Josh McRoberts vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Josh McRoberts, 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.

Josh McRoberts played 11 years in the NBA, 4 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Josh McRoberts had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, 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
	Josh McRoberts	Jayson Tatum
Season	2007-08	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Josh McRoberts	8	3.5	1.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.3	.600	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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		%
Josh McRoberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Josh McRoberts	Jayson Tatum
Season	2009-10	2019-20
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Josh McRoberts	42	12.5	4.3	1.0	2.1	3.0	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.8	1.8	3.5	.521	0.2	0.5	.348	0.5	0.9	.500
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		%
Josh McRoberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Josh McRoberts	Jayson Tatum
Season	2010-11	2020-21
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Josh McRoberts	72	22.2	7.4	1.5	3.8	5.3	2.1	0.7	0.8	1.3	2.3	2.9	5.4	.547	0.3	0.8	.383	1.2	1.7	.739
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		%
Josh McRoberts	5	15.8	5.0	1.6	2.0	3.6	1.2	0.8	0.2	1.0	3.4	1.6	4.8	.333	0.0	0.2	.000	1.8	2.2	.818
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
	Josh McRoberts	Jayson Tatum
Season	2011-12	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Josh McRoberts	50	14.4	2.8	1.2	2.2	3.4	1.0	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.5	1.1	2.4	.475	0.1	0.1	.429	0.5	0.7	.639
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		%
Josh McRoberts	6	2.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.7	.250	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Josh McRoberts	Jayson Tatum
Season	2012-13	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic, Charlotte Bobcats	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		%
Josh McRoberts	67	22.2	6.0	1.4	3.5	4.9	2.1	0.5	0.4	1.0	2.0	2.3	5.1	.455	0.4	1.3	.286	1.0	1.3	.765
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		%
Josh McRoberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Josh McRoberts	Jayson Tatum
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bobcats Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Josh McRoberts	78	30.3	8.5	1.1	3.7	4.8	4.3	0.7	0.6	1.1	2.4	3.2	7.3	.436	1.3	3.7	.361	0.8	1.1	.729
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		%
Josh McRoberts	4	38.5	11.5	0.3	6.5	6.8	3.8	1.0	0.3	1.5	3.3	3.8	8.3	.455	2.0	4.3	.471	2.0	2.5	.800
Jayson Tatum	11	39.7	25.4	0.7	9.8	10.5	5.6	1.2	0.7	2.3	2.9	8.1	18.6	.434	1.8	6.5	.278	7.4	8.5	.862