Zaza Pachulia vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Zaza Pachulia, 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.

Zaza Pachulia played 16 years in the NBA, 9 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Zaza Pachulia had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Zaza Pachulia	16	9	2003-04 to 2018-19
Jayson Tatum	7	7	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Zaza Pachulia	Jayson Tatum
Season	2003-04	2017-18
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Zaza Pachulia	59	11.3	3.3	1.2	1.8	2.9	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.5	1.2	3.0	.389	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.644
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		%
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Zaza Pachulia	Jayson Tatum
Season	2004-05	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Zaza Pachulia	74	18.9	6.2	1.8	3.3	5.1	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.9	2.2	2.2	4.8	.452	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.5	.746
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		%
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Zaza Pachulia	Jayson Tatum
Season	2005-06	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Zaza Pachulia	78	31.4	11.7	3.4	4.5	7.9	1.7	1.1	0.5	2.3	3.7	3.9	8.7	.451	0.0	0.0	.000	3.8	5.2	.735
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		%
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Zaza Pachulia	Jayson Tatum
Season	2006-07	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	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		%
Zaza Pachulia	72	28.1	12.2	2.8	4.2	6.9	1.5	1.1	0.5	2.3	3.7	4.0	8.5	.474	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	5.2	.786
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		%
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Zaza Pachulia	Jayson Tatum
Season	2007-08	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Zaza Pachulia	62	15.2	5.2	1.4	2.6	4.0	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.1	2.3	1.7	4.0	.437	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.5	.706
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		%
Zaza Pachulia	7	15.0	4.1	1.3	1.6	2.9	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.1	1.0	3.6	.280	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.0	.714
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
	Zaza Pachulia	Jayson Tatum
Season	2008-09	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Zaza Pachulia	77	19.1	6.2	2.2	3.4	5.7	0.7	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.7	2.1	4.2	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.0	.709
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		%
Zaza Pachulia	11	23.6	6.9	2.5	4.4	6.9	0.3	0.5	0.3	1.3	3.6	2.0	4.8	.415	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.8	.762
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
	Zaza Pachulia	Jayson Tatum
Season	2009-10	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Zaza Pachulia	78	14.0	4.3	1.5	2.3	3.8	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	2.4	1.5	3.2	.488	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.8	.650
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		%
Zaza Pachulia	11	14.6	4.6	1.7	1.7	3.5	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.8	3.1	1.6	3.2	.514	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.625
Jayson Tatum	8	38.0	23.1	0.5	9.9	10.4	5.5	0.5	0.9	2.0	2.9	7.1	17.3	.413	1.6	6.1	.265	7.3	8.6	.841


Season 8
	Zaza Pachulia	Jayson Tatum
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Zaza Pachulia	79	15.7	4.4	1.5	2.7	4.2	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.9	2.3	1.4	2.9	.461	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.754
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	11	17.7	3.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.8	3.4	1.0	2.1	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.0	.773
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Zaza Pachulia	Jayson Tatum
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
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		%
Zaza Pachulia	58	28.3	7.8	2.7	5.2	7.9	1.4	0.9	0.5	1.4	3.0	2.9	5.8	.499	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.741
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Zaza Pachulia	Jayson Tatum
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
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		%
Zaza Pachulia	52	21.8	5.9	2.5	3.9	6.5	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.3	2.5	2.2	4.6	.473	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.0	.757
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Zaza Pachulia	Jayson Tatum
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Zaza Pachulia	53	25.0	7.7	2.7	3.6	6.3	2.6	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.3	2.8	6.6	.427	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	2.5	.846
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Zaza Pachulia	Jayson Tatum
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Zaza Pachulia	73	23.7	8.3	2.7	4.2	6.8	2.4	1.1	0.3	1.8	2.3	3.3	7.2	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.2	.788
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	6	21.5	6.7	1.8	4.8	6.7	1.5	1.7	0.5	0.8	2.5	2.7	6.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.2	.615
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Zaza Pachulia	Jayson Tatum
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Zaza Pachulia	76	26.4	8.6	3.3	6.2	9.4	1.7	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.4	2.9	6.2	.466	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.6	.768
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	5	22.4	6.6	2.0	3.4	5.4	3.2	0.6	0.2	0.4	2.6	1.8	4.8	.375	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.4	.882
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Zaza Pachulia	Jayson Tatum
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	70	18.1	6.1	2.0	3.9	5.9	1.9	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.4	2.3	4.4	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.8	.778
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	15	14.1	5.1	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.9	2.1	2.1	4.0	.533	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.1	.765
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Zaza Pachulia	Jayson Tatum
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	69	14.1	5.4	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.8	2.2	3.8	.564	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.3	.806
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	7	3.7	2.4	0.9	0.9	1.7	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.0	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.750
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Zaza Pachulia	Jayson Tatum
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Zaza Pachulia	68	12.9	3.9	1.5	2.4	3.9	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.2	1.3	2.8	.440	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.8	.782
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaza Pachulia	2	11.0	2.5	0.5	4.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Zaza Pachulia vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Zaza Pachulia, 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

Season 15

Season 16