Tom Henderson vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Tom Henderson, 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.

Tom Henderson played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Tom Henderson had the first of his seasons in 1974-75, 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
	Tom Henderson	Jayson Tatum
Season	1974-75	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks	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		%
Tom Henderson	79	27.0	11.4	0.6	2.0	2.7	4.0	1.3	0.1	-	1.9	4.6	11.3	.411	-	-	-	2.1	3.1	.697
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		%
Tom Henderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tom Henderson	Jayson Tatum
Season	1976-77	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Washington Bullets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Tom Henderson	87	32.1	11.2	0.5	2.3	2.7	6.9	1.6	0.2	-	1.7	4.3	9.5	.449	-	-	-	2.7	3.6	.744
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		%
Tom Henderson	9	35.8	13.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	7.0	1.2	0.2	-	2.7	5.3	12.0	.444	-	-	-	2.9	4.0	.722
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
	Tom Henderson	Jayson Tatum
Season	1977-78	2020-21
Team	Washington Bullets	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		%
Tom Henderson	75	30.9	11.4	0.9	1.7	2.6	5.4	1.2	0.2	2.6	1.7	4.5	10.5	.432	-	-	-	2.4	3.2	.746
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		%
Tom Henderson	21	28.4	9.6	0.8	1.4	2.2	5.0	1.3	0.2	1.5	1.7	3.4	8.2	.416	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.734
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
	Tom Henderson	Jayson Tatum
Season	1978-79	2021-22
Team	Washington Bullets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tom Henderson	70	29.7	10.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	6.0	1.2	0.1	2.1	1.8	4.3	9.2	.466	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.800
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		%
Tom Henderson	19	29.4	8.7	0.8	1.1	1.8	5.6	0.9	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.4	9.2	.366	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.731
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
	Tom Henderson	Jayson Tatum
Season	1979-80	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Tom Henderson	66	23.5	5.5	0.5	1.2	1.7	4.2	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.6	2.3	4.9	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.727
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		%
Tom Henderson	7	29.0	8.0	0.7	1.6	2.3	6.0	1.0	0.6	1.6	2.7	3.1	6.6	.478	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.1	.800
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
	Tom Henderson	Jayson Tatum
Season	1980-81	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tom Henderson	66	21.4	5.3	0.5	1.1	1.6	4.7	0.8	0.1	1.4	1.7	2.1	5.0	.413	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.4	.821
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		%
Tom Henderson	21	29.3	6.7	0.7	2.0	2.6	5.0	0.8	0.0	1.6	1.9	2.8	6.3	.447	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.3	.821
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