DeJuan Blair vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and DeJuan Blair, 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.

DeJuan Blair and Jayson Tatum both played 7 years in the NBA. DeJuan Blair 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	DeJuan Blair	Jayson Tatum
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
DeJuan Blair	82	18.2	7.8	2.4	4.0	6.4	0.8	0.6	0.5	1.4	2.7	3.4	6.0	.556	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.0	.547
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		%
DeJuan Blair	10	9.1	3.7	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	1.8	1.6	3.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.9	.556
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
	DeJuan Blair	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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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeJuan Blair	64	21.3	9.5	2.4	3.1	5.5	1.2	0.9	0.2	1.4	2.6	4.2	7.9	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.9	.613
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		%
DeJuan Blair	10	7.6	3.7	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.0	1.7	2.7	.630	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.500
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
	DeJuan Blair	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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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeJuan Blair	61	14.0	5.4	1.1	2.7	3.8	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.8	2.3	4.4	.524	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.1	.629
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		%
DeJuan Blair	12	6.3	3.9	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.1	1.2	1.8	2.8	.618	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.556
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
	DeJuan Blair	Jayson Tatum
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
DeJuan Blair	78	15.6	6.4	1.8	2.9	4.7	0.9	0.8	0.3	1.0	2.5	2.7	5.0	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.6	.636
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		%
DeJuan Blair	6	13.5	6.7	2.3	3.8	6.2	0.2	2.0	0.0	0.8	2.3	2.7	4.5	.593	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.2	.615
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
	DeJuan Blair	Jayson Tatum
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	Washington Wizards	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
DeJuan Blair	29	6.2	1.9	0.6	1.4	1.9	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.4	0.9	2.0	.456	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.667
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		%
DeJuan Blair	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeJuan Blair	Jayson Tatum
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	Washington Wizards	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
DeJuan Blair	29	7.5	2.1	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.8	1.0	2.3	.412	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.4	.385
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		%
DeJuan Blair	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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