Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. Jaxson Hayes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaxson Hayes 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, 6 more than Jaxson Hayes, who played 6. Giannis Antetokounmpo had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Jaxson Hayes had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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	Jaxson Hayes
Season	2013-14	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Pelicans
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:	+13	+7.7	+0.6	+0.5	+0.9	+0.4	+1.0	+0.4	+0.1	-0.8	-0.3	+0.5	+1.4	+.258	+0.5	+1.4	+.097	+0.1	+0.4	+.036
Jaxson Hayes	64	16.9	7.4	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.9	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.5	2.7	4.0	.672	0.0	0.1	.250	1.9	3.0	.647
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Giannis Antetokounmpo nor Jaxson Hayes played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Jaxson Hayes
Season	2016-17	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Pelicans
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:	+33	+22.6	+17.9	+1.0	+5.0	+6.0	+4.7	+1.2	+1.5	-2.2	-1.7	+6.4	+12.4	+.030	+0.5	+1.7	+.169	+4.7	+5.9	+.071
Jaxson Hayes	47	13.0	5.0	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.4	1.8	3.3	.551	0.1	0.6	.103	1.2	1.8	.699
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
Jaxson Hayes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Jaxson Hayes
Season	2017-18	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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:	+5	+24.2	+22.6	+1.1	+6.0	+7.0	+4.3	+1.0	+1.0	-2.4	-1.3	+8.1	+16.2	+.191	+0.6	+1.8	+.307	+5.8	+7.3	+.138
Jaxson Hayes	70	12.5	4.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.8	1.8	2.5	.720	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.2	.622
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:	+3	+34.0	+25.4	+0.3	+6.1	+6.6	+6.0	+1.4	+0.9	-1.9	-2.2	+9.9	+16.8	+.570	+0.6	+2.0		+5.1	+7.4	+.191
Jaxson Hayes	4	6.0	0.3	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.8	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500

Season 6
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Jaxson Hayes
Season	2018-19	2024-25
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West 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		%
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:	+16	+13.3	+20.9	+0.8	+6.9	+7.7	+4.9	+0.7	+0.6	-2.9	-0.8	+7.1	+13.3	+.144	+0.7	+2.7	+.256	+5.8	+7.7	+.107
Jaxson Hayes	56	19.5	6.8	1.4	3.4	4.8	1.0	0.6	0.9	0.8	2.4	2.9	4.0	.722	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.8	.622
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
difference:	+11	+26.5	+23.7	+1.1	+9.0	+10.2	+4.6	+1.2	+1.7	-3.0	-1.2	+7.8	+15.4	+.119	+1.2	+3.7		+6.8	+10.7	+.137
Jaxson Hayes	4	7.8	1.8	1.3	0.8	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.0	0.8	2.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500

Additional Years
* Giannis Antetokounmpo played 6 seasons more than Jaxson Hayes in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 12, from 2020 to 2025—Giannis Antetokounmpo played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 6 extra years over Jaxson Hayes, Giannis Antetokounmpo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 6 All-NBA First Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Cup MVP 2 Cup All-Tournament Team 6 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP