Jalen Duren vs. Reggie Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Reggie Miller 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, 14 less than Reggie Miller, who played 18. Jalen Duren had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Reggie Miller had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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	Reggie Miller
Season	2022-23	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	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:	+15	+2.5	+0.9	+2.2	+4.3	+6.6	+0.5	+0.1	+0.7	-0.2	-0.8	+0.2	+1.7	+.160	+0.7	+2.1		+0.4		+.190
Reggie Miller	82	22.4	10.0	1.2	1.2	2.3	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.9	3.7	7.6	.488	0.7	2.1	.355	1.8	2.3	.801
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Duren nor Reggie Miller played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Jalen Duren	Reggie Miller
Season	2024-25	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+4	+12.8	+12.8	+2.4	+4.4	+6.7	+1.1	+0.6	+0.9	-1.0	-1.1	+3.3	+8.7	+.178	+1.8	+4.4		+4.5	+4.5	+.199
Reggie Miller	82	38.9	24.6	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.1	8.1	15.7	.514	1.8	4.4	.414	6.6	7.6	.868
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:	+3	+7.9	+8.9	+4.0	+2.6	+6.7	+1.5	+0.7	+1.7	-0.7	-2.3	+2.4	+5.0	+.079	+1.0	+2.3		+3.1	+3.2	+.079
Reggie Miller	3	41.7	20.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	6.7	11.7	.571	1.0	2.3	.429	6.3	7.0	.905

Additional Years
* Reggie Miller played 14 seasons more than Jalen Duren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 18, from 1992 to 2005—Reggie Miller played in 13 Playoffs. In those 14 extra years over Jalen Duren, Reggie Miller got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game