Jon Sundvold vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Jon Sundvold, 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.

Jon Sundvold played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Jon Sundvold had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Jayson Tatum had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jon Sundvold	Jayson Tatum
Season	1983-84	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Jon Sundvold	73	17.6	6.9	0.3	0.9	1.2	3.3	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.1	3.0	6.7	.445	0.1	0.5	.243	0.9	1.0	.889
Jayson Tatum	80	30.5	13.9	0.6	4.4	5.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	1.4	2.1	5.0	10.4	.475	1.3	3.0	.434	2.7	3.2	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jon Sundvold	3	7.3	2.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.7	.375	0.0	1.0	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000
Jayson Tatum	19	35.9	18.5	0.5	3.8	4.4	2.7	1.2	0.5	2.2	2.6	6.5	13.7	.471	1.2	3.7	.324	4.3	5.1	.845

Season 3
	Jon Sundvold	Jayson Tatum
Season	1985-86	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Jon Sundvold	70	16.4	7.1	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.7	0.5	0.0	1.2	1.6	3.1	6.8	.462	0.3	0.9	.350	0.6	0.7	.813
Jayson Tatum	66	34.3	23.4	1.0	6.0	7.0	3.0	1.4	0.9	2.3	2.1	8.4	18.6	.450	2.9	7.1	.403	3.8	4.7	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jon Sundvold	3	14.3	5.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.7	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.3	2.3	6.0	.389	0.3	2.0	.167	0.3	0.3	1.000
Jayson Tatum	17	40.6	25.7	1.3	8.7	10.0	5.0	1.0	1.2	2.8	2.4	8.5	19.6	.434	2.8	7.4	.373	5.9	7.2	.813

Season 4
	Jon Sundvold	Jayson Tatum
Season	1986-87	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Jon Sundvold	76	23.2	11.2	0.3	1.0	1.3	4.1	0.5	0.0	1.3	1.4	4.8	9.9	.486	0.7	2.0	.336	0.9	1.1	.833
Jayson Tatum	64	35.8	26.4	0.8	6.6	7.4	4.3	1.2	0.5	2.7	1.9	9.5	20.6	.459	2.9	7.6	.386	4.6	5.3	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jon Sundvold	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	5	37.0	30.6	0.6	5.2	5.8	4.6	1.2	1.6	2.6	3.0	9.4	22.2	.423	2.8	7.2	.389	9.0	9.8	.918

Season 5
	Jon Sundvold	Jayson Tatum
Season	1987-88	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Jon Sundvold	52	19.7	8.1	0.3	0.7	0.9	3.5	0.5	0.0	1.1	1.0	3.4	7.3	.464	0.5	1.2	.406	0.8	0.9	.896
Jayson Tatum	76	35.9	26.9	1.1	6.9	8.0	4.4	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.3	9.3	20.6	.453	3.0	8.6	.353	5.3	6.2	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jon Sundvold	3	30.0	11.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	5.0	1.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	10.0	.500	1.0	3.0	.333	0.7	1.0	.667
Jayson Tatum	24	41.0	25.6	1.0	5.7	6.7	6.2	1.2	0.9	4.2	3.0	8.4	19.7	.426	3.2	8.2	.393	5.7	7.1	.800

Season 6
	Jon Sundvold	Jayson Tatum
Season	1988-89	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Jon Sundvold	68	19.7	10.4	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	0.4	0.0	1.3	1.1	4.5	9.9	.455	0.7	1.4	.522	0.7	0.8	.825
Jayson Tatum	74	36.9	30.1	1.1	7.7	8.8	4.6	1.1	0.7	2.9	2.2	9.8	21.1	.466	3.2	9.3	.350	7.2	8.4	.854
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jon Sundvold	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	20	40.0	27.2	1.3	9.2	10.5	5.3	1.1	1.1	2.8	2.2	9.3	20.2	.458	2.7	8.2	.323	6.0	6.9	.876

Season 7
	Jon Sundvold	Jayson Tatum
Season	1989-90	2023-24
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jon Sundvold	63	13.8	6.1	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.1	2.3	5.8	.408	0.7	1.6	.440	0.7	0.8	.846
Jayson Tatum	74	35.7	26.9	0.9	7.2	8.1	4.9	1.0	0.6	2.5	2.0	9.1	19.3	.471	3.1	8.2	.376	5.6	6.7	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jon Sundvold	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	15	40.6	25.3	1.0	9.4	10.4	5.9	1.0	0.7	2.7	2.9	8.5	19.3	.438	2.1	7.1	.299	6.3	7.5	.839