Darius Songaila vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Darius Songaila, 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.

Darius Songaila played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Darius Songaila had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, 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
	Darius Songaila	Jayson Tatum
Season	2003-04	2017-18
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Darius Songaila	73	13.4	4.6	1.2	1.8	3.1	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.7	1.8	3.7	.487	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.2	.807
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		%
Darius Songaila	7	11.7	3.7	0.9	1.0	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.7	2.0	1.4	2.3	.625	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	0.9	1.000
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
	Darius Songaila	Jayson Tatum
Season	2005-06	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Darius Songaila	62	21.4	9.2	1.2	2.7	4.0	1.4	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.5	3.8	7.9	.481	0.0	0.1	.400	1.5	1.9	.817
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		%
Darius Songaila	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Darius Songaila	Jayson Tatum
Season	2006-07	2020-21
Team	Washington Wizards	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Darius Songaila	37	18.9	7.6	1.2	2.4	3.6	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.8	3.2	6.1	.524	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.5	.852
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		%
Darius Songaila	4	22.5	10.8	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.0	0.8	0.0	1.0	4.3	5.0	10.3	.488	0.0	0.5	.000	0.8	0.8	1.000
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
	Darius Songaila	Jayson Tatum
Season	2007-08	2021-22
Team	Washington Wizards	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards 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		%
Darius Songaila	80	19.4	6.2	1.0	2.4	3.4	1.7	0.7	0.2	1.1	2.3	2.7	5.8	.458	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	0.9	.918
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		%
Darius Songaila	5	15.4	5.8	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	1.2	3.6	1.6	3.8	.421	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.0	.867
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
	Darius Songaila	Jayson Tatum
Season	2008-09	2022-23
Team	Washington Wizards	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		%
Darius Songaila	77	19.8	7.4	1.0	2.0	2.9	1.2	0.8	0.3	1.0	2.6	3.2	5.9	.532	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.2	.889
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		%
Darius Songaila	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Darius Songaila	Jayson Tatum
Season	2009-10	2023-24
Team	New Orleans Hornets	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		%
Darius Songaila	75	18.8	7.2	0.8	2.3	3.1	0.9	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.7	3.2	6.5	.494	0.0	0.1	.167	0.8	1.0	.811
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		%
Darius Songaila	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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