Jayson Tatum vs. Ausar Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ausar Thompson and Jayson Tatum, 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.

Jayson Tatum played 8 years in the NBA, 5 more than Ausar Thompson, who played 3. Jayson Tatum had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Ausar Thompson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Jayson Tatum	Ausar Thompson
Season	2017-18	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did not play

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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		%
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
difference:	+17	+5.4	+5.1	+1.4	+0.1	+1.4	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	-0.1	-0.7	+1.3	+2.8	+.008	+1.0	+1.2	+.248	+1.6	+1.3	+.229
Ausar Thompson	63	25.1	8.8	2.0	4.3	6.4	1.9	1.1	0.9	1.3	2.8	3.7	7.6	.483	0.3	1.8	.186	1.1	1.9	.597
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Ausar Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jayson Tatum	Ausar Thompson
Season	2019-20	2025-26
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did not play (season in progress)

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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		%
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
difference:	+38	+7.8	+11.7	+1.2	+2.2	+1.0	+0.4	+0.1	+0.2	-0.7	-0.6	+3.7	+9.4	+.062	+2.7	+6.5	+.109	+1.7	+0.9	+.255
Ausar Thompson	28	26.5	11.7	2.2	3.8	6.0	2.6	1.5	0.7	1.6	2.7	4.7	9.2	.512	0.2	0.6	.294	2.1	3.8	.557
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Ausar Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Jayson Tatum played 5 seasons more than Ausar Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 8, from 2021 to 2025—Jayson Tatum played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 5 extra years over Ausar Thompson, Jayson Tatum got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 All-NBA First Team 5 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP