Jalen Duren vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy 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, 8 less than James Worthy, who played 12. Jalen Duren had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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	James Worthy
Season	2022-23	1982-83
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	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:	+10	+0.7	+4.3	+1.4	+2.4	+3.7	+0.6	+0.5	+0.1	-0.9	-0.2	+1.9	+4.1	+.069		+0.1		+0.4	+0.6	+.013
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Duren nor James Worthy played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Jalen Duren	James Worthy
Season	2024-25	1984-85
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+2	+7.6	+5.8	+1.5	+2.5	+3.9	+0.2	+0.4	+0.3	-0.8	-0.7	+2.8	+6.3	+.120		+0.1		+0.3		+.107
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776
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:	+13	+0.9	+9.7	+2.5	+3.1	+5.6	+1.3	+0.6	+1.0	-0.3	-1.5	+4.4	+7.4	+.028	+0.1	+0.1		+0.7	+2.0	+.150
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676

Season 4
	Jalen Duren	James Worthy
Season	2025-26	1985-86
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Jalen Duren	11	29.0	19.4	4.5	7.5	12.0	1.6	1.1	1.2	2.5	3.4	7.0	10.8	.647	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	6.6	.808
difference:	+64	+3.7	+0.6	+2.7	+4.2	+6.8	+1.1		+0.2	-0.5	-0.8	+1.4	+3.7	+.068		+0.2		+2.2	+2.4	+.037
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Duren	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681

Additional Years
* James Worthy played 8 seasons more than Jalen Duren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 12, from 1987 to 1994—James Worthy played in 6 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Jalen Duren, James Worthy got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Star Game