Jayson Tatum vs. P.J. Washington Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Washington 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, 2 more than P.J. Washington, who played 6. Jayson Tatum had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while P.J. Washington had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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	P.J. Washington
Season	2017-18	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+22	+0.2	+1.7	+0.4		+0.4	+0.5	+0.1	+0.1	-0.2	-0.6	+0.4	+0.2	+.020	+0.2	+1.0	+.060	+1.2	+0.9	+.179
P.J. Washington	58	30.3	12.2	1.0	4.4	5.4	2.1	0.9	0.8	1.6	2.7	4.6	10.2	.455	1.5	4.0	.374	1.5	2.3	.647
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
P.J. Washington	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jayson Tatum	P.J. Washington
Season	2019-20	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+1	+7.1	+13.1	+0.3	+2.1	+1.8	+0.7	+0.5		-1.0	-0.2	+4.6	+10.4	+.020	+1.2	+2.5	+.038	+2.9	+3.5	+.096
P.J. Washington	65	27.2	10.3	1.3	3.9	5.2	2.3	0.9	0.9	1.3	2.3	3.8	8.2	.470	1.7	4.6	.365	0.9	1.2	.716
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
P.J. Washington	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Jayson Tatum	P.J. Washington
Season	2020-21	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+9	+3.2	+10.7	+0.2	+2.7	+2.5	+1.9	+0.3	+0.6	-1.2	-0.7	+3.6	+7.2	+.015	+0.9	+1.7	+.038	+2.9	+2.9	+.138
P.J. Washington	73	32.6	15.7	1.0	3.9	4.9	2.4	0.9	1.1	1.5	2.6	5.9	13.4	.444	2.0	5.9	.348	1.7	2.4	.730
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
P.J. Washington	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jayson Tatum	P.J. Washington
Season	2021-22	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Mavericks 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		%
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
difference:	+3	+5.5	+14.0	+0.1	+2.4	+2.4	+2.5		+0.2	-1.6		+4.5	+9.5	+.017	+1.2	+2.9	+.033	+3.9	+4.2	+.170
P.J. Washington	73	30.4	12.9	1.2	4.5	5.6	1.9	1.0	0.8	1.3	2.3	4.8	11.1	.436	1.8	5.7	.320	1.4	2.0	.683
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+2	+5.3	+12.6	+0.5	+0.6	+0.1	+4.8	+0.5	+0.1	-2.7		+3.9	+9.1	+.001	+1.1	+2.1	+.045	+3.9	+4.6	+.091
P.J. Washington	22	35.7	13.0	1.5	5.1	6.6	1.4	0.7	0.8	1.5	3.0	4.5	10.6	.427	2.1	6.1	.348	1.8	2.5	.709

Season 6
	Jayson Tatum	P.J. Washington
Season	2022-23	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+17	+4.7	+15.4	+0.3	+1.4	+1.0	+2.3		+0.4	-0.8	-0.1	+4.5	+9.4	+.013	+1.6	+5.1	+.031	+4.7	+4.9	+.132
P.J. Washington	57	32.2	14.7	1.4	6.3	7.8	2.3	1.1	1.1	2.1	2.3	5.3	11.7	.453	1.6	4.2	.381	2.5	3.5	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
P.J. Washington	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Jayson Tatum played 2 seasons more than P.J. Washington in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 8, from 2024 to 2025—Jayson Tatum played in two Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 2 extra years over P.J. Washington, Jayson Tatum got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 2 All-Star Game