Goran Dragic vs. Al Jefferson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Al Jefferson and Goran Dragic, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Goran Dragic played 15 years in the NBA, 1 more than Al Jefferson, who played 14. Goran Dragic had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Al Jefferson had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
Goran Dragic	15	7	2008-09 to 2022-23
Al Jefferson	14	4	2004-05 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Goran Dragic	Al Jefferson
Season	2008-09	2004-05
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Goran Dragic	55	13.2	4.5	0.6	1.3	1.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.6	1.6	4.1	.393	0.4	1.0	.370	0.9	1.2	.769
Al Jefferson	71	14.8	6.7	1.7	2.7	4.4	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.9	2.7	2.7	5.2	.528	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.630

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Jefferson	7	19.4	6.1	2.4	4.0	6.4	0.3	0.6	1.1	0.6	2.3	2.4	5.9	.415	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.750


Season 2
	Goran Dragic	Al Jefferson
Season	2009-10	2005-06
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Goran Dragic	80	18.0	7.9	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.0	0.6	0.1	1.6	1.6	2.8	6.1	.452	0.9	2.4	.394	1.5	2.0	.736
Al Jefferson	59	18.0	7.9	1.6	3.4	5.1	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.1	2.8	3.2	6.4	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.3	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	16	14.8	7.6	0.6	1.2	1.8	2.3	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	2.7	6.3	.430	0.8	2.5	.325	1.4	1.9	.742
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Goran Dragic	Al Jefferson
Season	2010-11	2006-07
Team	Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Goran Dragic	70	17.6	7.5	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.9	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.8	2.7	6.3	.435	0.8	2.2	.361	1.2	1.9	.624
Al Jefferson	69	33.6	16.0	3.4	7.5	11.0	1.3	0.7	1.5	2.0	3.4	6.6	12.8	.514	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	4.3	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Goran Dragic	Al Jefferson
Season	2011-12	2007-08
Team	Houston Rockets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Goran Dragic	66	26.5	11.7	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.3	1.3	0.2	2.4	2.5	4.2	9.1	.462	1.0	3.1	.337	2.3	2.9	.805
Al Jefferson	82	35.6	21.0	3.8	7.4	11.1	1.4	0.9	1.5	2.0	2.7	8.8	17.6	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	4.8	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Goran Dragic	Al Jefferson
Season	2012-13	2008-09
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Goran Dragic	77	33.5	14.7	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.4	1.6	0.3	2.8	2.8	5.2	11.8	.443	1.1	3.6	.319	3.2	4.2	.748
Al Jefferson	50	36.7	23.1	3.4	7.5	11.0	1.6	0.8	1.7	1.8	2.8	9.7	19.5	.497	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.0	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Goran Dragic	Al Jefferson
Season	2013-14	2009-10
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Goran Dragic	76	35.1	20.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.9	1.4	0.3	2.8	2.7	7.3	14.4	.505	1.6	3.9	.408	4.2	5.5	.760
Al Jefferson	76	32.4	17.1	2.4	6.9	9.3	1.8	0.8	1.3	1.8	2.7	7.4	14.8	.498	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.5	.680

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Goran Dragic	Al Jefferson
Season	2014-15	2010-11
Team	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Goran Dragic	78	33.8	16.3	1.0	2.5	3.5	4.5	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.4	12.8	.501	1.2	3.3	.347	2.3	3.0	.774
Al Jefferson	82	35.9	18.6	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.8	0.6	1.9	1.3	2.9	8.0	16.1	.496	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.5	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Goran Dragic	Al Jefferson
Season	2015-16	2011-12
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz 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		%
Goran Dragic	72	32.8	14.1	0.8	3.1	3.8	5.8	1.0	0.2	2.6	2.6	5.8	12.2	.477	0.9	2.8	.312	1.7	2.3	.727
Al Jefferson	61	34.0	19.2	2.2	7.4	9.6	2.2	0.8	1.7	1.0	2.5	8.5	17.2	.492	0.0	0.1	.250	2.2	2.9	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	14	33.7	16.5	0.8	4.1	4.9	3.9	0.4	0.2	2.2	3.3	6.5	14.7	.442	1.1	3.3	.348	2.4	3.1	.767
Al Jefferson	4	35.3	18.3	1.8	6.8	8.5	2.5	1.3	0.8	1.3	2.5	9.0	17.0	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	1.0	.250


Season 9
	Goran Dragic	Al Jefferson
Season	2016-17	2012-13
Team	Miami Heat	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Goran Dragic	73	33.7	20.3	0.8	3.0	3.8	5.8	1.2	0.2	2.9	2.7	7.3	15.4	.475	1.6	4.0	.405	4.1	5.2	.790
Al Jefferson	78	33.1	17.8	2.0	7.2	9.2	2.1	1.0	1.1	1.3	2.2	7.8	15.8	.494	0.0	0.2	.118	2.1	2.8	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Goran Dragic	Al Jefferson
Season	2017-18	2013-14
Team	Miami Heat	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bobcats 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		%
Goran Dragic	75	31.7	17.3	0.7	3.4	4.1	4.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.4	6.5	14.3	.450	1.5	4.0	.370	2.9	3.6	.801
Al Jefferson	73	35.0	21.8	2.1	8.7	10.8	2.1	0.9	1.1	1.7	2.4	9.6	18.8	.509	0.0	0.2	.200	2.6	3.8	.690

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	5	31.2	18.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	4.6	1.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	7.0	15.0	.467	1.6	4.2	.381	3.0	4.4	.682
Al Jefferson	3	35.3	18.7	2.0	7.3	9.3	0.7	0.3	1.7	0.3	2.3	8.7	17.7	.491	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.800


Season 11
	Goran Dragic	Al Jefferson
Season	2018-19	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Goran Dragic	36	27.5	13.7	0.6	2.5	3.1	4.8	0.8	0.1	2.0	2.3	5.0	12.0	.413	1.6	4.6	.348	2.2	2.8	.782
Al Jefferson	65	30.6	16.6	1.5	6.9	8.4	1.7	0.7	1.3	1.0	2.1	7.5	15.5	.481	0.0	0.1	.400	1.7	2.5	.655

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Goran Dragic	Al Jefferson
Season	2019-20	2015-16
Team	Miami Heat	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Hornets 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		%
Goran Dragic	59	28.2	16.2	0.5	2.7	3.2	5.1	0.7	0.2	2.4	2.1	5.4	12.3	.441	2.1	5.7	.367	3.2	4.2	.776
Al Jefferson	47	23.3	12.0	1.2	5.2	6.4	1.5	0.6	0.9	0.7	2.5	5.2	10.7	.485	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.4	.649

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	17	32.5	19.1	0.8	3.3	4.1	4.4	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.9	7.0	15.8	.444	2.2	6.3	.346	2.9	3.6	.803
Al Jefferson	7	24.0	13.3	2.0	4.1	6.1	1.1	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.7	6.0	11.9	.506	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.692


Season 13
	Goran Dragic	Al Jefferson
Season	2020-21	2016-17
Team	Miami Heat	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East 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		%
Goran Dragic	50	26.7	13.4	0.5	2.9	3.4	4.4	0.7	0.2	2.4	2.3	4.8	11.1	.432	1.8	4.9	.373	2.0	2.4	.828
Al Jefferson	66	14.1	8.1	1.1	3.1	4.2	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.9	3.6	7.1	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.3	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	4	29.3	16.0	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.8	1.0	0.5	1.5	2.8	5.8	13.5	.426	2.3	6.5	.346	2.3	3.0	.750
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Goran Dragic	Al Jefferson
Season	2021-22	2017-18
Team	Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
Goran Dragic	21	23.7	7.5	0.6	2.5	3.1	4.1	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.1	2.7	7.2	.377	0.8	3.0	.254	1.3	1.6	.818
Al Jefferson	36	13.4	7.0	0.8	3.1	4.0	0.8	0.4	0.6	0.6	1.8	3.1	5.8	.534	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.0	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	4	19.8	10.5	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.5	0.8	0.0	1.3	2.8	4.5	8.0	.563	1.0	3.0	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Goran Dragic	Al Jefferson
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Chicago Bulls, Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Goran Dragic	58	15.0	6.3	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.6	0.2	0.1	1.1	1.1	2.4	5.8	.421	0.9	2.5	.359	0.5	0.8	.689
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	2	3.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
Al Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Goran Dragic vs. Al Jefferson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Al Jefferson and Goran Dragic, 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