Jimmy Butler vs. Don May Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Don May 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 13 years in the NBA, 6 more than Don May, who played 7. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Don May had his rookie season in 1968-69. 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 |
Don May |
7 |
3 |
1968-69 to 1974-75 |
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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 |
Don May |
48 |
11.7 |
4.3 |
- |
- |
2.4 |
0.7 |
- |
- |
- |
1.3 |
1.7 |
4.6 |
.363 |
- |
- |
- |
0.9 |
1.2 |
.724 |
|
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 |
- |
Don May |
9 |
9.8 |
2.8 |
- |
- |
2.6 |
0.9 |
- |
- |
- |
0.8 |
1.0 |
3.3 |
.300 |
- |
- |
- |
0.8 |
1.0 |
.778 |
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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 |
Don May |
37 |
6.4 |
2.6 |
- |
- |
1.4 |
0.5 |
- |
- |
- |
1.1 |
1.1 |
2.7 |
.386 |
- |
- |
- |
0.5 |
0.5 |
.947 |
|
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 |
Don May |
2 |
3.5 |
2.0 |
- |
- |
0 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
- |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
.667 |
- |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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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 |
Don May |
76 |
35.1 |
20.2 |
- |
- |
7.5 |
2.0 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
8.3 |
17.6 |
.471 |
- |
- |
- |
3.6 |
4.6 |
.791 |
|
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 |
Don May |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Don May |
75 |
17.1 |
7.9 |
- |
- |
2.9 |
0.7 |
- |
- |
- |
1.8 |
3.1 |
6.3 |
.492 |
- |
- |
- |
1.7 |
2.2 |
.768 |
|
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 |
Don May |
3 |
10.3 |
4.0 |
- |
- |
2.7 |
0.3 |
- |
- |
- |
1.0 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
.333 |
- |
- |
- |
2.0 |
2.7 |
.750 |
|
Season 5 |
|
Jimmy Butler |
Don May |
Season |
2015-16 | 1972-73 |
Team |
Chicago Bulls | Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers |
Honors & Awards |
All-Defensive Second Team | - |
All-Star Game | - |
Playoffs |
Did Not Play | 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 |
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 |
Don May |
58 |
15.8 |
7.8 |
- |
- |
3.6 |
1.1 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
3.3 |
7.3 |
.446 |
- |
- |
- |
1.3 |
1.6 |
.806 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jimmy Butler |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Don May |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Don May |
56 |
14.5 |
7.0 |
0.4 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
- |
2.4 |
2.7 |
6.6 |
.414 |
- |
- |
- |
1.6 |
1.8 |
.873 |
|
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 |
Don May |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Don May |
29 |
4.8 |
2.2 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
- |
0.7 |
0.9 |
1.9 |
.500 |
- |
- |
- |
0.3 |
0.4 |
.833 |
|
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 |
Don May |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Don May |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Don May |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Don May |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Don May |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Don May |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Don May |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Don May |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Don May |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Don May |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Don May |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Don May |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Jimmy Butler |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Don May |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |