Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. Jaren Jackson Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaren Jackson Jr. 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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.

Giannis Antetokounmpo played 12 years in the NBA, 5 more than Jaren Jackson Jr., who played 7. Giannis Antetokounmpo had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Jaren Jackson Jr. had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
Giannis Antetokounmpo	12	9	2013-14 to 2024-25
Jaren Jackson Jr.	7	4	2018-19 to 2024-25

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


Rookie Season
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2013-14	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
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:	+19	+1.5	+7.0	+0.3		+0.3	+0.8	+0.1	+0.6	-0.1	-1.6	+2.9	+4.8	+.092	+0.4	+0.9	+.012	+0.8	+0.8	+.083
Jaren Jackson Jr.	58	26.1	13.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.1	0.9	1.4	1.7	3.8	5.1	10.2	.506	0.9	2.4	.359	2.6	3.4	.766

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Giannis Antetokounmpo nor Jaren Jackson Jr. played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2014-15	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	81	31.4	12.7	1.2	5.5	6.7	2.6	0.9	1.0	2.1	3.1	4.7	9.6	.491	0.1	0.5	.159	3.2	4.3	.741
difference:	+24	+2.9	+4.7	+0.2	+1.9	+2.1	+1.2	+0.2	+0.6	-0.4	-1.0	+1.5	+3.6	+.022	+2.4	+6.0	+.235	+0.8	+1.0	+.006
Jaren Jackson Jr.	57	28.5	17.4	1.0	3.6	4.6	1.4	0.7	1.6	1.7	4.1	6.2	13.2	.469	2.5	6.5	.394	2.4	3.3	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	33.5	11.5	2.0	5.0	7.0	2.7	0.5	1.5	1.8	3.0	4.3	11.8	.366	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	3.8	.739
Jaren Jackson Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2015-16	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.3	16.9	1.4	6.2	7.7	4.3	1.2	1.4	2.6	3.2	6.4	12.7	.506	0.4	1.4	.257	3.7	5.1	.724
difference:	+69	+11.8	+2.5	+0.1	+2.1	+2.1	+3.2	+0.1	+0.2	-1.2	-0.6	+1.6	+1.3	+.082	+1.1	+4.1	+.026	+0.5	+1.3	+.109
Jaren Jackson Jr.	11	23.5	14.4	1.5	4.1	5.6	1.1	1.1	1.6	1.4	3.8	4.8	11.4	.424	1.5	5.5	.283	3.2	3.8	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jaren Jackson Jr.	5	27.4	13.6	1.8	3.8	5.6	1.0	1.0	1.2	0.8	4.2	4.6	10.8	.426	1.6	5.6	.286	2.8	3.2	.875


Season 4
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+2	+8.3	+6.6	+0.3	+2.7	+3.0	+4.3	+0.7	+0.4	-1.2	-0.4	+2.7	+2.4	+.106	+1.0	+2.8	+.047	+2.3	+3.3	+.053
Jaren Jackson Jr.	78	27.3	16.3	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.1	0.9	2.3	1.7	3.5	5.5	13.3	.415	1.6	5.1	.319	3.6	4.4	.823

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
difference:	+6	+12.8	+9.4	+0.5	+3.2	+2.7	+3.1	+1.4	+0.8	-1.9	-0.9	+5.1	+5.7	+.158	+1.6	+4.3	+.025	+0.9	+3.3	+.212
Jaren Jackson Jr.	12	27.7	15.4	2.2	4.6	6.8	0.9	0.8	2.5	1.4	4.4	4.9	13.0	.378	2.3	6.0	.375	3.3	4.4	.755


Season 5
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	75	36.7	26.9	2.1	8.0	10.0	4.8	1.5	1.4	3.0	3.1	9.9	18.7	.529	0.6	1.9	.307	6.5	8.5	.760
difference:	+12	+8.3	+8.3	+0.4	+3.0	+3.2	+3.8	+0.5	+1.6	-1.3	-0.5	+3.3	+5.7	+.023	+1.0	+2.6	+.048	+2.7	+3.6	+.028
Jaren Jackson Jr.	63	28.4	18.6	1.7	5.0	6.8	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.7	3.6	6.6	13.0	.506	1.6	4.5	.355	3.8	4.9	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	7	40.0	25.7	1.1	8.4	9.6	6.3	1.4	0.9	2.4	4.0	9.9	17.3	.570	0.6	2.0	.286	5.4	7.9	.691
difference:	+1	+3.3	+7.7	+2.2	+3.9	+1.8	+4.8	+0.4	+1.1	-0.6		+4.1	+3.5	+.148	+0.6	+2.2	+.006	+0.2	+1.9	+.170
Jaren Jackson Jr.	6	36.7	18.0	3.3	4.5	7.8	1.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.8	13.8	.422	1.2	4.2	.280	5.2	6.0	.861


Season 6
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	72	32.8	27.7	2.2	10.3	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	3.7	3.2	10.0	17.3	.578	0.7	2.8	.256	6.9	9.5	.729
difference:	+6	+0.6	+5.2	+0.9	+6.1	+7.0	+3.6	+0.1	+0.1	-1.3	-0.4	+2.2	+0.3	+.134	+1.1	+2.7	+.064	+1.8	+3.2	+.079
Jaren Jackson Jr.	66	32.2	22.5	1.3	4.2	5.5	2.3	1.2	1.6	2.4	3.6	7.8	17.6	.444	1.8	5.5	.320	5.1	6.3	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	15	34.3	25.5	2.4	9.8	12.2	4.9	1.2	2.0	3.3	3.2	8.6	17.4	.494	1.2	3.7	.327	7.1	11.2	.637
Jaren Jackson Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	30.4	29.5	2.2	11.4	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	3.7	3.1	10.9	19.7	.553	1.4	4.7	.304	6.3	10.0	.633
difference:	+11	+0.6	+7.3	+1.0	+7.0	+8.0	+3.6	+0.2	+0.5	-1.6	-0.4	+2.9	+3.3	+.065	+0.6	+0.6	+.071	+2.1	+4.6	+.148
Jaren Jackson Jr.	74	29.8	22.2	1.2	4.4	5.6	2.0	1.2	1.5	2.1	3.5	8.0	16.4	.488	2.0	5.3	.375	4.2	5.4	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	9	30.8	26.7	3.0	10.8	13.8	5.7	0.7	0.9	3.3	3.4	10.0	17.9	.559	1.4	4.4	.325	5.2	9.0	.580
difference:	+5	+3.5	+10.7	+0.7	+8.0	+8.8	+4.2	+0.3	+0.4	-0.5	-0.1	+4.5	+3.4	+.180	+0.6	+1.6	+.052	+0.9	+4.0	+.270
Jaren Jackson Jr.	4	34.3	16.0	2.3	2.8	5.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	2.8	3.5	5.5	14.5	.379	0.8	2.8	.273	4.3	5.0	.850


Additional Years
* Giannis Antetokounmpo played 5 seasons more than Jaren Jackson Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 12, from 2021 to 2025—Giannis Antetokounmpo played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 5 extra years over Jaren Jackson Jr., Giannis Antetokounmpo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 5 All-NBA First Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 1 Cup MVP 2 Cup All-Tournament Team 5 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP

Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. Jaren Jackson Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaren Jackson Jr. 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.

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

Additional Years