Ed Macauley vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Ed Macauley, 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.

Ed Macauley played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Ed Macauley had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, 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
	Ed Macauley	Jayson Tatum
Season	1949-50	2017-18
Team	St. Louis Bombers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Ed Macauley	67	-	16.1	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.3	5.2	13.2	.398	-	-	-	5.7	7.9	.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		%
Ed Macauley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ed Macauley	Jayson Tatum
Season	1950-51	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Ed Macauley	68	-	20.4	-	-	9.1	3.7	-	-	-	3.0	6.8	14.5	.466	-	-	-	6.9	9.0	.759
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		%
Ed Macauley	2	-	22.0	-	-	9.0	4.0	-	-	-	2.0	8.5	18.0	.472	-	-	-	5.0	8.0	.625
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
	Ed Macauley	Jayson Tatum
Season	1951-52	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Ed Macauley	66	39.9	19.2	-	-	8.0	3.5	-	-	-	2.6	5.8	13.5	.432	-	-	-	7.5	9.4	.799
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		%
Ed Macauley	3	43.0	23.3	-	-	11.0	3.7	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	16.3	.551	-	-	-	5.3	6.3	.842
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
	Ed Macauley	Jayson Tatum
Season	1952-53	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Ed Macauley	69	42.1	20.3	-	-	9.1	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	6.5	14.4	.452	-	-	-	7.2	9.7	.750
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		%
Ed Macauley	6	46.3	16.8	-	-	9.7	3.5	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	11.8	.437	-	-	-	6.5	9.0	.722
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
	Ed Macauley	Jayson Tatum
Season	1953-54	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Ed Macauley	71	39.3	18.9	-	-	8.0	3.8	-	-	-	2.4	6.5	13.4	.486	-	-	-	5.9	7.8	.758
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		%
Ed Macauley	5	25.4	5.0	-	-	4.2	4.2	-	-	-	2.8	1.6	4.4	.364	-	-	-	1.8	2.6	.692
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
	Ed Macauley	Jayson Tatum
Season	1954-55	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Ed Macauley	71	38.1	17.6	-	-	8.5	3.9	-	-	-	2.4	5.7	13.4	.424	-	-	-	6.2	7.9	.792
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		%
Ed Macauley	7	40.4	18.1	-	-	7.4	4.6	-	-	-	3.0	6.1	13.3	.462	-	-	-	5.9	7.7	.759
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
	Ed Macauley	Jayson Tatum
Season	1955-56	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Ed Macauley	71	33.2	17.5	-	-	5.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.2	5.9	14.0	.422	-	-	-	5.6	7.1	.794
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		%
Ed Macauley	3	24.3	10.3	-	-	5.0	1.7	-	-	-	2.0	4.0	10.0	.400	-	-	-	2.3	3.7	.636
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
	Ed Macauley	Jayson Tatum
Season	1956-57	-
Team	St. Louis Hawks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Ed Macauley	72	35.9	16.5	-	-	6.1	2.8	-	-	-	2.9	5.8	13.7	.419	-	-	-	5.0	6.7	.749
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Macauley	10	29.7	14.2	-	-	6.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.9	4.4	10.9	.404	-	-	-	5.4	7.4	.730
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Ed Macauley	Jayson Tatum
Season	1957-58	-
Team	St. Louis Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Macauley	72	26.5	14.2	-	-	6.6	2.0	-	-	-	2.2	5.2	12.2	.428	-	-	-	3.7	5.1	.724
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Macauley	11	20.6	9.8	-	-	5.6	1.6	-	-	-	2.1	3.3	8.1	.404	-	-	-	3.3	4.5	.720
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-