Ty Jerome vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Ty Jerome, 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.

Ty Jerome played 6 years in the NBA, 2 less than Jayson Tatum, who played 8. Ty Jerome had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Ty Jerome	Jayson Tatum
Season	2019-20	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ty Jerome	31	10.6	3.3	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.9	1.2	3.6	.336	0.5	1.6	.280	0.4	0.5	.750
difference:	+49	+19.9	+10.6	+0.4	+3.1	+3.5	+0.2	+0.5	+0.6	-0.8	-1.2	+3.8	+6.8	+.139	+0.8	+1.4	+.154	+2.3	+2.7	+.076
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		%
Ty Jerome	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ty Jerome	Jayson Tatum
Season	2021-22	2019-20
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	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		%
Ty Jerome	48	16.7	7.1	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.3	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.5	2.6	6.8	.378	1.1	3.9	.290	0.8	1.0	.809
difference:	+18	+17.6	+16.3	+0.6	+4.8	+5.4	+0.7	+0.8	+0.8	-1.5	-0.6	+5.8	+11.8	+.072	+1.8	+3.2	+.113	+3.0	+3.7	+.003
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		%
Ty Jerome	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
	Ty Jerome	Jayson Tatum
Season	2022-23	2020-21
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ty Jerome	45	18.1	6.9	0.2	1.6	1.7	3.0	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.4	2.6	5.4	.488	0.8	2.0	.389	0.8	0.9	.927
difference:	+19	+17.7	+19.5	+0.6	+5.0	+5.7	+1.3	+0.7	+0.4	-2.0	-0.5	+6.9	+15.2	+.029	+2.1	+5.6	+.003	+3.8	+4.4	+.059
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		%
Ty Jerome	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ty Jerome	Jayson Tatum
Season	2023-24	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Ty Jerome	2	7.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+74	+28.4	+24.9	+0.6	+6.9	+7.5	+2.9	+1.0	+0.6	-2.4	-1.3	+8.3	+18.6	+.047	+3.0	+8.1	+.353	+5.3	+6.2
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		%
Ty Jerome	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
	Ty Jerome	Jayson Tatum
Season	2024-25	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Ty Jerome	70	19.9	12.5	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.4	1.1	0.0	1.3	1.5	4.6	8.8	.516	1.6	3.6	.439	1.8	2.1	.872
difference:	+4	+17.0	+17.6	+0.4	+5.9	+6.3	+1.2		+0.7	-1.6	-0.7	+5.2	+12.3	+.050	+1.6	+5.7	+.089	+5.4	+6.3	+.018
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		%
Ty Jerome	9	21.2	11.7	0.6	1.9	2.4	3.6	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.8	4.1	10.2	.402	1.6	4.0	.389	1.9	2.2	.850
difference:	+11	+18.8	+15.5	+0.7	+7.3	+8.1	+1.7	+0.5	+1.0	-1.6	-0.4	+5.2	+10.0	+.056	+1.1	+4.2	+.066	+4.1	+4.7	+.026
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

Additional Years
* Jayson Tatum played 2 seasons more than Ty Jerome in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 8, from 2024 to 2025—Jayson Tatum played in two Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 2 extra years over Ty Jerome, Jayson Tatum got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 2 All-Star Game