JaVale McGee vs. Jalen Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Rose and JaVale McGee, 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.

JaVale McGee played 16 years in the NBA, 3 more than Jalen Rose, who played 13. JaVale McGee had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Jalen Rose had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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
JaVale McGee	16	8	2008-09 to 2023-24
Jalen Rose	13	6	1994-95 to 2006-07

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	JaVale McGee	Jalen Rose
Season	2008-09	1994-95
Team	Washington Wizards	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
JaVale McGee	75	15.2	6.5	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.3	0.4	1.0	0.8	2.1	2.5	5.2	.494	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.660
Jalen Rose	81	22.2	8.2	0.7	2.0	2.7	4.8	0.8	0.3	2.0	2.5	2.8	6.2	.454	0.4	1.4	.316	2.1	2.9	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Rose	3	33.0	10.0	1.3	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.0	0.7	3.0	3.0	4.3	9.3	.464	0.3	1.3	.250	1.0	1.7	.600


Season 2
	JaVale McGee	Jalen Rose
Season	2009-10	1995-96
Team	Washington Wizards	Denver Nuggets
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		%
JaVale McGee	60	16.1	6.4	1.5	2.6	4.1	0.2	0.3	1.7	0.9	2.0	2.6	5.1	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.638
Jalen Rose	80	26.7	10.0	0.6	2.7	3.3	6.2	0.7	0.5	2.9	2.9	3.6	7.6	.480	0.4	1.4	.296	2.4	3.5	.690

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	JaVale McGee	Jalen Rose
Season	2010-11	1996-97
Team	Washington Wizards	Indiana Pacers
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		%
JaVale McGee	79	27.8	10.1	2.8	5.2	8.0	0.5	0.5	2.4	1.3	2.9	4.2	7.6	.550	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.9	.583
Jalen Rose	66	18.0	7.3	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.3	0.9	0.3	1.6	2.1	2.6	5.7	.456	0.3	1.1	.292	1.8	2.4	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	JaVale McGee	Jalen Rose
Season	2011-12	1997-98
Team	Washington Wizards, Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
JaVale McGee	61	25.2	11.3	2.7	5.1	7.8	0.5	0.6	2.2	1.4	2.7	5.0	9.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.7	.461
Jalen Rose	82	20.8	9.4	0.3	2.0	2.4	1.9	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.1	3.5	7.4	.478	0.3	0.9	.342	2.0	2.8	.728

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	7	25.9	8.6	3.3	6.3	9.6	0.7	0.7	3.1	0.6	3.0	3.3	7.6	.434	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.7	.538
Jalen Rose	15	19.5	8.1	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.9	0.7	0.4	1.7	2.5	3.2	6.7	.480	0.4	1.1	.375	1.3	1.8	.741


Season 5
	JaVale McGee	Jalen Rose
Season	2012-13	1998-99
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
JaVale McGee	79	18.1	9.1	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.3	0.4	2.0	1.1	2.3	3.8	6.7	.575	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.4	2.4	.591
Jalen Rose	49	25.3	11.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	1.9	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.6	4.1	10.1	.403	0.3	1.3	.262	2.6	3.2	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	6	18.7	7.2	2.8	2.3	5.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.8	2.8	3.0	5.2	.581	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	3.0	.389
Jalen Rose	13	27.4	12.2	0.8	1.5	2.4	2.5	1.0	0.4	1.9	3.0	4.7	10.6	.442	0.6	1.8	.348	2.2	2.6	.824


Season 6
	JaVale McGee	Jalen Rose
Season	2013-14	1999-00
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
JaVale McGee	5	15.8	7.0	2.0	1.4	3.4	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.2	3.4	7.6	.447	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
Jalen Rose	80	37.2	18.2	0.5	4.3	4.8	4.0	1.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	7.0	15.0	.471	1.0	2.5	.393	3.2	3.8	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Rose	23	42.0	20.8	0.4	4.0	4.4	3.4	0.7	0.5	2.2	3.1	7.4	17.0	.437	1.3	3.0	.429	4.7	5.8	.805


Season 7
	JaVale McGee	Jalen Rose
Season	2014-15	2000-01
Team	Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
JaVale McGee	23	11.1	4.6	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.8	3.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.667
Jalen Rose	72	40.9	20.5	0.5	4.5	5.0	6.0	0.9	0.6	2.9	3.2	7.9	17.3	.457	0.8	2.4	.339	4.0	4.8	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Rose	4	41.3	18.0	0.8	3.8	4.5	2.8	1.5	0.3	2.3	4.5	7.5	19.8	.380	1.3	4.0	.313	1.8	1.8	1.000


Season 8
	JaVale McGee	Jalen Rose
Season	2015-16	2001-02
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Indiana Pacers, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
JaVale McGee	34	10.9	5.1	1.6	2.4	3.9	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.3	3.9	.575	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.1	.500
Jalen Rose	83	38.0	20.4	0.5	4.0	4.5	4.3	0.9	0.5	2.4	3.0	8.0	17.6	.455	1.1	3.0	.362	3.4	4.0	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	2	7.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	3.0	.333
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	JaVale McGee	Jalen Rose
Season	2016-17	2002-03
Team	Golden State Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
JaVale McGee	77	9.6	6.1	1.3	1.9	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.7	4.1	.652	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.4	.505
Jalen Rose	82	40.9	22.1	0.8	3.5	4.3	4.8	0.9	0.3	3.5	3.3	7.8	19.3	.406	1.6	4.4	.370	4.9	5.7	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	16	9.3	5.9	1.4	1.6	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.5	1.9	2.6	3.5	.732	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.722
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	JaVale McGee	Jalen Rose
Season	2017-18	2003-04
Team	Golden State Warriors	Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
JaVale McGee	65	9.5	4.8	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.1	3.4	.621	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.731
Jalen Rose	66	37.8	15.5	0.5	3.5	4.0	5.0	0.8	0.3	3.2	2.8	5.8	14.4	.402	1.0	3.1	.342	2.8	3.5	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	13	12.2	6.5	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	3.0	4.5	.672	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.667
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	JaVale McGee	Jalen Rose
Season	2018-19	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
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		%
JaVale McGee	75	22.3	12.0	2.6	4.9	7.5	0.7	0.6	2.0	1.4	2.8	5.3	8.5	.624	0.0	0.2	.083	1.3	2.0	.632
Jalen Rose	81	33.5	18.5	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.6	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.3	6.5	14.3	.455	1.3	3.4	.394	4.1	4.8	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	JaVale McGee	Jalen Rose
Season	2019-20	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
JaVale McGee	68	16.6	6.6	1.8	3.9	5.7	0.5	0.5	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.9	4.5	.637	0.0	0.1	.500	0.8	1.2	.646
Jalen Rose	72	27.5	12.3	0.4	2.5	2.9	2.5	0.4	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.0	9.5	.423	0.8	2.4	.343	3.4	4.4	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	14	9.6	2.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.6	1.6	1.4	2.3	.625	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.1	.500
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	JaVale McGee	Jalen Rose
Season	2020-21	2006-07
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Suns 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		%
JaVale McGee	46	14.7	7.3	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.3	2.6	3.1	6.1	.511	0.1	0.5	.208	1.0	1.5	.657
Jalen Rose	29	8.5	3.7	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.8	1.3	3.0	.442	0.7	1.6	.447	0.4	0.4	.917

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	4	8.5	2.0	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.8	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.8	2.5	.300	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	1.5	.333
Jalen Rose	1	9.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	JaVale McGee	Jalen Rose
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
JaVale McGee	74	15.8	9.2	2.2	4.5	6.7	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.3	2.4	3.9	6.2	.629	0.0	0.1	.222	1.4	2.0	.699
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	12	11.1	6.8	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.8	2.3	2.9	4.2	.700	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.1	.846
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	JaVale McGee	Jalen Rose
Season	2022-23	-
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		%
JaVale McGee	42	8.5	4.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.9	1.3	1.9	3.0	.640	0.0	0.1	.400	0.6	1.0	.585
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	JaVale McGee	Jalen Rose
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
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		%
JaVale McGee	46	7.4	4.0	0.9	1.8	2.7	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.7	2.9	.598	0.0	0.2	.143	0.6	1.0	.578
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

JaVale McGee vs. Jalen Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Rose and JaVale McGee, 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

Season 16