Travis Knight vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Travis Knight, 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.

Travis Knight and Jayson Tatum both played 7 years in the NBA. Travis Knight had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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
	Travis Knight	Jayson Tatum
Season	1996-97	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Travis Knight	71	16.3	4.8	1.8	2.7	4.5	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.7	2.4	2.0	3.9	.509	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.620
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		%
Travis Knight	9	10.3	2.1	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	1.8	0.9	1.1	.800	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.750
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
	Travis Knight	Jayson Tatum
Season	1998-99	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Travis Knight	37	14.2	4.2	0.9	2.5	3.5	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.9	2.9	1.8	3.5	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.759
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		%
Travis Knight	3	3.3	1.0	0.0	1.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
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
	Travis Knight	Jayson Tatum
Season	1999-00	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Travis Knight	63	6.5	1.7	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.4	0.7	1.9	.390	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.607
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		%
Travis Knight	14	3.6	1.3	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.4	1.1	0.6	1.1	.533	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.4	.333
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
	Travis Knight	Jayson Tatum
Season	2000-01	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Travis Knight	45	5.7	0.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.2	1.2	.189	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.4	.500
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		%
Travis Knight	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Travis Knight	Jayson Tatum
Season	2001-02	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	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		%
Travis Knight	49	8.8	2.0	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.9	0.8	2.3	.363	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.762
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		%
Travis Knight	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Travis Knight	Jayson Tatum
Season	2002-03	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Travis Knight	32	9.0	1.9	0.6	1.4	1.9	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.4	0.8	2.0	.385	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.4	.769
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		%
Travis Knight	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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