Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. Jalen Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Johnson and Giannis Antetokounmpo, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Giannis Antetokounmpo played 12 years in the NBA, 8 more than Jalen Johnson, who played 4. Giannis Antetokounmpo had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Jalen Johnson 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 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.

Rookie Season
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Jalen Johnson
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	77	24.6	6.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.6	2.2	2.2	5.4	.414	0.5	1.5	.347	1.8	2.6	.683
difference:	+55	+19.1	+4.4	+0.9	+2.3	+3.2	+1.8	+0.7	+0.7	-1.2	-1.8	+1.2	+3.5	+.123	+0.4	+0.9	+.116	+1.6	+2.3	+.031
Jalen Johnson	22	5.5	2.4	0.1	1.1	1.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.9	.537	0.1	0.6	.231	0.2	0.3	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Johnson	2	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Jalen Johnson
Season	2016-17	2024-25
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.6	22.9	1.8	7.0	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	2.9	3.1	8.2	15.7	.521	0.6	2.3	.272	5.9	7.7	.770
difference:	+44	+0.1	+4.0	+0.1	+1.3	+1.2	+0.4		+0.9		-1.2	+0.7	+0.6	+.021	+0.6	+1.6	+.040	+3.3	+4.2	+.024
Jalen Johnson	36	35.7	18.9	1.7	8.3	10.0	5.0	1.6	1.0	2.9	1.9	7.5	15.1	.500	1.2	3.9	.312	2.6	3.5	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	40.5	24.8	1.7	7.8	9.5	4.0	2.2	1.7	3.3	3.5	10.0	18.7	.536	0.7	1.7	.400	4.2	7.7	.543
Jalen Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Giannis Antetokounmpo played 8 seasons more than Jalen Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 12, from 2018 to 2025—Giannis Antetokounmpo played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 8 extra years over Jalen Johnson, Giannis Antetokounmpo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 Season MVP 7 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Cup MVP 2 Cup All-Tournament Team 8 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP