Jimmy Butler vs. Jalen Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Johnson 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, 10 more than Jalen Johnson, who played 4. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Jalen Johnson had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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.

Season 3
	Jimmy Butler	Jalen Johnson
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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	+5.0	+2.9		+3.8	+3.8	+1.0	+0.7	+0.3	-0.3	-0.8	+2.3	+2.2	+.114	+0.3		+.072	+2.0	+2.4	+.041
Jalen Johnson	56	33.7	16.0	1.3	7.4	8.7	3.6	1.2	0.8	1.8	2.4	6.4	12.5	.511	1.3	3.6	.355	1.9	2.6	.728
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
Jalen Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Jimmy Butler	Jalen Johnson
Season	2014-15	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks
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:	+29	+3.0	+1.1	+0.1	+4.2	+4.2	+1.7	+0.2	+0.4	-1.5	-0.2	+1.0	+1.1	+.038	+0.1	+0.9	+.066	+3.3	+3.6	+.088
Jalen Johnson	36	35.7	18.9	1.7	8.3	10.0	5.0	1.6	1.0	2.9	1.9	7.5	15.1	.500	1.2	3.9	.312	2.6	3.5	.746
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 Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Jimmy Butler played 10 seasons more than Jalen Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 14, from 2016 to 2025—Jimmy Butler played in 8 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Jalen Johnson, 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