Derrick Jones Jr. vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas and Derrick Jones Jr., 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.

Derrick Jones Jr. played 9 years in the NBA, 4 less than Jonas Valanciunas, who played 13. Derrick Jones Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Jonas Valanciunas had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Derrick Jones Jr.	9	5	2016-17 to 2024-25
Jonas Valanciunas	13	8	2012-13 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2016-17	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	32	17.0	5.3	1.2	1.3	2.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	2.0	2.1	3.8	.562	0.1	0.3	.273	0.9	1.3	.707
difference:	+30	+6.9	+3.6	+0.8	+2.7	+3.5	+0.3	+0.1	+0.9	-1.1	-1.0	+1.2	+2.1	+.005	+0.1	+0.3		+1.5	+1.7	+.082
Jonas Valanciunas	62	23.9	8.9	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.5	3.0	3.3	5.9	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.0	.789

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Derrick Jones Jr. nor Jonas Valanciunas played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2017-18	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	20	12.3	3.1	1.1	0.9	1.9	0.5	0.2	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.1	2.7	.396	0.2	0.9	.167	0.8	1.2	.667
difference:	+61	+15.9	+8.2	+1.7	+5.1	+6.9	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	-1.3	-1.9	+3.3	+5.6	+.135	+0.2	+0.9		+1.6	+2.0	+.095
Jonas Valanciunas	81	28.2	11.3	2.8	6.0	8.8	0.7	0.3	0.9	1.7	3.1	4.4	8.3	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.2	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	7	28.6	10.9	2.7	7.0	9.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.7	3.1	4.4	7.0	.633	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.1	.636


Season 3
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2018-19	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	60	19.2	7.0	1.6	2.4	4.0	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.7	5.4	.494	0.5	1.5	.308	1.2	2.0	.607
difference:	+20	+7.0	+5.0	+1.1	+3.6	+4.7	+0.1	+0.4	+0.5	-0.7	-0.7	+2.0	+2.8	+.078	+0.5	+1.5		+1.5	+1.5	+.179
Jonas Valanciunas	80	26.2	12.0	2.7	6.0	8.7	0.5	0.4	1.2	1.4	2.8	4.7	8.2	.572	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.5	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	4	26.5	11.3	2.3	7.0	9.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.8	4.8	9.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.0	.875


Season 4
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2019-20	2015-16
Team	Miami Heat	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	59	23.3	8.5	1.1	2.8	3.9	1.1	1.0	0.6	0.5	2.2	3.1	5.9	.527	0.6	2.2	.280	1.6	2.1	.772
difference:	+1	+2.7	+4.3	+2.0	+3.3	+5.2	+0.4	+0.6	+0.7	-0.9	-0.4	+2.0	+3.0	+.038	+0.6	+2.2		+1.1	+1.5	+.011
Jonas Valanciunas	60	26.0	12.8	3.1	6.1	9.1	0.7	0.4	1.3	1.4	2.6	5.1	8.9	.565	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.6	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	15	6.4	1.5	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.8	0.5	1.1	.471	0.3	0.6	.444	0.1	0.3	.400
difference:	+3	+20.4	+12.3	+3.6	+6.4	+10.0	+0.4	+0.4	+0.9	-1.4	-1.9	+5.2	+8.9	+.096	+0.3	+0.6		+2.3	+3.0	+.344
Jonas Valanciunas	12	26.8	13.8	4.0	6.8	10.8	0.9	0.8	1.2	1.5	2.7	5.7	10.0	.567	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.744


Season 5
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2020-21	2016-17
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	58	22.7	6.8	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.8	0.6	0.9	0.6	2.2	2.5	5.2	.484	0.7	2.3	.316	1.0	1.6	.648
difference:	+22	+3.1	+5.2	+1.5	+4.5	+6.0	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	-0.7	-0.5	+2.4	+3.6	+.073	+0.7	+2.3		+1.2	+1.1	+.163
Jonas Valanciunas	80	25.8	12.0	2.8	6.7	9.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.7	4.9	8.8	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.7	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	2	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+8	+17.6	+9.2	+0.9	+5.8	+6.7	+0.2	+0.3	+0.6	-1.3	-1.2	+3.4	+5.6	+.143		+0.9		+2.4	+3.3
Jonas Valanciunas	10	22.6	11.2	0.9	5.8	6.7	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.3	2.2	4.4	8.1	.543	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.3	.727


Season 6
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2021-22	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	51	17.6	5.6	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	2.1	2.1	3.8	.538	0.4	1.2	.328	1.1	1.4	.800
difference:	+26	+4.8	+7.1	+1.2	+4.1	+5.3	+0.5	+0.1	+0.3	-0.9	-0.4	+3.0	+5.1	+.030		+0.2	+.077	+1.1	+1.3	+.006
Jonas Valanciunas	77	22.4	12.7	2.4	6.2	8.6	1.1	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.5	5.1	8.9	.568	0.4	1.0	.405	2.2	2.7	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	5	11.8	3.8	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.6	1.4	3.4	.412	0.6	2.2	.273	0.4	0.6	.667
difference:	+5	+12.6	+10.8	+2.4	+6.7	+9.1	+0.8	+0.2	+1.5	-1.3	-0.6	+4.4	+7.3	+.130	+0.4	+1.7	+.127	+2.4	+2.8	+.157
Jonas Valanciunas	10	24.4	14.6	3.0	7.5	10.5	1.2	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.2	5.8	10.7	.542	0.2	0.5	.400	2.8	3.4	.824


Season 7
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	64	14.0	5.0	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.4	1.3	1.8	3.6	.500	0.4	1.3	.338	1.0	1.3	.738
difference:	+15	+8.3	+10.6	+1.3	+4.9	+6.2	+0.9	+0.1	+0.5	-1.4	-1.7	+4.3	+7.4	+.059	+0.1	+0.3	+.046	+2.0	+2.5	+.057
Jonas Valanciunas	49	22.3	15.6	2.2	6.4	8.6	1.4	0.4	1.1	1.8	3.0	6.1	11.0	.559	0.3	1.0	.292	3.0	3.8	.795

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Derrick Jones Jr. nor Jonas Valanciunas played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2023-24	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	76	23.5	8.6	1.1	2.2	3.3	1.0	0.7	0.7	0.9	1.6	3.1	6.5	.483	1.1	3.1	.343	1.3	1.8	.713
difference:	+6	+2.9	+6.3	+1.9	+6.0	+8.0	+0.9	+0.3	+0.4	-0.9	-1.0	+3.1	+4.1	+.102	+0.6	+1.8	+.009	+0.8	+1.1	+.027
Jonas Valanciunas	70	26.4	14.9	3.0	8.2	11.3	1.9	0.4	1.1	1.8	2.6	6.2	10.6	.585	0.5	1.3	.352	2.1	2.9	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	22	29.4	9.1	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.2	0.5	1.0	0.8	2.5	3.5	7.3	.481	1.1	3.0	.369	1.0	1.4	.733
Jonas Valanciunas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Derrick Jones Jr.	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	2024-25	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	77	24.3	10.1	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.9	2.0	4.0	7.6	.526	1.0	2.8	.356	1.1	1.5	.703
difference:	+15	+4.0	+7.0	+2.9	+6.2	+9.1	+1.0	+0.4	+0.5	-0.7	-0.9	+3.1	+4.4	+.066	+0.7	+1.9	+.012	+1.4	+1.8	+.070
Jonas Valanciunas	62	28.3	17.1	4.1	8.4	12.5	1.8	0.6	0.9	1.6	2.9	7.1	12.0	.592	0.3	0.9	.368	2.5	3.3	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	7	18.4	7.3	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.3	0.6	1.3	0.4	0.4	3.0	6.9	.438	0.9	2.9	.300	0.4	1.1	.375
difference:	+2	+14.8	+7.7	+3.3	+4.7	+7.9	+2.3		+0.7	-1.6	-3.2	+3.6	+4.7	+.131	+0.5	+1.3	+.050	+1.0	+0.5	+.500
Jonas Valanciunas	5	33.2	15.0	4.0	5.8	9.8	2.6	0.6	0.6	2.0	3.6	6.6	11.6	.569	0.4	1.6	.250	1.4	1.6	.875

Additional Years

* Jonas Valanciunas played 4 seasons more than Derrick Jones Jr. in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 10 to 13, from 2022 to 2025—Jonas Valanciunas played in two Playoffs.

Derrick Jones Jr. vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas and Derrick Jones Jr., 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years