Chris Childs vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Chris Childs, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Chris Childs played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Chris Childs had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Chris Childs 9 6 1994-95 to 2002-03
Jayson Tatum 7 7 2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Chris Childs Jayson Tatum
Season 1994-952017-18
Team New Jersey NetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics 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 %
Chris Childs 53 19.3 5.8 0.3 1.0 1.3 4.1 0.8 0.1 1.4 2.2 2.0 5.3 .380 0.8 2.4 .328 1.0 1.4 .753
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 %
Chris Childs ------- --- ----------
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
Chris Childs Jayson Tatum
Season 1995-962018-19
Team New Jersey NetsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics 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 %
Chris Childs 78 30.9 12.8 0.7 2.5 3.1 7.0 1.4 0.1 2.9 3.2 4.2 10.0 .416 1.2 3.3 .367 3.3 3.9 .852
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 %
Chris Childs ------- --- ----------
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
Chris Childs Jayson Tatum
Season 1996-972019-20
Team New York KnicksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Third Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Conf SemisCeltics 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 %
Chris Childs 65 31.9 9.3 0.3 2.6 2.9 6.1 1.2 0.2 2.8 3.3 3.2 7.8 .414 1.1 2.8 .387 1.7 2.3 .758
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 %
Chris Childs 10 32.8 10.4 0.9 4.0 4.9 5.9 2.0 0.0 2.8 3.9 3.8 8.7 .437 0.9 2.6 .346 1.9 2.3 .826
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
Chris Childs Jayson Tatum
Season 1997-982020-21
Team New York KnicksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Conf SemisCeltics 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 %
Chris Childs 68 23.5 6.3 0.4 2.0 2.4 3.9 0.8 0.1 1.5 2.6 2.2 5.2 .421 0.4 1.3 .310 1.5 1.9 .825
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 %
Chris Childs 10 25.5 6.3 0.5 2.0 2.5 3.3 0.6 0.0 2.3 2.9 2.4 5.8 .414 0.4 1.3 .308 1.1 1.5 .733
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
Chris Childs Jayson Tatum
Season 1998-992021-22
Team New York KnicksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA First Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Knicks Lost NBA FinalsCeltics 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 %
Chris Childs 48 27.0 6.8 0.4 2.4 2.8 4.0 0.9 0.0 1.8 3.3 2.4 5.6 .427 0.8 2.0 .383 1.3 1.6 .821
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 %
Chris Childs 20 24.7 4.7 0.4 2.0 2.4 3.7 0.7 0.1 1.5 3.2 1.7 4.7 .355 0.5 1.4 .321 1.0 1.3 .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
Chris Childs Jayson Tatum
Season 1999-002022-23
Team New York KnicksBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA First Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
-Achievement All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Conf FinalsCeltics 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 %
Chris Childs 71 23.6 5.3 0.2 1.8 2.1 4.0 0.5 0.1 1.5 3.4 2.1 5.0 .409 0.5 1.5 .356 0.7 0.8 .797
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 %
Chris Childs 16 20.9 5.4 0.1 2.3 2.3 2.4 0.4 0.0 0.9 3.3 1.7 4.4 .386 0.6 1.8 .321 1.5 1.8 .857
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
Chris Childs Jayson Tatum
Season 2000-012023-24
Team New York Knicks, Toronto RaptorsBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Raptors Lost East Conf SemisCeltics 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 %
Chris Childs 77 24.1 4.7 0.3 2.3 2.6 4.6 0.8 0.2 2.0 3.1 1.8 4.4 .403 0.4 1.4 .302 0.8 0.9 .845
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 %
Chris Childs 12 31.6 9.1 0.2 3.0 3.2 6.5 1.0 0.3 2.9 4.0 3.1 7.5 .411 1.3 3.0 .417 1.7 1.9 .870
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

Season 8
Chris Childs Jayson Tatum
Season 2001-02-
Team Toronto Raptors-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Raptors 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 %
Chris Childs 69 22.8 4.1 0.3 2.0 2.2 5.1 0.8 0.1 1.8 2.6 1.4 4.3 .328 0.5 1.7 .275 0.8 1.0 .817
Jayson Tatum ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Chris Childs 5 32.8 11.8 0.4 3.4 3.8 7.4 0.8 0.0 4.0 3.0 4.2 10.8 .389 1.6 3.4 .471 1.8 2.0 .900
Jayson Tatum ------- --- ----------

Season 9
Chris Childs Jayson Tatum
Season 2002-03-
Team New Jersey Nets-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not Play-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Chris Childs 12 8.8 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 1.3 0.7 0.1 0.5 1.4 0.5 1.7 .300 0.1 0.5 .167 0.2 0.3 .667
Jayson Tatum ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Chris Childs ------- --- ----------
Jayson Tatum ------- --- ----------
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