Ervin Johnson vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Ervin Johnson, 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.

Ervin Johnson played 13 years in the NBA, 6 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Ervin Johnson had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, 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
Ervin Johnson	13	9	1993-94 to 2005-06
Jayson Tatum	7	7	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Ervin Johnson	Jayson Tatum
Season	1993-94	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Ervin Johnson	45	6.2	2.6	1.1	1.6	2.6	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.4	.415	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.630
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		%
Ervin Johnson	2	4.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Ervin Johnson	Jayson Tatum
Season	1994-95	2018-19
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Ervin Johnson	64	14.2	3.1	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.8	2.5	1.3	3.0	.443	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.7	.630
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		%
Ervin Johnson	4	13.5	3.5	2.0	3.3	5.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	4.0	1.0	3.5	.286	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.5	1.000
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
	Ervin Johnson	Jayson Tatum
Season	1995-96	2019-20
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA 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		%
Ervin Johnson	81	18.8	5.5	1.6	3.8	5.3	0.6	0.5	1.6	1.2	3.0	2.2	4.3	.511	0.0	0.0	.333	1.0	1.6	.669
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		%
Ervin Johnson	18	14.1	3.1	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.8	2.5	1.3	3.4	.371	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.818
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
	Ervin Johnson	Jayson Tatum
Season	1996-97	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ervin Johnson	82	31.7	7.1	2.8	8.3	11.1	0.9	0.8	2.8	1.4	3.5	3.0	5.7	.520	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.615
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		%
Ervin Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ervin Johnson	Jayson Tatum
Season	1997-98	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ervin Johnson	81	27.9	8.0	3.0	5.5	8.5	0.7	1.0	2.0	1.4	4.0	3.1	5.8	.537	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.9	.601
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		%
Ervin Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ervin Johnson	Jayson Tatum
Season	1998-99	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Ervin Johnson	50	20.5	5.1	2.4	4.0	6.4	0.4	0.6	1.1	0.9	3.0	1.9	3.8	.508	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.610
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		%
Ervin Johnson	3	30.7	4.3	2.7	3.3	6.0	0.3	0.7	1.7	0.0	3.0	2.0	4.3	.462	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
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
	Ervin Johnson	Jayson Tatum
Season	1999-00	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Ervin Johnson	80	26.6	4.8	2.9	5.2	8.1	0.6	1.0	1.6	1.0	3.7	1.8	3.5	.516	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.0	.605
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		%
Ervin Johnson	5	30.8	6.2	2.8	7.0	9.8	0.4	1.2	1.2	0.6	3.8	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.6	.611
Jayson Tatum	5	38.0	21.8	0.2	10.2	10.4	5.4	0.4	0.6	1.8	3.0	6.4	15.4	.416	1.8	6.2	.290	7.2	9.0	.800


Season 8
	Ervin Johnson	Jayson Tatum
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Ervin Johnson	82	24.2	3.2	2.5	5.0	7.5	0.5	0.5	1.2	0.6	3.1	1.3	2.4	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.1	.538
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ervin Johnson	18	32.3	5.4	3.3	7.5	10.8	0.6	0.5	2.1	0.7	2.9	2.2	3.8	.574	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.8	.625
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Ervin Johnson	Jayson Tatum
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Ervin Johnson	81	20.5	2.6	1.8	4.0	5.8	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.6	2.7	1.1	2.4	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.455
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	Ervin Johnson	Jayson Tatum
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Ervin Johnson	69	17.0	2.2	1.7	2.6	4.3	0.3	0.5	0.9	0.5	2.6	0.9	2.0	.452	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.682
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ervin Johnson	6	12.5	1.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.5	3.3	0.5	1.3	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Ervin Johnson	Jayson Tatum
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Ervin Johnson	66	14.6	1.9	0.9	2.6	3.5	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.5	2.4	0.8	1.6	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.4	.607
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ervin Johnson	18	19.8	2.7	1.5	3.2	4.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.3	3.1	1.1	2.1	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.625
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Ervin Johnson	Jayson Tatum
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
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		%
Ervin Johnson	46	8.9	1.6	0.9	1.5	2.5	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.9	0.6	1.2	.519	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.3	0.5	.640
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Ervin Johnson	Jayson Tatum
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Ervin Johnson	18	4.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.3	0.4	0.9	.412	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	.500
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ervin Johnson	3	3.7	0.7	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Ervin Johnson vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Ervin Johnson, 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