Harrison Barnes vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Harrison Barnes, 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.

Harrison Barnes played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 8. Harrison Barnes had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Harrison Barnes	Jayson Tatum
Season	2012-13	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	81	25.4	9.2	0.7	3.5	4.1	1.2	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.7	3.4	7.8	.439	0.6	1.8	.359	1.8	2.3	.758
difference:	+1	+5.1	+4.7	+0.1	+0.9	+0.9	+0.4	+0.4	+0.5	-0.2	-0.4	+1.6	+2.6	+.036	+0.7	+1.2	+.075	+0.9	+0.9	+.068
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		%
Harrison Barnes	12	38.4	16.1	1.5	4.9	6.4	1.3	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.8	6.0	13.5	.444	1.6	4.3	.365	2.5	2.9	.857
difference:	+7	+2.5	+2.4	+1.0	+1.1	+2.0	+1.4	+0.6	+0.1	-0.9	-0.2	+0.5	+0.2	+.027	+0.4	+0.6	+.041	+1.8	+2.2	+.012
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
	Harrison Barnes	Jayson Tatum
Season	2014-15	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	82	28.3	10.1	1.4	4.1	5.5	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.9	8.0	.482	1.1	2.6	.405	1.3	1.8	.720
difference:	+16	+6.0	+13.3	+0.4	+1.9	+1.5	+1.6	+0.7	+0.7	-1.4	-0.3	+4.5	+10.6	+.032	+1.8	+4.5	+.002	+2.5	+2.9	+.092
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		%
Harrison Barnes	21	32.4	10.6	2.1	3.1	5.2	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.0	2.1	4.2	9.5	.440	1.0	3.0	.355	1.2	1.6	.735
difference:	+4	+8.2	+15.1	+0.8	+5.6	+4.8	+3.5	+0.2	+0.7	-1.8	-0.3	+4.3	+10.1	+.006	+1.8	+4.4	+.018	+4.7	+5.6	+.078
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
	Harrison Barnes	Jayson Tatum
Season	2015-16	2020-21
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	66	30.9	11.7	1.2	3.8	4.9	1.8	0.6	0.2	0.9	2.1	4.5	9.6	.466	1.2	3.2	.383	1.5	2.0	.761
difference:	+2	+4.9	+14.7	+0.4	+2.8	+2.5	+2.5	+0.6	+0.3	-1.8	-0.2	+5.0	+11.0	+.007	+1.7	+4.4	+.003	+3.1	+3.3	+.107
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		%
Harrison Barnes	24	31.0	9.0	1.1	3.5	4.7	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.9	3.4	8.9	.385	1.1	3.2	.342	1.1	1.4	.765
difference:	+19	+6.0	+21.6	+0.5	+1.7	+1.1	+3.3	+0.5	+1.4	-1.8	-1.1	+6.0	+13.3	+.038	+1.7	+4.0	+.047	+7.9	+8.4	+.153
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
	Harrison Barnes	Jayson Tatum
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	79	35.5	19.2	1.2	3.8	5.0	1.5	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.6	7.6	16.2	.468	1.0	2.8	.351	3.1	3.6	.861
difference:	+3	+0.4	+7.7	+0.1	+3.1	+3.0	+2.9	+0.2	+0.4	-1.6	-0.7	+1.7	+4.4	+.015	+2.0	+5.8	+.002	+2.2	+2.6	+.008
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		%
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Harrison Barnes	Jayson Tatum
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	77	34.2	18.9	1.0	5.1	6.1	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.5	1.2	7.0	15.7	.445	1.5	4.3	.357	3.4	4.1	.827
difference:	+3	+2.7	+11.2	+0.1	+2.6	+2.7	+2.6	+0.5	+0.5	-1.4	-1.0	+2.8	+5.4	+.021	+1.7	+5.0	+.007	+3.8	+4.3	+.027
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		%
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Harrison Barnes	Jayson Tatum
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	77	32.9	16.4	0.7	3.9	4.7	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.6	5.6	13.3	.420	2.3	5.7	.395	3.0	3.6	.824
difference:	+3	+2.8	+10.5	+0.2	+3.3	+3.4	+3.4	+0.4	+0.4	-1.2	-0.4	+3.5	+6.0	+.051	+0.8	+2.5	+.019	+2.6	+3.1	+.009
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		%
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	19	40.4	25.0	0.9	8.8	9.7	6.3	1.1	0.7	2.6	2.8	8.4	19.6	.427	2.1	7.3	.283	6.2	7.2	.861

Season 8
	Harrison Barnes	Jayson Tatum
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	72	34.5	14.5	1.1	3.9	4.9	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.3	5.1	11.0	.460	1.4	3.7	.381	3.0	3.7	.801
difference:		+1.9	+12.3	+0.4	+4.1	+3.8	+3.8	+0.5	+0.3	-1.7	-0.9	+4.1	+9.3	+.008	+2.1	+6.4	+.038	+2.0	+2.4	+.013
Jayson Tatum	72	36.4	26.8	0.7	8.0	8.7	6.0	1.1	0.5	2.9	2.2	9.2	20.3	.452	3.5	10.1	.343	5.0	6.1	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harrison Barnes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	8	40.3	28.1	1.1	10.4	11.5	5.4	2.1	0.8	3.3	2.6	9.3	21.9	.423	3.6	9.8	.372	6.0	6.8	.889