Chet Holmgren vs. Jaren Jackson Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaren Jackson Jr. and Chet Holmgren, 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.

Chet Holmgren played 3 years in the NBA, 5 less than Jaren Jackson Jr., who played 8. Chet Holmgren had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Jaren Jackson Jr. had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
	Chet Holmgren	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2023-24	2018-19
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Chet Holmgren	82	29.4	16.5	1.6	6.3	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	1.6	2.4	6.2	11.6	.530	1.6	4.3	.370	2.7	3.4	.793
difference:	+24	+3.3	+2.7	+0.3	+2.9	+3.2	+1.3	+0.3	+0.9	-0.1	-1.4	+1.1	+1.4	+.024	+0.7	+1.9	+.011	+0.1		+.027
Jaren Jackson Jr.	58	26.1	13.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.1	0.9	1.4	1.7	3.8	5.1	10.2	.506	0.9	2.4	.359	2.6	3.4	.766
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	10	34.5	15.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	2.1	0.7	2.5	1.9	2.6	5.9	11.9	.496	1.3	5.0	.260	2.5	3.3	.758
Jaren Jackson Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Chet Holmgren	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2024-25	2019-20
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Chet Holmgren	32	27.4	15.0	1.5	6.5	8.0	2.0	0.7	2.2	1.8	2.3	5.2	10.7	.490	1.4	3.6	.379	3.2	4.2	.754
difference:	+25	+1.1	+2.4	+0.5	+2.9	+3.4	+0.6		+0.6	-0.1	-1.8	+1.0	+2.5	+.021	+1.1	+2.9	+.015	+0.8	+0.9	+.007
Jaren Jackson Jr.	57	28.5	17.4	1.0	3.6	4.6	1.4	0.7	1.6	1.7	4.1	6.2	13.2	.469	2.5	6.5	.394	2.4	3.3	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	23	29.8	15.2	1.8	6.8	8.7	1.0	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.0	5.3	11.6	.462	1.2	4.0	.297	3.3	4.2	.784
Jaren Jackson Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Jaren Jackson Jr. played 5 seasons more than Chet Holmgren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 8, from 2022 to 2026—Jaren Jackson Jr. played in 3 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Chet Holmgren, Jaren Jackson Jr. got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 2 Blocks Leader 2 All-Star Game