Jalen Duren vs. Kawhi Leonard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kawhi Leonard 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 Kawhi Leonard, who played 14. Jalen Duren had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Kawhi Leonard had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2022-23	2011-12
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+3	+0.9	+1.2	+1.8	+2.0	+3.8		+0.6	+0.5	-0.7	-1.3	+0.8	+0.4	+.155	+0.6	+1.7		+0.3	+0.9	+.162
Kawhi Leonard	64	24.0	7.9	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.1	6.3	.493	0.6	1.7	.376	1.1	1.4	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Duren	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kawhi Leonard	14	27.1	8.6	1.3	4.6	5.9	0.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.2	6.4	.500	1.3	2.9	.450	0.9	1.1	.813

Season 3
	Jalen Duren	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2024-25	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
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:	+12	+3.0	+1.0	+2.4	+1.7	+4.1	+0.7	+1.0	+0.3	-0.5	-1.3	+0.3	+2.8	+.170	+1.0	+2.8		+0.6	+1.2	+.133
Kawhi Leonard	66	29.1	12.8	1.2	5.1	6.2	2.0	1.7	0.8	1.2	1.9	5.1	9.8	.522	1.0	2.8	.379	1.5	1.9	.802
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:	+17	+1.8	+2.5	+3.0	+0.9	+4.0	+1.8	+1.4	+1.1	-0.4	-1.4	+1.0	+3.7	+.140	+1.3	+3.2		+0.9	+0.7	+.090
Kawhi Leonard	23	32.0	14.3	1.3	5.4	6.7	1.7	1.7	0.6	1.3	2.9	5.3	10.4	.510	1.3	3.2	.419	2.3	3.1	.736

Season 4
	Jalen Duren	Kawhi Leonard
Season	2025-26	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Steals Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+53	+2.8	+2.9	+3.2	+1.6	+4.8	+0.9	+1.2	+0.4	-1.0	-1.4	+0.8	+2.0	+.168	+1.0	+3.0		+2.2	+2.7	+.006
Kawhi Leonard	64	31.8	16.5	1.3	5.9	7.2	2.5	2.3	0.8	1.5	2.0	6.2	12.8	.479	1.0	3.0	.349	3.2	3.9	.802
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Duren	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kawhi Leonard	7	35.7	20.3	1.9	5.6	7.4	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.6	7.4	15.6	.477	1.6	3.7	.423	3.9	5.0	.771

Additional Years
* Kawhi Leonard played 10 seasons more than Jalen Duren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 14, from 2016 to 2026—Kawhi Leonard played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Jalen Duren, Kawhi Leonard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 6 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP