Jalen Duren vs. Derrick Jones Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Jones Jr. 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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, 6 less than Derrick Jones Jr., who played 10. Jalen Duren had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Derrick Jones Jr. had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Jalen Duren 4 1 2022-23 to 2025-26
Derrick Jones Jr. 10 5 2016-17 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Jalen Duren Derrick Jones Jr.
Season 2022-232016-17
Team Detroit PistonsPhoenix Suns
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie Second Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+35+7.9+3.8+2.2+4.2+6.4+0.7+0.3+0.5-1.0-0.7+1.8+2.1+.086+0.1+0.3+0.5+1.0+.096
Derrick Jones Jr. 32 17.0 5.3 1.2 1.3 2.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 2.0 2.1 3.8 .562 0.1 0.3 .273 0.9 1.3 .707
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Duren nor Derrick Jones Jr. played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
Jalen Duren Derrick Jones Jr.
Season 2023-242017-18
Team Detroit PistonsPhoenix Suns, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Jalen Duren 61 29.1 13.8 3.1 8.5 11.6 2.4 0.5 0.8 2.1 3.1 5.7 9.2 .619 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.0 .790
difference:+41+16.8+10.7+2.0+7.6+9.7+1.9+0.3+0.1-1.7-1.9+4.6+6.5+.223+0.2+0.8+.167+1.5+1.8+.123
Derrick Jones Jr. 20 12.3 3.1 1.1 0.9 1.9 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.4 1.2 1.1 2.7 .396 0.2 0.9 .167 0.8 1.2 .667
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Duren nor Derrick Jones Jr. played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
Jalen Duren Derrick Jones Jr.
Season 2024-252018-19
Team Detroit PistonsMiami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Pistons Lost East Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+18+6.9+4.8+2.0+4.4+6.3+2.1+0.1+0.4-1.0-1.1+2.1+1.6+.198+0.5+1.5+0.9+1.1+.062
Derrick Jones Jr. 60 19.2 7.0 1.6 2.4 4.0 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 2.1 2.7 5.4 .494 0.5 1.5 .308 1.2 2.0 .607
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Derrick Jones Jr. DNP------ --- ----------

Season 4
Jalen Duren Derrick Jones Jr.
Season 2025-262019-20
Team Detroit PistonsMiami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayHeat Lost NBA Finals
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Jalen Duren 24 29.2 18.0 4.2 6.8 11.0 1.7 0.9 1.0 2.4 3.3 6.7 10.7 .629 0.0 0.0 - 4.6 6.2 .743
difference:+35+5.9+9.5+3.1+4.0+7.1+0.6+0.1+0.4-1.9-1.1+3.6+4.8+.102+0.6+2.2+3.0+4.1+.029
Derrick Jones Jr. 59 23.3 8.5 1.1 2.8 3.9 1.1 1.0 0.6 0.5 2.2 3.1 5.9 .527 0.6 2.2 .280 1.6 2.1 .772
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Jalen Duren DNP------ --- ----------
Derrick Jones Jr. 15 6.4 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.8 0.5 1.1 .471 0.3 0.6 .444 0.1 0.3 .400

Additional Years

* Derrick Jones Jr. played 6 seasons more than Jalen Duren in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 5 to 10, from 2021 to 2026—Derrick Jones Jr. played in 4 Playoffs.

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