Dillon Brooks vs. Derrick Jones Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Jones Jr. and Dillon Brooks, 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.

Dillon Brooks played 9 years in the NBA, 1 less than Derrick Jones Jr., who played 10. Dillon Brooks had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Derrick Jones Jr. had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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
Dillon Brooks	9	4	2017-18 to 2025-26
Derrick Jones Jr.	10	5	2016-17 to 2025-26

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


Rookie Season
	Dillon Brooks	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2017-18	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Phoenix Suns
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		%
Dillon Brooks	82	28.7	11.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.6	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.8	4.1	9.4	.440	1.1	3.2	.356	1.5	2.0	.747
difference:	+50	+11.7	+5.7	+0.6	+1.2	+0.6	+1.2	+0.5	+0.2	-1.1	-0.8	+2.0	+5.6	+.122	+1.0	+2.9	+.083	+0.6	+0.7	+.040
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

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


Season 2
	Dillon Brooks	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2018-19	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat
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		%
Dillon Brooks	18	18.3	7.5	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.9	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.8	2.7	6.8	.402	0.8	2.2	.375	1.2	1.7	.733
difference:	+2	+6.0	+4.4	+0.6	+0.3	+0.2	+0.4	+0.4	+0.5	-0.7	-1.6	+1.6	+4.1	+.006	+0.6	+1.3	+.208	+0.4	+0.5	+.066
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dillon Brooks nor Derrick Jones Jr. played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Dillon Brooks	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2019-20	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Miami Heat
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		%
Dillon Brooks	73	28.9	16.2	0.9	2.4	3.3	2.1	0.9	0.4	1.7	3.8	6.0	14.6	.407	2.0	5.6	.358	2.2	2.8	.808
difference:	+13	+9.7	+9.2	+0.7		+0.7	+1.5	+0.1	+0.3	-1.0	-1.7	+3.3	+9.2	+.087	+1.5	+4.1	+.050	+1.0	+0.8	+.201
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dillon Brooks nor Derrick Jones Jr. played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Dillon Brooks	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2020-21	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Dillon Brooks	67	29.8	17.2	0.8	2.1	2.9	2.3	1.2	0.4	1.8	3.5	6.4	15.4	.419	1.9	5.6	.344	2.4	2.9	.815
difference:	+8	+6.5	+8.7	+0.3	+0.7	+1.0	+1.2	+0.2	+0.2	-1.3	-1.3	+3.3	+9.5	+.108	+1.3	+3.4	+.064	+0.8	+0.8	+.043
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	5	35.0	25.8	1.0	3.2	4.2	2.2	1.4	0.4	1.8	3.4	10.0	19.4	.515	1.6	4.0	.400	4.2	5.2	.808
difference:	+10	+28.6	+24.3	+0.6	+2.8	+3.4	+1.7	+1.0	+0.1	-1.7	-2.6	+9.5	+18.3	+.044	+1.3	+3.4	+.044	+4.1	+4.9	+.408
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


Season 5
	Dillon Brooks	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2021-22	2020-21
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Dillon Brooks	32	27.7	18.4	0.9	2.3	3.2	2.8	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.3	7.1	16.4	.432	1.4	4.7	.309	2.8	3.3	.849
difference:	+26	+5.0	+11.6	+0.4	+0.1	+0.3	+2.0	+0.5	+0.6	-1.0	-1.1	+4.6	+11.2	+.052	+0.7	+2.4	+.007	+1.8	+1.7	+.201
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	11	30.5	14.6	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.7	1.0	0.3	2.0	3.3	5.5	15.6	.349	2.3	6.5	.347	1.5	2.3	.640
difference:	+9	+25.5	+12.6	+0.7	+2.0	+2.7	+2.7	+0.5	+0.3	-2.0	-2.3	+4.5	+13.1	+.051	+2.3	+5.5	+.347	+1.5	+2.3
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	-


Season 6
	Dillon Brooks	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2022-23	2021-22
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Dillon Brooks	73	30.3	14.3	0.6	2.7	3.3	2.6	0.9	0.2	1.4	3.3	5.4	13.6	.396	2.0	6.0	.326	1.6	2.1	.779
difference:	+22	+12.7	+8.7	+0.6	+0.6		+2.0	+0.4	+0.4	-0.8	-1.2	+3.3	+9.8	+.142	+1.6	+4.8	+.002	+0.5	+0.7	+.021
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	6	27.8	10.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.8	0.2	0.0	1.2	3.3	4.0	12.8	.312	1.7	7.0	.238	0.8	1.2	.714
difference:	+1	+16.0	+6.7	+0.1	+1.7	+1.6	+1.4			-0.6	-1.7	+2.6	+9.4	+.100	+1.1	+4.8	+.035	+0.4	+0.6	+.047
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


Season 7
	Dillon Brooks	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2023-24	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Dillon Brooks	72	30.9	12.7	0.7	2.7	3.4	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.2	3.3	4.6	10.7	.428	1.8	5.1	.359	1.7	2.0	.844
difference:	+8	+16.9	+7.7	+0.2	+1.2	+1.0	+1.2	+0.4	+0.5	-0.8	-2.0	+2.8	+7.1	+.072	+1.4	+3.8	+.021	+0.7	+0.7	+.106
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

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


Season 8
	Dillon Brooks	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2024-25	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Dillon Brooks	75	31.8	14.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	1.7	0.8	0.2	1.0	3.2	5.1	11.9	.429	2.5	6.3	.397	1.3	1.6	.818
difference:	+1	+8.3	+5.4	+0.1	+0.5	+0.4	+0.7	+0.1	+0.5	-0.1	-1.6	+2.0	+5.4	+.054	+1.4	+3.2	+.054		+0.2	+.105
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	7	29.4	12.3	1.3	1.9	3.1	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.3	3.9	4.0	9.0	.444	1.4	4.1	.345	2.9	3.4	.833
difference:	+15		+3.2	+0.2	+0.1	+0.4	+0.1	+0.2	+0.7	-0.5	-1.4	+0.5	+1.7	+.037	+0.3	+1.1	+.024	+1.9	+2.0	+.100
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


Season 9
	Dillon Brooks	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2025-26	2024-25
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Dillon Brooks	21	30.9	21.7	0.9	2.3	3.1	1.8	1.4	0.1	2.3	3.6	8.0	17.9	.448	2.4	7.4	.329	3.2	4.0	.819
difference:	+56	+6.6	+11.6	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+1.0	+0.4	+0.3	-1.4	-1.6	+4.0	+10.3	+.078	+1.4	+4.6	+.027	+2.1	+2.5	+.116
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years

* Derrick Jones Jr. played 1 season more than Dillon Brooks in the NBA.

In that period—his season 10 in 2026—Derrick Jones Jr. didn't play in the postseason.

Dillon Brooks vs. Derrick Jones Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Jones Jr. and Dillon Brooks, 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