Derrick Jones Jr. vs. P.J. Tucker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Tucker 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 10 years in the NBA, 4 less than P.J. Tucker, who played 14. Derrick Jones Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while P.J. Tucker had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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.	10	5	2016-17 to 2025-26
P.J. Tucker	14	9	2006-07 to 2024-25

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


Rookie Season
	Derrick Jones Jr.	P.J. Tucker
Season	2016-17	2006-07
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
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:	+15	+12.1	+3.5	+0.6	+0.6	+1.1	+0.2	+0.3	+0.4		-1.3	+1.5	+2.5	+.062	+0.1	+0.3		+0.4	+0.5	+.136
P.J. Tucker	17	4.9	1.8	0.6	0.7	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.6	1.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.571

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Derrick Jones Jr. nor P.J. Tucker played in the postseason in their season 1

Note: P.J. Tucker didn't play in 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12.


Season 2
	Derrick Jones Jr.	P.J. Tucker
Season	2017-18	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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:	+59	+11.9	+3.3	+0.6	+1.9	+2.5	+0.9	+0.6	+0.5	-0.4	-0.6	+1.6	+2.9	+.077	+0.1		+.147		+0.1	+.077
P.J. Tucker	79	24.2	6.4	1.7	2.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	0.2	0.8	1.8	2.7	5.6	.473	0.3	0.9	.314	0.8	1.1	.744

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Derrick Jones Jr. nor P.J. Tucker played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Derrick Jones Jr.	P.J. Tucker
Season	2018-19	2013-14
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+21	+11.5	+2.4	+0.4	+2.1	+2.5	+1.1	+0.6	+0.4	-0.6	-0.4	+0.6	+2.2	+.063	+0.4	+0.9	+.079	+0.7	+0.5	+.169
P.J. Tucker	81	30.7	9.4	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.7	1.4	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.3	7.6	.431	0.9	2.4	.387	1.9	2.5	.776

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Derrick Jones Jr. nor P.J. Tucker played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Derrick Jones Jr.	P.J. Tucker
Season	2019-20	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+19	+7.3	+0.6	+0.4	+2.2	+2.5	+0.5	+0.4	+0.3	-0.7	-0.1	+0.2	+1.7	+.089	+0.5	+1.0	+.065	+0.3	+0.3	+.045
P.J. Tucker	78	30.6	9.1	1.5	5.0	6.4	1.6	1.4	0.3	1.2	2.3	3.3	7.6	.438	1.1	3.2	.345	1.3	1.8	.727

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
P.J. Tucker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Derrick Jones Jr.	P.J. Tucker
Season	2020-21	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+24	+8.3	+1.2	+0.7	+2.0	+2.7	+1.4	+0.7	+0.7	-0.8	-0.3	+0.4	+1.9	+.073	+0.1	+0.2	+.014	+0.3	+0.1	+.098
P.J. Tucker	82	31.0	8.0	2.0	4.2	6.2	2.2	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.5	2.9	7.1	.411	0.8	2.5	.330	1.3	1.7	.746

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	-
P.J. Tucker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Derrick Jones Jr.	P.J. Tucker
Season	2021-22	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns, 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:	+30	+10.0	+1.1	+0.2	+2.3	+2.5	+0.6	+0.9	+0.4	-0.2	-0.3	+0.4	+2.2	+.125	+0.5	+1.2	+.029	+0.2	+0.3	+.026
P.J. Tucker	81	27.6	6.7	1.4	4.4	5.8	1.2	1.4	0.2	0.8	2.4	2.5	6.0	.413	0.9	2.4	.357	0.9	1.1	.774

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	+13.3	+1.2	+0.9	+3.4	+4.3	+0.7	+0.4	+0.3	-0.2	-1.1	+0.4	+1.5	+.045	+0.3	+0.6	+.048	+0.1	+0.2	+.042
P.J. Tucker	10	25.1	5.0	1.5	4.2	5.7	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.8	2.7	1.8	4.9	.367	0.9	2.8	.321	0.5	0.8	.625


Season 7
	Derrick Jones Jr.	P.J. Tucker
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+18	+13.8	+1.1	+0.2	+2.9	+3.2	+0.4	+0.5	+0.3	-0.5	-1.2	+0.3	+1.8	+.110	+1.0	+2.5	+.033	+0.5	+0.6	+.021
P.J. Tucker	82	27.8	6.1	1.1	4.4	5.6	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.9	2.5	2.1	5.4	.390	1.4	3.8	.371	0.5	0.7	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Tucker	17	33.5	8.9	1.4	5.2	6.5	1.3	0.6	0.8	0.8	2.7	3.1	6.4	.481	2.1	4.4	.467	0.7	1.1	.667


Season 8
	Derrick Jones Jr.	P.J. Tucker
Season	2023-24	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+10.7	+1.3	+0.4	+2.2	+2.5	+0.2	+0.9	+0.2	-0.1	-1.5	+0.6	+0.1	+.087	+0.7	+1.6	+.034	+0.8	+1.1	+.018
P.J. Tucker	82	34.2	7.3	1.5	4.4	5.8	1.2	1.6	0.5	0.8	3.1	2.5	6.4	.396	1.8	4.7	.377	0.5	0.7	.695

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
difference:	+11	+9.3	+2.3	+0.2	+3.7	+4.0	+0.5	+1.2	+0.3	-0.1	-0.7	+0.1	+0.7	+.026	+1.3	+2.2	+.087	+0.7	+0.7	+.093
P.J. Tucker	11	38.7	11.4	1.7	5.7	7.5	1.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	3.2	3.6	8.0	.455	2.4	5.2	.456	1.7	2.1	.826


Season 9
	Derrick Jones Jr.	P.J. Tucker
Season	2024-25	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+5	+10.0	+3.2	+0.4	+2.9	+3.2	+0.8	+0.1	+0.1	-0.1	-1.2	+1.5	+1.7	+.111	+0.5	+1.4	+.002	+0.6	+0.8	+.110
P.J. Tucker	72	34.3	6.9	1.6	5.1	6.6	1.6	1.1	0.5	1.0	3.2	2.5	5.9	.415	1.5	4.2	.358	0.5	0.7	.813

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:	+5	+16.1	+0.6	+1.2	+4.2	+5.3	+1.2	+0.5	+1.0	-0.6	-3.5	+0.1	+0.4	+.040	+1.2	+2.7	+.073	+0.4	+1.1
P.J. Tucker	12	34.5	7.9	1.9	5.3	7.2	1.5	1.1	0.3	1.0	3.9	2.9	7.3	.398	2.1	5.6	.373	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Derrick Jones Jr.	P.J. Tucker
Season	2025-26	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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10th 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.	7	24.4	11.4	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.0	0.6	1.0	0.7	2.3	4.4	7.1	.620	1.9	4.1	.448	0.7	1.0	.714
difference:	+45	+1.7	+7.7		+1.2	+1.2	+0.2	+0.2	+0.6	-0.1	-0.1	+3.1	+3.7	+.247	+1.1	+1.8	+.112	+0.3	+0.5	+.036
P.J. Tucker	52	26.1	3.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.4	1.3	3.4	.373	0.8	2.3	.336	0.4	0.5	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Jones Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Tucker	23	29.6	4.3	2.1	2.7	4.8	1.1	1.0	0.1	0.4	3.3	1.7	4.3	.388	0.8	2.6	.322	0.1	0.2	.750

Additional Years

* P.J. Tucker played 4 seasons more than Derrick Jones Jr. in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 11 to 14, from 2022 to 2025—P.J. Tucker played in 4 Playoffs.

Derrick Jones Jr. vs. P.J. Tucker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Tucker 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

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years