Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, 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.

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, 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
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Jayson Tatum
Season	1990-91	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	67	22.5	14.1	0.5	1.3	1.8	3.1	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.2	6.2	15.1	.413	0.4	1.5	.240	1.3	1.5	.857
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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Jayson Tatum
Season	1992-93	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	81	33.5	19.2	0.6	2.1	2.8	4.2	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.2	7.8	17.4	.450	0.9	2.4	.355	2.7	2.9	.935
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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Jayson Tatum
Season	1993-94	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	80	32.7	18.0	0.3	1.8	2.1	4.5	1.0	0.1	1.9	1.9	7.4	16.0	.460	0.5	1.7	.316	2.7	2.9	.956
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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	12	28.3	12.9	0.3	1.3	1.5	2.5	0.4	0.1	1.2	2.4	4.8	12.8	.370	1.0	3.1	.324	2.4	2.6	.935
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
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Jayson Tatum
Season	1994-95	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	73	28.5	16.0	0.4	1.4	1.9	3.6	1.1	0.1	1.6	1.7	6.5	13.8	.470	1.1	2.9	.386	1.9	2.1	.885
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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	3	25.3	13.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.7	0.7	0.0	2.7	2.7	4.0	11.0	.364	0.7	4.0	.167	4.7	4.7	1.000
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
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Jayson Tatum
Season	1995-96	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	57	35.6	19.2	0.5	2.0	2.4	6.8	1.1	0.1	2.0	2.1	7.3	16.8	.434	2.1	5.4	.392	2.6	2.8	.930
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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 7
	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	Jayson Tatum
Season	1996-97	2023-24
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	75	28.4	13.7	0.2	1.4	1.6	2.5	0.7	0.1	1.6	2.3	5.5	12.3	.445	1.3	3.3	.382	1.5	1.8	.846
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		%
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	8	38.0	23.1	0.5	9.9	10.4	5.5	0.5	0.9	2.0	2.9	7.1	17.3	.413	1.6	6.1	.265	7.3	8.6	.841

Note: Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf didn't play in 1998-99 and 1999-00.