Mark Bryant vs. Jimmy Butler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jimmy Butler and Mark Bryant, 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.

Mark Bryant played 15 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jimmy Butler, who played 13. Mark Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Jimmy Butler had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Mark Bryant	15	12	1988-89 to 2002-03
Jimmy Butler	13	11	2011-12 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
	Mark Bryant	Jimmy Butler
Season	1988-89	2011-12
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Mark Bryant	56	14.3	5.0	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.7	2.6	2.1	4.4	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.2	.580
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-


Season 2
	Mark Bryant	Jimmy Butler
Season	1989-90	2012-13
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Mark Bryant	58	9.7	2.9	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.6	1.2	2.6	.458	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.9	.560
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	13	12.3	3.2	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	2.1	1.4	2.5	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.750
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


Season 3
	Mark Bryant	Jimmy Butler
Season	1990-91	2013-14
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Bulls 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		%
Mark Bryant	53	14.7	5.1	1.2	2.4	3.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.6	2.3	1.9	3.8	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.9	.733
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	14	9.8	2.4	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.8	0.7	1.6	.455	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.1	.875
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


Season 4
	Mark Bryant	Jimmy Butler
Season	1991-92	2014-15
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Mark Bryant	56	14.3	4.1	1.6	2.0	3.6	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.9	1.7	3.5	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.1	.667
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	12	9.7	1.9	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.8	0.8	2.4	.345	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	.750
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


Season 5
	Mark Bryant	Jimmy Butler
Season	1992-93	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Mark Bryant	80	17.5	6.0	1.7	2.4	4.1	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.8	2.3	4.6	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.703
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	4	20.8	9.8	2.5	2.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.5	3.5	4.3	9.3	.459	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Mark Bryant	Jimmy Butler
Season	1993-94	2016-17
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
Mark Bryant	79	18.2	5.6	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.8	2.4	2.3	4.9	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.3	.692
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	4	16.0	2.5	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.8	1.3	4.3	.294	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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


Season 7
	Mark Bryant	Jimmy Butler
Season	1994-95	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves 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		%
Mark Bryant	49	13.4	5.0	1.1	2.2	3.3	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.2	2.1	3.9	.526	0.0	0.0	.500	0.8	1.3	.651
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	2	3.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	1.0	.000
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


Season 8
	Mark Bryant	Jimmy Butler
Season	1995-96	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East 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		%
Mark Bryant	71	22.4	8.6	1.8	3.1	4.9	0.7	0.4	0.3	1.2	3.3	3.4	6.3	.543	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.5	.718
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	8	18.1	6.8	0.9	2.5	3.4	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.4	2.6	2.6	4.4	.600	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.9	.800
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


Season 9
	Mark Bryant	Jimmy Butler
Season	1996-97	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mark Bryant	41	24.8	9.3	1.6	3.5	5.2	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.1	3.3	3.7	6.7	.553	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.6	.704
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	4	9.0	2.8	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000
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


Season 10
	Mark Bryant	Jimmy Butler
Season	1997-98	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mark Bryant	70	15.9	4.2	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.6	1.6	3.2	.484	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.768
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	4	23.5	10.0	2.3	3.5	5.8	0.3	1.0	0.5	0.8	4.0	4.3	8.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	3.0	.500
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


Season 11
	Mark Bryant	Jimmy Butler
Season	1998-99	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mark Bryant	45	26.8	9.0	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.1	0.8	0.4	1.5	3.3	3.7	7.7	.483	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.4	.645
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	Mark Bryant	Jimmy Butler
Season	1999-00	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mark Bryant	75	22.8	5.7	1.7	3.0	4.7	0.8	0.4	0.4	1.2	3.3	2.3	4.6	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.809
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 13
	Mark Bryant	Jimmy Butler
Season	2000-01	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Mark Bryant	18	5.6	1.1	0.2	0.9	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.6	0.4	1.1	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.600
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	4	8.5	0.5	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.5	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Mark Bryant	Jimmy Butler
Season	2001-02	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Mark Bryant	30	6.9	1.9	0.8	0.6	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.3	0.8	1.8	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.750
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	9	10.1	2.3	0.9	0.4	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	1.6	1.0	2.2	.450	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Mark Bryant	Jimmy Butler
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Mark Bryant	16	6.3	0.8	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.1	0.3	1.2	.263	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.750
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Bryant	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mark Bryant vs. Jimmy Butler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jimmy Butler and Mark Bryant, 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