Jimmy Butler vs. Stephen Curry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephen Curry 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 Stephen Curry, who played 15. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Stephen Curry had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
Stephen Curry	15	9	2009-10 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Jimmy Butler	Stephen Curry
Season	2011-12	2009-10
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
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
Stephen Curry	80	36.2	17.5	0.6	3.9	4.5	5.9	1.9	0.2	3.0	3.2	6.6	14.3	.462	2.1	4.8	.437	2.2	2.5	.885

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	-
Stephen Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jimmy Butler	Stephen Curry
Season	2012-13	2010-11
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
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
Stephen Curry	74	33.6	18.6	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.8	1.5	0.3	3.1	3.1	6.8	14.2	.480	2.0	4.6	.442	2.9	3.1	.934

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
Stephen Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jimmy Butler	Stephen Curry
Season	2013-14	2011-12
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
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
Stephen Curry	26	28.2	14.7	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.3	1.5	0.3	2.5	2.4	5.6	11.4	.490	2.1	4.7	.455	1.5	1.8	.809

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
Stephen Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jimmy Butler	Stephen Curry
Season	2014-15	2012-13
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors 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	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
Stephen Curry	78	38.2	22.9	0.8	3.3	4.0	6.9	1.6	0.2	3.1	2.5	8.0	17.8	.451	3.5	7.7	.453	3.4	3.7	.900

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
Stephen Curry	12	41.4	23.4	0.4	3.4	3.8	8.1	1.7	0.2	3.3	2.9	8.5	19.6	.434	3.5	8.8	.396	2.9	3.2	.921


Season 5
	Jimmy Butler	Stephen Curry
Season	2015-16	2013-14
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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	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
Stephen Curry	78	36.5	24.0	0.6	3.7	4.3	8.5	1.6	0.2	3.8	2.5	8.4	17.7	.471	3.3	7.9	.424	3.9	4.5	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Curry	7	42.3	23.0	0.6	3.0	3.6	8.4	1.7	0.1	3.7	2.6	7.3	16.6	.440	3.1	8.1	.386	5.3	6.0	.881


Season 6
	Jimmy Butler	Stephen Curry
Season	2016-17	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Stephen Curry	80	32.7	23.8	0.7	3.6	4.3	7.7	2.0	0.2	3.1	2.0	8.2	16.8	.487	3.6	8.1	.443	3.9	4.2	.914

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
Stephen Curry	21	39.3	28.3	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.4	1.9	0.1	3.9	2.2	9.5	20.9	.456	4.7	11.0	.422	4.6	5.5	.835


Season 7
	Jimmy Butler	Stephen Curry
Season	2017-18	2015-16
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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	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
Stephen Curry	79	34.2	30.1	0.9	4.6	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	3.3	2.0	10.2	20.2	.504	5.1	11.2	.454	4.6	5.1	.908

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
Stephen Curry	18	34.1	25.1	0.8	4.7	5.5	5.2	1.4	0.3	4.2	2.2	8.2	18.8	.438	4.4	11.0	.404	4.2	4.6	.916


Season 8
	Jimmy Butler	Stephen Curry
Season	2018-19	2016-17
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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	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
Stephen Curry	79	33.4	25.3	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.6	1.8	0.2	3.0	2.3	8.5	18.3	.468	4.1	10.0	.411	4.1	4.6	.898

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
Stephen Curry	17	35.4	28.1	1.3	4.9	6.2	6.7	2.0	0.2	3.4	2.2	8.9	18.4	.484	4.2	10.1	.419	6.1	6.7	.904


Season 9
	Jimmy Butler	Stephen Curry
Season	2019-20	2017-18
Team	Miami Heat	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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	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
Stephen Curry	51	32.0	26.4	0.7	4.4	5.1	6.1	1.6	0.2	3.0	2.2	8.4	16.9	.495	4.2	9.8	.423	5.5	5.9	.921

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
Stephen Curry	15	37.0	25.5	0.6	5.5	6.1	5.4	1.7	0.7	2.9	2.5	9.1	20.3	.451	4.3	10.8	.395	3.0	3.1	.957


Season 10
	Jimmy Butler	Stephen Curry
Season	2020-21	2018-19
Team	Miami Heat	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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	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
Stephen Curry	69	33.8	27.3	0.7	4.7	5.3	5.2	1.3	0.4	2.8	2.4	9.2	19.4	.472	5.1	11.7	.437	3.8	4.2	.916

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
Stephen Curry	22	38.5	28.2	0.8	5.2	6.0	5.7	1.1	0.2	3.0	3.1	8.6	19.6	.441	4.2	11.1	.377	6.7	7.1	.943


Season 11
	Jimmy Butler	Stephen Curry
Season	2021-22	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 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	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
Stephen Curry	5	27.8	20.8	0.8	4.4	5.2	6.6	1.0	0.4	3.2	2.2	6.6	16.4	.402	2.4	9.8	.245	5.2	5.2	1.000

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
Stephen Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jimmy Butler	Stephen Curry
Season	2022-23	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	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	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
Stephen Curry	63	34.2	32.0	0.5	5.0	5.5	5.8	1.2	0.1	3.4	1.9	10.4	21.7	.482	5.3	12.7	.421	5.7	6.3	.916

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
Stephen Curry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Jimmy Butler	Stephen Curry
Season	2023-24	2021-22
Team	Miami Heat	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Stephen Curry	64	34.5	25.5	0.5	4.7	5.2	6.3	1.3	0.4	3.2	2.0	8.4	19.1	.437	4.5	11.7	.380	4.3	4.7	.923

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Curry	22	34.7	27.4	0.5	4.7	5.2	5.9	1.3	0.4	2.6	2.7	9.2	20.0	.459	4.1	10.4	.397	4.9	5.9	.829


Season 14
	Jimmy Butler	Stephen Curry
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Warriors 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Curry	56	34.7	29.4	0.7	5.4	6.1	6.3	0.9	0.4	3.2	2.1	10.0	20.2	.493	4.9	11.4	.427	4.6	5.0	.915

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Curry	13	37.9	30.5	0.7	4.5	5.2	6.1	1.0	0.5	3.2	2.6	11.2	23.9	.466	4.4	12.1	.363	3.8	4.5	.845


Season 15
	Jimmy Butler	Stephen Curry
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Clutch Player of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Curry	74	32.7	26.4	0.5	4.0	4.5	5.1	0.7	0.4	2.8	1.6	8.8	19.5	.450	4.8	11.8	.408	4.0	4.4	.923

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

Jimmy Butler vs. Stephen Curry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephen Curry 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