Daniel Gibson vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Daniel Gibson, 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.

Daniel Gibson and Jayson Tatum both played 7 years in the NBA. Daniel Gibson had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, 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
Daniel Gibson 7 4 2006-07 to 2012-13
Jayson Tatum 7 7 2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Daniel Gibson Jayson Tatum
Season 2006-072017-18
Team Cleveland CavaliersBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs Cavaliers Lost NBA FinalsCeltics 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 %
Daniel Gibson 60 16.5 4.6 0.5 1.1 1.5 1.2 0.4 0.1 0.7 1.6 1.6 3.9 .424 0.9 2.1 .419 0.5 0.7 .718
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 %
Daniel Gibson 20 20.1 8.3 0.5 1.2 1.6 1.1 0.6 0.2 0.5 1.7 2.5 5.8 .431 1.4 3.3 .409 1.9 2.2 .884
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
Daniel Gibson Jayson Tatum
Season 2007-082018-19
Team Cleveland CavaliersBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Cavaliers Lost East Conf SemisCeltics 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 %
Daniel Gibson 58 30.4 10.4 0.5 1.8 2.3 2.5 0.8 0.2 1.3 2.8 3.5 8.0 .432 2.0 4.6 .440 1.5 1.8 .810
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 %
Daniel Gibson 11 25.8 9.0 0.4 1.4 1.7 2.5 0.6 0.2 1.4 1.6 3.2 7.1 .449 1.7 3.8 .452 0.9 1.3 .714
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
Daniel Gibson Jayson Tatum
Season 2008-092019-20
Team Cleveland CavaliersBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Third Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Cavaliers Lost East Conf FinalsCeltics 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 %
Daniel Gibson 75 23.9 7.8 0.4 1.7 2.1 1.8 0.6 0.2 0.8 2.2 2.7 7.0 .391 1.4 3.8 .382 0.9 1.1 .767
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 %
Daniel Gibson 14 12.3 3.4 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.3 0.9 2.9 .325 0.7 2.0 .357 0.8 0.8 1.000
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
Daniel Gibson Jayson Tatum
Season 2009-102020-21
Team Cleveland CavaliersBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Cavaliers Lost East Conf SemisCeltics 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 %
Daniel Gibson 56 19.1 6.3 0.2 1.1 1.3 1.3 0.4 0.1 0.6 1.4 2.2 4.8 .466 1.3 2.7 .477 0.6 0.9 .694
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 %
Daniel Gibson 5 4.6 1.4 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 0.4 1.4 .286 0.2 0.8 .250 0.4 0.4 1.000
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
Daniel Gibson Jayson Tatum
Season 2010-112021-22
Team Cleveland CavaliersBoston 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 %
Daniel Gibson 67 27.8 11.6 0.4 2.3 2.6 3.0 0.7 0.3 1.2 2.3 3.9 9.9 .400 1.8 4.4 .403 2.0 2.4 .822
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 %
Daniel Gibson ------- --- ----------
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
Daniel Gibson Jayson Tatum
Season 2011-122022-23
Team Cleveland CavaliersBoston 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 %
Daniel Gibson 35 26.2 7.5 0.3 2.6 2.9 2.2 0.7 0.5 1.3 2.0 2.5 7.1 .351 1.6 4.0 .396 1.0 1.2 .791
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 %
Daniel Gibson ------- --- ----------
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
Daniel Gibson Jayson Tatum
Season 2012-132023-24
Team Cleveland CavaliersBoston 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 %
Daniel Gibson 46 20.0 5.4 0.1 1.2 1.3 1.8 0.7 0.1 0.7 1.9 1.8 5.4 .340 1.2 3.5 .344 0.6 0.8 .703
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 %
Daniel Gibson ------- --- ----------
Jayson Tatum 10 39.2 24.3 0.6 9.8 10.4 5.8 1.0 0.8 2.1 2.8 7.7 17.9 .430 1.8 6.4 .281 7.1 8.2 .866
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