Brandon Jennings vs. Derrick Jones Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Jones Jr. and Brandon Jennings, 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.

Brandon Jennings played 9 years in the NBA, 1 less than Derrick Jones Jr., who played 10. Brandon Jennings had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Derrick Jones Jr. had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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 achievements, 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
Brandon Jennings	9	4	2009-10 to 2017-18
Derrick Jones Jr.	10	5	2016-17 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9


Rookie Season
	Brandon Jennings	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2009-10	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	82	32.6	15.5	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	2.3	5.5	14.8	.371	1.8	4.7	.374	2.7	3.3	.817
difference:	+50	+15.6	+10.2	+0.6	+1.5	+0.9	+5.3	+0.9	+0.2	-2.0	-0.3	+3.4	+11.0	+.191	+1.7	+4.4	+.101	+1.8	+2.0	+.110
Derrick Jones Jr.	32	17.0	5.3	1.2	1.3	2.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	2.0	2.1	3.8	.562	0.1	0.3	.273	0.9	1.3	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	7	35.6	18.7	0.7	2.3	3.0	3.6	1.1	0.6	1.1	2.7	7.0	17.1	.408	1.7	5.9	.293	3.0	3.7	.808
Derrick Jones Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Brandon Jennings	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2010-11	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	63	34.4	16.2	0.7	3.0	3.7	4.8	1.5	0.3	2.3	2.1	5.7	14.7	.390	1.6	4.8	.323	3.2	3.9	.809
difference:	+43	+22.1	+13.1	+0.4	+2.1	+1.8	+4.3	+1.3	+0.4	-1.9	-0.9	+4.6	+12.0	+.006	+1.4	+3.9	+.156	+2.4	+2.7	+.142
Derrick Jones Jr.	20	12.3	3.1	1.1	0.9	1.9	0.5	0.2	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.1	2.7	.396	0.2	0.9	.167	0.8	1.2	.667

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Jennings nor Derrick Jones Jr. played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Brandon Jennings	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2011-12	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	66	35.3	19.1	0.7	2.7	3.4	5.5	1.6	0.3	2.2	1.7	7.1	17.0	.418	2.0	5.9	.332	2.9	3.6	.808
difference:	+6	+16.1	+12.1	+0.9	+0.3	+0.6	+4.9	+0.8	+0.4	-1.5	-0.4	+4.4	+11.6	+.076	+1.5	+4.4	+.024	+1.7	+1.6	+.201
Derrick Jones Jr.	60	19.2	7.0	1.6	2.4	4.0	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.7	5.4	.494	0.5	1.5	.308	1.2	2.0	.607

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Jennings nor Derrick Jones Jr. played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Brandon Jennings	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2012-13	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	80	36.2	17.5	0.7	2.3	3.1	6.5	1.6	0.1	2.5	1.9	6.2	15.6	.399	2.2	5.8	.375	2.9	3.5	.819
difference:	+21	+12.9	+9.0	+0.4	+0.5	+0.8	+5.4	+0.6	+0.5	-2.0	-0.3	+3.1	+9.7	+.128	+1.6	+3.6	+.095	+1.3	+1.4	+.047
Derrick Jones Jr.	59	23.3	8.5	1.1	2.8	3.9	1.1	1.0	0.6	0.5	2.2	3.1	5.9	.527	0.6	2.2	.280	1.6	2.1	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	4	33.3	13.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.0	2.3	0.3	2.8	1.5	4.3	14.3	.298	1.5	7.0	.214	3.3	4.5	.722
difference:	+11	+26.9	+11.8	+0.1	+1.6	+1.5	+3.5	+1.9		-2.7	-0.7	+3.8	+13.2	+.173	+1.2	+6.4	+.230	+3.2	+4.2	+.322
Derrick Jones Jr.	15	6.4	1.5	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.8	0.5	1.1	.471	0.3	0.6	.444	0.1	0.3	.400


Season 5
	Brandon Jennings	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	80	34.1	15.5	0.7	2.3	3.1	7.6	1.3	0.1	2.7	2.0	5.3	14.2	.373	1.9	5.7	.337	3.0	4.0	.751
difference:	+22	+11.4	+8.7	+0.6	+0.1	+0.4	+6.8	+0.7	+0.8	-2.1	-0.2	+2.8	+9.0	+.111	+1.2	+3.4	+.021	+2.0	+2.4	+.103
Derrick Jones Jr.	58	22.7	6.8	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.8	0.6	0.9	0.6	2.2	2.5	5.2	.484	0.7	2.3	.316	1.0	1.6	.648

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Jones Jr.	2	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 6
	Brandon Jennings	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2014-15	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	41	28.6	15.4	0.5	2.0	2.5	6.6	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.6	5.3	13.2	.401	1.9	5.1	.360	2.9	3.5	.839
difference:	+10	+11.0	+9.8	+0.7	+0.1	+0.8	+6.0	+0.6	+0.5	-1.6	-0.5	+3.2	+9.4	+.137	+1.5	+3.9	+.032	+1.8	+2.1	+.039
Derrick Jones Jr.	51	17.6	5.6	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	2.1	2.1	3.8	.538	0.4	1.2	.328	1.1	1.4	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Jones Jr.	5	11.8	3.8	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.6	1.4	3.4	.412	0.6	2.2	.273	0.4	0.6	.667


Season 7
	Brandon Jennings	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2015-16	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	48	18.1	6.9	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.5	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.2	2.3	6.3	.368	1.1	3.2	.329	1.2	1.6	.731
difference:	+16	+4.1	+1.9	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	+3.0	+0.1	+0.5	-0.8	-0.1	+0.5	+2.7	+.132	+0.7	+1.9	+.009	+0.2	+0.3	+.007
Derrick Jones Jr.	64	14.0	5.0	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.4	1.3	1.8	3.6	.500	0.4	1.3	.338	1.0	1.3	.738

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Jennings nor Derrick Jones Jr. played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Brandon Jennings	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2016-17	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks, Washington Wizards	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	81	22.2	7.1	0.4	2.1	2.4	4.9	0.9	0.0	1.6	1.4	2.4	6.6	.359	1.0	3.1	.313	1.4	1.9	.750
difference:	+5	+1.3	+1.5	+0.7	+0.1	+0.9	+3.9	+0.2	+0.7	-0.7	-0.2	+0.7	+0.1	+.124	+0.1		+.030	+0.1	+0.1	+.037
Derrick Jones Jr.	76	23.5	8.6	1.1	2.2	3.3	1.0	0.7	0.7	0.9	1.6	3.1	6.5	.483	1.1	3.1	.343	1.3	1.8	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	13	13.7	2.8	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.0	1.1	2.8	.389	0.2	1.0	.154	0.5	0.6	.875
difference:	+9	+15.7	+6.3	+1.1	+0.9	+2.0	+0.6	+0.3	+1.0	-0.2	-1.5	+2.4	+4.5	+.092	+0.9	+2.0	+.215	+0.5	+0.8	+.142
Derrick Jones Jr.	22	29.4	9.1	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.2	0.5	1.0	0.8	2.5	3.5	7.3	.481	1.1	3.0	.369	1.0	1.4	.733


Season 9
	Brandon Jennings	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2017-18	2024-25
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	14	14.6	5.2	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.1	0.4	0.3	1.3	0.8	1.9	5.1	.375	0.6	2.4	.273	0.7	0.7	1.000
difference:	+63	+9.7	+4.9	+0.8	+0.3	+1.2	+2.3	+0.6	+0.1	-0.4	-1.2	+2.1	+2.5	+.151	+0.4	+0.4	+.083	+0.4	+0.8	+.297
Derrick Jones Jr.	77	24.3	10.1	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.9	2.0	4.0	7.6	.526	1.0	2.8	.356	1.1	1.5	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Jennings	1	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	2.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
difference:	+6	+13.4	+5.3	+0.7	+1.1	+1.9	+0.3	+0.6	+1.3	-0.6	-0.4	+3.0	+4.9	+.438	+0.9	+0.9	+.300	+1.6	+0.9	+.625
Derrick Jones Jr.	7	18.4	7.3	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.3	0.6	1.3	0.4	0.4	3.0	6.9	.438	0.9	2.9	.300	0.4	1.1	.375

Additional Years

* Derrick Jones Jr. played 1 season more than Brandon Jennings in the NBA.

In that period—his season 10 in 2026—Derrick Jones Jr. didn't play in the postseason.

Brandon Jennings vs. Derrick Jones Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Jones Jr. and Brandon Jennings, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years