Stacey King vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Stacey King, 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.

Stacey King played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Stacey King had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Stacey King	Jayson Tatum
Season	1989-90	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Stacey King	82	21.7	8.9	2.1	2.6	4.7	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.5	2.6	3.3	6.5	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.727
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		%
Stacey King	16	17.6	6.9	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.6	0.4	0.5	1.1	2.0	2.3	5.7	.407	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	2.9	.766
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
	Stacey King	Jayson Tatum
Season	1990-91	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Stacey King	76	15.8	5.5	0.9	1.8	2.7	0.9	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.8	2.1	4.4	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.0	.704
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		%
Stacey King	11	7.8	2.1	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.8	1.4	0.7	2.5	.296	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	1.0	.636
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
	Stacey King	Jayson Tatum
Season	1991-92	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Stacey King	79	16.1	7.0	1.1	1.5	2.6	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.6	2.7	5.4	.506	0.0	0.1	.400	1.5	2.0	.753
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		%
Stacey King	14	7.9	3.8	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.3	2.9	.450	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.1	1.6	.652
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
	Stacey King	Jayson Tatum
Season	1992-93	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Stacey King	76	13.9	5.4	1.4	1.3	2.7	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.9	1.7	2.1	4.5	.471	0.0	0.1	.333	1.1	1.6	.705
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		%
Stacey King	19	12.1	4.1	1.1	1.1	2.1	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.7	2.0	1.4	3.5	.394	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.6	.806
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
	Stacey King	Jayson Tatum
Season	1993-94	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls, Minnesota Timberwolves	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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		%
Stacey King	49	21.5	7.9	1.8	3.1	4.9	1.2	0.6	0.9	1.7	2.5	3.0	7.0	.428	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.8	.684
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		%
Stacey King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Stacey King	Jayson Tatum
Season	1994-95	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Stacey King	50	15.8	5.3	1.1	2.2	3.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.5	2.0	4.2	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.0	.667
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		%
Stacey King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Stacey King	Jayson Tatum
Season	1995-96	2023-24
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Stacey King	15	10.4	2.5	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.1	0.5	0.1	1.2	2.6	1.1	2.4	.472	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
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		%
Stacey King	1	12.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
Jayson Tatum	5	38.0	21.8	0.2	10.2	10.4	5.4	0.4	0.6	1.8	3.0	6.4	15.4	.416	1.8	6.2	.290	7.2	9.0	.800