Jimmy Butler vs. Kawhi Leonard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kawhi Leonard 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 / Scoring / Stats / 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, 1 more than Kawhi Leonard, who played 13. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Kawhi Leonard had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Kawhi Leonard	13	12	2011-12 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Jimmy Butler	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2011-12	2011-12
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+22	+15.5	+5.3	+1.1	+2.7	+3.8	+0.8	+1.0	+0.3	-0.4	-0.9	+2.3	+4.4	+.088	+0.6	+1.4	+.194	+0.1	+0.1	+.005
Kawhi Leonard	64	24.0	7.9	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.1	6.3	.493	0.6	1.7	.376	1.1	1.4	.773

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:	+11	+25.8	+8.6	+1.3	+4.6	+5.9	+0.6	+1.2	+0.4	-0.9	-1.3	+3.2	+6.4		+1.3	+2.9		+0.9	+1.1
Kawhi Leonard	14	27.1	8.6	1.3	4.6	5.9	0.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.2	6.4	.500	1.3	2.9	.450	0.9	1.1	.813


Season 2
	Jimmy Butler	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2012-13	2012-13
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+24	+5.2	+3.3	+0.6	+2.6	+2.0	+0.2	+0.7	+0.2	-0.3	-0.5	+1.6	+2.9	+.027	+0.6	+1.7	+.007	+0.5	+0.6	+.022
Kawhi Leonard	58	31.2	11.9	1.1	4.9	6.0	1.6	1.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	4.5	9.1	.494	1.1	3.0	.374	1.8	2.2	.825

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:	+9	+3.9	+0.2	+1.6	+2.3	+3.8	+1.7	+0.5		-0.2	-0.3	+1.3	+0.4	+.110	+0.2	+0.3	+.015	+2.3	+2.3	+.185
Kawhi Leonard	21	36.9	13.5	2.4	6.7	9.0	1.0	1.8	0.5	1.1	1.9	5.5	10.0	.545	1.1	2.8	.390	1.5	2.3	.633


Season 3
	Jimmy Butler	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2013-14	2013-14
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	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	+9.6	+0.3	+0.1	+1.5	+1.3	+0.6	+0.2	+0.3	-0.3	-0.3	+1.0	+0.5	+.125		+0.8	+.096	+2.4	+3.1	+.033
Kawhi Leonard	66	29.1	12.8	1.2	5.1	6.2	2.0	1.7	0.8	1.2	1.9	5.1	9.8	.522	1.0	2.8	.379	1.5	1.9	.802

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:	+18	+11.6	+0.7	+0.1	+1.4	+1.5	+0.5	+0.5	+0.6	-0.7	-0.3	+0.9	+1.0	+.124	+0.1	+0.8	+.119	+1.3	+1.5	+.047
Kawhi Leonard	23	32.0	14.3	1.3	5.4	6.7	1.7	1.7	0.6	1.3	2.9	5.3	10.4	.510	1.3	3.2	.419	2.3	3.1	.736


Season 4
	Jimmy Butler	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2014-15	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West 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:	+1	+6.9	+3.5	+0.5	+1.8	+1.4	+0.8	+0.5	+0.2	-0.1	-0.3	+0.3	+1.2	+.017	+0.1		+.029	+2.7	+3.2	+.032
Kawhi Leonard	64	31.8	16.5	1.3	5.9	7.2	2.5	2.3	0.8	1.5	2.0	6.2	12.8	.479	1.0	3.0	.349	3.2	3.9	.802

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:	+5	+6.5	+2.6	+0.4	+1.5	+1.8	+0.6	+1.3	+0.2	-0.3	-0.3	+0.4	+2.2	+.036	+0.7	+2.3	+.034	+1.0	+1.0	+.048
Kawhi Leonard	7	35.7	20.3	1.9	5.6	7.4	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.6	7.4	15.6	.477	1.6	3.7	.423	3.9	5.0	.771


Season 5
	Jimmy Butler	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2015-16	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	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:	+5	+3.8	+0.3	+0.1	+1.3	+1.5	+2.2	+0.2	+0.4	-0.5	-0.1	+0.7	+0.3	+.052	+0.8	+0.9	+.131	+1.8	+2.5	+.042
Kawhi Leonard	72	33.1	21.2	1.3	5.5	6.8	2.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	1.8	7.7	15.1	.506	1.8	4.0	.443	4.1	4.6	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kawhi Leonard	10	33.9	22.5	1.4	4.9	6.3	2.8	2.6	1.4	1.6	2.1	8.3	16.6	.500	1.7	3.9	.436	4.2	5.1	.824


Season 6
	Jimmy Butler	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2016-17	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	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:	+2	+3.6	+1.6	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	+2.0	+0.1	+0.3		-0.1	+1.1	+1.2	+.030	+0.8	+1.9	+.013	+1.4	+1.7	+.015
Kawhi Leonard	74	33.4	25.5	1.1	4.7	5.8	3.5	1.8	0.7	2.1	1.6	8.6	17.7	.485	2.0	5.2	.380	6.3	7.2	.880

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:	+6	+4.0	+5.0	+0.1	+0.4	+0.5	+0.3		+0.3	-0.3	-0.1	+1.1	+1.2	+.099	+1.1	+0.8	+.194	+1.6	+0.7	+.122
Kawhi Leonard	12	35.8	27.7	1.6	6.2	7.8	4.6	1.7	0.5	2.2	1.8	8.8	16.8	.525	2.1	4.6	.455	7.9	8.5	.931


Season 7
	Jimmy Butler	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2017-18	2017-18
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	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:	+50	+13.4	+6.0	+0.6		+0.6	+2.6		+0.6		-0.3	+1.6	+3.3	+.006		+0.5	+.036	+2.8	+3.0	+.038
Kawhi Leonard	9	23.3	16.2	0.7	4.0	4.7	2.3	2.0	1.0	1.8	1.0	5.8	12.3	.468	1.2	3.9	.314	3.4	4.2	.816

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
Kawhi Leonard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Jimmy Butler	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2018-19	2018-19
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+5	+0.4	+7.9	+0.6	+2.6	+2.0	+0.7	+0.1	+0.2	-0.5	-0.2	+2.9	+4.9	+.034	+0.9	+2.0	+.024	+1.3	+1.5	+.001
Kawhi Leonard	60	34.0	26.6	1.3	6.0	7.3	3.3	1.8	0.4	2.0	1.5	9.3	18.8	.496	1.9	5.0	.371	6.1	7.1	.854

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:	+12	+4.0	+11.1	+0.5	+2.6	+3.1	+1.3	+0.2	+0.1	-1.3	-0.6	+3.5	+6.1	+.039	+1.3	+2.2	+.112	+2.7	+3.0	+.009
Kawhi Leonard	24	39.1	30.5	2.3	6.8	9.1	3.9	1.7	0.7	3.1	2.3	10.1	20.7	.490	2.3	6.0	.379	8.0	9.0	.884


Season 9
	Jimmy Butler	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2019-20	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West 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:	+1	+1.4	+7.2	+0.9	+1.3	+0.4	+1.1			-0.4	-0.6	+3.4	+6.8	+.015	+1.7	+3.6	+.134	+1.4	+2.0	+.052
Kawhi Leonard	57	32.4	27.1	0.9	6.1	7.1	4.9	1.8	0.6	2.6	2.0	9.3	19.9	.470	2.2	5.7	.378	6.2	7.1	.886

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:	+8	+0.9	+6.0	+0.4	+3.2	+2.8	+0.5	+0.3	+0.1	-0.3	-0.4	+3.2	+6.6	+.001	+1.1	+3.6	+.020	+1.6	+1.9	+.003
Kawhi Leonard	13	39.3	28.2	1.8	7.5	9.3	5.5	2.3	0.8	2.5	2.2	10.1	20.6	.489	1.8	5.6	.329	6.2	7.2	.862


Season 10
	Jimmy Butler	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	Steals Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals

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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:		+0.5	+3.3	+0.7	+0.3	+0.4	+1.9	+0.5	+0.1	-0.1	-0.2	+1.9	+3.3	+.015	+1.4	+2.9	+.153	+1.9	+2.3	+.022
Kawhi Leonard	52	34.1	24.8	1.1	5.4	6.5	5.2	1.6	0.4	2.0	1.6	8.9	17.5	.512	1.9	4.9	.398	5.0	5.7	.885

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:	+7	+0.8	+15.9	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	+2.6	+0.8	+0.5	-0.1	-1.1	+6.3	+3.4	+.276	+1.2	+1.7	+.126	+2.0	+1.3	+.153
Kawhi Leonard	11	39.3	30.4	2.0	5.7	7.7	4.4	2.1	0.8	2.2	2.6	11.1	19.4	.573	2.2	5.5	.393	6.0	6.8	.880

Note: Kawhi Leonard didn't play in 2021-22.


Season 11
	Jimmy Butler	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+5	+0.3	+2.4	+0.7	+1.3	+0.6	+1.6	+0.2		-0.4	-0.1	+1.6	+2.3	+.032	+1.5	+2.8	+.183	+2.2	+2.6	+.001
Kawhi Leonard	52	33.6	23.8	1.1	5.4	6.5	3.9	1.4	0.5	1.7	1.6	8.6	16.8	.512	2.0	4.8	.416	4.7	5.4	.871

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:	+15	+3.0	+7.1	+0.9	+0.1	+0.9	+1.4	+0.1	+0.1	-1.5	-1.0	+2.2	+2.7	+.039	+1.6	+1.0	+.262	+1.0	+0.7	+.041
Kawhi Leonard	2	40.0	34.5	1.5	5.0	6.5	6.0	2.0	0.5	3.0	2.5	12.0	22.0	.545	3.0	5.0	.600	7.5	8.5	.882


Season 12
	Jimmy Butler	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West 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:	+4	+0.9	+0.8	+1.0	+1.2	+0.2	+1.7	+0.2	+0.6	-0.2	-0.1	+1.5	+3.2	+.014	+1.5	+3.3	+.067	+3.7	+4.5	+.035
Kawhi Leonard	68	34.3	23.7	1.2	4.9	6.1	3.6	1.6	0.9	1.8	1.4	9.0	17.1	.525	2.1	4.9	.417	3.7	4.2	.885

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:	+20	+10.2	+14.9	+0.6	+2.2	+1.5	+3.9	+0.2	+0.1	-0.1	-0.2	+3.9	+8.1	+.010	+1.3	+1.0	+.359	+5.8	+7.0	+.139
Kawhi Leonard	2	29.5	12.0	1.5	6.5	8.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	2.0	1.5	5.5	12.0	.458	0.0	2.5	.000	1.0	1.5	.667


Season 13
	Jimmy Butler	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2023-24	2024-25
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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13th 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	60	34.0	20.8	1.8	3.6	5.3	5.0	1.3	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.6	13.2	.499	1.0	2.4	.414	6.6	7.7	.858
difference:	+23	+2.1	+0.7	+0.9	+1.4	+0.6	+1.9	+0.3	+0.2	-0.2	-0.4	+1.8	+3.6	+.001	+1.1	+2.7	+.003	+4.0	+4.4	+.048
Kawhi Leonard	37	31.9	21.5	0.9	5.0	5.9	3.1	1.6	0.5	1.9	1.5	8.4	16.8	.498	2.1	5.1	.411	2.6	3.3	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kawhi Leonard	7	37.9	25.0	1.6	6.0	7.6	4.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	1.7	9.4	17.6	.537	2.1	5.3	.405	4.0	5.1	.778

Additional Years

* Jimmy Butler played 1 season more than Kawhi Leonard in the NBA.

In that period—his season 14 in 2025—Jimmy Butler played in the Playoffs.

Jimmy Butler vs. Kawhi Leonard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kawhi Leonard 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.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

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Season 2

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Season 3

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

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Season 7

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Season 8

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Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

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