Jimmy Butler vs. Ty Jerome Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ty Jerome 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, 9 more than Ty Jerome, who played 6. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Ty Jerome had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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	Ty Jerome
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma City Thunder
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:	+19	+22.0	+6.0	+0.9	+2.4	+3.3	+0.3	+1.3	+0.4	-0.7	-0.1	+1.5	+3.5	+.019	+0.1	+0.3	+.007	+3.1	+4.0	+.040
Ty Jerome	48	16.7	7.1	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.3	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.5	2.6	6.8	.378	1.1	3.9	.290	0.8	1.0	.809
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
Ty Jerome	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Jimmy Butler	Ty Jerome
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
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:	+20	+20.6	+13.1	+1.6	+2.5	+4.1	+0.3	+1.3	+0.5	-0.7	-0.3	+3.9	+8.6	+.026	+0.3	+1.0	+.011	+5.1	+6.2	+.093
Ty Jerome	45	18.1	6.9	0.2	1.6	1.7	3.0	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.4	2.6	5.4	.488	0.8	2.0	.389	0.8	0.9	.927
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
Ty Jerome	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jimmy Butler	Ty Jerome
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+65	+29.4	+18.9	+0.7	+4.2	+4.8	+3.3	+1.6	+0.6	-1.5	-0.9	+6.0	+13.4	+.046	+1.0	+2.6	+.312	+5.9	+7.1
Ty Jerome	2	7.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jimmy Butler nor Ty Jerome played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Jimmy Butler	Ty Jerome
Season	2016-17	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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	+17.1	+11.4	+1.0	+2.7	+3.7	+2.1	+0.8	+0.4	-0.8		+2.9	+7.7	+.061	+0.4	+0.3	+.072	+5.9	+6.8	+.007
Ty Jerome	70	19.9	12.5	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.4	1.1	0.0	1.3	1.5	4.6	8.8	.516	1.6	3.6	.439	1.8	2.1	.872
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:	+3	+18.6	+11.0	+0.9	+3.9	+4.9	+0.7	+1.1	+0.7	-1.3	-0.1	+3.6	+7.8	+.024	+0.6	+0.2	+.128	+4.4	+5.6	+.041
Ty Jerome	9	21.2	11.7	0.6	1.9	2.4	3.6	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.8	4.1	10.2	.402	1.6	4.0	.389	1.9	2.2	.850

Additional Years
* Jimmy Butler played 9 seasons more than Ty Jerome in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 15, from 2018 to 2026—Jimmy Butler played in 7 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Ty Jerome, Jimmy Butler got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Steals Leader 3 All-Star Game