Chet Holmgren vs. Jerry West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry West 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 2 years in the NBA, 12 less than Jerry West, who played 14. Chet Holmgren had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Jerry West had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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	Jerry West
Season	2023-24	1960-61
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Div Finals

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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:	+3	+6.0	+1.1			+0.2	+1.8				-0.3	+0.5	+4.4	+.111				+1.5	+2.9	+.127
Jerry West	79	35.4	17.6	-	-	7.7	4.2	-	-	-	2.7	6.7	16.0	.419	-	-	-	4.2	6.3	.666
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
difference:	+2	+3.9	+7.3			+1.5	+3.2				-0.7	+2.4	+4.9	+.006				+3.9	+5.5	+.032
Jerry West	12	38.4	22.9	-	-	8.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.3	8.3	16.8	.490	-	-	-	6.4	8.8	.726

Season 2
	Chet Holmgren	Jerry West
Season	2024-25	1961-62
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+43	+13.8	+15.8			+0.1	+3.4					+5.5	+13.2	+.045				+6.3	+8.1	+.015
Jerry West	75	41.2	30.8	-	-	7.9	5.4	-	-	-	2.3	10.7	23.9	.445	-	-	-	9.5	12.3	.769
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
difference:	+10	+13.0	+16.3			+1.9	+3.4				-0.9	+5.8	+12.2	+.003				+6.0	+7.3	+.023
Jerry West	13	42.8	31.5	-	-	6.8	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	11.1	23.8	.465	-	-	-	9.3	11.5	.807

Additional Years
* Jerry West played 12 seasons more than Chet Holmgren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 14, from 1963 to 1974—Jerry West played in 11 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Chet Holmgren, Jerry West got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 9 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 1 Assists Leader 12 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP