Danny Green vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Danny Green, 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.

Danny Green played 15 years in the NBA, 7 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 8. Danny Green 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 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
	Danny Green	Jayson Tatum
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Danny Green	20	5.8	2.0	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.0	.385	0.3	1.1	.273	0.2	0.3	.667
difference:	+60	+24.7	+11.9	+0.2	+3.9	+4.1	+1.3	+0.7	+0.5	-1.1	-1.6	+4.2	+8.4	+.090	+1.0	+1.9	+.161	+2.5	+2.9	+.159
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		%
Danny Green	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Danny Green	Jayson Tatum
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	66	23.1	9.1	0.8	2.6	3.5	1.3	0.9	0.7	1.0	1.6	3.2	7.2	.442	1.5	3.5	.436	1.2	1.5	.790
difference:		+11.2	+14.3	+0.2	+3.4	+3.5	+1.7	+0.5	+0.2	-1.3	-0.5	+5.2	+11.4	+.008	+1.4	+3.6	+.033	+2.6	+3.2	+.022
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		%
Danny Green	14	20.6	7.4	0.2	3.0	3.2	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.1	1.7	2.7	6.5	.418	1.4	4.1	.345	0.5	0.7	.700
difference:	+3	+20.0	+18.3	+1.1	+5.7	+6.8	+3.9	+0.5	+0.5	-1.7	-0.7	+5.8	+13.1	+.016	+1.4	+3.3	+.028	+5.4	+6.5	+.113
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
	Danny Green	Jayson Tatum
Season	2012-13	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	80	27.5	10.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.8	1.2	0.7	1.2	1.6	3.7	8.3	.448	2.2	5.2	.429	0.8	1.0	.848
difference:	+16	+8.3	+15.9	+0.3	+4.0	+4.3	+2.5		+0.2	-1.5	-0.3	+5.8	+12.3	+.011	+0.7	+2.4	+.043	+3.8	+4.3	+.020
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		%
Danny Green	21	31.9	11.1	0.9	3.3	4.1	1.5	1.0	1.1	0.9	2.4	4.0	8.9	.446	2.6	5.4	.482	0.6	0.7	.800
difference:	+16	+5.1	+19.5	+0.3	+1.9	+1.7	+3.1	+0.2	+0.5	-1.7	-0.6	+5.4	+13.3	+.023	+0.2	+1.8	+.093	+8.4	+9.1	+.118
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
	Danny Green	Jayson Tatum
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	68	24.3	9.1	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.5	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.6	3.2	7.4	.432	1.9	4.7	.415	0.7	0.9	.794
difference:	+8	+11.6	+17.8	+0.7	+3.9	+4.6	+2.9		+0.3	-1.8	-0.7	+6.1	+13.2	+.021	+1.1	+3.9	+.062	+4.6	+5.3	+.059
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		%
Danny Green	23	23.0	9.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	0.9	1.4	0.7	0.9	2.2	3.4	6.9	.491	2.1	4.4	.475	0.4	0.5	.818
difference:	+1	+18.0	+16.3	+0.6	+3.1	+3.7	+5.3	+0.2	+0.2	-3.3	-0.8	+5.0	+12.8	+.065	+1.1	+3.8	+.082	+5.3	+6.6	+.018
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
	Danny Green	Jayson Tatum
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	81	28.5	11.7	0.7	3.6	4.2	2.0	1.2	1.1	1.1	2.0	4.0	9.1	.436	2.4	5.6	.418	1.4	1.6	.874
difference:	+7	+8.4	+18.4	+0.4	+4.1	+4.6	+2.6	+0.1	+0.4	-1.8	-0.2	+5.8	+12.0	+.030	+0.8	+3.7	+.068	+5.8	+6.8	+.020
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		%
Danny Green	7	29.1	8.3	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.1	1.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	3.0	8.7	.344	1.7	5.7	.300	0.6	0.9	.667
difference:	+13	+10.9	+18.9	+0.3	+7.1	+7.4	+3.2	+0.1	+0.1	-2.1	-0.5	+6.3	+11.5	+.114	+1.0	+2.5	+.023	+5.4	+6.0	+.209
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
	Danny Green	Jayson Tatum
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	79	26.1	7.2	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.8	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.7	7.1	.376	1.5	4.4	.332	0.4	0.6	.739
difference:	+5	+9.6	+19.7	+0.3	+4.0	+4.3	+3.1		+0.2	-1.6	-0.2	+6.4	+12.2	+.095	+1.6	+3.8	+.044	+5.2	+6.1	+.094
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		%
Danny Green	10	26.7	8.6	0.0	3.1	3.1	0.7	2.1	0.8	0.6	2.0	3.0	6.5	.462	2.4	4.8	.500	0.2	0.3	.667
difference:	+9	+13.7	+16.4	+0.9	+5.7	+6.6	+5.6	+1.0	+0.1	-2.0	-0.8	+5.4	+13.1	+.035	+0.3	+2.5	+.217	+6.0	+6.9	+.194
Jayson Tatum	19	40.4	25.0	0.9	8.8	9.7	6.3	1.1	0.7	2.6	2.8	8.4	19.6	.427	2.1	7.3	.283	6.2	7.2	.861

Season 8
	Danny Green	Jayson Tatum
Season	2016-17	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	68	26.6	7.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.8	2.6	6.6	.392	1.7	4.6	.379	0.4	0.5	.844
difference:	+4	+9.8	+19.5	+0.2	+5.2	+5.4	+4.2	+0.1	+0.3	-1.8	-0.4	+6.6	+13.7	+.060	+1.8	+5.5	+.036	+4.6	+5.6	+.030
Jayson Tatum	72	36.4	26.8	0.7	8.0	8.7	6.0	1.1	0.5	2.9	2.2	9.2	20.3	.452	3.5	10.1	.343	5.0	6.1	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	16	27.3	7.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.9	1.1	1.9	2.8	6.9	.405	1.6	4.8	.342	0.5	0.9	.571
difference:	+8	+13.0	+20.3	+0.3	+7.6	+7.9	+4.0	+1.5	+0.1	-2.2	-0.7	+6.5	+15.0	+.018	+2.0	+5.0	+.030	+5.5	+5.9	+.318
Jayson Tatum	8	40.3	28.1	1.1	10.4	11.5	5.4	2.1	0.8	3.3	2.6	9.3	21.9	.423	3.6	9.8	.372	6.0	6.8	.889