Jimmy Butler vs. Samuel Dalembert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Samuel Dalembert 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 and Samuel Dalembert both played 13 years in the NBA. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Samuel Dalembert had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
Samuel Dalembert	13	5	2001-02 to 2014-15

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Jimmy Butler	Samuel Dalembert
Season	2011-12	2001-02
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
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
Samuel Dalembert	34	5.2	1.5	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.9	0.6	1.5	.440	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.5	.389

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	-
Samuel Dalembert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Samuel Dalembert didn't play in 2002-03.


Season 2
	Jimmy Butler	Samuel Dalembert
Season	2012-13	2003-04
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
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
Samuel Dalembert	82	26.8	8.0	2.4	5.3	7.6	0.3	0.5	2.3	1.0	3.3	3.3	6.1	.541	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.1	.644

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
Samuel Dalembert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jimmy Butler	Samuel Dalembert
Season	2013-14	2004-05
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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	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
Samuel Dalembert	72	24.8	8.2	2.6	4.9	7.5	0.5	0.6	1.7	1.6	3.3	3.5	6.6	.524	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.1	.601

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
Samuel Dalembert	5	38.4	11.6	3.6	9.2	12.8	0.4	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.8	5.2	9.4	.553	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	3.0	.400


Season 4
	Jimmy Butler	Samuel Dalembert
Season	2014-15	2005-06
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
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
Samuel Dalembert	66	26.7	7.3	2.4	5.8	8.2	0.4	0.5	2.4	1.6	3.7	3.0	5.6	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.0	.705

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
Samuel Dalembert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Jimmy Butler	Samuel Dalembert
Season	2015-16	2006-07
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Samuel Dalembert	82	30.9	10.7	2.9	6.0	8.9	0.8	0.6	1.9	2.0	3.5	4.3	8.0	.541	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.7	.746

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


Season 6
	Jimmy Butler	Samuel Dalembert
Season	2016-17	2007-08
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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
Samuel Dalembert	82	33.2	10.5	3.7	6.6	10.4	0.5	0.5	2.3	1.9	3.3	4.1	8.1	.513	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.2	.707

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
Samuel Dalembert	6	32.2	9.0	3.3	6.2	9.5	0.5	0.3	1.7	1.7	2.8	3.2	7.5	.422	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.2	.842


Season 7
	Jimmy Butler	Samuel Dalembert
Season	2017-18	2008-09
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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	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
Samuel Dalembert	82	24.8	6.4	2.6	5.9	8.5	0.2	0.4	1.8	1.4	3.0	2.6	5.3	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.5	.734

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
Samuel Dalembert	6	22.2	5.8	1.7	6.2	7.8	0.5	0.3	1.5	1.0	4.0	2.7	4.2	.640	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.750


Season 8
	Jimmy Butler	Samuel Dalembert
Season	2018-19	2009-10
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
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
Samuel Dalembert	82	25.9	8.1	2.9	6.6	9.6	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.5	3.1	3.5	6.4	.545	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.729

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
Samuel Dalembert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jimmy Butler	Samuel Dalembert
Season	2019-20	2010-11
Team	Miami Heat	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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	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
Samuel Dalembert	80	24.2	8.1	2.7	5.6	8.2	0.8	0.5	1.5	1.7	2.8	3.4	7.1	.473	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.9	.730

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
Samuel Dalembert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Jimmy Butler	Samuel Dalembert
Season	2020-21	2011-12
Team	Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Heat 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	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
Samuel Dalembert	65	22.2	7.5	2.4	4.6	7.0	0.5	0.6	1.7	1.3	2.5	3.1	6.1	.506	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.7	.796

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
Samuel Dalembert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jimmy Butler	Samuel Dalembert
Season	2021-22	2012-13
Team	Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Bucks 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	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
Samuel Dalembert	47	16.3	6.7	2.2	3.6	5.9	0.4	0.4	1.1	1.1	1.9	2.9	5.4	.542	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.8	1.2	.691

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
Samuel Dalembert	1	9.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	4.0	.250


Season 12
	Jimmy Butler	Samuel Dalembert
Season	2022-23	2013-14
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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	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
Samuel Dalembert	80	20.2	6.6	2.5	4.3	6.8	0.5	0.5	1.2	1.1	2.6	2.7	4.7	.568	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.7	.737

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
Samuel Dalembert	7	19.3	4.6	3.3	5.1	8.4	0.0	0.3	1.4	0.6	2.1	1.6	3.4	.458	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.667


Season 13
	Jimmy Butler	Samuel Dalembert
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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
Samuel Dalembert	32	17.0	4.0	1.7	3.6	5.3	0.9	0.4	1.3	1.2	2.2	1.8	4.1	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.700

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

Jimmy Butler vs. Samuel Dalembert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Samuel Dalembert 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