Jaden McDaniels vs. Dwyane Wade Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwyane Wade and Jaden McDaniels, 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.

Jaden McDaniels played 6 years in the NBA, 10 less than Dwyane Wade, who played 16. Jaden McDaniels had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Dwyane Wade had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
	Jaden McDaniels	Dwyane Wade
Season	2020-21	2003-04
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Jaden McDaniels	63	24.0	6.8	0.8	2.9	3.7	1.1	0.6	1.0	0.7	2.7	2.6	5.8	.447	1.1	3.1	.364	0.4	0.7	.600
difference:	+2	+10.9	+9.4	+0.6	+0.2	+0.3	+3.4	+0.8	+0.4	-2.5	-0.4	+3.5	+7.3	+.018	+0.8	+2.2	+.062	+3.4	+4.4	+.147
Dwyane Wade	61	34.9	16.2	1.4	2.7	4.0	4.5	1.4	0.6	3.2	2.3	6.1	13.1	.465	0.3	0.9	.302	3.8	5.1	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaden McDaniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	13	39.5	18.0	1.2	2.8	4.0	5.6	1.3	0.3	4.2	3.5	6.6	14.5	.455	0.2	0.6	.375	4.5	5.8	.787

Season 2
	Jaden McDaniels	Dwyane Wade
Season	2021-22	2004-05
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Jaden McDaniels	70	25.8	9.2	1.1	3.1	4.2	1.1	0.7	0.8	1.1	3.2	3.6	7.9	.460	1.1	3.6	.317	0.8	1.0	.803
difference:	+7	+12.8	+14.9	+0.3	+0.6	+1.0	+5.7	+0.9	+0.3	-3.1	-0.2	+4.6	+9.2	+.018	+0.9	+3.0	+.028	+6.7	+8.9	+.041
Dwyane Wade	77	38.6	24.1	1.4	3.7	5.2	6.8	1.6	1.1	4.2	3.0	8.2	17.1	.478	0.2	0.6	.289	7.5	9.9	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaden McDaniels	6	21.7	9.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.8	1.0	3.0	3.0	5.7	.529	1.7	3.3	.500	1.7	2.0	.833
difference:	+8	+19.3	+18.1	+0.8	+2.1	+2.9	+5.9	+1.3	+0.7	-3.4	-0.1	+6.7	+14.4	+.045	+1.6	+2.6	+.400	+6.2	+7.9	+.034
Dwyane Wade	14	41.0	27.4	1.6	4.1	5.7	6.6	1.6	1.1	4.4	3.1	9.7	20.1	.484	0.1	0.7	.100	7.9	9.9	.799

Season 3
	Jaden McDaniels	Dwyane Wade
Season	2022-23	2005-06
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Jaden McDaniels	79	30.6	12.1	1.2	2.7	3.9	1.9	0.9	1.0	1.4	3.4	4.7	9.1	.517	1.4	3.4	.398	1.3	1.8	.736
difference:	+4	+8.0	+15.1	+0.2	+1.6	+1.8	+4.8	+1.0	+0.2	-2.2	-0.5	+4.6	+9.7	+.022	+1.2	+2.4	+.227	+7.1	+8.9	+.047
Dwyane Wade	75	38.6	27.2	1.4	4.3	5.7	6.7	1.9	0.8	3.6	2.9	9.3	18.8	.495	0.2	1.0	.171	8.4	10.7	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaden McDaniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	23	41.7	28.4	1.2	4.7	5.9	5.7	2.2	1.1	3.9	3.1	9.5	19.2	.497	0.6	1.6	.378	8.8	10.9	.808

Season 4
	Jaden McDaniels	Dwyane Wade
Season	2023-24	2006-07
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Jaden McDaniels	72	29.2	10.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	8.7	.489	1.2	3.5	.337	0.8	1.1	.722
difference:	+21	+8.7	+16.9	+0.2	+1.4	+1.6	+6.1	+1.2	+0.6	-3.0	-0.7	+5.0	+10.2	+.002	+0.8	+2.0	+.071	+7.7	+9.4	+.085
Dwyane Wade	51	37.9	27.4	1.0	3.7	4.7	7.5	2.1	1.2	4.2	2.3	9.3	18.9	.491	0.4	1.5	.266	8.5	10.5	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaden McDaniels	16	33.6	12.2	1.8	2.1	3.8	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	8.8	.514	1.5	3.5	.429	1.7	2.2	.771
difference:	+12	+6.9	+11.3		+0.9	+1.0	+5.2	+0.4	+0.6	-4.7	-0.1	+4.5	+12.2	+.085	+1.5	+2.2	+.429	+3.8	+5.8	+.083
Dwyane Wade	4	40.5	23.5	1.8	3.0	4.8	6.3	1.3	0.5	5.8	3.3	9.0	21.0	.429	0.0	1.3	.000	5.5	8.0	.688

Season 5
	Jaden McDaniels	Dwyane Wade
Season	2024-25	2007-08
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Jaden McDaniels	82	31.9	12.2	1.6	4.2	5.7	2.0	1.3	0.9	1.2	2.7	4.9	10.2	.477	1.2	3.7	.330	1.3	1.6	.813
difference:	+31	+6.4	+12.4	+0.7	+0.9	+1.5	+4.9	+0.4	+0.2	-3.2		+3.7	+8.2	+.008	+0.8	+2.2	+.044	+5.6	+7.6	+.055
Dwyane Wade	51	38.3	24.6	0.9	3.3	4.2	6.9	1.7	0.7	4.4	2.7	8.6	18.4	.469	0.4	1.5	.286	6.9	9.2	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaden McDaniels	15	33.1	14.7	1.8	3.8	5.6	1.5	1.3	0.9	1.2	3.3	5.8	11.3	.515	1.4	3.7	.382	1.7	1.9	.893
Dwyane Wade	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Jaden McDaniels	Dwyane Wade
Season	2025-26	2008-09
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Jaden McDaniels	2	28.0	14.0	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.0	0.5	2.0	1.5	4.5	5.5	12.0	.458	1.5	4.0	.375	1.5	2.0	.750
difference:	+77	+10.6	+16.2	+0.6	+0.9	+1.5	+6.5	+1.7	+0.7	-1.9	-2.2	+5.3	+10.0	+.033	+0.4	+0.5	+.058	+6.0	+7.8	+.015
Dwyane Wade	79	38.6	30.2	1.1	3.9	5.0	7.5	2.2	1.3	3.4	2.3	10.8	22.0	.491	1.1	3.5	.317	7.5	9.8	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaden McDaniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	7	40.7	29.1	0.6	4.4	5.0	5.3	0.9	1.6	3.6	2.9	9.7	22.1	.439	2.6	7.1	.360	7.1	8.3	.862

Additional Years
* Dwyane Wade played 10 seasons more than Jaden McDaniels in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 16, from 2010 to 2019—Dwyane Wade played in 8 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over Jaden McDaniels, Dwyane Wade got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 8 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP