Deandre Ayton vs. Tyus Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyus Jones and Deandre Ayton, 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.

Deandre Ayton played 6 years in the NBA, 3 less than Tyus Jones, who played 9. Deandre Ayton had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Tyus Jones had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
Deandre Ayton	6	3	2018-19 to 2023-24
Tyus Jones	9	4	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Deandre Ayton	Tyus Jones
Season	2018-19	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
Deandre Ayton	71	30.7	16.3	3.1	7.1	10.3	1.8	0.9	0.9	1.8	2.9	7.2	12.3	.585	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.746
Tyus Jones	37	15.5	4.2	0.2	1.1	1.3	2.9	0.8	0.1	0.9	0.9	1.5	4.2	.359	0.4	1.4	.302	0.8	1.1	.718

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyus Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Deandre Ayton	Tyus Jones
Season	2019-20	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
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		%
Deandre Ayton	38	32.5	18.2	3.9	7.6	11.5	1.9	0.7	1.5	2.1	3.1	8.2	14.9	.546	0.1	0.3	.231	1.8	2.3	.753
Tyus Jones	60	12.9	3.5	0.2	1.0	1.1	2.6	0.8	0.1	0.6	0.8	1.3	3.0	.414	0.4	1.2	.356	0.6	0.7	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyus Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Deandre Ayton	Tyus Jones
Season	2020-21	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Timberwolves 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		%
Deandre Ayton	69	30.7	14.4	3.3	7.2	10.5	1.4	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.8	6.2	10.0	.626	0.1	0.3	.200	1.9	2.5	.769
Tyus Jones	82	17.9	5.1	0.2	1.4	1.6	2.8	1.2	0.1	0.7	1.3	1.8	4.0	.457	0.5	1.6	.349	0.9	1.0	.877

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	22	36.4	15.8	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.1	0.8	1.1	1.3	2.9	7.0	10.6	.658	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.736
Tyus Jones	4	13.8	1.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.8	.286	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Deandre Ayton	Tyus Jones
Season	2021-22	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Deandre Ayton	58	29.5	17.2	2.6	7.7	10.2	1.4	0.7	0.7	1.6	2.4	7.6	12.0	.634	0.1	0.3	.368	1.8	2.4	.746
Tyus Jones	68	22.9	6.9	0.3	1.6	2.0	4.8	1.2	0.1	0.7	1.1	2.7	6.6	.415	0.6	1.9	.317	0.9	1.0	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	13	30.5	17.9	2.5	6.4	8.9	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.5	2.6	8.1	12.6	.640	0.2	0.3	.500	1.6	2.5	.636
Tyus Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Deandre Ayton	Tyus Jones
Season	2022-23	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Deandre Ayton	67	30.4	18.0	2.6	7.4	10.0	1.7	0.6	0.8	1.8	2.8	7.8	13.2	.589	0.1	0.4	.292	2.3	3.0	.760
Tyus Jones	65	19.0	7.4	0.1	1.4	1.6	4.4	0.9	0.1	0.8	0.7	3.0	6.6	.459	0.7	1.9	.379	0.7	0.9	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	10	31.9	13.4	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.7	3.5	6.1	11.1	.550	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.3	.522
Tyus Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Deandre Ayton	Tyus Jones
Season	2023-24	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies 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		%
Deandre Ayton	55	32.4	16.7	3.2	7.9	11.1	1.6	1.0	0.8	1.8	2.0	7.8	13.6	.570	0.0	0.2	.100	1.2	1.4	.823
Tyus Jones	70	17.5	6.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.7	0.9	0.1	0.7	0.4	2.5	5.9	.431	0.6	2.0	.321	0.6	0.6	.911

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyus Jones	5	9.4	3.0	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.2	3.4	.353	0.2	0.8	.250	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 7
	Deandre Ayton	Tyus Jones
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies 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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyus Jones	73	21.2	8.7	0.2	2.2	2.4	4.4	0.9	0.0	0.6	0.4	3.4	7.6	.451	1.1	2.8	.390	0.7	0.9	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyus Jones	12	21.8	9.2	0.3	2.9	3.3	4.5	1.2	0.2	1.1	0.7	3.3	8.3	.394	1.5	3.8	.400	1.2	1.3	.933


Season 8
	Deandre Ayton	Tyus Jones
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies 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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyus Jones	80	24.3	10.3	0.4	2.2	2.5	5.2	1.0	0.1	0.9	0.4	3.9	8.9	.438	1.5	4.1	.371	1.0	1.3	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyus Jones	6	20.0	4.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	3.7	1.3	0.0	1.3	0.8	1.8	6.0	.306	0.5	3.2	.158	0.3	0.5	.667


Season 9
	Deandre Ayton	Tyus Jones
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Washington Wizards
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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyus Jones	66	29.3	12.0	0.3	2.4	2.7	7.3	1.1	0.3	1.0	0.7	4.9	10.1	.489	1.6	3.9	.414	0.5	0.6	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyus Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Deandre Ayton vs. Tyus Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyus Jones and Deandre Ayton, 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