Jalen Duren vs. Allen Iverson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allen Iverson and Jalen Duren, 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.

Jalen Duren played 4 years in the NBA, 10 less than Allen Iverson, who played 14. Jalen Duren had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Allen Iverson had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
	Jalen Duren	Allen Iverson
Season	2022-23	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Jalen Duren	67	24.9	9.1	3.4	5.5	8.9	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.4	2.7	3.9	5.9	.648	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.3	.611
difference:	+9	+15.2	+14.4	+1.9	+2.9	+4.8	+6.4	+1.4	+0.6	-3.0	-0.4	+4.3	+13.9	+.232	+2.0	+6.0		+3.6	+4.9	+.091
Allen Iverson	76	40.1	23.5	1.5	2.6	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	4.4	3.1	8.2	19.8	.416	2.0	6.0	.341	5.0	7.2	.702
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Duren nor Allen Iverson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Jalen Duren	Allen Iverson
Season	2024-25	1998-99
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East 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		%
Jalen Duren	78	26.1	11.8	3.6	6.8	10.3	2.7	0.7	1.1	1.7	3.2	4.8	7.0	.692	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.1	.669
difference:	+30	+15.4	+15.0	+2.2	+3.3	+5.4	+1.9	+1.6	+1.0	-1.8	-1.2	+4.3	+15.0	+.280	+1.2	+4.1		+5.3	+6.8	+.082
Allen Iverson	48	41.5	26.8	1.4	3.5	4.9	4.6	2.3	0.1	3.5	2.0	9.1	22.0	.412	1.2	4.1	.291	7.4	9.9	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Duren	6	33.8	11.8	4.3	6.3	10.7	3.5	0.3	1.7	1.7	4.3	4.3	6.7	.650	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	3.8	.826
difference:	+2	+11.2	+16.7	+2.5	+3.9	+6.6	+1.4	+2.2	+1.4	-1.3	-1.9	+6.7	+20.1	+.239	+1.9	+6.6		+1.4	+2.7	+.114
Allen Iverson	8	45.0	28.5	1.8	2.4	4.1	4.9	2.5	0.3	3.0	2.4	11.0	26.8	.411	1.9	6.6	.283	4.6	6.5	.712

Season 4
	Jalen Duren	Allen Iverson
Season	2025-26	1999-00
Team	Detroit Pistons	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Jalen Duren	12	28.9	20.3	4.6	7.7	12.3	1.8	1.0	1.1	2.3	3.3	7.4	11.0	.674	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	7.0	.786
difference:	+58	+11.9	+8.1	+3.6	+4.9	+8.5	+2.9	+1.1	+1.0	-1.0	-1.0	+3.0	+13.8	+.253	+1.3	+3.7		+0.8	+1.9	+.073
Allen Iverson	70	40.8	28.4	1.0	2.8	3.8	4.7	2.1	0.1	3.3	2.3	10.4	24.8	.421	1.3	3.7	.341	6.3	8.9	.713
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Duren	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	10	44.4	26.2	1.4	2.6	4.0	4.5	1.2	0.1	3.2	2.4	9.1	23.7	.384	1.2	3.9	.308	6.8	9.2	.739

Additional Years
* Allen Iverson played 10 seasons more than Jalen Duren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 14, from 2001 to 2010—Allen Iverson played in 6 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Jalen Duren, Allen Iverson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 Scoring Leader 3 Steals Leader 10 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP