Jimmy Butler vs. Chet Holmgren Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chet Holmgren and Jimmy Butler, 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.

Jimmy Butler played 15 years in the NBA, 12 more than Chet Holmgren, who played 3. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Chet Holmgren 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
	Jimmy Butler	Chet Holmgren
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Jimmy Butler	42	8.5	2.6	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.9	.405	0.0	0.3	.182	1.0	1.3	.768
difference:	+40	+20.9	+13.9	+1.1	+5.5	+6.6	+2.1	+0.3	+2.2	-1.3	-1.9	+5.4	+9.7	+.125	+1.6	+4.0	+.188	+1.7	+2.1	+.025
Chet Holmgren	82	29.4	16.5	1.6	6.3	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	1.6	2.4	6.2	11.6	.530	1.6	4.3	.370	2.7	3.4	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+7	+33.2	+15.6	+1.4	+5.8	+7.2	+2.1	+0.7	+2.5	-1.9	-2.3	+5.9	+11.9		+1.3	+5.0		+2.5	+3.3
Chet Holmgren	10	34.5	15.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	2.1	0.7	2.5	1.9	2.6	5.9	11.9	.496	1.3	5.0	.260	2.5	3.3	.758

Season 2
	Jimmy Butler	Chet Holmgren
Season	2012-13	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	82	26.0	8.6	1.7	2.3	4.0	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.9	6.2	.467	0.5	1.3	.381	2.3	2.8	.803
difference:	+50	+1.4	+6.4	+0.2	+4.2	+4.0	+0.6	+0.3	+1.8	-1.0	-1.1	+2.3	+4.5	+.023	+0.9	+2.3	+.002	+0.9	+1.4	+.049
Chet Holmgren	32	27.4	15.0	1.5	6.5	8.0	2.0	0.7	2.2	1.8	2.3	5.2	10.7	.490	1.4	3.6	.379	3.2	4.2	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	12	40.8	13.3	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.3	2.2	4.2	9.6	.435	1.3	3.1	.405	3.8	4.6	.818
difference:	+11	+11.0	+1.9	+1.0	+2.4	+3.5	+1.7	+0.6	+1.4	-0.1	-0.2	+1.1	+2.0	+.027	+0.1	+0.9	+.108	+0.5	+0.4	+.034
Chet Holmgren	23	29.8	15.2	1.8	6.8	8.7	1.0	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.0	5.3	11.6	.462	1.2	4.0	.297	3.3	4.2	.784

Season 3
	Jimmy Butler	Chet Holmgren
Season	2013-14	2025-26
Team	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jimmy Butler	67	38.7	13.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.6	1.9	0.5	1.5	1.6	4.1	10.3	.397	1.0	3.6	.283	3.9	5.0	.769
difference:	+63	+4.4	+9.9	+1.0	+4.4	+5.4	+0.8	+0.6	+0.8	-1.5	-2.4	+3.2	+2.5	+.172	+1.5	+2.4	+.134	+2.1	+2.0	+.088
Chet Holmgren	4	34.3	23.0	2.3	8.0	10.3	1.8	1.3	1.3	3.0	4.0	7.3	12.8	.569	2.5	6.0	.417	6.0	7.0	.857
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	5	43.6	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	2.2	1.2	0.0	0.6	2.6	4.4	11.4	.386	1.2	4.0	.300	3.6	4.6	.783
Chet Holmgren	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Jimmy Butler played 12 seasons more than Chet Holmgren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 15, from 2015 to 2026—Jimmy Butler played in 9 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Chet Holmgren, Jimmy Butler got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Most Improved Player 1 Steals Leader 6 All-Star Game