Chet Holmgren vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Chet Holmgren, 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.

Chet Holmgren played 2 years in the NBA, 6 less than Jayson Tatum, who played 8. Chet Holmgren had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Chet Holmgren	Jayson Tatum
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	82	29.4	16.5	1.6	6.3	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	1.6	2.4	6.2	11.6	.530	1.6	4.3	.370	2.7	3.4	.793
difference:	+2	+1.1	+2.6	+1.0	+1.9	+2.9	+0.8	+0.4	+1.6	-0.2	-0.3	+1.2	+1.2	+.055	+0.3	+1.3	+.064		+0.2	+.033
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		%
Chet Holmgren	10	34.5	15.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	2.1	0.7	2.5	1.9	2.6	5.9	11.9	.496	1.3	5.0	.260	2.5	3.3	.758
difference:	+9	+1.4	+2.9	+0.9	+2.0	+2.8	+0.6	+0.5	+2.0	-0.3		+0.6	+1.8	+.025	+0.1	+1.3	+.064	+1.8	+1.8	+.087
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
	Chet Holmgren	Jayson Tatum
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	32	27.4	15.0	1.5	6.5	8.0	2.0	0.7	2.2	1.8	2.3	5.2	10.7	.490	1.4	3.6	.379	3.2	4.2	.754
difference:	+47	+3.7	+0.7	+0.6	+1.3	+2.0	+0.1	+0.4	+1.5	-0.3	-0.2	+0.7	+2.4	+.040	+0.1	+0.3	+.006	+0.7	+1.3	+.101
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		%
Chet Holmgren	23	29.8	15.2	1.8	6.8	8.7	1.0	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.0	5.3	11.6	.462	1.2	4.0	.297	3.3	4.2	.784
difference:	+14	+3.0		+1.0	+0.9	+2.0	+0.9	+0.4	+1.1	-0.8	-0.3	+0.1	+0.8	+.024	+0.1	+0.6	+.026	+0.1	+0.1	+.040
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

Additional Years
* Jayson Tatum played 6 seasons more than Chet Holmgren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 8, from 2020 to 2025—Jayson Tatum played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 6 extra years over Chet Holmgren, Jayson Tatum got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP