Charles Oakley vs. Jaylen Wells Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaylen Wells and Charles Oakley, 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.

Charles Oakley played 19 years in the NBA, 18 more than Jaylen Wells, who played 1. Charles Oakley had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Jaylen Wells had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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.

Rookie Season
	Charles Oakley	Jaylen Wells
Season	1985-86	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Charles Oakley	77	23.0	9.6	3.3	5.3	8.6	1.7	0.9	0.4	2.3	3.2	3.6	7.0	.519	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.5	.662
difference:	+2	+2.9	+0.8	+2.2	+3.0	+5.2		+0.3	+0.3	-1.4	-1.4		+1.6	+.094	+1.7	+5.0		+0.9	+1.8	+.160
Jaylen Wells	79	25.9	10.4	1.1	2.3	3.4	1.7	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.8	3.6	8.6	.425	1.7	5.0	.352	1.4	1.7	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	3	29.3	10.0	3.3	6.7	10.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	1.7	4.3	3.7	7.0	.524	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.3	.615
Jaylen Wells	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Charles Oakley played 18 seasons more than Jaylen Wells in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 19, from 1987 to 2004—Charles Oakley played in 14 Playoffs. In those 18 extra years over Jaylen Wells, Charles Oakley got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game