	7.9	1.6	0.2	-	2.2	9.2	20.3	.453	-	-	-	6.4	8.0	.802
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		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tiny Archibald	Jimmy Butler
Season	1976-77	2017-18
Team	New York Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tiny Archibald	34	37.6	20.5	0.6	1.7	2.4	7.5	1.7	0.3	-	2.3	7.4	16.5	.446	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.785
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		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Tiny Archibald didn't play in 1977-78.


Season 8
	Tiny Archibald	Jimmy Butler
Season	1978-79	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Tiny Archibald	69	24.1	11.0	0.4	1.1	1.5	4.7	0.8	0.1	2.9	1.9	3.8	8.3	.452	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.788
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		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tiny Archibald	Jimmy Butler
Season	1979-80	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Tiny Archibald	80	35.8	14.1	0.7	1.7	2.5	8.4	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.7	4.8	9.9	.482	0.1	0.2	.222	4.5	5.4	.830
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		%
Tiny Archibald	9	36.9	14.2	0.3	0.9	1.2	7.9	1.1	0.0	4.2	3.1	5.0	9.9	.506	0.1	0.2	.500	4.1	4.7	.881
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
	Tiny Archibald	Jimmy Butler
Season	1980-81	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tiny Archibald	80	35.3	13.8	0.5	1.8	2.2	7.7	0.9	0.2	3.3	2.5	4.8	9.6	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.2	.816
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		%
Tiny Archibald	17	37.1	15.6	0.4	1.3	1.6	6.3	0.8	0.0	2.9	2.3	5.6	12.4	.450	0.0	0.3	.000	4.5	5.5	.809
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
	Tiny Archibald	Jimmy Butler
Season	1981-82	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Tiny Archibald	68	31.9	12.6	0.4	1.3	1.7	8.0	0.8	0.0	2.6	1.9	4.5	9.6	.472	0.1	0.2	.375	3.5	4.6	.747
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		%
Tiny Archibald	8	34.6	10.6	0.1	2.0	2.1	6.5	0.6	0.3	2.9	2.6	3.8	8.8	.429	0.0	0.5	.000	3.1	3.5	.893
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
	Tiny Archibald	Jimmy Butler
Season	1982-83	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Tiny Archibald	66	27.4	10.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	6.2	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.7	3.6	8.4	.425	0.1	0.4	.208	3.3	4.5	.743
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		%
Tiny Archibald	7	23.0	9.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	6.3	0.3	0.0	1.6	1.7	3.1	9.7	.324	0.1	0.9	.167	3.1	4.1	.759
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
	Tiny Archibald	Jimmy Butler
Season	1983-84	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tiny Archibald	46	22.6	7.4	0.3	1.3	1.7	3.5	0.7	0.0	1.7	1.7	3.0	6.1	.487	0.1	0.4	.222	1.4	2.2	.634
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		%
Tiny Archibald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tiny Archibald vs. Jimmy Butler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jimmy Butler and Tiny Archibald, 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