Zan Tabak vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Zan Tabak, 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.

Zan Tabak played 6 years in the NBA, 1 less than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Zan Tabak had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, 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
	Zan Tabak	Jayson Tatum
Season	1994-95	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Zan Tabak	37	4.9	2.0	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.5	1.0	0.6	1.4	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.2	.614
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		%
Zan Tabak	8	3.9	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.6	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
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 3
	Zan Tabak	Jayson Tatum
Season	1996-97	2019-20
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Zan Tabak	13	16.8	6.5	1.5	2.2	3.8	1.1	0.5	0.8	1.6	2.7	2.5	5.5	.451	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.2	.690
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		%
Zan Tabak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Zan Tabak	Jayson Tatum
Season	1997-98	2020-21
Team	Toronto Raptors, Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Zan Tabak	57	17.3	5.4	1.5	2.2	3.7	0.8	0.4	0.7	1.1	2.9	2.5	5.3	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	1.1	.377
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		%
Zan Tabak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Zan Tabak didn't play in 1998-99.

Season 5
	Zan Tabak	Jayson Tatum
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Zan Tabak	18	6.3	2.1	0.9	0.9	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.9	1.9	.471	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.625
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		%
Zan Tabak	10	4.5	1.2	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.4	0.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
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
	Zan Tabak	Jayson Tatum
Season	2000-01	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Zan Tabak	55	14.1	3.9	1.2	2.7	3.9	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.0	2.3	1.8	3.4	.527	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.9	.426
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		%
Zan Tabak	2	5.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
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
	Zan Tabak	Jayson Tatum
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Zan Tabak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Zan Tabak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	16	40.9	24.9	1.0	9.3	10.3	6.3	1.0	0.7	2.7	2.9	8.3	19.5	.426	2.1	7.1	.289	6.2	7.4	.839