Brandon Ingram vs. Jalen Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Smith and Brandon Ingram, 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.

Brandon Ingram played 8 years in the NBA, 4 more than Jalen Smith, who played 4. Brandon Ingram had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Jalen Smith had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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
	Brandon Ingram	Jalen Smith
Season	2016-17	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Brandon Ingram	79	28.8	9.4	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.1	0.6	0.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	8.7	.402	0.7	2.4	.294	1.7	2.7	.621
Jalen Smith	27	5.8	2.0	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.8	1.9	.440	0.1	0.6	.235	0.2	0.3	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Smith	6	3.0	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.7	.500	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Brandon Ingram	Jalen Smith
Season	2019-20	2023-24
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Brandon Ingram	62	33.9	23.8	0.8	5.3	6.1	4.2	1.0	0.6	3.0	2.9	8.2	17.7	.463	2.4	6.2	.391	5.0	5.9	.851
Jalen Smith	61	17.2	9.9	1.8	3.7	5.5	1.0	0.3	0.6	0.7	2.0	3.8	6.5	.592	1.0	2.4	.424	1.2	1.7	.692
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Smith	7	6.0	1.9	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.1	0.4	1.1	.375	0.3	0.6	.500	0.7	1.1	.625