Shawn Marion vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Shawn Marion, 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.

Shawn Marion played 16 years in the NBA, 8 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 8. Shawn Marion had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, 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
	Shawn Marion	Jayson Tatum
Season	1999-00	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Shawn Marion	51	24.7	10.2	2.1	4.5	6.5	1.4	0.7	1.0	1.0	2.2	4.4	9.2	.471	0.1	0.4	.182	1.4	1.7	.847
difference:	+29	+5.8	+3.7	+1.5	+0.1	+1.5	+0.2	+0.3	+0.3	-0.4	-0.1	+0.6	+1.2	+.004	+1.2	+2.6	+.252	+1.3	+1.5	+.021
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		%
Shawn Marion	9	31.3	9.1	2.3	6.4	8.8	0.8	0.7	1.6	0.8	1.9	4.0	9.6	.419	0.1	0.7	.167	1.0	1.2	.818
difference:	+10	+4.6	+9.4	+1.8	+2.6	+4.4	+1.9	+0.5	+1.1	-1.4	-0.7	+2.5	+4.1	+.052	+1.1	+3.0	+.157	+3.3	+3.9	+.027
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
	Shawn Marion	Jayson Tatum
Season	2001-02	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Shawn Marion	81	38.4	19.1	2.6	7.3	9.9	2.0	1.8	1.1	1.8	2.6	8.1	17.2	.469	0.6	1.5	.393	2.4	2.8	.845
difference:	+15	+4.1	+4.3	+1.6	+1.3	+2.9	+1.0	+0.4	+0.2	-0.5	-0.5	+0.3	+1.4	+.019	+2.3	+5.6	+.010	+1.4	+1.9	+.033
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		%
Shawn Marion	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Shawn Marion	Jayson Tatum
Season	2002-03	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Shawn Marion	81	41.6	21.2	2.5	7.1	9.5	2.4	2.3	1.2	1.9	2.6	8.2	18.1	.452	1.7	4.5	.387	3.1	3.6	.851
difference:	+17	+5.8	+5.2	+1.7	+0.5	+2.1	+1.9	+1.1	+0.7	-0.8	-0.7	+1.3	+2.5	+.007	+1.2	+3.1	+.001	+1.5	+1.7	+.017
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		%
Shawn Marion	6	47.2	18.5	3.5	8.2	11.7	2.0	1.8	1.8	2.2	2.8	6.7	17.8	.374	1.5	4.7	.321	3.7	4.3	.846
difference:	+1	+10.2	+12.1	+2.9	+3.0	+5.9	+2.6	+0.6	+0.2	-0.4	-0.2	+2.7	+4.4	+.049	+1.3	+2.5	+.068	+5.3	+5.5	+.072
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
	Shawn Marion	Jayson Tatum
Season	2003-04	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	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		%
Shawn Marion	79	40.7	19.0	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.7	2.1	1.3	2.0	2.6	7.5	17.0	.440	1.1	3.4	.340	2.9	3.4	.851
difference:	+3	+4.8	+7.9	+1.6	+0.3	+1.3	+1.7	+1.1	+0.7	-0.9	-0.3	+1.8	+3.6	+.013	+1.9	+5.2	+.013	+2.4	+2.8	+.002
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		%
Shawn Marion	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
	Shawn Marion	Jayson Tatum
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Shawn Marion	81	38.8	19.4	2.9	8.4	11.3	1.9	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	7.6	15.9	.476	1.4	4.2	.334	2.8	3.4	.833
difference:	+7	+1.9	+10.7	+1.8	+0.7	+2.5	+2.7	+0.9	+0.8	-1.4	-0.3	+2.2	+5.2	+.010	+1.8	+5.1	+.016	+4.4	+5.0	+.021
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		%
Shawn Marion	15	42.3	17.6	3.1	8.7	11.8	1.5	1.4	1.7	1.4	3.1	7.2	14.9	.484	1.2	2.9	.419	2.0	2.6	.769
difference:	+5	+2.3	+9.6	+1.8	+0.5	+1.3	+3.8	+0.3	+0.6	-1.4	-0.9	+2.1	+5.3	+.026	+1.5	+5.3	+.096	+4.0	+4.3	+.107
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
	Shawn Marion	Jayson Tatum
Season	2005-06	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Shawn Marion	81	40.3	21.8	3.1	8.8	11.8	1.8	2.0	1.7	1.5	2.8	8.8	16.9	.525	1.2	3.6	.331	3.0	3.7	.809
difference:	+7	+4.6	+5.1	+2.2	+1.6	+3.7	+3.1	+1.0	+1.1	-1.0	-0.8	+0.3	+2.4	+.054	+1.9	+4.6	+.045	+2.6	+3.0	+.024
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		%
Shawn Marion	20	42.5	20.4	2.9	8.8	11.7	1.6	1.9	1.2	1.1	3.3	8.2	16.7	.489	1.1	3.5	.314	3.0	3.4	.881
difference:	+1	+2.1	+4.6	+2.0		+2.0	+4.7	+0.8	+0.5	-1.5	-0.5	+0.2	+2.9	+.062	+1.0	+3.8	+.031	+3.2	+3.8	+.020
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
	Shawn Marion	Jayson Tatum
Season	2006-07	2024-25
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Shawn Marion	80	37.6	17.5	2.2	7.7	9.8	1.7	2.0	1.5	1.4	2.7	7.0	13.4	.524	1.0	3.2	.317	2.5	3.1	.810
difference:	+8	+1.2	+9.3	+1.5	+0.3	+1.1	+4.3	+0.9	+1.0	-1.5	-0.5	+2.2	+6.9	+.072	+2.5	+6.9	+.026	+2.5	+3.0	+.004
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		%
Shawn Marion	11	41.4	16.9	2.5	7.9	10.4	1.2	1.5	1.7	1.1	2.5	6.9	13.8	.500	1.1	3.1	.353	2.0	3.0	.667
difference:	+3	+1.1	+11.2	+1.4	+2.5	+1.1	+4.2	+0.6	+0.9	-2.2	-0.1	+2.4	+8.1	+.077	+2.5	+6.7	+.019	+4.0	+3.8	+.222
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