Lindsey Hunter vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Lindsey Hunter, 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.

Lindsey Hunter played 17 years in the NBA, 10 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Lindsey Hunter had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Lindsey Hunter	17	12	1993-94 to 2009-10
Jayson Tatum	7	7	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Lindsey Hunter	Jayson Tatum
Season	1993-94	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	26.5	10.3	0.6	1.7	2.3	4.8	1.5	0.1	2.2	2.1	4.1	10.9	.375	0.8	2.5	.333	1.3	1.7	.732
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 2
	Lindsey Hunter	Jayson Tatum
Season	1994-95	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	42	22.5	7.5	0.6	1.2	1.8	3.8	1.2	0.2	1.9	2.2	2.8	7.6	.374	0.9	2.6	.333	1.0	1.3	.727
Jayson Tatum	79	31.1	15.7	0.9	5.2	6.0	2.1	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.1	5.9	13.1	.450	1.5	3.9	.373	2.5	2.9	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	9	32.8	15.2	0.8	5.9	6.7	1.9	1.1	0.8	2.0	2.3	5.4	12.4	.438	1.1	3.4	.323	3.2	4.3	.744


Season 3
	Lindsey Hunter	Jayson Tatum
Season	1995-96	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	80	26.7	8.5	0.6	1.9	2.4	2.4	1.1	0.2	1.0	2.3	3.0	7.9	.381	1.5	3.6	.405	1.1	1.5	.700
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	2	18.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	.250	0.5	2.0	.250	0.5	1.0	.500
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
	Lindsey Hunter	Jayson Tatum
Season	1996-97	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	36.9	14.2	0.7	2.1	2.8	1.9	1.6	0.3	1.2	2.5	5.1	12.7	.404	2.0	5.7	.355	1.9	2.5	.778
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	5	40.2	15.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.2	1.2	0.2	0.2	1.8	5.8	13.2	.439	2.4	5.8	.414	1.0	1.4	.714
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
	Lindsey Hunter	Jayson Tatum
Season	1997-98	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Lindsey Hunter	71	35.3	12.1	0.9	2.6	3.5	3.2	1.7	0.1	1.5	2.5	4.5	11.6	.383	1.2	3.7	.321	2.0	2.8	.740
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Lindsey Hunter	Jayson Tatum
Season	1998-99	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	49	35.8	11.9	0.5	2.9	3.4	3.9	1.8	0.2	1.9	2.6	4.7	10.7	.435	1.2	3.1	.386	1.4	1.8	.753
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	5	36.2	7.2	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.4	1.4	0.0	1.4	2.2	2.8	10.6	.264	0.6	2.2	.273	1.0	1.0	1.000
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
	Lindsey Hunter	Jayson Tatum
Season	1999-00	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	35.6	12.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.0	1.6	0.3	1.8	2.6	4.6	10.9	.425	2.0	4.7	.432	1.4	1.9	.760
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	3	31.0	8.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.7	1.7	0.3	1.7	1.3	3.3	10.7	.313	0.3	3.0	.111	1.3	2.0	.667
Jayson Tatum	10	39.2	24.3	0.6	9.8	10.4	5.8	1.0	0.8	2.1	2.8	7.7	17.9	.430	1.8	6.4	.281	7.1	8.2	.866


Season 8
	Lindsey Hunter	Jayson Tatum
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	24.4	10.1	0.4	1.7	2.1	2.7	1.2	0.1	0.8	2.1	3.6	9.5	.381	1.9	5.0	.373	0.9	1.2	.802
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	18	16.2	3.6	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.9	0.8	0.2	0.7	1.3	1.3	5.5	.242	0.4	2.9	.151	0.4	0.6	.727
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Lindsey Hunter	Jayson Tatum
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	82	19.7	5.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.7	1.5	2.3	6.0	.382	1.0	2.5	.380	0.2	0.5	.500
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	18	7.3	2.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.1	0.8	2.5	.311	0.4	1.6	.276	0.0	0.0	-
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Lindsey Hunter	Jayson Tatum
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Toronto Raptors	-
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	29	23.2	9.7	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.4	1.2	0.2	2.0	1.7	3.7	10.4	.351	1.2	3.7	.318	1.2	1.6	.723
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Lindsey Hunter	Jayson Tatum
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	33	20.0	3.5	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.6	1.2	0.2	1.0	1.4	1.5	4.3	.343	0.4	1.5	.280	0.2	0.2	.625
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	23	11.6	2.4	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.9	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.8	0.8	2.8	.292	0.3	1.3	.233	0.5	0.5	.917
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Lindsey Hunter	Jayson Tatum
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	76	15.1	3.8	0.5	1.1	1.6	1.7	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.6	1.4	4.0	.358	0.3	1.1	.274	0.6	0.8	.793
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	25	14.9	3.8	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.6	0.9	0.3	0.6	1.8	1.4	4.5	.319	0.3	1.4	.222	0.6	0.9	.727
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Lindsey Hunter	Jayson Tatum
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	30	11.8	2.9	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.1	0.6	0.0	0.7	1.5	1.2	3.3	.370	0.4	1.4	.256	0.1	0.1	.500
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	18	12.1	4.2	0.4	0.6	1.1	1.6	0.8	0.1	0.8	2.3	1.4	4.3	.333	0.8	2.4	.318	0.6	0.6	1.000
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Lindsey Hunter	Jayson Tatum
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	52	14.3	4.9	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.8	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.1	1.8	4.7	.385	0.7	2.3	.319	0.6	0.6	.909
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	13	10.2	1.8	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.7	0.5	2.4	.226	0.3	1.4	.222	0.4	0.4	1.000
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Lindsey Hunter	Jayson Tatum
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	24	9.0	2.4	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.3	0.9	2.7	.344	0.3	1.1	.269	0.3	0.4	.778
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	11	10.5	1.9	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.5	1.9	0.7	1.9	.381	0.5	1.0	.455	0.0	0.0	-
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Lindsey Hunter	Jayson Tatum
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Lindsey Hunter	28	9.5	2.6	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.0	2.9	.329	0.6	1.7	.333	0.1	0.2	.600
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	6	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.2	0.5	.333	0.2	0.5	.333	0.5	0.7	.750
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Lindsey Hunter	Jayson Tatum
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
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		%
Lindsey Hunter	13	9.4	1.0	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.9	0.4	2.3	.167	0.1	1.0	.077	0.2	0.2	1.000
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lindsey Hunter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Lindsey Hunter vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Lindsey Hunter, 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

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