Jimmy Butler vs. Christian Laettner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Christian Laettner 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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 and Christian Laettner both played 13 years in the NBA. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Christian Laettner had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jimmy Butler	13	11	2011-12 to 2023-24
Christian Laettner	13	6	1992-93 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jimmy Butler	Christian Laettner
Season	2011-12	1992-93
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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
Christian Laettner	81	34.9	18.2	2.1	6.6	8.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	3.4	3.6	6.2	13.1	.474	0.0	0.5	.100	5.7	6.8	.835

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	-
Christian Laettner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jimmy Butler	Christian Laettner
Season	2012-13	1993-94
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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
Christian Laettner	70	34.7	16.8	2.3	6.3	8.6	4.4	1.2	1.2	3.7	3.8	5.7	12.6	.448	0.1	0.4	.240	5.4	6.8	.783

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
Christian Laettner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jimmy Butler	Christian Laettner
Season	2013-14	1994-95
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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
Christian Laettner	81	34.2	16.3	2.0	5.5	7.6	2.9	1.2	1.1	2.8	3.7	5.6	11.4	.489	0.2	0.5	.325	5.0	6.2	.818

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
Christian Laettner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jimmy Butler	Christian Laettner
Season	2014-15	1995-96
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	65	38.7	20.0	1.8	4.1	5.8	3.3	1.8	0.6	1.4	1.7	6.5	14.0	.462	1.1	3.0	.378	5.9	7.1	.834
Christian Laettner	74	33.7	16.4	2.5	4.8	7.3	2.7	1.0	1.0	2.5	3.7	6.0	12.3	.487	0.1	0.5	.231	4.4	5.4	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	12	42.2	22.9	1.5	4.1	5.6	3.2	2.4	0.8	1.8	2.3	7.8	17.8	.441	2.3	6.0	.389	4.9	6.0	.819
Christian Laettner	10	33.4	15.7	2.7	4.2	6.9	1.5	1.2	1.0	2.1	4.1	5.9	12.2	.484	0.1	0.3	.333	3.8	5.4	.704


Season 5
	Jimmy Butler	Christian Laettner
Season	2015-16	1996-97
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	67	36.9	20.9	1.2	4.2	5.3	4.8	1.6	0.6	2.0	1.9	7.0	15.4	.454	1.0	3.1	.312	5.9	7.1	.832
Christian Laettner	82	38.3	18.1	2.6	6.2	8.8	2.7	1.2	0.8	2.7	3.4	6.7	13.8	.486	0.4	1.1	.352	4.4	5.4	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Christian Laettner	10	40.2	17.6	1.9	5.3	7.2	2.6	1.0	0.8	3.1	3.2	6.2	15.3	.405	0.4	2.1	.190	4.8	5.6	.857


Season 6
	Jimmy Butler	Christian Laettner
Season	2016-17	1997-98
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
Jimmy Butler	76	37.0	23.9	1.7	4.5	6.2	5.5	1.9	0.4	2.1	1.5	7.5	16.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.367	7.7	8.9	.865
Christian Laettner	74	30.8	13.8	1.9	4.7	6.6	2.6	1.0	1.0	2.5	3.3	4.8	9.9	.485	0.1	0.4	.222	4.1	4.8	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	6	39.8	22.7	1.5	5.8	7.3	4.3	1.7	0.8	2.5	1.7	7.7	18.0	.426	1.0	3.8	.261	6.3	7.8	.809
Christian Laettner	4	22.0	9.8	0.8	3.5	4.3	1.0	1.5	0.3	2.0	4.0	3.0	8.8	.343	0.0	0.8	.000	3.8	4.3	.882


Season 7
	Jimmy Butler	Christian Laettner
Season	2017-18	1998-99
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Jimmy Butler	59	36.7	22.2	1.3	4.0	5.3	4.9	2.0	0.4	1.8	1.3	7.4	15.6	.474	1.2	3.4	.350	6.2	7.2	.854
Christian Laettner	16	21.1	7.6	1.3	2.1	3.4	1.5	0.9	0.8	1.2	1.9	2.4	6.6	.358	0.1	0.2	.333	2.8	3.6	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	5	34.0	15.8	0.6	5.4	6.0	4.0	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.8	5.6	12.6	.444	1.6	3.4	.471	3.0	3.6	.833
Christian Laettner	5	24.6	10.2	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.2	0.8	0.2	0.6	2.8	4.0	9.4	.426	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.8	.786


Season 8
	Jimmy Butler	Christian Laettner
Season	2018-19	1999-00
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons 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		%
Jimmy Butler	65	33.6	18.7	1.9	3.4	5.3	4.0	1.9	0.6	1.5	1.7	6.4	13.9	.462	1.0	3.0	.347	4.8	5.6	.855
Christian Laettner	82	29.8	12.2	2.1	4.6	6.7	2.3	1.0	0.5	2.3	4.0	4.6	9.8	.473	0.1	0.3	.292	2.9	3.6	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	12	35.1	19.4	1.8	4.2	6.0	5.2	1.5	0.6	1.8	1.7	6.6	14.6	.451	1.0	3.8	.267	5.3	6.0	.875
Christian Laettner	3	25.0	6.7	0.7	4.3	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	4.7	2.3	5.7	.412	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750


Season 9
	Jimmy Butler	Christian Laettner
Season	2019-20	2000-01
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	58	33.8	19.9	1.8	4.8	6.7	6.0	1.8	0.6	2.2	1.4	5.9	13.1	.455	0.5	2.1	.244	7.6	9.1	.834
Christian Laettner	78	21.3	9.3	1.5	3.2	4.7	1.6	0.9	0.6	1.8	3.1	3.6	7.1	.503	0.1	0.2	.308	2.2	2.6	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	21	38.4	22.2	2.2	4.3	6.5	6.0	2.0	0.7	2.8	1.8	6.9	14.0	.488	0.7	2.0	.349	7.8	9.1	.859
Christian Laettner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Jimmy Butler	Christian Laettner
Season	2020-21	2001-02
Team	Miami Heat	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	52	33.6	21.5	1.8	5.1	6.9	7.1	2.1	0.3	2.1	1.4	7.0	14.2	.497	0.5	2.0	.245	6.9	8.0	.863
Christian Laettner	57	25.3	7.1	1.3	4.0	5.3	2.6	1.1	0.4	1.5	2.3	2.9	6.4	.464	0.0	0.2	.200	1.2	1.3	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	4	38.5	14.5	1.5	6.0	7.5	7.0	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.5	4.8	16.0	.297	1.0	3.8	.267	4.0	5.5	.727
Christian Laettner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jimmy Butler	Christian Laettner
Season	2021-22	2002-03
Team	Miami Heat	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	57	33.9	21.4	1.8	4.1	5.9	5.5	1.6	0.5	2.1	1.5	7.0	14.5	.480	0.5	2.0	.233	6.9	8.0	.870
Christian Laettner	76	29.1	8.3	1.5	5.1	6.6	3.1	1.1	0.5	1.1	2.7	3.4	6.8	.494	0.0	0.2	.125	1.6	1.9	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	17	37.0	27.4	2.4	4.9	7.4	4.6	2.1	0.6	1.5	1.5	9.8	19.3	.506	1.4	4.0	.338	6.5	7.8	.841
Christian Laettner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jimmy Butler	Christian Laettner
Season	2022-23	2003-04
Team	Miami Heat	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	64	33.4	22.9	2.2	3.7	5.9	5.3	1.8	0.3	1.6	1.3	7.5	13.9	.539	0.6	1.6	.350	7.4	8.7	.850
Christian Laettner	48	20.5	5.9	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.9	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.1	2.5	5.3	.465	0.1	0.4	.286	0.8	1.0	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	22	39.7	26.9	2.1	4.3	6.5	5.9	1.8	0.6	1.9	1.7	9.4	20.1	.468	1.3	3.5	.359	6.8	8.5	.806
Christian Laettner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Jimmy Butler	Christian Laettner
Season	2023-24	2004-05
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Jimmy Butler	60	34.0	20.8	1.8	3.6	5.3	5.0	1.3	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.6	13.2	.499	1.0	2.4	.414	6.6	7.7	.858
Christian Laettner	49	15.1	5.3	0.7	1.9	2.7	0.8	0.7	0.3	0.6	1.6	2.2	3.8	.582	0.0	0.1	.143	0.9	1.2	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Christian Laettner	13	10.2	2.2	0.2	1.7	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.3	0.9	1.8	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.5	.833

Jimmy Butler vs. Christian Laettner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Christian Laettner 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13