Tony Brown vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and Tony Brown, 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.

Tony Brown and Jayson Tatum both played 7 years in the NBA. Tony Brown had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, 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
	Tony Brown	Jayson Tatum
Season	1984-85	2017-18
Team	Indiana Pacers	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		%
Tony Brown	82	19.3	6.6	1.8	1.7	3.5	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.6	2.6	5.7	.460	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.1	.678
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		%
Tony Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tony Brown	Jayson Tatum
Season	1986-87	2019-20
Team	New Jersey Nets	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		%
Tony Brown	77	30.4	11.3	1.1	1.8	2.8	3.4	1.2	0.2	2.0	3.5	4.6	10.5	.442	0.1	0.3	.250	2.0	2.7	.738
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		%
Tony Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Tony Brown didn't play in 1987-88.

Season 4
	Tony Brown	Jayson Tatum
Season	1988-89	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Tony Brown	43	8.5	3.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.0	1.2	2.7	.424	0.1	0.4	.250	0.6	0.7	.774
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		%
Tony Brown	6	11.5	1.8	0.3	0.8	1.2	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.5	0.7	1.8	.364	0.0	0.2	.000	0.5	0.7	.750
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
	Tony Brown	Jayson Tatum
Season	1989-90	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Tony Brown	61	10.4	3.6	0.6	0.5	1.2	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.3	1.4	3.4	.427	0.1	0.3	.250	0.6	0.9	.679
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		%
Tony Brown	2	6.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Tony Brown	Jayson Tatum
Season	1990-91	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Tony Brown	30	9.8	2.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.6	1.0	2.7	.375	0.1	0.4	.250	0.7	0.8	.870
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		%
Tony Brown	4	7.3	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	2.0	.500	0.3	0.5	.500	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

Season 7
	Tony Brown	Jayson Tatum
Season	1991-92	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tony Brown	57	11.5	4.8	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.4	1.8	4.4	.410	0.3	1.1	.302	0.8	1.2	.727
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		%
Tony Brown	5	4.4	1.8	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.4	1.2	.333	0.2	0.8	.250	0.8	1.4	.571
Jayson Tatum	14	40.5	26.0	0.9	9.4	10.4	5.9	1.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	8.6	19.6	.442	2.1	7.1	.290	6.6	7.9	.845