Jimmy Butler vs. Jay Vincent Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jay Vincent 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

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, 4 more than Jay Vincent, who played 9. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Jay Vincent had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Jay Vincent	9	6	1981-82 to 1989-90

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jimmy Butler	Jay Vincent
Season	2011-12	1981-82
Team	Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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	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
Jay Vincent	81	32.4	21.4	2.2	4.7	7.0	2.2	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.8	8.9	17.9	.497	0.0	0.0	.250	3.6	5.0	.716

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	-
Jay Vincent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jimmy Butler	Jay Vincent
Season	2012-13	1982-83
Team	Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks
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
Jay Vincent	81	33.7	18.7	2.7	4.6	7.3	2.6	0.9	0.6	2.3	3.6	7.7	15.7	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	3.3	4.2	.784

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
Jay Vincent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jimmy Butler	Jay Vincent
Season	2013-14	1983-84
Team	Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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	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
Jay Vincent	61	23.3	11.0	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.9	0.5	0.2	1.9	2.6	4.1	9.5	.435	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.5	.781

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
Jay Vincent	10	35.3	15.2	2.9	4.1	7.0	1.9	0.7	0.1	2.5	3.6	4.8	12.4	.387	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.2	.903


Season 4
	Jimmy Butler	Jay Vincent
Season	2014-15	1984-85
Team	Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks 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	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
Jay Vincent	79	32.2	18.2	2.3	6.6	8.9	2.1	0.6	0.3	2.2	2.9	6.9	14.4	.479	0.0	0.1	.000	4.4	5.3	.836

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
Jay Vincent	4	33.5	15.5	2.3	3.3	5.5	0.8	1.5	0.8	2.8	4.0	5.0	14.0	.357	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	7.3	.759


Season 5
	Jimmy Butler	Jay Vincent
Season	2015-16	1985-86
Team	Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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
Jay Vincent	80	24.9	13.8	1.3	3.3	4.6	2.3	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.4	5.5	11.5	.481	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.4	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jay Vincent	10	20.4	10.6	1.5	2.4	3.9	1.5	0.4	0.1	1.7	1.9	3.8	9.9	.384	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.4	.882


Season 6
	Jimmy Butler	Jay Vincent
Season	2016-17	1986-87
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bullets 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	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
Jay Vincent	51	27.2	13.3	1.4	2.8	4.1	1.7	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.5	5.4	12.0	.447	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.3	.769

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
Jay Vincent	3	24.0	10.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	1.0	0.7	0.0	1.3	3.3	3.7	10.0	.367	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.0	.889


Season 7
	Jimmy Butler	Jay Vincent
Season	2017-18	1987-88
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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	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
Jay Vincent	73	24.0	15.4	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.0	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.7	6.1	13.1	.466	0.0	0.1	.250	3.2	3.9	.805

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
Jay Vincent	8	25.0	17.5	1.3	3.4	4.6	0.8	0.6	0.5	1.8	3.1	6.6	13.0	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.0	.850


Season 8
	Jimmy Butler	Jay Vincent
Season	2018-19	1988-89
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets, San Antonio Spurs
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
Jay Vincent	29	22.3	8.6	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.9	0.2	0.1	1.4	2.2	3.6	8.9	.405	0.0	0.1	.333	1.4	2.1	.667

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
Jay Vincent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jimmy Butler	Jay Vincent
Season	2019-20	1989-90
Team	Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Lakers 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	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
Jay Vincent	41	11.2	5.2	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.3	2.1	4.5	.470	0.0	0.0	.500	1.0	1.2	.837

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
Jay Vincent	3	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Jimmy Butler	Jay Vincent
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Heat 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	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
Jay Vincent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Jay Vincent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jimmy Butler	Jay Vincent
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat 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
Jay Vincent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Jay Vincent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jimmy Butler	Jay Vincent
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
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
Jay Vincent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Jay Vincent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Jimmy Butler	Jay Vincent
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
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		%
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
Jay Vincent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jay Vincent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jimmy Butler vs. Jay Vincent Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jay Vincent 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