Kentavious Caldwell-Pope vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, 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.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope played 12 years in the NBA, 4 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 8. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, 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 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.

Rookie Season
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Jayson Tatum
Season	2013-14	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	80	19.8	5.9	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.4	1.8	2.3	5.8	.396	0.7	2.3	.319	0.6	0.8	.770
difference:		+10.7	+8.0	+0.1	+2.9	+3.0	+0.9	+0.1	+0.5	-1.0	-0.3	+2.7	+4.6	+.079	+0.6	+0.7	+.115	+2.1	+2.4	+.056
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Jayson Tatum
Season	2015-16	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	36.7	14.5	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.8	1.4	0.2	1.4	2.2	5.3	12.6	.420	1.5	4.9	.309	2.4	3.0	.811
difference:	+10	+2.4	+8.9	+0.1	+3.2	+3.3	+1.2		+0.7	-0.9	-0.1	+3.1	+6.0	+.030	+1.4	+2.2	+.094	+1.4	+1.7	+.001
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	4	40.3	15.3	0.5	3.8	4.3	2.8	1.8	0.3	0.5	1.8	5.5	12.5	.440	3.0	6.8	.444	1.3	1.8	.714
difference:	+13	+0.3	+10.4	+0.8	+4.9	+5.7	+2.2	+0.8	+0.9	-2.3	-0.6	+3.0	+7.1	+.006	+0.2	+0.6	+.071	+4.6	+5.4	+.099
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Jayson Tatum
Season	2016-17	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	33.3	13.8	0.7	2.5	3.3	2.5	1.2	0.2	1.1	1.6	4.9	12.2	.399	2.0	5.8	.350	2.0	2.4	.832
difference:	+12	+2.5	+12.6	+0.1	+4.1	+4.1	+1.8		+0.3	-1.6	-0.3	+4.6	+8.4	+.060	+0.9	+1.8	+.036	+2.6	+2.9	+.036
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Jayson Tatum
Season	2017-18	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	74	33.2	13.4	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.2	1.4	0.2	1.3	2.0	4.6	10.8	.426	2.1	5.6	.383	2.1	2.6	.789
difference:	+2	+2.7	+13.5	+0.3	+2.5	+2.8	+2.2	+0.4	+0.4	-1.6	-0.3	+4.7	+9.8	+.027	+0.9	+3.0	+.030	+3.2	+3.6	+.064
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Jayson Tatum
Season	2018-19	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	82	24.8	11.4	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.3	0.9	0.2	0.8	1.7	4.0	9.2	.430	1.8	5.3	.347	1.7	1.9	.867
difference:	+8	+12.1	+18.7	+0.5	+5.4	+5.9	+3.3	+0.2	+0.5	-2.1	-0.5	+5.8	+11.9	+.036	+1.4	+4.0	+.003	+5.5	+6.5	+.013
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Jayson Tatum
Season	2019-20	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	69	25.5	9.3	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.9	1.9	3.4	7.3	.467	1.3	3.5	.385	1.1	1.5	.775
difference:	+5	+10.2	+17.6	+0.3	+5.7	+6.0	+3.3	+0.2	+0.4	-1.6	-0.1	+5.7	+12.0	+.004	+1.8	+4.7	+.009	+4.5	+5.2	+.058
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	21	29.0	10.7	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.7	1.9	3.8	9.0	.418	2.1	5.7	.378	1.0	1.3	.815
difference:	+2	+11.4	+14.3	+0.5	+7.1	+7.6	+5.0	+0.1	+0.5	-1.9	-0.9	+4.6	+10.6	+.009		+1.6	+.095	+5.2	+5.9	+.046
Jayson Tatum	19	40.4	25.0	0.9	8.8	9.7	6.3	1.1	0.7	2.6	2.8	8.4	19.6	.427	2.1	7.3	.283	6.2	7.2	.861

Season 8
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Jayson Tatum
Season	2020-21	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	67	28.4	9.7	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.7	3.3	7.6	.431	1.8	4.4	.410	1.4	1.7	.866
difference:	+5	+8.0	+17.1	+0.3	+5.7	+6.0	+4.1	+0.2	+0.1	-1.9	-0.5	+5.9	+12.7	+.021	+1.7	+5.7	+.067	+3.6	+4.4	+.052
Jayson Tatum	72	36.4	26.8	0.7	8.0	8.7	6.0	1.1	0.5	2.9	2.2	9.2	20.3	.452	3.5	10.1	.343	5.0	6.1	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	5	29.2	6.2	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.4	3.0	2.2	5.8	.379	0.8	3.8	.211	1.0	1.0	1.000
difference:	+3	+11.1	+21.9	+0.7	+8.0	+8.7	+4.4	+1.1	+0.8	-2.9	-0.4	+7.1	+16.1	+.044	+2.8	+6.0	+.161	+5.0	+5.8	+.111
Jayson Tatum	8	40.3	28.1	1.1	10.4	11.5	5.4	2.1	0.8	3.3	2.6	9.3	21.9	.423	3.6	9.8	.372	6.0	6.8	.889