Desmond Bane vs. Rasual Butler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasual Butler and Desmond Bane, 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.

Desmond Bane played 4 years in the NBA, 9 less than Rasual Butler, who played 13. Desmond Bane had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Rasual Butler had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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
Desmond Bane	4	3	2020-21 to 2023-24
Rasual Butler	13	6	2002-03 to 2015-16

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Desmond Bane	Rasual Butler
Season	2020-21	2002-03
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Desmond Bane	68	22.3	9.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.4	7.3	.469	1.7	4.0	.432	0.6	0.7	.816
Rasual Butler	72	21.0	7.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	1.3	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.5	2.9	7.9	.362	0.7	2.4	.292	1.1	1.4	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	5	19.8	5.6	0.4	3.0	3.4	2.0	0.8	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.2	3.8	.579	1.2	2.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Desmond Bane	Rasual Butler
Season	2021-22	2003-04
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
Desmond Bane	76	29.8	18.2	0.6	3.8	4.4	2.7	1.2	0.4	1.5	2.6	6.7	14.5	.461	3.0	6.9	.436	1.8	2.0	.903
Rasual Butler	45	15.0	6.8	0.1	1.3	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.6	2.6	5.6	.476	1.1	2.4	.463	0.4	0.5	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	12	35.7	18.8	0.4	3.3	3.8	2.2	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.9	6.3	13.3	.478	3.6	7.3	.489	2.5	2.9	.857
Rasual Butler	10	5.8	2.1	0.0	1.1	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.2	0.9	2.2	.409	0.3	0.9	.333	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Desmond Bane	Rasual Butler
Season	2022-23	2004-05
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat 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		%
Desmond Bane	58	31.8	21.5	0.7	4.3	5.0	4.4	1.0	0.4	2.2	2.6	7.8	16.2	.479	2.9	7.0	.408	3.1	3.5	.883
Rasual Butler	65	18.5	6.5	0.2	2.1	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.6	2.5	6.3	.399	0.9	2.4	.373	0.6	0.7	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	6	38.5	23.5	1.2	4.8	6.0	3.2	0.5	0.0	2.8	3.2	8.2	19.3	.422	2.7	8.3	.320	4.5	4.8	.931
Rasual Butler	12	14.9	4.7	0.1	1.4	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	1.8	1.8	4.9	.373	0.9	2.5	.367	0.1	0.3	.333


Season 4
	Desmond Bane	Rasual Butler
Season	2023-24	2005-06
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Desmond Bane	42	34.4	23.7	0.9	3.5	4.4	5.5	1.0	0.5	2.7	2.9	8.6	18.5	.464	3.3	8.6	.381	3.3	3.8	.870
Rasual Butler	79	23.7	8.7	0.6	2.3	2.9	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.8	3.3	8.0	.406	1.2	3.1	.380	1.0	1.4	.693

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Desmond Bane	Rasual Butler
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasual Butler	81	27.4	10.1	0.5	2.6	3.2	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.8	1.8	3.9	9.7	.398	1.7	4.5	.369	0.7	1.1	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Desmond Bane	Rasual Butler
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets
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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasual Butler	51	17.2	4.9	0.3	1.6	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.8	5.1	.350	0.9	2.6	.331	0.5	0.6	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Desmond Bane	Rasual Butler
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hornets Lost West 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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasual Butler	82	31.9	11.2	0.6	2.7	3.3	0.9	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.9	4.2	9.8	.433	1.7	4.4	.390	1.0	1.3	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasual Butler	5	31.6	10.6	0.6	2.4	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.2	2.8	3.4	7.4	.459	2.0	3.8	.526	1.8	1.8	1.000


Season 8
	Desmond Bane	Rasual Butler
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasual Butler	82	33.0	11.9	0.5	2.5	2.9	1.4	0.4	0.8	1.0	1.5	4.3	10.6	.409	1.8	5.3	.336	1.5	1.8	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Desmond Bane	Rasual Butler
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bulls 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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasual Butler	47	16.4	4.7	0.2	1.4	1.6	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.7	5.0	.333	1.0	2.9	.338	0.4	0.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasual Butler	3	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Desmond Bane	Rasual Butler
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasual Butler	34	13.3	3.2	0.2	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.1	1.2	3.9	.308	0.6	2.3	.273	0.2	0.4	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Rasual Butler didn't play in 2012-13.


Season 11
	Desmond Bane	Rasual Butler
Season	-	2013-14
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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasual Butler	50	7.6	2.7	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.0	2.2	.464	0.5	1.2	.419	0.2	0.3	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasual Butler	11	6.4	1.7	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.5	1.4	.400	0.5	1.1	.417	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 12
	Desmond Bane	Rasual Butler
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Wizards 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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasual Butler	75	20.1	7.7	0.4	2.3	2.6	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.3	2.9	6.9	.422	1.2	3.1	.387	0.7	0.9	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasual Butler	2	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Desmond Bane	Rasual Butler
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasual Butler	46	9.4	2.7	0.1	1.2	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.1	2.3	.471	0.3	1.1	.306	0.2	0.3	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Desmond Bane vs. Rasual Butler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasual Butler and Desmond Bane, 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