Jaime Jaquez Jr. vs. Mel Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mel Payton 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 1 years in the NBA, 1 less than Mel Payton, who played 2. Jaime Jaquez Jr. had his first NBA Season in 2023-24, while Mel Payton had his rookie season in 1951-52. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Mel Payton
Season	2023-24	1951-52
Team	Miami Heat	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost East Div Semis

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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
Mel Payton	45	10.5	2.9	-	-	1.8	1.0	-	-	-	1.5	1.2	3.1	.386	-	-	-	0.5	0.6	.750
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
Mel Payton	3	6.0	1.3	-	-	1.0	0.3	-	-	-	2.0	0.3	0.7	.500	-	-	-	0.7	0.7	1.000