Raef LaFrentz vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Raef LaFrentz, 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.

Raef LaFrentz played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 7. Raef LaFrentz had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, 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
	Raef LaFrentz	Jayson Tatum
Season	1998-99	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
Raef LaFrentz	12	32.3	13.8	2.8	4.8	7.6	0.7	0.8	1.4	0.8	3.2	4.9	10.8	.457	1.0	2.6	.387	3.0	4.0	.750
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		%
Raef LaFrentz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Raef LaFrentz	Jayson Tatum
Season	2000-01	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	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		%
Raef LaFrentz	78	31.5	12.9	2.2	5.6	7.8	1.4	0.5	2.6	1.2	3.7	5.0	10.4	.477	0.7	1.8	.367	2.3	3.4	.698
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		%
Raef LaFrentz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Raef LaFrentz	Jayson Tatum
Season	2001-02	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Raef LaFrentz	78	31.5	13.5	2.3	5.2	7.4	1.1	0.7	2.7	1.2	3.6	5.4	11.8	.458	1.3	3.4	.388	1.3	1.9	.695
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		%
Raef LaFrentz	8	30.8	11.3	2.3	5.4	7.6	0.6	0.3	2.8	0.8	4.9	4.9	9.8	.500	0.8	2.3	.333	0.8	1.4	.545
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
	Raef LaFrentz	Jayson Tatum
Season	2002-03	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Raef LaFrentz	69	23.3	9.3	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.7	3.8	3.9	7.4	.518	0.7	1.7	.405	0.9	1.3	.682
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		%
Raef LaFrentz	20	24.6	8.0	1.8	2.6	4.4	0.3	0.6	2.2	0.7	4.3	3.4	7.9	.433	0.4	2.0	.200	0.8	1.0	.842
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
	Raef LaFrentz	Jayson Tatum
Season	2003-04	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Raef LaFrentz	17	19.3	7.8	1.8	2.9	4.6	1.4	0.5	0.8	0.6	2.8	3.4	7.3	.460	0.5	2.4	.200	0.6	0.8	.769
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		%
Raef LaFrentz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Raef LaFrentz	Jayson Tatum
Season	2004-05	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Raef LaFrentz	80	27.5	11.1	1.9	5.0	6.9	1.2	0.5	1.2	0.9	3.3	4.3	8.6	.496	1.0	2.8	.364	1.5	1.9	.811
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		%
Raef LaFrentz	7	26.7	6.9	0.9	4.0	4.9	1.1	0.9	1.7	1.0	3.9	2.3	5.9	.390	1.1	2.3	.500	1.1	1.4	.800
Jayson Tatum	9	38.7	24.2	0.7	9.8	10.4	5.4	0.7	0.9	2.2	2.8	7.6	18.1	.417	1.7	6.3	.263	7.4	8.7	.859