Jimmy Butler vs. Donte DiVincenzo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donte DiVincenzo 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 / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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 14 years in the NBA, 7 more than Donte DiVincenzo, who played 7. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Donte DiVincenzo had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jimmy Butler	14	12	2011-12 to 2024-25
Donte DiVincenzo	7	5	2018-19 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jimmy Butler	Donte DiVincenzo
Season	2011-12	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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:	+15	+6.7	+2.3	+0.1	+1.0	+1.1	+0.8	+0.2	+0.1	-0.4	-0.9	+1.1	+2.7	+.002	+0.8	+2.8	+.083	+0.7	+0.9	+.018
Donte DiVincenzo	27	15.2	4.9	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.4	1.9	4.6	.403	0.8	3.1	.265	0.3	0.4	.750

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	-
Donte DiVincenzo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jimmy Butler	Donte DiVincenzo
Season	2012-13	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+16	+3.0	+0.6	+0.7	+1.5	+0.8	+0.9	+0.3	+0.1	-0.6	-0.5	+0.6	+1.5	+.012	+0.8	+2.4	+.045	+1.3	+1.5	+.070
Donte DiVincenzo	66	23.0	9.2	1.0	3.8	4.8	2.3	1.3	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.5	7.7	.455	1.3	3.7	.336	1.0	1.3	.733

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:	+2	+24.3	+6.7		+2.0	+2.0	+1.5	+0.6	+0.2	-0.3	-0.1	+1.9	+4.5	+.016	+0.6	+1.0	+.072	+2.5	+2.6	+.168
Donte DiVincenzo	10	16.5	6.6	0.8	2.4	3.2	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.1	2.3	5.1	.451	0.7	2.1	.333	1.3	2.0	.650


Season 3
	Jimmy Butler	Donte DiVincenzo
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+1	+11.2	+2.7	+0.1	+0.9	+0.9	+0.5	+0.8	+0.3	-0.1	-0.1	+0.3	+1.2	+.023	+1.0	+1.6	+.096	+3.1	+3.9	+.051
Donte DiVincenzo	66	27.5	10.4	1.2	4.5	5.8	3.1	1.1	0.2	1.4	1.7	3.8	9.1	.420	2.0	5.2	.379	0.8	1.1	.718

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
difference:	+2	+20.3	+10.9	+0.5	+1.7	+1.1	+0.5	+0.2	+0.3	-1.4	-1.3	+3.4	+6.1	+.198	+0.5		+.133	+3.6	+4.6
Donte DiVincenzo	3	23.3	2.7	0.7	5.7	6.3	2.7	1.0	0.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	5.3	.188	0.7	4.0	.167	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Jimmy Butler	Donte DiVincenzo
Season	2014-15	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Milwaukee Bucks, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
difference:	+23	+14.8	+11.0	+0.8	+1.0	+1.8	+0.5	+0.7	+0.4	-0.3	-0.1	+3.7	+6.0	+.111	+0.7	+2.2	+.039	+4.2	+5.1	+.009
Donte DiVincenzo	42	23.9	9.0	1.0	3.1	4.0	2.8	1.1	0.2	1.7	1.6	2.8	8.0	.351	1.8	5.2	.339	1.7	2.0	.843

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
Donte DiVincenzo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Jimmy Butler	Donte DiVincenzo
Season	2015-16	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+5	+10.6	+11.5	+0.1	+0.8	+0.8	+1.3	+0.3	+0.5	-0.4	-0.1	+3.7	+7.9	+.019	+1.1	+2.2	+.085	+5.1	+6.1	+.015
Donte DiVincenzo	72	26.3	9.4	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.5	1.3	0.1	1.6	1.8	3.3	7.5	.435	2.1	5.3	.397	0.8	1.0	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Donte DiVincenzo	13	18.1	5.5	0.8	2.2	3.0	2.8	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.8	4.9	.375	1.2	3.4	.341	0.6	0.9	.667


Season 6
	Jimmy Butler	Donte DiVincenzo
Season	2016-17	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+5	+7.9	+8.4	+0.9	+1.6	+2.5	+2.8	+0.6		-0.7	-0.5	+2.0	+4.1	+.012	+2.3	+5.4	+.034	+6.6	+7.5	+.111
Donte DiVincenzo	81	29.1	15.5	0.8	2.9	3.7	2.7	1.3	0.4	1.4	2.0	5.5	12.4	.443	3.5	8.7	.401	1.1	1.4	.754

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
difference:	+7	+4.0	+4.9	+0.5	+2.8	+3.3	+1.7	+0.5	+0.1	-1.3	-0.5	+1.5	+3.3	+.007	+2.5	+4.4	+.164	+4.3	+5.5	+.058
Donte DiVincenzo	13	35.8	17.8	1.0	3.0	4.0	2.6	1.2	0.9	1.2	2.2	6.2	14.7	.419	3.5	8.2	.425	2.0	2.3	.867


Season 7
	Jimmy Butler	Donte DiVincenzo
Season	2017-18	2024-25
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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7th 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	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
difference:	+3	+10.8	+10.5	+0.8	+0.8	+1.6	+1.3	+0.8	+0.1	-0.2	-0.5	+3.4	+6.0	+.052	+1.6	+3.7	+.047	+5.4	+6.2	+.076
Donte DiVincenzo	62	25.9	11.7	0.5	3.2	3.7	3.6	1.2	0.3	1.6	1.8	4.0	9.6	.422	2.8	7.1	.397	0.8	1.0	.778

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
difference:	+10	+8.9	+7.1	+0.2	+3.1	+2.9	+0.7	+0.6	+0.1	-0.9	-1.2	+2.5	+4.2	+.079	+0.3	+2.5	+.153	+2.3	+2.7	+.064
Donte DiVincenzo	15	25.1	8.7	0.8	2.3	3.1	3.3	1.4	0.3	1.9	3.0	3.1	8.4	.365	1.9	5.9	.318	0.7	0.9	.769


Additional Years
* Jimmy Butler played 7 seasons more than Donte DiVincenzo in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 14, from 2019 to 2025—Jimmy Butler played in 6 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Donte DiVincenzo, Jimmy Butler got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Steals Leader 2 All-Star Game

Jimmy Butler vs. Donte DiVincenzo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donte DiVincenzo 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years