Jimmy Butler vs. Jalen Duren Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Duren 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, 11 more than Jalen Duren, who played 4. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Jalen Duren had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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	Jalen Duren
Season	2011-12	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
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:	+25	+16.4	+6.5	+2.9	+4.7	+7.6	+0.8	+0.4	+0.8	-1.1	-2.2	+3.1	+4.0	+.243		+0.3		+0.4	+1.0	+.157
Jalen Duren	67	24.9	9.1	3.4	5.5	8.9	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.4	2.7	3.9	5.9	.648	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.3	.611
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	-
Jalen Duren	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jimmy Butler	Jalen Duren
Season	2013-14	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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:	+11	+12.6	+1.3	+2.3	+3.2	+5.4	+0.1	+1.2	+0.6	-0.2	-1.6	+0.7	+3.3	+.295	+1.0	+3.6		+1.8	+1.9	+.100
Jalen Duren	78	26.1	11.8	3.6	6.8	10.3	2.7	0.7	1.1	1.7	3.2	4.8	7.0	.692	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.1	.669
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:	+1	+9.8	+1.8	+3.1	+2.3	+5.5	+1.3	+0.9	+1.7	-1.1	-1.7	+0.1	+4.7	+.264	+1.2	+4.0		+0.4	+0.8	+.043
Jalen Duren	6	33.8	11.8	4.3	6.3	10.7	3.5	0.3	1.7	1.7	4.3	4.3	6.7	.650	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	3.8	.826

Season 4
	Jimmy Butler	Jalen Duren
Season	2014-15	2025-26
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
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:	+54	+9.7	+0.6	+2.7	+3.4	+6.2	+1.7	+0.7	+0.6	-1.1	-1.7	+0.5	+3.2	+.185	+1.1	+3.0		+0.5	+0.5	+.026
Jalen Duren	11	29.0	19.4	4.5	7.5	12.0	1.6	1.1	1.2	2.5	3.4	7.0	10.8	.647	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	6.6	.808
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
Jalen Duren	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Jimmy Butler played 11 seasons more than Jalen Duren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 15, from 2016 to 2026—Jimmy Butler played in 8 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Jalen Duren, Jimmy Butler got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Steals Leader 5 All-Star Game