Jarrett Allen vs. James Donaldson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Donaldson and Jarrett Allen, 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.

Jarrett Allen played 7 years in the NBA, 7 less than James Donaldson, who played 14. Jarrett Allen had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while James Donaldson had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
Jarrett Allen	7	4	2017-18 to 2023-24
James Donaldson	14	9	1980-81 to 1994-95

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jarrett Allen	James Donaldson
Season	2017-18	1980-81
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Seattle Supersonics
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		%
Jarrett Allen	72	20.0	8.2	2.0	3.4	5.4	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.1	2.0	3.3	5.5	.589	0.1	0.2	.333	1.6	2.0	.776
James Donaldson	68	14.4	5.3	1.6	3.0	4.5	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.0	1.2	1.9	3.5	.542	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.594

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Donaldson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jarrett Allen	James Donaldson
Season	2018-19	1981-82
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics 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		%
Jarrett Allen	80	26.2	10.9	2.4	6.0	8.4	1.4	0.5	1.5	1.3	2.3	4.2	7.1	.590	0.1	0.6	.133	2.5	3.5	.709
James Donaldson	82	20.9	8.1	1.7	4.3	6.0	0.6	0.3	1.7	1.4	2.3	3.1	5.1	.609	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.9	.629

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	5	22.0	11.0	3.0	3.8	6.8	2.2	0.6	0.6	1.6	2.6	3.8	6.4	.594	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.0	.850
James Donaldson	8	23.6	6.8	3.1	6.1	9.3	0.9	0.3	0.6	1.3	2.0	2.3	5.4	.419	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.750


Season 3
	Jarrett Allen	James Donaldson
Season	2019-20	1982-83
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics 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		%
Jarrett Allen	70	26.5	11.1	3.1	6.5	9.6	1.6	0.6	1.3	1.1	2.3	4.3	6.6	.649	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.9	.633
James Donaldson	82	21.8	8.9	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.2	0.2	1.2	1.6	2.1	3.5	6.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.7	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	4	33.0	10.3	4.3	10.5	14.8	2.3	0.5	1.8	2.8	1.8	3.5	6.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.0	.813
James Donaldson	2	23.5	12.0	2.5	6.0	8.5	1.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	2.0	5.5	11.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.667


Season 4
	Jarrett Allen	James Donaldson
Season	2020-21	1983-84
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers	San Diego Clippers
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		%
Jarrett Allen	63	29.6	12.8	3.1	6.9	10.0	1.7	0.5	1.4	1.6	1.5	4.7	7.7	.618	0.1	0.3	.316	3.2	4.6	.703
James Donaldson	82	30.8	11.8	2.0	5.9	7.9	1.1	0.5	1.7	2.1	2.6	4.4	7.4	.596	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Donaldson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Jarrett Allen	James Donaldson
Season	2021-22	1984-85
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Jarrett Allen	56	32.3	16.1	3.4	7.3	10.8	1.6	0.8	1.3	1.7	1.7	6.6	9.7	.677	0.0	0.2	.100	2.9	4.2	.708
James Donaldson	82	29.2	11.3	2.0	6.1	8.1	0.6	0.3	1.6	2.5	2.6	4.3	6.7	.637	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.7	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Donaldson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jarrett Allen	James Donaldson
Season	2022-23	1985-86
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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		%
Jarrett Allen	68	32.6	14.3	3.3	6.5	9.8	1.7	0.8	1.2	1.4	2.3	5.9	9.2	.644	0.0	0.1	.100	2.4	3.3	.733
James Donaldson	83	32.3	8.6	2.1	7.5	9.6	1.2	0.3	1.7	1.5	2.3	3.1	5.5	.558	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.1	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	5	38.2	9.4	3.0	4.4	7.4	2.4	0.8	1.0	0.6	2.0	4.4	7.2	.611	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.2	.500
James Donaldson	10	41.0	10.9	3.0	8.7	11.7	1.0	0.6	1.2	1.0	2.6	3.6	4.8	.750	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	4.0	.925


Season 7
	Jarrett Allen	James Donaldson
Season	2023-24	1986-87
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks 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		%
Jarrett Allen	77	31.7	16.5	3.2	7.4	10.5	2.7	0.7	1.1	1.6	1.9	6.7	10.6	.634	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.1	.742
James Donaldson	82	36.9	10.8	3.6	8.3	11.9	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.3	2.3	3.8	6.5	.586	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.0	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	4	31.8	17.0	3.8	10.0	13.8	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	6.3	9.3	.676	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.5	.692
James Donaldson	3	22.7	5.3	0.7	5.0	5.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.7	2.0	1.3	1.7	.800	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.0	.889


Season 8
	Jarrett Allen	James Donaldson
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Jarrett Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Donaldson	81	31.1	7.0	3.0	6.3	9.3	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.4	2.2	2.6	4.7	.558	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.3	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Donaldson	17	29.4	9.3	2.8	5.8	8.6	0.7	0.4	0.9	1.7	2.4	4.0	6.1	.654	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.2	.595


Season 9
	Jarrett Allen	James Donaldson
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Jarrett Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Donaldson	53	32.9	9.1	3.0	7.8	10.8	0.7	0.5	1.5	1.6	2.1	3.6	6.4	.573	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.3	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Donaldson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Jarrett Allen	James Donaldson
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks 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		%
Jarrett Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Donaldson	73	31.0	9.1	2.1	6.5	8.6	0.8	0.3	0.6	1.6	1.8	3.5	6.6	.539	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.9	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Donaldson	3	24.7	7.3	2.0	3.3	5.3	0.7	0.7	0.0	1.3	2.7	3.0	4.3	.692	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.800


Season 11
	Jarrett Allen	James Donaldson
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Jarrett Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Donaldson	82	34.1	10.0	2.5	6.4	8.9	0.8	0.4	1.1	1.8	2.2	4.0	7.5	.532	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.8	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Donaldson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jarrett Allen	James Donaldson
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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		%
Jarrett Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Donaldson	58	18.5	4.9	1.7	3.3	5.0	0.6	0.1	0.8	0.8	1.8	1.9	4.2	.457	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Donaldson	2	5.5	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Jarrett Allen	James Donaldson
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Jarrett Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Donaldson	6	15.7	3.5	1.0	3.8	4.8	0.2	0.2	1.2	0.7	2.2	1.3	2.3	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.556

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Donaldson	1	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Note: James Donaldson didn't play in 1993-94.


Season 14
	Jarrett Allen	James Donaldson
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Jarrett Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Donaldson	43	14.3	2.6	0.4	2.0	2.5	0.3	0.1	0.7	0.5	1.5	1.0	1.7	.595	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Donaldson	5	15.2	2.8	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.4	1.6	1.0	1.2	.833	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000

Jarrett Allen vs. James Donaldson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Donaldson and Jarrett Allen, 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