Jimmy Butler vs. George Gervin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Gervin 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, 5 more than George Gervin, who played 10. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while George Gervin had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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	George Gervin
Season	2011-12	1976-77
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	+24.5	+20.5	+1.1	+3.1	+4.2	+2.6	+1.0	+1.2		-3.0	+8.1	+14.4	+.139				+4.4	+5.2	+.065
George Gervin	82	33.0	23.1	1.6	3.9	5.5	2.9	1.3	1.3	-	3.5	8.9	16.3	.544	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.833
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:	+1	+29.7	+25.0	+2.5	+3.0	+5.5	+1.5	+0.5	+1.0		-4.2	+9.5	+22.0					+6.0	+7.5
George Gervin	2	31.0	25.0	2.5	3.0	5.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	-	4.5	9.5	22.0	.432	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.800

Season 2
	Jimmy Butler	George Gervin
Season	2012-13	1977-78
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs 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:		+8.8	+18.6	+0.3	+1.4	+1.1	+2.3	+0.7	+0.9	-2.9	-1.9	+7.6	+13.4	+.069				+3.8	+4.6	+.027
George Gervin	82	34.8	27.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.7	3.1	10.5	19.6	.536	-	-	-	6.1	7.4	.830
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:	+6	+3.0	+19.9	+1.0	+0.6	+0.5	+0.5	+0.3	+2.2	-1.9	-1.6	+8.8	+14.1	+.114				+3.4	+4.7	+.050
George Gervin	6	37.8	33.2	1.8	3.8	5.7	3.2	1.0	2.7	3.2	3.8	13.0	23.7	.549	-	-	-	7.2	9.3	.768

Season 3
	Jimmy Butler	George Gervin
Season	2013-14	1978-79
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+13	+2.6	+16.5	+0.5	+0.4	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.6	-2.1	-1.8	+7.7	+11.6	+.144				+2.0	+2.1	+.057
George Gervin	80	36.1	29.6	1.8	3.2	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	3.6	3.4	11.8	21.9	.541	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.826
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:	+9	+7.0	+15.0	+1.2	+0.5	+0.7	+0.3	+0.7	+1.0	-2.3	-1.0	+6.9	+9.7	+.150				+2.4	+2.8	+.025
George Gervin	14	36.6	28.6	2.4	3.5	5.9	2.5	1.9	1.0	2.9	3.6	11.3	21.1	.536	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.808

Season 4
	Jimmy Butler	George Gervin
Season	2014-15	1979-80
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+13	+1.1	+13.1	+0.2	+0.9	+0.6	+0.7	+0.4	+0.4	-1.9	-1.0	+6.6	+10.9	+.066	+0.7	+1.7	+.064	+0.6	+0.5	+.018
George Gervin	78	37.6	33.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.7	13.1	24.9	.528	0.4	1.3	.314	6.5	7.6	.852
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
difference:	+9	+1.5	+10.4	+1.5	+0.4	+1.1	+0.8	+0.7	+0.2	-1.2	-0.4	+4.5	+6.9	+.059	+2.3	+5.3	+.389	+3.8	+4.0	+.048
George Gervin	3	40.7	33.3	3.0	3.7	6.7	4.0	1.7	1.0	3.0	2.7	12.3	24.7	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	8.7	10.0	.867

Season 5
	Jimmy Butler	George Gervin
Season	2015-16	1980-81
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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:	+15	+3.2	+6.2	+0.3	+0.6	+0.2	+1.6	+0.5	+0.1	-1.1	-0.7	+3.4	+5.7	+.038	+0.9	+2.7	+.055	+0.3	+0.5	+.006
George Gervin	82	33.7	27.1	1.5	3.6	5.1	3.2	1.1	0.7	3.1	2.6	10.4	21.1	.492	0.1	0.4	.257	6.2	7.6	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	7	39.1	27.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	3.4	0.7	0.7	2.9	2.7	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.4	.000	5.1	6.4	.800

Season 6
	Jimmy Butler	George Gervin
Season	2016-17	1981-82
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+3	+1.3	+8.4		+1.3	+1.2	+3.1	+0.9	+0.2	-0.6	-1.2	+5.1	+8.7	+.045	+1.1	+2.8	+.089	+0.7	+0.8	+.001
George Gervin	79	35.7	32.3	1.7	3.2	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	2.7	2.7	12.6	25.2	.500	0.1	0.5	.278	7.0	8.1	.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
difference:	+3	+1.6	+6.7	+0.6	+0.6		+0.3	+0.6	+0.4	-0.9	-2.3	+3.7	+7.3	+.026	+1.0	+3.5	+.261	+0.3	+0.1	+.022
George Gervin	9	41.4	29.4	2.1	5.2	7.3	4.6	1.1	0.4	3.4	4.0	11.4	25.3	.452	0.0	0.3	.000	6.6	7.9	.831

Season 7
	Jimmy Butler	George Gervin
Season	2017-18	1982-83
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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:	+19	+0.4	+4.0	+0.1	+0.8	+0.7	+1.5	+0.9	+0.5	-1.4	-1.8	+2.3	+4.3	+.013	+1.0	+3.0	+.014	+0.4	+0.6	+.001
George Gervin	78	36.3	26.2	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.4	1.1	0.9	3.2	3.1	9.7	19.9	.487	0.2	0.4	.364	6.6	7.8	.853
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:	+6	+5.7	+9.4	+1.3	+0.6	+0.7	+0.6	+0.3	+0.2	-3.2	-1.7	+4.2	+6.3	+.075	+1.6	+3.2	+.471	+2.5	+2.7	+.051
George Gervin	11	39.7	25.2	1.9	4.8	6.7	3.4	1.1	0.4	4.2	3.5	9.8	18.9	.519	0.0	0.2	.000	5.5	6.3	.884

Season 8
	Jimmy Butler	George Gervin
Season	2018-19	1983-84
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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8th 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	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
difference:	+11	+0.4	+7.2	+0.5	+0.7	+1.2	+1.1	+0.9		-1.4	-1.2	+3.7	+6.6	+.028	+0.9	+2.7	+.070	+0.8	+1.1	+.013
George Gervin	76	34.0	25.9	1.4	2.7	4.1	2.9	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.9	10.1	20.5	.490	0.1	0.3	.417	5.6	6.7	.842
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
George Gervin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Jimmy Butler	George Gervin
Season	2019-20	1984-85
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th 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	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
difference:	+14	+4.8	+1.3	+0.7	+2.6	+3.4	+3.5	+0.9	+0.1	-0.6	-1.5	+2.4	+3.3	+.053	+0.5	+2.0	+.244	+3.1	+3.8	+.010
George Gervin	72	29.0	21.2	1.1	2.2	3.3	2.5	0.9	0.7	2.8	2.9	8.3	16.4	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.3	.844
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
difference:	+16	+1.8		+1.6	+1.3	+2.9	+3.2	+1.4	+0.1	-1.2	-2.0	+1.5	+1.8	+.044	+0.7	+1.4	+.349	+2.4	+2.3	+.065
George Gervin	5	36.6	22.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.6	4.0	3.8	8.4	15.8	.532	0.0	0.6	.000	5.4	6.8	.794

Season 10
	Jimmy Butler	George Gervin
Season	2020-21	1985-86
Team	Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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10th 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	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
difference:	+30	+8.4	+5.3	+0.8	+3.4	+4.3	+5.3	+1.5		-0.1	-1.2	+0.7	+0.8	+.025	+0.5	+1.8	+.034	+3.4	+4.1	+.016
George Gervin	82	25.2	16.2	1.0	1.7	2.6	1.8	0.6	0.3	2.0	2.6	6.3	13.4	.472	0.0	0.2	.211	3.5	3.9	.879
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
difference:	+2	+33.0	+14.5	+1.5	+5.5	+7.0	+6.5	+1.3	+0.3	-1.3		+4.8	+15.5	+.297	+1.0	+3.8		+4.0	+5.5
George Gervin	2	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years
* Jimmy Butler played 5 seasons more than George Gervin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 15, from 2022 to 2026—Jimmy Butler played in 3 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over George Gervin, Jimmy Butler got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game