Jimmy Butler vs. Glen Rice Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Glen Rice 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 14 years in the NBA, 1 less than Glen Rice, who played 15. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Glen Rice had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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	Glen Rice
Season	2011-12	1989-90
Team	Chicago Bulls	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
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:	+35	+21.5	+11.0	+0.8	+2.5	+3.3	+1.5	+0.6	+0.3	-1.2	-2.1	+5.3	+12.0	+.034	+0.2	+0.6	+.064	+0.2	+0.3	+.034
Glen Rice	77	30.0	13.6	1.3	3.3	4.6	1.8	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.6	6.1	13.9	.439	0.2	0.9	.246	1.2	1.6	.734
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	-
Glen Rice	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jimmy Butler	Glen Rice
Season	2013-14	1991-92
Team	Chicago Bulls	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+12	+0.6	+9.2	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+0.8	+0.1	-0.3	-0.6	+4.4	+7.8	+.072	+1.0	+1.4	+.108	+0.5	+1.0	+.067
Glen Rice	79	38.1	22.3	1.1	3.9	5.0	2.3	1.1	0.4	1.8	2.2	8.5	18.1	.469	2.0	5.0	.391	3.4	4.0	.836
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	+3.9	+5.4	+0.2	+1.7	+1.9	+0.5	+0.5		-1.4	-0.3	+3.6	+9.9	+.011	+0.2		+.050	+1.6	+2.3	+.074
Glen Rice	3	39.7	19.0	1.0	2.3	3.3	1.7	0.7	0.0	2.0	2.3	8.0	21.3	.375	1.0	4.0	.250	2.0	2.3	.857

Season 4
	Jimmy Butler	Glen Rice
Season	2014-15	1992-93
Team	Chicago Bulls	Miami Heat
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:	+17	+1.1	+1.0	+0.7	+0.1	+0.6	+1.1	+0.7	+0.3	-0.5	-0.8	+0.6	+2.1	+.022	+0.7	+1.7	+.005	+2.9	+3.5	+.014
Glen Rice	82	37.6	19.0	1.1	4.0	5.2	2.2	1.1	0.3	1.9	2.5	7.1	16.1	.440	1.8	4.7	.383	3.0	3.6	.820
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
Glen Rice	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jimmy Butler	Glen Rice
Season	2015-16	1993-94
Team	Chicago Bulls	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+14	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	+2.5	+0.2	+0.2	-0.4	-0.4	+1.2	+2.1	+.013	+0.6	+1.2	+.070	+2.8	+3.6	+.048
Glen Rice	81	37.0	21.1	0.9	4.4	5.4	2.3	1.4	0.4	1.6	2.3	8.2	17.5	.467	1.6	4.3	.382	3.1	3.5	.880
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glen Rice	5	39.0	13.0	1.2	6.0	7.2	2.0	2.2	0.4	2.8	2.8	5.2	13.6	.382	1.4	4.6	.304	1.2	1.6	.750

Season 6
	Jimmy Butler	Glen Rice
Season	2016-17	1994-95
Team	Chicago Bulls	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+6	+0.2	+1.6	+0.5	+1.1	+1.6	+3.2	+0.5	+0.2	-0.2	-1.0	+0.6	+0.6	+.020	+1.1	+2.2	+.043	+3.9	+4.4	+.010
Glen Rice	82	36.8	22.3	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.3	1.4	0.2	1.9	2.5	8.1	17.1	.475	2.3	5.5	.410	3.8	4.5	.855
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
Glen Rice	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Jimmy Butler	Glen Rice
Season	2017-18	1995-96
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+20	+3.1	+0.6	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+2.0	+0.8	+0.2	-0.3	-1.4	+0.3	+0.8	+.003	+1.0	+1.7	+.074	+2.2	+2.4	+.017
Glen Rice	79	39.8	21.6	1.1	3.7	4.8	2.9	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.7	7.7	16.4	.471	2.2	5.1	.424	4.0	4.8	.837
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
Glen Rice	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Jimmy Butler	Glen Rice
Season	2018-19	1996-97
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+14	+9.0	+8.1	+1.1	+0.2	+1.3	+2.0	+1.0	+0.3	-0.7	-0.7	+2.7	+5.3	+.015	+1.6	+2.6	+.123	+1.1	+1.2	+.012
Glen Rice	79	42.6	26.8	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	9.1	19.2	.477	2.6	5.6	.470	5.9	6.8	.867
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
difference:	+9	+10.6	+8.3	+1.5	+0.9	+2.3	+1.5	+0.2	+0.3	-0.5	-2.0	+2.7	+4.4	+.040	+1.0	+1.5	+.108	+1.7	+1.7	+.038
Glen Rice	3	45.7	27.7	0.3	3.3	3.7	3.7	1.3	0.3	1.3	3.7	9.3	19.0	.491	2.0	5.3	.375	7.0	7.7	.913

Season 9
	Jimmy Butler	Glen Rice
Season	2019-20	1997-98
Team	Miami Heat	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+24	+6.4	+2.4	+0.7	+1.6	+2.4	+3.8	+0.9	+0.3		-1.0	+1.8	+3.8	+.002	+1.1	+1.6	+.189	+2.4	+3.0	+.015
Glen Rice	82	40.2	22.3	1.1	3.2	4.3	2.2	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	7.7	16.9	.457	1.6	3.7	.433	5.2	6.1	.849
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:	+12	+2.6	+0.6	+1.0	+0.1	+0.8	+4.6	+1.4	+0.4	-1.4	-1.1	+2.2	+5.2	+.014	+0.5	+2.0	+.043	+4.5	+5.1	+.026
Glen Rice	9	41.0	22.8	1.2	4.4	5.7	1.4	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.9	9.1	19.2	.474	1.2	4.0	.306	3.3	4.0	.833

Season 10
	Jimmy Butler	Glen Rice
Season	2020-21	1998-99
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+25	+2.9	+4.0	+1.5	+1.8	+3.2	+4.5	+1.5	+0.1	-0.4	-1.1	+0.7	+0.5	+.065	+1.5	+3.0	+.148	+4.0	+4.7	+.007
Glen Rice	27	36.5	17.5	0.3	3.3	3.7	2.6	0.6	0.2	1.7	2.5	6.3	14.7	.432	2.0	5.0	.393	2.9	3.3	.856
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:	+3	+5.2	+3.8	+0.9	+2.7	+3.6	+5.4	+0.6	+0.2	-1.0	-0.6	+1.6	+1.6	+.149	+0.4	+0.2	+.090		+1.4	+.239
Glen Rice	7	43.7	18.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.1	1.3	2.1	6.4	14.4	.446	1.4	4.0	.357	4.0	4.1	.966

Season 11
	Jimmy Butler	Glen Rice
Season	2021-22	1999-00
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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11th 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	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
difference:	+23	+2.3	+5.5	+1.1	+0.7	+1.8	+3.3	+1.0	+0.3	-0.7	-0.7	+1.7	+2.2	+.050	+0.6	+0.9	+.134	+2.6	+3.0	+.004
Glen Rice	80	31.6	15.9	0.7	3.4	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.2	5.3	12.3	.430	1.1	2.9	.367	4.3	5.0	.874
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
difference:	+6	+3.7	+15.0	+2.0	+1.3	+3.4	+2.5	+1.4	+0.4	-0.1	-0.7	+5.8	+9.4	+.098	+0.2	+1.1	+.080	+3.4	+3.9	+.043
Glen Rice	23	33.3	12.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.1	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.0	9.9	.408	1.2	2.9	.418	3.1	3.9	.798

Season 12
	Jimmy Butler	Glen Rice
Season	2022-23	2000-01
Team	Miami Heat	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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12th 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	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
difference:	+11	+3.9	+10.9	+1.4	+0.4	+1.8	+4.1	+1.3	+0.1	-0.3	-1.1	+3.1	+3.9	+.099	+0.5	+1.2	+.039	+5.3	+6.3	+.002
Glen Rice	75	29.5	12.0	0.8	3.3	4.1	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.3	2.4	4.4	10.0	.440	1.1	2.8	.389	2.1	2.4	.852
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
difference:	+17	+10.9	+14.7	+1.5	+0.5	+2.1	+5.3	+1.2	+0.4	-0.5	-0.3	+4.6	+9.7	+.006	+0.1	+0.7	+.070	+5.4	+6.9	+.069
Glen Rice	5	28.8	12.2	0.6	3.8	4.4	0.6	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.0	4.8	10.4	.462	1.2	2.8	.429	1.4	1.6	.875