Bobby Jackson vs. Kawhi Leonard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kawhi Leonard and Bobby Jackson, 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.

Bobby Jackson and Kawhi Leonard both played 12 years in the NBA. Bobby Jackson had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Kawhi Leonard had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Bobby Jackson	12	8	1997-98 to 2008-09
Kawhi Leonard	12	11	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bobby Jackson	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1997-98	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Bobby Jackson	68	30.0	11.6	1.1	3.3	4.4	4.7	1.5	0.2	2.7	2.4	4.6	11.6	.392	0.3	1.2	.259	2.2	2.7	.814
Kawhi Leonard	64	24.0	7.9	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.1	6.3	.493	0.6	1.7	.376	1.1	1.4	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kawhi Leonard	14	27.1	8.6	1.3	4.6	5.9	0.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.2	6.4	.500	1.3	2.9	.450	0.9	1.1	.813


Season 2
	Bobby Jackson	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1998-99	2012-13
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Bobby Jackson	50	18.8	7.1	0.9	1.8	2.7	3.3	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.5	2.8	7.0	.405	0.2	0.5	.370	1.2	1.6	.772
Kawhi Leonard	58	31.2	11.9	1.1	4.9	6.0	1.6	1.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	4.5	9.1	.494	1.1	3.0	.374	1.8	2.2	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jackson	4	6.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.5	2.5	.200	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Kawhi Leonard	21	36.9	13.5	2.4	6.7	9.0	1.0	1.8	0.5	1.1	1.9	5.5	10.0	.545	1.1	2.8	.390	1.5	2.3	.633


Season 3
	Bobby Jackson	Kawhi Leonard
Season	1999-00	2013-14
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jackson	73	14.2	5.1	0.7	1.4	2.1	2.4	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.6	1.9	4.7	.405	0.2	0.6	.283	1.0	1.3	.776
Kawhi Leonard	66	29.1	12.8	1.2	5.1	6.2	2.0	1.7	0.8	1.2	1.9	5.1	9.8	.522	1.0	2.8	.379	1.5	1.9	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jackson	3	10.0	5.0	0.0	1.7	1.7	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.3	1.3	2.7	.500	0.3	1.0	.333	2.0	2.0	1.000
Kawhi Leonard	23	32.0	14.3	1.3	5.4	6.7	1.7	1.7	0.6	1.3	2.9	5.3	10.4	.510	1.3	3.2	.419	2.3	3.1	.736


Season 4
	Bobby Jackson	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2000-01	2014-15
Team	Sacramento Kings	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Steals Leader
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
Bobby Jackson	79	20.9	7.2	0.9	2.2	3.1	2.0	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.8	2.9	6.7	.439	0.5	1.3	.375	0.8	1.1	.739
Kawhi Leonard	64	31.8	16.5	1.3	5.9	7.2	2.5	2.3	0.8	1.5	2.0	6.2	12.8	.479	1.0	3.0	.349	3.2	3.9	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jackson	8	22.8	7.0	0.8	2.5	3.3	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.9	2.3	2.6	6.0	.438	0.5	1.8	.286	1.3	1.8	.714
Kawhi Leonard	7	35.7	20.3	1.9	5.6	7.4	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.6	7.4	15.6	.477	1.6	3.7	.423	3.9	5.0	.771


Season 5
	Bobby Jackson	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2001-02	2015-16
Team	Sacramento Kings	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs 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		%
Bobby Jackson	81	21.6	11.1	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.0	0.9	0.1	1.1	1.8	4.1	9.3	.443	1.0	2.7	.361	1.8	2.3	.810
Kawhi Leonard	72	33.1	21.2	1.3	5.5	6.8	2.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	1.8	7.7	15.1	.506	1.8	4.0	.443	4.1	4.6	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jackson	16	23.4	10.9	0.9	2.3	3.3	2.0	0.9	0.2	1.1	1.9	4.1	9.1	.445	0.7	2.7	.256	2.1	2.7	.791
Kawhi Leonard	10	33.9	22.5	1.4	4.9	6.3	2.8	2.6	1.4	1.6	2.1	8.3	16.6	.500	1.7	3.9	.436	4.2	5.1	.824


Season 6
	Bobby Jackson	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2002-03	2016-17
Team	Sacramento Kings	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
Bobby Jackson	59	28.4	15.2	1.0	2.7	3.7	3.1	1.2	0.1	1.8	2.1	5.8	12.4	.464	1.5	4.0	.379	2.1	2.5	.846
Kawhi Leonard	74	33.4	25.5	1.1	4.7	5.8	3.5	1.8	0.7	2.1	1.6	8.6	17.7	.485	2.0	5.2	.380	6.3	7.2	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jackson	12	27.6	14.3	0.9	3.6	4.5	3.3	1.0	0.1	1.4	1.8	5.3	11.5	.457	1.3	3.6	.349	2.6	2.9	.886
Kawhi Leonard	12	35.8	27.7	1.6	6.2	7.8	4.6	1.7	0.5	2.2	1.8	8.8	16.8	.525	2.1	4.6	.455	7.9	8.5	.931


Season 7
	Bobby Jackson	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2003-04	2017-18
Team	Sacramento Kings	San Antonio Spurs
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		%
Bobby Jackson	50	23.7	13.8	1.1	2.4	3.5	2.1	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.1	5.3	11.8	.444	1.6	4.4	.370	1.6	2.2	.752
Kawhi Leonard	9	23.3	16.2	0.7	4.0	4.7	2.3	2.0	1.0	1.8	1.0	5.8	12.3	.468	1.2	3.9	.314	3.4	4.2	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kawhi Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Bobby Jackson	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2004-05	2018-19
Team	Sacramento Kings	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jackson	25	21.4	12.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.1	2.3	4.4	10.2	.427	1.3	3.8	.344	2.0	2.3	.862
Kawhi Leonard	60	34.0	26.6	1.3	6.0	7.3	3.3	1.8	0.4	2.0	1.5	9.3	18.8	.496	1.9	5.0	.371	6.1	7.1	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jackson	5	15.8	5.2	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.0	2.0	7.4	.270	0.6	3.6	.167	0.6	0.6	1.000
Kawhi Leonard	24	39.1	30.5	2.3	6.8	9.1	3.9	1.7	0.7	3.1	2.3	10.1	20.7	.490	2.3	6.0	.379	8.0	9.0	.884


Season 9
	Bobby Jackson	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2005-06	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers 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		%
Bobby Jackson	71	25.0	11.4	0.6	2.5	3.1	2.7	0.9	0.0	1.4	2.2	4.0	10.5	.382	1.8	4.7	.389	1.5	2.1	.733
Kawhi Leonard	57	32.4	27.1	0.9	6.1	7.1	4.9	1.8	0.6	2.6	2.0	9.3	19.9	.470	2.2	5.7	.378	6.2	7.1	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jackson	4	25.0	8.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	3.5	1.8	3.0	7.3	.414	1.0	2.8	.364	1.3	1.8	.714
Kawhi Leonard	13	39.3	28.2	1.8	7.5	9.3	5.5	2.3	0.8	2.5	2.2	10.1	20.6	.489	1.8	5.6	.329	6.2	7.2	.862


Season 10
	Bobby Jackson	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2006-07	2020-21
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Bobby Jackson	56	23.8	10.6	0.8	2.4	3.2	2.5	0.9	0.1	1.4	1.8	3.6	9.3	.394	1.0	2.9	.327	2.3	3.0	.774
Kawhi Leonard	52	34.1	24.8	1.1	5.4	6.5	5.2	1.6	0.4	2.0	1.6	8.9	17.5	.512	1.9	4.9	.398	5.0	5.7	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kawhi Leonard	11	39.3	30.4	2.0	5.7	7.7	4.4	2.1	0.8	2.2	2.6	11.1	19.4	.573	2.2	5.5	.393	6.0	6.8	.880

Note: Kawhi Leonard didn't play in 2021-22.


Season 11
	Bobby Jackson	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2007-08	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Hornets, Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers 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		%
Bobby Jackson	72	19.3	7.7	0.5	2.1	2.5	1.9	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.3	2.8	7.0	.403	1.1	3.1	.358	0.9	1.1	.790
Kawhi Leonard	52	33.6	23.8	1.1	5.4	6.5	3.9	1.4	0.5	1.7	1.6	8.6	16.8	.512	2.0	4.8	.416	4.7	5.4	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jackson	6	23.0	8.7	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.5	0.8	0.0	0.7	1.8	3.3	11.7	.286	0.8	4.0	.208	1.2	1.8	.636
Kawhi Leonard	2	40.0	34.5	1.5	5.0	6.5	6.0	2.0	0.5	3.0	2.5	12.0	22.0	.545	3.0	5.0	.600	7.5	8.5	.882


Season 12
	Bobby Jackson	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2008-09	2023-24
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Bobby Jackson	71	20.9	7.5	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.0	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.4	2.7	6.8	.398	0.8	2.8	.305	1.2	1.4	.851
Kawhi Leonard	68	34.3	23.7	1.2	4.9	6.1	3.6	1.6	0.9	1.8	1.4	9.0	17.1	.525	2.1	4.9	.417	3.7	4.2	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kawhi Leonard	2	29.5	12.0	1.5	6.5	8.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	2.0	1.5	5.5	12.0	.458	0.0	2.5	.000	1.0	1.5	.667

Bobby Jackson vs. Kawhi Leonard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kawhi Leonard and Bobby Jackson, 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