Derrick McKey vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Derrick McKey, 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.

Derrick McKey played 15 years in the NBA, 8 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Derrick McKey had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, 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
Derrick McKey	15	13	1987-88 to 2001-02
Jayson Tatum	7	7	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Derrick McKey	Jayson Tatum
Season	1987-88	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Derrick McKey	82	20.8	8.5	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.3	0.9	0.8	1.3	2.9	3.1	6.3	.491	0.1	0.4	.367	2.1	2.7	.772
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		%
Derrick McKey	5	21.8	12.0	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.6	0.6	1.0	1.0	2.4	4.8	7.6	.632	0.4	1.2	.333	2.0	3.4	.588
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
	Derrick McKey	Jayson Tatum
Season	1988-89	2018-19
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Derrick McKey	82	34.2	15.9	2.0	3.6	5.7	2.7	1.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.9	11.8	.502	0.4	1.1	.337	3.7	4.6	.803
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		%
Derrick McKey	8	35.8	13.3	2.6	3.9	6.5	2.3	0.8	1.9	2.9	4.1	5.5	11.1	.494	0.1	1.1	.111	2.1	2.6	.810
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
	Derrick McKey	Jayson Tatum
Season	1989-90	2019-20
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Derrick McKey	80	34.4	15.7	2.1	4.0	6.1	2.3	1.1	1.0	2.4	3.1	5.9	11.9	.493	0.0	0.3	.130	3.9	5.0	.782
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		%
Derrick McKey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Derrick McKey	Jayson Tatum
Season	1990-91	2020-21
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Derrick McKey	73	34.3	15.3	2.4	3.4	5.8	2.3	1.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	6.0	11.6	.517	0.1	0.3	.211	3.2	3.8	.845
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		%
Derrick McKey	4	28.5	9.5	1.8	4.0	5.8	2.0	0.8	0.0	1.5	3.3	4.0	7.0	.571	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	2.8	.545
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
	Derrick McKey	Jayson Tatum
Season	1991-92	2021-22
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Derrick McKey	52	33.8	14.9	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.3	1.2	0.9	2.2	2.7	5.5	11.6	.472	0.4	1.0	.380	3.6	4.3	.847
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		%
Derrick McKey	9	35.0	16.3	1.9	3.0	4.9	2.7	0.8	1.3	2.4	4.1	5.8	11.0	.525	0.6	1.8	.313	4.2	5.0	.844
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
	Derrick McKey	Jayson Tatum
Season	1992-93	2022-23
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Derrick McKey	77	31.7	13.4	1.6	2.7	4.2	2.6	1.4	0.8	2.0	2.7	5.0	10.1	.496	0.5	1.5	.357	2.9	3.9	.741
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		%
Derrick McKey	19	34.1	11.3	2.7	2.5	5.2	3.7	0.6	0.9	1.9	2.7	4.4	8.3	.525	0.1	0.3	.400	2.4	3.6	.667
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
	Derrick McKey	Jayson Tatum
Season	1993-94	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Derrick McKey	76	34.4	12.0	1.7	3.6	5.3	4.3	1.5	0.6	3.0	3.3	4.7	9.3	.500	0.1	0.4	.290	2.5	3.3	.756
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		%
Derrick McKey	16	36.7	9.7	2.0	4.1	6.1	4.2	1.6	0.6	2.5	3.7	3.6	8.9	.408	0.5	1.5	.333	1.9	2.9	.660
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


Season 8
	Derrick McKey	Jayson Tatum
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Derrick McKey	81	34.6	13.3	1.5	3.3	4.9	3.4	1.5	0.6	2.1	3.2	5.1	10.3	.493	0.4	1.1	.360	2.7	3.7	.744
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	17	34.8	12.8	1.7	3.1	4.8	3.8	1.0	0.6	2.1	3.8	4.5	10.2	.437	0.6	2.1	.314	3.2	3.6	.871
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Derrick McKey	Jayson Tatum
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Derrick McKey	75	32.5	11.7	1.6	3.2	4.8	3.5	1.1	0.6	1.9	3.3	4.6	9.5	.486	0.2	0.9	.250	2.3	2.9	.769
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	5	36.0	12.8	1.6	5.0	6.6	2.0	1.4	0.2	2.8	4.0	4.8	11.4	.421	1.0	2.4	.417	2.2	2.6	.846
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Derrick McKey	Jayson Tatum
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	50	29.0	8.0	1.6	3.2	4.8	2.7	0.9	0.6	1.7	2.8	3.0	7.6	.391	0.3	1.2	.259	1.8	2.5	.724
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Derrick McKey	Jayson Tatum
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Derrick McKey	57	23.1	6.3	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.5	1.0	0.5	1.4	2.7	2.6	5.7	.459	0.1	0.3	.235	1.0	1.4	.714
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	15	18.9	4.5	0.5	2.1	2.7	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.7	3.3	1.5	4.6	.333	0.2	0.7	.300	1.2	1.5	.783
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Derrick McKey	Jayson Tatum
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Derrick McKey	13	18.8	4.6	1.4	1.8	3.2	1.0	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.8	1.8	4.0	.442	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.3	.824
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	13	18.8	3.6	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.5	0.9	0.3	0.8	3.1	1.2	3.1	.375	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	2.0	.654
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Derrick McKey	Jayson Tatum
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Derrick McKey	32	19.8	4.3	0.9	3.3	4.2	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.6	2.5	1.3	3.4	.398	0.3	0.7	.435	1.3	1.8	.768
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	23	15.3	2.0	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.0	0.7	1.4	.469	0.0	0.3	.167	0.7	0.9	.800
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Derrick McKey	Jayson Tatum
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Derrick McKey	66	15.0	2.2	0.7	1.9	2.7	1.1	0.7	0.2	0.7	2.1	0.9	2.1	.441	0.1	0.3	.200	0.3	0.4	.778
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	4	8.8	1.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.8	0.5	1.3	.400	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.5	.500
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Derrick McKey	Jayson Tatum
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Derrick McKey	41	19.1	2.9	1.2	1.9	3.1	1.1	1.0	0.1	0.5	2.2	1.3	3.0	.426	0.1	0.3	.417	0.2	0.3	.714
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	4	10.0	2.0	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	1.3	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Derrick McKey vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Derrick McKey, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15