Josh Powell vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Josh Powell, 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.

Josh Powell and Jayson Tatum both played 7 years in the NBA. Josh Powell had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, 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
	Josh Powell	Jayson Tatum
Season	2005-06	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Josh Powell	37	11.6	3.0	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.4	1.0	2.2	.457	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.2	.800
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		%
Josh Powell	6	4.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Josh Powell	Jayson Tatum
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	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		%
Josh Powell	64	19.2	5.5	1.8	3.4	5.2	0.7	0.2	0.4	1.0	2.0	2.3	4.9	.460	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.724
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		%
Josh Powell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Josh Powell	Jayson Tatum
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Josh Powell	60	11.7	4.2	1.2	1.8	2.9	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.9	1.6	1.8	4.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.760
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		%
Josh Powell	14	5.2	2.1	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.8	1.9	.423	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.4	0.4	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
	Josh Powell	Jayson Tatum
Season	2009-10	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Josh Powell	63	9.2	2.7	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.1	1.1	3.1	.366	0.1	0.3	.438	0.3	0.5	.645
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		%
Josh Powell	13	3.1	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.7	0.2	0.6	.375	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.3	.750
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
	Josh Powell	Jayson Tatum
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Josh Powell	54	12.1	4.1	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.4	0.1	0.1	1.0	1.4	1.7	3.9	.452	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.8	.800
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		%
Josh Powell	9	5.3	1.1	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.9	0.6	1.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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

Note: Josh Powell didn't play in 2011-12 and 2012-13.

Season 7
	Josh Powell	Jayson Tatum
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
Josh Powell	1	19.0	4.0	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	6.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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		%
Josh Powell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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