Brandon Jennings vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Brandon Jennings, 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.

Brandon Jennings played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Brandon Jennings had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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
Brandon Jennings 9 4 2009-10 to 2017-18
Jayson Tatum 7 7 2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Brandon Jennings Jayson Tatum
Season 2009-102017-18
Team Milwaukee BucksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First TeamAchievement All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs Bucks Lost East Conf 1st RdCeltics 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 %
Brandon Jennings 82 32.6 15.5 0.6 2.8 3.4 5.7 1.3 0.2 2.4 2.3 5.5 14.8 .371 1.8 4.7 .374 2.7 3.3 .817
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 %
Brandon Jennings 7 35.6 18.7 0.7 2.3 3.0 3.6 1.1 0.6 1.1 2.7 7.0 17.1 .408 1.7 5.9 .293 3.0 3.7 .808
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
Brandon Jennings Jayson Tatum
Season 2010-112018-19
Team Milwaukee BucksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics 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 %
Brandon Jennings 63 34.4 16.2 0.7 3.0 3.7 4.8 1.5 0.3 2.3 2.1 5.7 14.7 .390 1.6 4.8 .323 3.2 3.9 .809
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 %
Brandon Jennings ------- --- ----------
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
Brandon Jennings Jayson Tatum
Season 2011-122019-20
Team Milwaukee BucksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Third Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics 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 %
Brandon Jennings 66 35.3 19.1 0.7 2.7 3.4 5.5 1.6 0.3 2.2 1.7 7.1 17.0 .418 2.0 5.9 .332 2.9 3.6 .808
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 %
Brandon Jennings ------- --- ----------
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
Brandon Jennings Jayson Tatum
Season 2012-132020-21
Team Milwaukee BucksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Bucks Lost East Conf 1st RdCeltics 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 %
Brandon Jennings 80 36.2 17.5 0.7 2.3 3.1 6.5 1.6 0.1 2.5 1.9 6.2 15.6 .399 2.2 5.8 .375 2.9 3.5 .819
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 %
Brandon Jennings 4 33.3 13.3 0.3 2.0 2.3 4.0 2.3 0.3 2.8 1.5 4.3 14.3 .298 1.5 7.0 .214 3.3 4.5 .722
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
Brandon Jennings Jayson Tatum
Season 2013-142021-22
Team Detroit PistonsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA First Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics 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 %
Brandon Jennings 80 34.1 15.5 0.7 2.3 3.1 7.6 1.3 0.1 2.7 2.0 5.3 14.2 .373 1.9 5.7 .337 3.0 4.0 .751
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 %
Brandon Jennings ------- --- ----------
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
Brandon Jennings Jayson Tatum
Season 2014-152022-23
Team Detroit PistonsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA First Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
-Achievement All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics 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 %
Brandon Jennings 41 28.6 15.4 0.5 2.0 2.5 6.6 1.1 0.1 2.2 1.6 5.3 13.2 .401 1.9 5.1 .360 2.9 3.5 .839
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 %
Brandon Jennings ------- --- ----------
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
Brandon Jennings Jayson Tatum
Season 2015-162023-24
Team Detroit Pistons, Orlando MagicBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics 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 %
Brandon Jennings 48 18.1 6.9 0.3 1.7 2.0 3.5 0.6 0.1 1.2 1.2 2.3 6.3 .368 1.1 3.2 .329 1.2 1.6 .731
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 %
Brandon Jennings ------- --- ----------
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
Brandon Jennings Jayson Tatum
Season 2016-17-
Team New York Knicks, Washington Wizards-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Wizards 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 %
Brandon Jennings 81 22.2 7.1 0.4 2.1 2.4 4.9 0.9 0.0 1.6 1.4 2.4 6.6 .359 1.0 3.1 .313 1.4 1.9 .750
Jayson Tatum ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Brandon Jennings 13 13.7 2.8 0.4 1.1 1.5 1.8 0.2 0.0 0.6 1.0 1.1 2.8 .389 0.2 1.0 .154 0.5 0.6 .875
Jayson Tatum ------- --- ----------

Season 9
Brandon Jennings Jayson Tatum
Season 2017-18-
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 %
Brandon Jennings 14 14.6 5.2 0.4 1.9 2.2 3.1 0.4 0.3 1.3 0.8 1.9 5.1 .375 0.6 2.4 .273 0.7 0.7 1.000
Jayson Tatum ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Brandon Jennings 1 5.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 .000 0.0 2.0 .000 2.0 2.0 1.000
Jayson Tatum ------- --- ----------
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