Shane Battier vs. Jimmy Butler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jimmy Butler and Shane Battier, 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.

Shane Battier and Jimmy Butler both played 13 years in the NBA. Shane Battier had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Jimmy Butler had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Shane Battier	13	10	2001-02 to 2013-14
Jimmy Butler	13	11	2011-12 to 2023-24

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


Rookie Season
	Shane Battier	Jimmy Butler
Season	2001-02	2011-12
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Shane Battier	78	39.7	14.4	2.3	3.1	5.4	2.8	1.6	1.0	2.0	2.8	5.3	12.3	.429	1.3	3.5	.373	2.5	3.6	.700
Jimmy Butler	42	8.5	2.6	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.9	.405	0.0	0.3	.182	1.0	1.3	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jimmy Butler	3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Shane Battier	Jimmy Butler
Season	2002-03	2012-13
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Shane Battier	78	30.6	9.7	1.6	2.8	4.4	1.3	1.3	1.1	0.9	2.7	3.5	7.3	.483	1.1	2.8	.398	1.5	1.9	.828
Jimmy Butler	82	26.0	8.6	1.7	2.3	4.0	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.9	6.2	.467	0.5	1.3	.381	2.3	2.8	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jimmy Butler	12	40.8	13.3	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.3	2.2	4.2	9.6	.435	1.3	3.1	.405	3.8	4.6	.818


Season 3
	Shane Battier	Jimmy Butler
Season	2003-04	2013-14
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Shane Battier	79	24.6	8.5	1.3	2.5	3.8	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.7	2.4	3.1	6.9	.446	0.8	2.4	.349	1.5	2.1	.732
Jimmy Butler	67	38.7	13.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.6	1.9	0.5	1.5	1.6	4.1	10.3	.397	1.0	3.6	.283	3.9	5.0	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	4	18.0	4.8	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	4.3	1.5	3.8	.400	0.8	1.8	.429	1.0	1.5	.667
Jimmy Butler	5	43.6	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	2.2	1.2	0.0	0.6	2.6	4.4	11.4	.386	1.2	4.0	.300	3.6	4.6	.783


Season 4
	Shane Battier	Jimmy Butler
Season	2004-05	2014-15
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
Shane Battier	80	31.5	9.9	2.0	3.2	5.2	1.6	1.1	1.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	7.7	.442	0.9	2.2	.395	2.3	2.9	.789
Jimmy Butler	65	38.7	20.0	1.8	4.1	5.8	3.3	1.8	0.6	1.4	1.7	6.5	14.0	.462	1.1	3.0	.378	5.9	7.1	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	4	29.5	7.3	2.5	4.3	6.8	1.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.5	3.3	7.8	.419	0.3	1.8	.143	0.5	1.3	.400
Jimmy Butler	12	42.2	22.9	1.5	4.1	5.6	3.2	2.4	0.8	1.8	2.3	7.8	17.8	.441	2.3	6.0	.389	4.9	6.0	.819


Season 5
	Shane Battier	Jimmy Butler
Season	2005-06	2015-16
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Shane Battier	81	35.0	10.1	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.7	1.1	1.4	1.1	2.8	3.7	7.7	.488	0.8	2.0	.394	1.8	2.6	.707
Jimmy Butler	67	36.9	20.9	1.2	4.2	5.3	4.8	1.6	0.6	2.0	1.9	7.0	15.4	.454	1.0	3.1	.312	5.9	7.1	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	4	32.3	6.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	0.5	1.0	0.5	2.0	4.0	2.5	5.0	.500	0.5	1.8	.286	0.5	1.5	.333
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Shane Battier	Jimmy Butler
Season	2006-07	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Shane Battier	82	36.4	10.1	0.8	3.3	4.1	2.1	1.0	0.7	0.9	2.3	3.6	8.0	.446	1.9	4.5	.421	1.1	1.4	.779
Jimmy Butler	76	37.0	23.9	1.7	4.5	6.2	5.5	1.9	0.4	2.1	1.5	7.5	16.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.367	7.7	8.9	.865

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	7	38.9	10.3	0.4	2.1	2.6	2.1	1.7	1.0	1.1	2.9	3.3	7.3	.451	2.7	6.1	.442	1.0	1.1	.875
Jimmy Butler	6	39.8	22.7	1.5	5.8	7.3	4.3	1.7	0.8	2.5	1.7	7.7	18.0	.426	1.0	3.8	.261	6.3	7.8	.809


Season 7
	Shane Battier	Jimmy Butler
Season	2007-08	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Shane Battier	80	36.3	9.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.9	1.0	1.1	1.0	2.5	3.3	7.7	.428	1.7	4.6	.377	0.9	1.3	.743
Jimmy Butler	59	36.7	22.2	1.3	4.0	5.3	4.9	2.0	0.4	1.8	1.3	7.4	15.6	.474	1.2	3.4	.350	6.2	7.2	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	6	41.0	10.0	1.2	2.7	3.8	0.5	1.0	0.8	1.3	3.2	3.3	7.5	.444	2.0	4.2	.480	1.3	1.8	.727
Jimmy Butler	5	34.0	15.8	0.6	5.4	6.0	4.0	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.8	5.6	12.6	.444	1.6	3.4	.471	3.0	3.6	.833


Season 8
	Shane Battier	Jimmy Butler
Season	2008-09	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	76ers 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		%
Shane Battier	60	33.9	7.3	0.9	3.9	4.8	2.3	0.8	0.9	0.8	1.9	2.4	5.9	.410	1.5	4.0	.384	0.9	1.1	.821
Jimmy Butler	65	33.6	18.7	1.9	3.4	5.3	4.0	1.9	0.6	1.5	1.7	6.4	13.9	.462	1.0	3.0	.347	4.8	5.6	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	13	38.2	8.1	1.6	3.3	4.9	2.4	1.1	0.7	1.2	2.5	2.5	6.2	.407	1.3	4.2	.315	1.7	1.8	.957
Jimmy Butler	12	35.1	19.4	1.8	4.2	6.0	5.2	1.5	0.6	1.8	1.7	6.6	14.6	.451	1.0	3.8	.267	5.3	6.0	.875


Season 9
	Shane Battier	Jimmy Butler
Season	2009-10	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Shane Battier	67	32.4	8.0	1.1	3.6	4.7	2.4	0.8	1.1	1.0	2.1	2.7	6.7	.398	1.5	4.2	.362	1.1	1.6	.726
Jimmy Butler	58	33.8	19.9	1.8	4.8	6.7	6.0	1.8	0.6	2.2	1.4	5.9	13.1	.455	0.5	2.1	.244	7.6	9.1	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jimmy Butler	21	38.4	22.2	2.2	4.3	6.5	6.0	2.0	0.7	2.8	1.8	6.9	14.0	.488	0.7	2.0	.349	7.8	9.1	.859


Season 10
	Shane Battier	Jimmy Butler
Season	2010-11	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
Shane Battier	82	29.0	7.6	1.1	3.5	4.5	2.3	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.9	2.8	6.2	.450	1.2	3.3	.382	0.8	1.1	.688
Jimmy Butler	52	33.6	21.5	1.8	5.1	6.9	7.1	2.1	0.3	2.1	1.4	7.0	14.2	.497	0.5	2.0	.245	6.9	8.0	.863

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	13	26.1	5.5	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.1	2.2	5.1	.439	0.6	2.2	.276	0.5	0.7	.667
Jimmy Butler	4	38.5	14.5	1.5	6.0	7.5	7.0	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.5	4.8	16.0	.297	1.0	3.8	.267	4.0	5.5	.727


Season 11
	Shane Battier	Jimmy Butler
Season	2011-12	2021-22
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat 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		%
Shane Battier	65	23.1	4.8	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.3	1.0	0.5	0.6	1.6	1.7	4.5	.387	1.0	2.8	.339	0.4	0.6	.622
Jimmy Butler	57	33.9	21.4	1.8	4.1	5.9	5.5	1.6	0.5	2.1	1.5	7.0	14.5	.480	0.5	2.0	.233	6.9	8.0	.870

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	23	33.4	7.0	0.7	2.6	3.2	1.2	1.0	0.6	0.7	3.0	2.3	6.1	.379	1.8	4.8	.382	0.6	0.7	.813
Jimmy Butler	17	37.0	27.4	2.4	4.9	7.4	4.6	2.1	0.6	1.5	1.5	9.8	19.3	.506	1.4	4.0	.338	6.5	7.8	.841


Season 12
	Shane Battier	Jimmy Butler
Season	2012-13	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat 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		%
Shane Battier	72	24.8	6.6	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.1	5.0	.420	1.9	4.4	.430	0.4	0.5	.842
Jimmy Butler	64	33.4	22.9	2.2	3.7	5.9	5.3	1.8	0.3	1.6	1.3	7.5	13.9	.539	0.6	1.6	.350	7.4	8.7	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	22	17.8	4.7	0.4	1.3	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.2	2.2	1.2	4.2	.290	1.2	4.0	.295	1.0	1.3	.821
Jimmy Butler	22	39.7	26.9	2.1	4.3	6.5	5.9	1.8	0.6	1.9	1.7	9.4	20.1	.468	1.3	3.5	.359	6.8	8.5	.806


Season 13
	Shane Battier	Jimmy Butler
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Shane Battier	73	20.1	4.1	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.3	1.7	1.4	3.8	.382	1.0	2.9	.348	0.2	0.3	.652
Jimmy Butler	60	34.0	20.8	1.8	3.6	5.3	5.0	1.3	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.6	13.2	.499	1.0	2.4	.414	6.6	7.7	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	16	12.6	2.3	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.4	0.8	1.6	.462	0.6	1.3	.450	0.3	0.3	.800
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Shane Battier vs. Jimmy Butler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jimmy Butler and Shane Battier, 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

Season 13