Jake LaRavia vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Jake LaRavia, 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.

Jake LaRavia played 4 years in the NBA, 4 less than Jayson Tatum, who played 8. Jake LaRavia had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, 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
	Jake LaRavia	Jayson Tatum
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Jake LaRavia	35	11.8	3.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.4	1.1	2.7	.389	0.7	2.0	.338	0.2	0.3	.778
difference:	+45	+18.7	+10.9	+0.1	+3.1	+3.2	+1.0	+0.7	+0.6	-0.9	-0.7	+3.9	+7.7	+.086	+0.6	+1.0	+.096	+2.5	+2.9	+.048
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		%
Jake LaRavia	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jake LaRavia	Jayson Tatum
Season	2024-25	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Jake LaRavia	66	20.4	6.9	1.4	2.6	3.9	2.4	0.9	0.3	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.1	.475	0.9	2.2	.423	1.2	1.7	.678
difference:		+13.9	+16.5	+0.4	+3.4	+3.1	+0.6	+0.5	+0.6	-1.0	-0.1	+6.0	+13.5	+.025	+2.0	+4.9	+.020	+2.6	+3.0	+.134
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		%
Jake LaRavia	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jake LaRavia	Jayson Tatum
Season	2025-26	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	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		%
Jake LaRavia	30	25.1	8.7	1.5	2.7	4.1	2.0	1.2	0.4	1.1	2.3	3.2	7.0	.452	0.9	3.0	.315	1.5	2.1	.710
difference:	+34	+10.7	+17.7	+0.7	+3.9	+3.3	+2.3		+0.1	-1.6	-0.4	+6.3	+13.6	+.007	+2.0	+4.6	+.071	+3.1	+3.2	+.158
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		%
Jake LaRavia	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Jayson Tatum played 4 seasons more than Jake LaRavia in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 8, from 2022 to 2025—Jayson Tatum played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 4 extra years over Jake LaRavia, Jayson Tatum got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 All-NBA First Team 4 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP