Jimmy Butler vs. David West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David West and Jimmy Butler, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Jimmy Butler played 13 years in the NBA, 2 less than David West, who played 15. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while David West had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
Jimmy Butler	13	11	2011-12 to 2023-24
David West	15	9	2003-04 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jimmy Butler	David West
Season	2011-12	2003-04
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hornets 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		%
Jimmy Butler	42	8.5	2.6	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.9	.405	0.0	0.3	.182	1.0	1.3	.768
David West	71	13.1	3.8	1.6	2.5	4.2	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.6	1.5	3.2	.474	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.1	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
David West	7	15.9	5.9	1.1	3.1	4.3	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.4	2.1	4.0	.536	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	1.9	.846


Season 2
	Jimmy Butler	David West
Season	2012-13	2004-05
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jimmy Butler	82	26.0	8.6	1.7	2.3	4.0	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.9	6.2	.467	0.5	1.3	.381	2.3	2.8	.803
David West	30	18.4	6.2	1.3	3.0	4.3	0.8	0.4	0.5	1.2	2.1	2.5	5.7	.436	0.1	0.2	.400	1.1	1.7	.680

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	12	40.8	13.3	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.3	2.2	4.2	9.6	.435	1.3	3.1	.405	3.8	4.6	.818
David West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jimmy Butler	David West
Season	2013-14	2005-06
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jimmy Butler	67	38.7	13.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.6	1.9	0.5	1.5	1.6	4.1	10.3	.397	1.0	3.6	.283	3.9	5.0	.769
David West	74	34.1	17.1	2.3	5.1	7.4	1.2	0.8	0.9	1.4	2.9	7.2	14.0	.512	0.0	0.1	.273	2.7	3.2	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	5	43.6	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	2.2	1.2	0.0	0.6	2.6	4.4	11.4	.386	1.2	4.0	.300	3.6	4.6	.783
David West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jimmy Butler	David West
Season	2014-15	2006-07
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jimmy Butler	65	38.7	20.0	1.8	4.1	5.8	3.3	1.8	0.6	1.4	1.7	6.5	14.0	.462	1.1	3.0	.378	5.9	7.1	.834
David West	52	36.5	18.3	2.4	5.7	8.2	2.2	0.8	0.7	1.9	2.8	7.3	15.2	.476	0.2	0.5	.320	3.6	4.4	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	12	42.2	22.9	1.5	4.1	5.6	3.2	2.4	0.8	1.8	2.3	7.8	17.8	.441	2.3	6.0	.389	4.9	6.0	.819
David West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Jimmy Butler	David West
Season	2015-16	2007-08
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost West 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		%
Jimmy Butler	67	36.9	20.9	1.2	4.2	5.3	4.8	1.6	0.6	2.0	1.9	7.0	15.4	.454	1.0	3.1	.312	5.9	7.1	.832
David West	76	37.8	20.6	2.4	6.5	8.9	2.3	0.8	1.3	2.2	2.7	8.3	17.2	.482	0.1	0.3	.240	3.9	4.6	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	12	40.4	21.2	1.8	6.8	8.5	2.8	1.1	1.9	1.8	2.7	8.5	18.3	.466	0.1	0.2	.500	4.1	4.6	.891


Season 6
	Jimmy Butler	David West
Season	2016-17	2008-09
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hornets Lost West 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		%
Jimmy Butler	76	37.0	23.9	1.7	4.5	6.2	5.5	1.9	0.4	2.1	1.5	7.5	16.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.367	7.7	8.9	.865
David West	76	39.2	21.0	2.1	6.4	8.5	2.3	0.6	0.9	2.1	2.7	8.0	17.0	.472	0.1	0.3	.240	4.8	5.5	.884

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	6	39.8	22.7	1.5	5.8	7.3	4.3	1.7	0.8	2.5	1.7	7.7	18.0	.426	1.0	3.8	.261	6.3	7.8	.809
David West	5	35.6	18.0	1.0	6.4	7.4	1.2	1.0	0.4	2.8	3.8	6.4	16.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	5.2	5.8	.897


Season 7
	Jimmy Butler	David West
Season	2017-18	2009-10
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jimmy Butler	59	36.7	22.2	1.3	4.0	5.3	4.9	2.0	0.4	1.8	1.3	7.4	15.6	.474	1.2	3.4	.350	6.2	7.2	.854
David West	81	36.4	19.0	2.0	5.4	7.5	3.0	0.9	0.7	2.1	2.9	7.6	15.1	.505	0.1	0.3	.259	3.7	4.2	.865

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	5	34.0	15.8	0.6	5.4	6.0	4.0	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.8	5.6	12.6	.444	1.6	3.4	.471	3.0	3.6	.833
David West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Jimmy Butler	David West
Season	2018-19	2010-11
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jimmy Butler	65	33.6	18.7	1.9	3.4	5.3	4.0	1.9	0.6	1.5	1.7	6.4	13.9	.462	1.0	3.0	.347	4.8	5.6	.855
David West	70	35.0	18.9	2.2	5.3	7.6	2.3	1.0	0.9	2.0	2.9	7.5	14.9	.508	0.0	0.1	.222	3.8	4.7	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	12	35.1	19.4	1.8	4.2	6.0	5.2	1.5	0.6	1.8	1.7	6.6	14.6	.451	1.0	3.8	.267	5.3	6.0	.875
David West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jimmy Butler	David West
Season	2019-20	2011-12
Team	Miami Heat	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Pacers 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		%
Jimmy Butler	58	33.8	19.9	1.8	4.8	6.7	6.0	1.8	0.6	2.2	1.4	5.9	13.1	.455	0.5	2.1	.244	7.6	9.1	.834
David West	66	29.2	12.8	1.8	4.8	6.6	2.1	0.8	0.7	1.4	2.4	5.3	10.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.222	2.2	2.7	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	21	38.4	22.2	2.2	4.3	6.5	6.0	2.0	0.7	2.8	1.8	6.9	14.0	.488	0.7	2.0	.349	7.8	9.1	.859
David West	11	37.8	15.3	1.9	6.6	8.5	2.0	0.7	0.5	1.5	3.0	6.0	13.5	.446	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.0	.818


Season 10
	Jimmy Butler	David West
Season	2020-21	2012-13
Team	Miami Heat	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
Jimmy Butler	52	33.6	21.5	1.8	5.1	6.9	7.1	2.1	0.3	2.1	1.4	7.0	14.2	.497	0.5	2.0	.245	6.9	8.0	.863
David West	73	33.4	17.1	2.0	5.7	7.7	2.9	1.0	0.9	2.2	2.0	6.9	13.8	.498	0.1	0.3	.211	3.3	4.3	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	4	38.5	14.5	1.5	6.0	7.5	7.0	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.5	4.8	16.0	.297	1.0	3.8	.267	4.0	5.5	.727
David West	19	36.3	15.9	2.2	5.4	7.6	2.1	0.7	0.8	2.4	2.8	6.1	13.1	.462	0.0	0.2	.000	3.8	4.9	.766


Season 11
	Jimmy Butler	David West
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Miami Heat	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Pacers 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		%
Jimmy Butler	57	33.9	21.4	1.8	4.1	5.9	5.5	1.6	0.5	2.1	1.5	7.0	14.5	.480	0.5	2.0	.233	6.9	8.0	.870
David West	80	30.9	14.0	1.5	5.3	6.8	2.8	0.8	0.9	1.7	2.3	5.7	11.7	.488	0.1	0.2	.267	2.5	3.1	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	17	37.0	27.4	2.4	4.9	7.4	4.6	2.1	0.6	1.5	1.5	9.8	19.3	.506	1.4	4.0	.338	6.5	7.8	.841
David West	19	36.2	15.1	1.3	5.5	6.7	3.9	0.7	0.8	2.3	3.0	6.4	12.9	.494	0.1	0.5	.200	2.3	3.2	.705


Season 12
	Jimmy Butler	David West
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Jimmy Butler	64	33.4	22.9	2.2	3.7	5.9	5.3	1.8	0.3	1.6	1.3	7.5	13.9	.539	0.6	1.6	.350	7.4	8.7	.850
David West	66	28.7	11.7	1.6	5.2	6.8	3.4	0.7	0.7	1.8	2.4	4.9	10.4	.471	0.1	0.3	.200	1.8	2.4	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	22	39.7	26.9	2.1	4.3	6.5	5.9	1.8	0.6	1.9	1.7	9.4	20.1	.468	1.3	3.5	.359	6.8	8.5	.806
David West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Jimmy Butler	David West
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Jimmy Butler	60	34.0	20.8	1.8	3.6	5.3	5.0	1.3	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.6	13.2	.499	1.0	2.4	.414	6.6	7.7	.858
David West	78	18.0	7.1	0.9	3.0	4.0	1.8	0.6	0.7	0.9	1.8	3.1	5.7	.545	0.0	0.1	.429	0.8	1.0	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	10	17.6	5.8	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.3	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.9	2.5	5.5	.455	0.3	0.6	.500	0.5	0.9	.556


Season 14
	Jimmy Butler	David West
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	68	12.6	4.6	0.7	2.3	3.0	2.2	0.6	0.7	1.1	1.5	2.0	3.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.375	0.6	0.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	17	13.0	4.5	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.1	0.4	0.8	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.5	.576	0.1	0.1	.500	0.4	0.5	.778


Season 15
	Jimmy Butler	David West
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	73	13.7	6.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.9	0.6	1.0	1.1	1.6	3.0	5.2	.571	0.0	0.1	.375	0.8	1.1	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David West	18	9.7	3.3	0.6	1.4	2.1	1.8	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.3	1.5	2.5	.600	0.1	0.1	.500	0.2	0.2	1.000

Jimmy Butler vs. David West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David West and Jimmy Butler, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15