Ryan Anderson vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Ryan Anderson, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Ryan Anderson played 12 years in the NBA, 5 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Ryan Anderson had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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
Ryan Anderson	12	6	2008-09 to 2019-20
Jayson Tatum	7	7	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Ryan Anderson	Jayson Tatum
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	New Jersey Nets	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		%
Ryan Anderson	66	19.9	7.4	1.6	3.1	4.7	0.8	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.4	2.4	6.2	.393	1.0	2.9	.365	1.5	1.8	.845
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		%
Ryan Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ryan Anderson	Jayson Tatum
Season	2009-10	2018-19
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Ryan Anderson	63	14.5	7.7	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.3	2.7	6.2	.436	1.2	3.3	.370	1.1	1.3	.866
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		%
Ryan Anderson	9	9.9	2.6	0.9	2.6	3.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.3	1.0	3.2	.310	0.4	1.6	.286	0.1	0.1	1.000
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
	Ryan Anderson	Jayson Tatum
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Ryan Anderson	64	22.3	10.6	2.0	3.5	5.5	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.8	2.1	3.5	8.2	.430	2.1	5.3	.393	1.5	1.8	.812
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		%
Ryan Anderson	6	24.5	4.7	1.7	2.8	4.5	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.2	2.7	1.3	5.0	.267	1.0	3.3	.300	1.0	1.0	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
	Ryan Anderson	Jayson Tatum
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Ryan Anderson	61	32.2	16.1	3.7	4.0	7.7	0.9	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.4	5.4	12.4	.439	2.7	6.9	.393	2.5	2.8	.877
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		%
Ryan Anderson	5	34.4	9.6	1.8	2.8	4.6	0.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	4.4	3.0	8.8	.341	2.4	6.0	.400	1.2	1.4	.857
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
	Ryan Anderson	Jayson Tatum
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	New Orleans Hornets	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		%
Ryan Anderson	81	30.9	16.2	2.4	4.0	6.4	1.2	0.5	0.4	1.2	2.2	5.8	13.8	.423	2.6	6.9	.382	1.9	2.2	.844
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		%
Ryan Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ryan Anderson	Jayson Tatum
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
Ryan Anderson	22	36.1	19.8	3.0	3.5	6.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.9	2.1	7.0	16.1	.438	3.0	7.5	.409	2.7	2.8	.952
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		%
Ryan Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ryan Anderson	Jayson Tatum
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West 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		%
Ryan Anderson	61	27.5	13.7	1.8	3.1	4.8	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.9	4.8	12.0	.399	2.0	5.9	.340	2.1	2.5	.854
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		%
Ryan Anderson	4	23.8	10.8	1.8	2.5	4.3	2.3	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	4.0	9.0	.444	1.3	3.0	.417	1.5	1.5	1.000
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
	Ryan Anderson	Jayson Tatum
Season	2015-16	-
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	-
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		%
Ryan Anderson	66	30.4	17.0	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.1	0.6	0.4	1.4	1.7	6.0	14.1	.427	2.0	5.4	.366	3.0	3.5	.873
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 9
	Ryan Anderson	Jayson Tatum
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Ryan Anderson	72	29.4	13.6	1.6	3.0	4.6	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.8	2.0	4.5	10.7	.418	2.8	7.0	.403	1.8	2.1	.860
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ryan Anderson	11	30.5	9.4	1.4	3.8	5.2	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.8	2.2	3.3	8.4	.391	1.5	5.5	.283	1.3	1.5	.875
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Ryan Anderson	Jayson Tatum
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Ryan Anderson	66	26.1	9.3	1.4	3.6	5.0	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.9	3.1	7.3	.431	2.0	5.1	.386	1.1	1.4	.774
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ryan Anderson	11	8.6	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.9	0.6	1.8	.350	0.5	1.4	.333	0.0	0.0	-
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Ryan Anderson	Jayson Tatum
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat	-
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		%
Ryan Anderson	25	12.8	2.5	0.7	1.4	2.2	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.0	0.8	2.8	.304	0.4	1.6	.225	0.5	0.6	.750
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Ryan Anderson	Jayson Tatum
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Ryan Anderson	2	7.0	2.5	0.0	3.5	3.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	3.5	.286	0.5	2.5	.200	0.0	0.0	-
Jayson Tatum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Ryan Anderson vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Ryan Anderson, 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

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12