Peja Stojakovic vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Peja Stojakovic, 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.

Peja Stojakovic played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 8. Peja Stojakovic had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, 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
	Peja Stojakovic	Jayson Tatum
Season	1998-99	2017-18
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Peja Stojakovic	48	21.4	8.4	0.9	2.1	3.0	1.5	0.9	0.1	1.1	0.9	2.9	7.8	.378	1.2	3.7	.320	1.3	1.5	.851
difference:	+32	+9.1	+5.5	+0.3	+2.3	+2.0	+0.1	+0.1	+0.6	-0.3	-1.2	+2.1	+2.6	+.097	+0.1	+0.7	+.114	+1.4	+1.7	+.025
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		%
Peja Stojakovic	5	21.6	4.8	2.4	1.4	3.8	0.4	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.4	1.8	5.2	.346	0.6	2.8	.214	0.6	0.6	1.000
difference:	+14	+14.3	+13.7	+1.9	+2.4	+0.6	+2.3	+0.6	+0.5	-1.0	-1.2	+4.7	+8.5	+.125	+0.6	+0.9	+.110	+3.7	+4.5	+.155
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
	Peja Stojakovic	Jayson Tatum
Season	2000-01	2019-20
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Peja Stojakovic	75	38.7	20.4	1.2	4.5	5.8	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.9	1.9	7.5	15.9	.470	1.9	4.8	.400	3.6	4.2	.856
difference:	+9	+4.4	+3.0	+0.2	+1.5	+1.2	+0.8	+0.2	+0.7	-0.4	-0.2	+0.9	+2.7	+.020	+1.0	+2.3	+.003	+0.2	+0.5	+.044
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		%
Peja Stojakovic	8	38.5	21.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	2.3	2.1	6.5	16.0	.406	1.1	3.3	.346	7.5	7.8	.968
difference:	+9	+2.1	+4.1	+0.8	+4.4	+3.6	+4.6	+0.4	+0.8	-0.5	-0.3	+2.0	+3.6	+.028	+1.7	+4.1	+.027	+1.6	+0.6	+.155
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
	Peja Stojakovic	Jayson Tatum
Season	2001-02	2020-21
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Peja Stojakovic	71	37.3	21.2	1.0	4.2	5.3	2.5	1.1	0.2	2.0	1.7	7.7	15.9	.484	1.8	4.4	.416	4.0	4.5	.876
difference:	+7	+1.5	+5.2	+0.2	+2.4	+2.1	+1.8	+0.1	+0.3	-0.7	-0.2	+1.8	+4.7	+.025	+1.1	+3.2	+.030	+0.6	+0.8	+.008
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		%
Peja Stojakovic	10	33.8	14.8	1.6	4.7	6.3	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.9	2.2	5.0	13.3	.376	1.3	4.8	.271	3.5	3.9	.897
difference:	+5	+3.2	+15.8	+1.0	+0.5	+0.5	+3.6	+0.7	+1.6	-0.7	-0.8	+4.4	+8.9	+.047	+1.5	+2.4	+.118	+5.5	+5.9	+.021
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
	Peja Stojakovic	Jayson Tatum
Season	2002-03	2021-22
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Peja Stojakovic	72	34.0	19.2	0.8	4.7	5.5	2.0	1.0	0.1	1.4	2.0	6.9	14.4	.481	2.2	5.6	.382	3.2	3.7	.875
difference:	+4	+1.9	+7.7	+0.3	+2.2	+2.5	+2.4		+0.5	-1.5	-0.3	+2.4	+6.2	+.028	+0.8	+3.0	+.029	+2.1	+2.5	+.022
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		%
Peja Stojakovic	12	40.5	23.1	1.4	5.5	6.9	2.5	0.8	0.4	1.0	2.8	8.1	16.8	.480	2.7	5.8	.457	4.3	5.0	.850
difference:	+12	+0.5	+2.5	+0.4	+0.2	+0.2	+3.7	+0.4	+0.5	-3.2	-0.2	+0.3	+2.9	+.054	+0.5	+2.4	+.064	+1.4	+2.1	+.050
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
	Peja Stojakovic	Jayson Tatum
Season	2003-04	2022-23
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Peja Stojakovic	81	40.3	24.2	1.1	5.1	6.3	2.1	1.3	0.2	1.9	2.0	8.2	17.1	.480	3.0	6.8	.433	4.9	5.2	.927
difference:	+7	+3.4	+5.9		+2.6	+2.5	+2.5	+0.2	+0.5	-1.0	-0.2	+1.6	+4.0	+.014	+0.2	+2.5	+.083	+2.3	+3.2	+.073
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		%
Peja Stojakovic	12	43.1	17.5	1.3	5.8	7.0	1.5	1.8	0.3	1.2	2.2	6.3	16.5	.384	1.9	6.1	.315	2.9	3.3	.897
difference:	+8	+3.1	+9.7		+3.4	+3.5	+3.8	+0.7	+0.8	-1.6		+3.0	+3.7	+.074	+0.8	+2.1	+.008	+3.1	+3.6	+.021
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
	Peja Stojakovic	Jayson Tatum
Season	2004-05	2023-24
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Peja Stojakovic	66	38.4	20.1	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.1	1.2	0.2	1.5	2.4	6.8	15.4	.444	2.6	6.6	.402	3.8	4.2	.920
difference:	+8	+2.7	+6.8		+3.8	+3.8	+2.8	+0.2	+0.4	-1.0	-0.4	+2.3	+3.9	+.027	+0.5	+1.6	+.026	+1.8	+2.5	+.087
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		%
Peja Stojakovic	5	40.4	22.0	1.2	4.0	5.2	1.4	0.8	0.2	0.4	3.0	7.8	16.6	.470	2.2	6.0	.367	4.2	4.4	.955
difference:	+14		+3.0	+0.3	+4.8	+4.5	+4.9	+0.3	+0.5	-2.2	-0.2	+0.6	+3.0	+.043	+0.1	+1.3	+.084	+2.0	+2.8	+.094
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
	Peja Stojakovic	Jayson Tatum
Season	2005-06	2024-25
Team	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Peja Stojakovic	71	36.6	18.2	1.1	4.7	5.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.5	2.4	6.3	14.3	.437	2.3	5.7	.401	3.4	3.7	.915
difference:	+1	+0.2	+8.6	+0.4	+3.3	+2.9	+4.1	+0.5	+0.4	-1.4	-0.2	+2.9	+6.0	+.015	+1.2	+4.4	+.058	+1.6	+2.4	+.101
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		%
Peja Stojakovic	2	25.5	11.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	4.0	9.0	.444	0.0	1.5	.000	3.0	3.5	.857
difference:	+6	+14.8	+17.1	+1.1	+5.9	+7.0	+3.4	+1.6	+0.3	-2.8	-0.6	+5.3	+12.9	+.021	+3.6	+8.3	+.372	+3.0	+3.3	+.032
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