Jaden McDaniels vs. Tony Parker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tony Parker 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 5 years in the NBA, 13 less than Tony Parker, who played 18. Jaden McDaniels had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Tony Parker had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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	Tony Parker
Season	2020-21	2001-02
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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:	+14	+5.4	+2.4	+0.4	+0.8	+1.1	+3.2	+0.6	+0.9	-1.3	-0.5	+0.9	+2.5	+.028	+0.3	+0.6	+.041	+1.0	+1.4	+.075
Tony Parker	77	29.4	9.2	0.4	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.2	0.1	2.0	2.2	3.5	8.3	.419	0.8	2.5	.323	1.4	2.1	.675
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaden McDaniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	10	34.1	15.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.2	6.2	13.6	.456	1.0	2.7	.370	2.1	2.8	.750

Season 2
	Jaden McDaniels	Tony Parker
Season	2021-22	2002-03
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+12	+8.0	+6.3	+0.7	+0.9	+1.6	+4.2	+0.2	+0.8	-1.3	-1.1	+2.3	+4.8	+.004	+0.1	+0.6	+.020	+1.9	+2.5	+.048
Tony Parker	82	33.8	15.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	5.3	0.9	0.0	2.4	2.1	5.9	12.7	.464	1.0	3.0	.337	2.7	3.5	.755
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:	+18	+12.2	+5.4	+0.5	+0.4		+2.8	+0.6	+1.7	-1.0	-0.9	+2.6	+8.3	+.126	+1.1	+1.0	+.232	+1.1	+1.9	+.120
Tony Parker	24	33.9	14.7	0.3	2.4	2.8	3.5	0.9	0.1	2.0	2.1	5.6	14.0	.403	0.6	2.3	.268	2.8	3.9	.713

Season 4
	Jaden McDaniels	Tony Parker
Season	2023-24	2004-05
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+8	+5.0	+6.1	+0.2	+0.8	+0.6	+4.7	+0.3	+0.5	-1.5	-0.9	+2.4	+5.3	+.007	+0.7	+1.5	+.061	+1.8	+2.9	+.072
Tony Parker	80	34.2	16.6	0.6	3.1	3.7	6.1	1.2	0.1	2.7	2.1	6.7	14.0	.482	0.5	2.0	.276	2.6	4.0	.650
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:	+7	+3.6	+5.0	+1.2	+0.2	+0.9	+3.2	+0.2	+1.0	-2.0	-0.4	+2.7	+7.1	+.060	+1.1	+1.4	+.241	+0.7	+1.6	+.139
Tony Parker	23	37.2	17.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.3	0.7	0.1	3.1	3.0	7.2	15.9	.454	0.4	2.1	.188	2.4	3.8	.632

Season 5
	Jaden McDaniels	Tony Parker
Season	2024-25	2005-06
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+2.0	+6.7	+1.1	+1.4	+2.4	+3.8	+0.3	+0.8	-1.9	-0.7	+2.9	+4.0	+.071	+1.1	+3.2	+.024	+1.9	+2.9	+.106
Tony Parker	80	33.9	18.9	0.5	2.8	3.3	5.8	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.0	7.8	14.2	.548	0.1	0.5	.306	3.2	4.5	.707
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:	+2	+3.4	+6.4	+1.2	+0.8	+2.0	+2.3	+0.3	+0.8	-1.9	-0.9	+2.2	+6.1	+.055	+1.2	+3.0	+.160	+3.2	+4.2	+.083
Tony Parker	13	36.5	21.1	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.8	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.4	8.0	17.4	.460	0.2	0.7	.222	4.9	6.1	.810

Additional Years
* Tony Parker played 13 seasons more than Jaden McDaniels in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 18, from 2007 to 2019—Tony Parker played in 12 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 13 extra years over Jaden McDaniels, Tony Parker got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game