Chris Ford vs. Jalen Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Green and Chris Ford, 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

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.

Chris Ford played 10 years in the NBA, 7 more than Jalen Green, who played 3. Chris Ford had the first of his seasons in 1972-73, while Jalen Green had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Chris Ford	10	7	1972-73 to 1981-82
Jalen Green	3	0	2021-22 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10


Rookie Season
	Chris Ford	Jalen Green
Season	1972-73	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	74	20.8	6.4	-	-	3.6	2.6	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	5.9	.479	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.645
Jalen Green	67	31.9	17.3	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.3	2.0	1.5	6.1	14.2	.426	2.3	6.8	.343	2.8	3.5	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Chris Ford	Jalen Green
Season	1973-74	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	82	25.1	7.1	1.3	2.4	3.7	3.4	1.8	0.2	-	1.9	3.2	7.3	.444	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.740
Jalen Green	76	34.2	22.1	0.6	3.2	3.7	3.7	0.8	0.2	2.6	1.7	7.4	17.9	.416	2.5	7.3	.338	4.8	6.1	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	5	18.8	4.0	0.8	2.2	3.0	1.4	0.4	0.4	-	2.0	1.6	3.4	.471	-	-	-	0.8	1.2	.667
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Chris Ford	Jalen Green
Season	1974-75	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	80	24.5	5.9	1.2	2.2	3.4	2.9	1.4	0.3	-	2.3	2.6	5.4	.474	-	-	-	0.8	1.2	.663
Jalen Green	82	31.7	19.6	0.5	4.7	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.3	2.3	1.4	6.9	16.2	.423	2.5	7.4	.332	3.5	4.3	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	3	27.3	4.0	0.7	3.7	4.3	3.3	0.3	0.0	-	2.7	2.0	3.7	.545	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Chris Ford	Jalen Green
Season	1975-76	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	82	26.8	8.4	1.0	2.6	3.5	3.3	2.2	0.3	-	2.7	3.7	8.6	.426	-	-	-	1.0	1.4	.722
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	9	30.7	8.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	4.4	1.2	0.6	-	3.7	3.7	9.0	.407	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.800
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Chris Ford	Jalen Green
Season	1976-77	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	82	31.0	12.3	1.2	2.1	3.3	4.1	2.2	0.3	-	2.3	5.3	11.2	.476	-	-	-	1.6	2.1	.771
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	3	33.7	13.7	2.7	3.7	6.3	4.0	2.3	0.0	-	3.7	6.0	14.7	.409	-	-	-	1.7	3.0	.556
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Chris Ford	Jalen Green
Season	1977-78	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	82	31.5	10.5	1.4	1.8	3.3	4.6	2.0	0.2	2.8	2.2	4.6	9.5	.481	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.734
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Chris Ford	Jalen Green
Season	1978-79	-
Team	Detroit Pistons, Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	81	33.8	15.4	1.5	1.9	3.4	4.6	1.4	0.3	2.6	2.6	6.6	14.1	.471	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.758
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Chris Ford	Jalen Green
Season	1979-80	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Chris Ford	73	29.0	11.2	1.1	1.4	2.5	2.9	1.5	0.4	1.4	2.4	4.5	9.7	.465	1.0	2.2	.427	1.2	1.6	.754
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	9	31.0	9.1	1.0	1.8	2.8	2.3	1.6	0.7	1.4	3.9	3.8	8.8	.430	0.2	1.4	.154	1.3	1.7	.800
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Chris Ford	Jalen Green
Season	1980-81	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	82	33.2	8.9	0.9	1.1	2.0	3.6	1.2	0.3	1.5	2.6	3.8	8.6	.444	0.4	1.3	.330	0.8	1.1	.736
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	17	29.8	9.1	0.8	1.9	2.6	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.8	3.9	8.6	.452	0.4	1.5	.280	0.9	1.5	.600
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Chris Ford	Jalen Green
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Chris Ford	76	20.9	5.7	0.7	0.7	1.4	1.9	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.9	2.5	5.9	.418	0.3	0.8	.317	0.5	0.7	.696
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Ford	12	11.5	3.9	0.5	0.8	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.3	1.7	3.5	.476	0.2	0.6	.286	0.4	0.6	.714
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Chris Ford vs. Jalen Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Green and Chris Ford, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10