Harvey Catchings vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Harvey Catchings, 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.

Harvey Catchings played 11 years in the NBA, 4 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Harvey Catchings had the first of his seasons in 1974-75, 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
	Harvey Catchings	Jayson Tatum
Season	1974-75	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	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		%
Harvey Catchings	37	14.3	2.6	1.3	2.8	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.6	-	2.2	1.1	2.0	.554	-	-	-	0.4	0.7	.640
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		%
Harvey Catchings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Harvey Catchings	Jayson Tatum
Season	1976-77	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Harvey Catchings	53	16.3	3.0	1.2	3.2	4.4	0.6	0.4	1.5	-	2.5	1.2	2.3	.504	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.702
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		%
Harvey Catchings	8	6.8	0.5	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.1	0.0	0.5	-	1.1	0.3	0.6	.400	-	-	-	0.0	0.4	.000
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
	Harvey Catchings	Jayson Tatum
Season	1977-78	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 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		%
Harvey Catchings	61	12.3	2.9	1.7	2.4	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.1	0.7	2.0	1.1	2.9	.393	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.618
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		%
Harvey Catchings	7	3.7	1.3	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.4	1.1	.375	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.750
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
	Harvey Catchings	Jayson Tatum
Season	1978-79	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Harvey Catchings	57	16.6	4.6	1.8	3.5	5.3	0.8	0.4	1.6	1.5	2.3	1.8	4.3	.420	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.769
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		%
Harvey Catchings	2	13.0	1.0	2.5	1.5	4.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	0.5	3.0	.167	-	-	-	0.0	1.5	.000
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
	Harvey Catchings	Jayson Tatum
Season	1979-80	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf 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		%
Harvey Catchings	72	19.0	3.2	2.3	3.4	5.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	0.9	2.7	1.3	3.4	.398	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.9	.629
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		%
Harvey Catchings	6	10.7	1.0	0.8	2.7	3.5	0.3	0.0	1.3	0.3	2.2	0.3	1.0	.333	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
	Harvey Catchings	Jayson Tatum
Season	1980-81	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 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		%
Harvey Catchings	77	21.2	4.2	2.0	4.1	6.1	1.3	0.4	2.4	1.4	3.7	1.7	3.9	.447	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.641
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		%
Harvey Catchings	7	15.6	1.1	1.4	2.3	3.7	1.1	0.0	1.6	1.0	3.4	0.4	2.3	.188	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Jayson Tatum	11	39.7	25.4	0.7	9.8	10.5	5.6	1.2	0.7	2.3	2.9	8.1	18.6	.434	1.8	6.5	.278	7.4	8.5	.862