Jaden McDaniels vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy 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, 6 less than James Worthy, who played 12. Jaden McDaniels had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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	James Worthy
Season	2020-21	1982-83
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
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:	+14	+1.6	+6.6	+1.2	+0.2	+1.5	+0.6	+0.6	+0.2	-1.6	-0.2	+3.2	+4.2	+.132	+1.1	+3.0	+.114	+1.4	+2.2	+.024
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jaden McDaniels nor James Worthy played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Jaden McDaniels	James Worthy
Season	2022-23	1984-85
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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:	+1	+3.1	+5.5	+0.9	+1.6	+2.5	+0.6	+0.2	+0.2	-1.1	-0.9	+2.9	+4.2	+.055	+1.4	+3.3	+.398	+1.1	+1.3	+.040
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaden McDaniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676

Season 4
	Jaden McDaniels	James Worthy
Season	2023-24	1985-86
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf 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		%
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:	+3	+3.5	+9.5	+1.0	+1.0	+2.1	+1.3	+0.2	+0.4	-0.8	-0.4	+4.1	+5.8	+.090	+1.2	+3.3	+.337	+2.4	+3.1	+.049
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771
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:	+2	+4.9	+7.4	+0.2	+1.0	+0.8	+2.1	+0.2	+0.4	-1.5	-0.3	+4.1	+6.7	+.044	+1.5	+3.2	+.429	+0.6	+1.2	+.090
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681

Season 5
	Jaden McDaniels	James Worthy
Season	2024-25	1986-87
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	NBA 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		%
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:		+2.5	+7.2	+0.3	+0.4		+0.8		+0.1	-0.8	-0.2	+3.0	+4.5	+.062	+1.2	+3.5	+.330	+2.3	+3.1	+.062
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751
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
difference:	+3	+4.7	+8.9	+0.1	+0.1		+2.0	+0.3	+0.3	-1.0	-1.0	+4.0	+5.3	+.076	+1.4	+3.6	+.382	+2.4	+3.5	+.140
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753

Season 6
	Jaden McDaniels	James Worthy
Season	2025-26	1987-88
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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	20	31.8	15.6	1.3	3.5	4.8	2.4	1.2	1.0	1.9	3.7	6.1	11.5	.528	1.7	3.5	.478	1.9	2.2	.860
difference:	+55	+3.6	+4.1	+0.4	+0.2	+0.2	+1.5	+0.2	+0.3	-0.2	-1.4	+2.1	+4.0	+.003	+1.7	+3.3	+.353	+1.3	+1.9	+.064
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaden McDaniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758

Additional Years
* James Worthy played 6 seasons more than Jaden McDaniels in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 12, from 1989 to 1994—James Worthy played in 4 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Jaden McDaniels, James Worthy got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game