Jae Crowder vs. Paul Pierce Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Pierce and Jae Crowder, 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.

Jae Crowder played 13 years in the NBA, 6 less than Paul Pierce, who played 19. Jae Crowder had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Paul Pierce had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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
	Jae Crowder	Paul Pierce
Season	2012-13	1998-99
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
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		%
Jae Crowder	78	17.3	5.0	0.4	1.9	2.4	1.2	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.6	1.8	4.7	.384	0.8	2.5	.328	0.6	0.9	.644
difference:	+30	+16.7	+11.5	+2.0	+2.1	+4.0	+1.2	+0.9	+0.8	-1.8	-1.3	+4.1	+8.8	+.055	+1.0	+1.8	+.084	+2.3	+3.2	+.069
Paul Pierce	48	34.0	16.5	2.4	4.0	6.4	2.4	1.7	1.0	2.4	2.9	5.9	13.5	.439	1.8	4.3	.412	2.9	4.1	.713
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jae Crowder nor Paul Pierce played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Jae Crowder	Paul Pierce
Season	2015-16	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Jae Crowder	73	31.6	14.2	1.0	4.2	5.1	1.8	1.7	0.5	1.1	2.7	4.9	11.1	.443	1.7	5.0	.336	2.7	3.3	.820
difference:	+9	+8.7	+11.9		+1.7	+1.8	+1.4	+0.2	+0.5	-1.8	-0.2	+3.7	+8.4	+.001	+0.9	+1.3	+.068	+3.6	+4.5	+.011
Paul Pierce	82	40.3	26.1	1.0	5.9	6.9	3.2	1.9	1.0	2.9	2.9	8.6	19.5	.442	2.6	6.3	.404	6.3	7.8	.809
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	6	32.8	9.5	0.8	5.7	6.5	2.2	1.5	0.5	1.2	2.8	3.3	12.0	.278	1.7	6.8	.244	1.2	1.8	.636
difference:	+10	+9.2	+15.1	+0.9	+1.2	+2.1	+1.9	+0.2	+0.8	-2.6	-0.5	+4.3	+6.9	+.125	+0.2	+0.3	+.044	+6.3	+8.0	+.128
Paul Pierce	16	42.0	24.6	1.7	6.9	8.6	4.1	1.7	1.3	3.8	3.3	7.6	18.9	.403	1.9	6.5	.288	7.5	9.8	.764

Season 5
	Jae Crowder	Paul Pierce
Season	2016-17	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Jae Crowder	72	32.4	13.9	0.7	5.1	5.8	2.2	1.0	0.3	1.1	2.2	4.6	10.0	.463	2.2	5.5	.398	2.4	3.0	.811
difference:	+7	+6.8	+12.0	+0.6	+0.9	+1.5	+2.2	+0.8	+0.5	-2.5	-0.7	+3.8	+10.2	+.047	+0.7	+0.6	+.096	+5.2	+6.5	+.009
Paul Pierce	79	39.2	25.9	1.3	6.0	7.3	4.4	1.8	0.8	3.6	2.9	8.4	20.2	.416	1.5	4.9	.302	7.6	9.5	.802
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	18	33.1	13.6	1.1	5.3	6.4	2.7	1.1	0.3	0.7	2.9	4.8	11.1	.435	1.7	4.9	.352	2.2	2.7	.833
difference:	+8	+11.4	+13.5		+2.6	+2.6	+4.0	+1.0	+0.5	-3.7	-0.9	+2.9	+8.2	+.036	+0.1	+0.4	+.004	+7.9	+9.0	+.030
Paul Pierce	10	44.5	27.1	1.1	7.9	9.0	6.7	2.1	0.8	4.4	3.8	7.7	19.3	.399	1.6	4.5	.356	10.1	11.7	.863

Season 6
	Jae Crowder	Paul Pierce
Season	2017-18	2003-04
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Jae Crowder	80	26.1	9.7	0.7	2.7	3.4	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.3	3.4	8.4	.404	1.4	4.3	.323	1.5	1.9	.818
difference:		+12.6	+13.3	+0.2	+3.0	+3.1	+3.9	+0.8	+0.4	-2.9	-0.6	+4.1	+10.3	+.002		+0.5	+.024	+5.0	+6.0	+.001
Paul Pierce	80	38.7	23.0	0.9	5.7	6.5	5.1	1.6	0.7	3.8	2.9	7.5	18.7	.402	1.4	4.8	.299	6.5	7.9	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	11	29.4	10.0	0.4	4.7	5.1	1.7	1.4	0.2	1.3	2.3	3.2	9.8	.324	2.0	6.0	.333	1.6	2.5	.643
difference:	+7	+11.4	+10.8	+1.1	+2.6	+3.7	+0.8	+0.1	+0.8	-5.0	-0.7	+3.3	+9.2	+.018	+0.7	+1.7	+.039	+4.9	+5.3	+.196
Paul Pierce	4	40.8	20.8	1.5	7.3	8.8	2.5	1.3	1.0	6.3	3.0	6.5	19.0	.342	1.3	4.3	.294	6.5	7.8	.839

Season 7
	Jae Crowder	Paul Pierce
Season	2018-19	2004-05
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Jae Crowder	80	27.1	11.9	0.8	4.1	4.8	1.7	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.1	4.0	10.0	.399	2.2	6.5	.331	1.8	2.5	.721
difference:	+2	+9.0	+9.7	+0.2	+1.5	+1.8	+2.5	+0.8	+0.1	-1.7	-1.0	+2.8	+4.9	+.056	+0.9	+2.9	+.039	+4.9	+5.6	+.101
Paul Pierce	82	36.1	21.6	1.0	5.6	6.6	4.2	1.6	0.5	2.8	3.1	6.8	14.9	.455	1.3	3.6	.370	6.7	8.1	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	5	26.0	11.4	0.8	5.0	5.8	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.2	1.4	3.4	9.2	.370	1.8	6.0	.300	2.8	3.8	.737
difference:	+2	+13.7	+11.5	+0.2	+1.7	+1.9	+3.8	+0.9	+1.4	-2.5	-1.2	+3.3	+4.1	+.135	+0.8	+2.1	+.041	+5.6	+5.9	+.131
Paul Pierce	7	39.7	22.9	1.0	6.7	7.7	4.6	1.9	1.4	2.7	2.6	6.7	13.3	.505	1.0	3.9	.259	8.4	9.7	.868

Season 8
	Jae Crowder	Paul Pierce
Season	2019-20	2005-06
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Did not play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	65	28.8	10.5	0.8	5.1	5.9	2.5	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.2	3.5	8.7	.401	2.1	6.1	.343	1.5	1.9	.776
difference:	+14	+10.2	+16.3	+0.2	+0.6	+0.8	+2.2	+0.3		-2.4	-0.6	+5.2	+9.8	+.070	+0.7	+2.1	+.011	+6.4	+8.4	+.004
Paul Pierce	79	39.0	26.8	1.0	5.7	6.7	4.7	1.4	0.4	3.5	2.8	8.7	18.5	.471	1.4	4.0	.354	7.9	10.3	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	21	31.4	12.0	0.5	5.0	5.6	1.9	0.7	0.6	0.7	2.6	3.9	9.6	.403	2.6	7.7	.342	1.7	2.2	.761
Paul Pierce	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Jae Crowder	Paul Pierce
Season	2021-22	2007-08
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	67	28.1	9.4	0.4	4.8	5.3	1.9	1.4	0.4	0.8	2.6	3.2	8.1	.399	1.9	5.4	.348	1.1	1.3	.789
difference:	+13	+7.8	+10.2	+0.3	+0.3	+0.2	+2.6	+0.1	+0.1	-2.0	-0.1	+3.2	+5.6	+.065	+0.1	+0.8	+.044	+4.0	+4.8	+.054
Paul Pierce	80	35.9	19.6	0.7	4.5	5.1	4.5	1.3	0.5	2.8	2.5	6.4	13.7	.464	1.8	4.6	.392	5.1	6.1	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	13	29.5	9.4	0.6	4.1	4.7	2.4	1.0	0.5	1.5	3.6	3.2	8.1	.400	1.5	4.8	.302	1.5	2.0	.731
difference:	+13	+8.6	+10.3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+2.2	+0.1	+0.2	-1.7	-0.1	+3.1	+6.1	+.041	+0.2	+0.2	+.059	+4.0	+4.8	+.071
Paul Pierce	26	38.1	19.7	0.8	4.2	5.0	4.6	1.1	0.3	3.2	3.5	6.3	14.2	.441	1.7	4.6	.361	5.5	6.8	.802

Season 11
	Jae Crowder	Paul Pierce
Season	2022-23	2008-09
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	18	18.9	6.9	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.5	2.5	5.2	.479	1.3	3.1	.436	0.6	0.7	.833
difference:	+63	+18.6	+13.6	+0.2	+2.1	+1.8	+2.1	+0.3		-2.4	-1.2	+4.2	+9.4	+.022	+0.2	+0.7	+.045	+5.1	+6.1	+.003
Paul Pierce	81	37.5	20.5	0.7	5.0	5.6	3.6	1.0	0.3	2.8	2.7	6.7	14.6	.457	1.5	3.8	.391	5.7	6.8	.830
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	4	10.3	1.8	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.8	3.3	.231	0.0	1.5	.000	0.3	0.5	.500
difference:	+10	+29.4	+19.2		+4.7	+4.8	+2.3	+0.6	+0.4	-2.1	-1.8	+6.0	+12.5	+.199	+1.4	+2.6	+.333	+5.8	+6.7	+.342
Paul Pierce	14	39.7	21.0	0.3	5.5	5.8	3.1	1.1	0.4	2.4	3.1	6.8	15.8	.430	1.4	4.1	.333	6.1	7.2	.842

Season 12
	Jae Crowder	Paul Pierce
Season	2023-24	2009-10
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	50	23.1	6.2	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.3	0.8	0.2	0.5	1.5	2.3	5.4	.422	1.2	3.3	.349	0.5	0.7	.722
difference:	+21	+10.9	+12.1	+0.1	+1.2	+1.2	+1.8	+0.4	+0.2	-1.8	-1.3	+3.5	+6.8	+.050	+0.3	+0.4	+.065	+4.7	+5.4	+.130
Paul Pierce	71	34.0	18.3	0.5	3.8	4.4	3.1	1.2	0.4	2.3	2.8	5.8	12.2	.472	1.5	3.7	.414	5.2	6.1	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	4	10.5	2.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.8	3.0	.250	0.3	1.8	.143	0.5	0.5	1.000
difference:	+20	+28.3	+16.5	+0.3	+4.1	+4.5	+2.9	+1.0	+0.1	-2.7	-2.3	+5.3	+11.0	+.188	+1.4	+2.5	+.249	+4.4	+5.4	+.176
Paul Pierce	24	38.8	18.8	0.8	5.1	6.0	3.4	1.0	0.6	2.7	3.3	6.1	14.0	.438	1.7	4.3	.392	4.9	5.9	.824

Season 13
	Jae Crowder	Paul Pierce
Season	2024-25	2010-11
Team	Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	9	11.4	2.6	0.7	1.6	2.2	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.1	0.8	2.4	.318	0.4	1.7	.267	0.6	0.7	.833
difference:	+71	+23.3	+16.3	+0.3	+3.4	+3.2	+2.6	+0.7	+0.6	-1.7	-1.8	+5.5	+10.4	+.179	+1.0	+2.0	+.107	+4.2	+4.9	+.027
Paul Pierce	80	34.7	18.9	0.4	5.0	5.4	3.3	1.0	0.6	2.1	2.9	6.3	12.8	.497	1.4	3.7	.374	4.8	5.6	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pierce	9	38.1	20.8	0.6	4.4	5.0	2.8	1.3	0.4	2.7	3.3	7.6	16.4	.459	2.3	5.2	.447	3.3	3.8	.882

Additional Years
* Paul Pierce played 6 seasons more than Jae Crowder in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 19, from 2012 to 2017—Paul Pierce played in 6 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Jae Crowder, Paul Pierce got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game