Jaime Jaquez Jr. vs. Chris Paul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Paul and Jaime Jaquez Jr., 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.

Jaime Jaquez Jr. played 3 years in the NBA, 18 less than Chris Paul, who played 21. Jaime Jaquez Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Chris Paul had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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
	Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Chris Paul
Season	2023-24	2005-06
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	75	28.2	11.9	1.1	2.7	3.8	2.6	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.2	4.5	9.3	.489	0.9	2.7	.322	1.9	2.3	.811
difference:	+3	+7.8	+4.2	+0.3	+1.6	+1.3	+5.2	+1.2	+0.2	-0.8	-0.6	+0.7	+2.8	+.059	+0.3	+0.4	+.040	+3.2	+3.7	+.036
Chris Paul	78	36.0	16.1	0.8	4.3	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	2.3	2.8	5.2	12.1	.430	0.6	2.3	.282	5.1	6.0	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	4	30.8	12.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	3.0	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.5	5.3	13.0	.404	0.8	3.3	.231	1.5	1.8	.857
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Chris Paul
Season	2025-26	2007-08
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	22	29.1	15.3	1.4	4.5	6.0	5.0	0.8	0.3	2.1	2.2	6.2	12.1	.511	0.3	1.5	.206	2.6	3.4	.784
difference:	+58	+8.5	+5.8	+0.6	+1.3	+2.0	+6.6	+1.9	+0.2	-0.4	-0.1	+1.7	+4.0	+.023	+0.9	+1.6	+.163	+1.6	+1.5	+.067
Chris Paul	80	37.6	21.1	0.8	3.2	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	2.5	2.3	7.9	16.1	.488	1.2	3.1	.369	4.2	4.9	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	12	40.5	24.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	11.3	2.3	0.2	1.8	3.6	9.3	18.4	.502	0.4	1.8	.238	5.2	6.6	.785

Additional Years
* Chris Paul played 18 seasons more than Jaime Jaquez Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 21, from 2009 to 2026—Chris Paul played in 14 Playoffs. In those 18 extra years over Jaime Jaquez Jr., Chris Paul got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 5 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 7 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 4 Assists Leader 5 Steals Leader 11 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP