Jimmy Butler vs. Nate McMillan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate McMillan 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

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 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Nate McMillan, who played 12. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Nate McMillan had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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 achivements, 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	13	11	2011-12 to 2023-24
Nate McMillan	12	11	1986-87 to 1997-98

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jimmy Butler	Nate McMillan
Season	2011-12	1986-87
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals

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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
Nate McMillan	71	27.8	5.3	1.4	3.2	4.7	8.2	1.8	0.6	2.2	3.4	2.0	4.2	.475	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	2.0	.617

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	-
Nate McMillan	14	25.4	5.1	0.9	2.9	3.9	8.0	1.0	0.7	1.9	3.0	1.9	4.4	.435	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.7	.708


Season 2
	Jimmy Butler	Nate McMillan
Season	2012-13	1987-88
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Nate McMillan	82	29.9	7.6	1.4	2.7	4.1	8.6	2.1	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.9	6.0	.474	0.1	0.3	.375	1.8	2.5	.707

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
Nate McMillan	5	25.4	6.6	1.2	3.0	4.2	6.6	0.4	0.6	1.6	2.2	2.4	7.0	.343	0.0	0.2	.000	1.8	2.8	.643


Season 3
	Jimmy Butler	Nate McMillan
Season	2013-14	1988-89
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Nate McMillan	75	31.2	7.1	1.9	3.3	5.2	9.3	2.1	0.6	2.8	3.1	2.7	6.5	.410	0.2	0.9	.214	1.6	2.5	.630

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
Nate McMillan	8	25.0	6.8	1.1	2.0	3.1	7.9	1.3	0.6	2.4	2.6	2.4	5.0	.475	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	3.1	.640


Season 4
	Jimmy Butler	Nate McMillan
Season	2014-15	1989-90
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
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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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
Nate McMillan	82	28.5	6.4	1.5	3.4	4.9	7.3	1.7	0.5	2.3	3.5	2.5	5.3	.473	0.1	0.4	.355	1.2	1.9	.641

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
Nate McMillan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Jimmy Butler	Nate McMillan
Season	2015-16	1990-91
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Nate McMillan	78	18.4	4.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	4.8	1.3	0.3	1.6	2.7	1.7	3.9	.433	0.2	0.6	.354	0.7	1.2	.613

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate McMillan	5	19.0	2.8	1.2	2.4	3.6	4.4	1.2	0.2	0.6	3.0	1.2	4.6	.261	0.0	0.4	.000	0.4	0.8	.500


Season 6
	Jimmy Butler	Nate McMillan
Season	2016-17	1991-92
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Nate McMillan	72	22.9	6.0	1.3	2.2	3.5	5.0	1.8	0.4	1.6	3.0	2.5	5.6	.437	0.4	1.4	.276	0.8	1.2	.643

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
Nate McMillan	9	27.3	9.6	1.6	2.1	3.7	7.0	1.8	0.3	2.4	3.9	3.9	9.2	.422	0.7	2.9	.231	1.1	1.6	.714


Season 7
	Jimmy Butler	Nate McMillan
Season	2017-18	1992-93
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals

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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
Nate McMillan	73	27.1	7.5	1.2	3.0	4.2	5.3	2.4	0.5	1.9	3.3	2.9	6.3	.464	0.3	0.9	.385	1.3	1.8	.709

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
Nate McMillan	19	21.8	4.8	1.1	2.4	3.5	5.4	2.1	0.6	1.3	2.8	1.8	5.4	.340	0.3	1.3	.208	0.8	1.6	.533


Season 8
	Jimmy Butler	Nate McMillan
Season	2018-19	1993-94
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	Steals Leader
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Nate McMillan	73	25.8	6.0	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.3	3.0	0.3	1.7	2.8	2.4	5.4	.447	0.7	1.8	.391	0.4	0.8	.564

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
Nate McMillan	5	21.8	4.2	1.2	2.0	3.2	2.0	1.2	0.2	1.0	3.6	1.6	5.0	.320	0.8	2.2	.364	0.2	0.8	.250


Season 9
	Jimmy Butler	Nate McMillan
Season	2019-20	1994-95
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Nate McMillan	80	25.9	5.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	5.3	2.1	0.7	1.6	3.4	2.1	5.0	.418	0.7	1.9	.342	0.4	0.7	.586

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
Nate McMillan	4	28.3	4.8	1.8	2.8	4.5	7.3	2.5	0.5	1.8	3.3	2.0	5.8	.348	0.3	2.0	.125	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 10
	Jimmy Butler	Nate McMillan
Season	2020-21	1995-96
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals

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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
Nate McMillan	55	22.9	5.0	0.7	3.1	3.8	3.6	1.7	0.3	1.4	2.6	1.8	4.3	.420	0.8	2.2	.380	0.5	0.7	.707

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
Nate McMillan	19	20.3	4.4	0.7	3.0	3.7	2.7	1.2	0.3	1.1	1.8	1.5	3.6	.406	1.0	2.1	.475	0.5	0.7	.643


Season 11
	Jimmy Butler	Nate McMillan
Season	2021-22	1996-97
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Nate McMillan	37	21.6	4.6	0.4	2.8	3.2	3.8	1.6	0.2	0.9	2.1	1.6	4.0	.409	0.8	2.3	.333	0.5	0.8	.655

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
Nate McMillan	3	13.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	3.7	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Jimmy Butler	Nate McMillan
Season	2022-23	1997-98
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Nate McMillan	18	15.5	3.4	0.7	1.5	2.2	3.1	0.8	0.2	0.7	2.3	1.3	3.7	.343	0.8	1.9	.441	0.1	0.1	1.000

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
Nate McMillan	7	14.1	2.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	2.1	0.4	0.3	0.3	2.4	0.9	2.6	.333	0.3	1.7	.167	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 13
	Jimmy Butler	Nate McMillan
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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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
Nate McMillan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate McMillan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jimmy Butler vs. Nate McMillan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate McMillan 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13