Adam Keefe vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Adam Keefe, 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.

Adam Keefe played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Adam Keefe had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, 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
	Adam Keefe	Jayson Tatum
Season	1992-93	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Adam Keefe	82	18.9	6.6	2.1	3.2	5.3	1.0	0.7	0.2	1.2	2.4	2.3	4.6	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.9	.700
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		%
Adam Keefe	3	17.7	6.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	2.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	2.3	4.3	.538	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.667
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
	Adam Keefe	Jayson Tatum
Season	1994-95	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Adam Keefe	75	16.9	6.1	1.8	2.6	4.4	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.9	2.3	4.0	.577	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.676
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		%
Adam Keefe	4	17.3	4.5	2.0	2.3	4.3	0.5	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.8	3.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.667
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
	Adam Keefe	Jayson Tatum
Season	1995-96	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Adam Keefe	82	20.8	6.1	2.1	3.4	5.5	0.8	0.6	0.5	1.1	2.1	2.2	4.2	.520	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.5	.692
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		%
Adam Keefe	17	10.5	3.4	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.4	1.4	2.0	.676	0.1	0.1	.500	0.6	1.0	.647
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
	Adam Keefe	Jayson Tatum
Season	1996-97	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Adam Keefe	62	14.8	3.8	1.2	2.3	3.5	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.6	1.3	2.6	.513	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.7	.689
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		%
Adam Keefe	8	7.1	1.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667
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
	Adam Keefe	Jayson Tatum
Season	1997-98	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA 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		%
Adam Keefe	80	25.6	7.8	2.2	3.2	5.5	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.9	2.2	2.9	5.3	.540	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.810
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		%
Adam Keefe	15	10.3	2.1	0.9	1.4	2.3	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.2	0.7	1.9	.345	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.1	.647
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
	Adam Keefe	Jayson Tatum
Season	1998-99	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Adam Keefe	44	14.6	4.0	1.2	2.1	3.2	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.4	1.3	2.8	.452	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.0	.697
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		%
Adam Keefe	10	10.1	4.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.7	1.8	3.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Jayson Tatum	11	39.7	25.4	0.7	9.8	10.5	5.6	1.2	0.7	2.3	2.9	8.1	18.6	.434	1.8	6.5	.278	7.4	8.5	.862