Jalen Green vs. Dwyane Wade Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwyane Wade and Jalen Green, 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 Green played 4 years in the NBA, 12 less than Dwyane Wade, who played 16. Jalen Green had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Dwyane Wade had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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 Green	Dwyane Wade
Season	2021-22	2003-04
Team	Houston Rockets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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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 Green	67	31.9	17.3	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.3	2.0	1.5	6.1	14.2	.426	2.3	6.8	.343	2.8	3.5	.797
difference:	+6	+3.0	+1.1	+0.9	+0.2	+0.6	+1.9	+0.7	+0.3	-1.2	-0.8		+1.1	+.039	+2.0	+5.9	+.041	+1.0	+1.6	+.050
Dwyane Wade	61	34.9	16.2	1.4	2.7	4.0	4.5	1.4	0.6	3.2	2.3	6.1	13.1	.465	0.3	0.9	.302	3.8	5.1	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	13	39.5	18.0	1.2	2.8	4.0	5.6	1.3	0.3	4.2	3.5	6.6	14.5	.455	0.2	0.6	.375	4.5	5.8	.787

Season 2
	Jalen Green	Dwyane Wade
Season	2022-23	2004-05
Team	Houston Rockets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	76	34.2	22.1	0.6	3.2	3.7	3.7	0.8	0.2	2.6	1.7	7.4	17.9	.416	2.5	7.3	.338	4.8	6.1	.786
difference:	+1	+4.4	+2.0	+0.8	+0.5	+1.5	+3.1	+0.8	+0.9	-1.6	-1.3	+0.8	+0.8	+.062	+2.3	+6.7	+.049	+2.7	+3.8	+.024
Dwyane Wade	77	38.6	24.1	1.4	3.7	5.2	6.8	1.6	1.1	4.2	3.0	8.2	17.1	.478	0.2	0.6	.289	7.5	9.9	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	14	41.0	27.4	1.6	4.1	5.7	6.6	1.6	1.1	4.4	3.1	9.7	20.1	.484	0.1	0.7	.100	7.9	9.9	.799

Season 3
	Jalen Green	Dwyane Wade
Season	2023-24	2005-06
Team	Houston Rockets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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 Green	82	31.7	19.6	0.5	4.7	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.3	2.3	1.4	6.9	16.2	.423	2.5	7.4	.332	3.5	4.3	.804
difference:	+7	+6.9	+7.6	+0.9	+0.4	+0.5	+3.2	+1.1	+0.5	-1.3	-1.5	+2.4	+2.6	+.072	+2.3	+6.4	+.161	+4.9	+6.4	+.021
Dwyane Wade	75	38.6	27.2	1.4	4.3	5.7	6.7	1.9	0.8	3.6	2.9	9.3	18.8	.495	0.2	1.0	.171	8.4	10.7	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	23	41.7	28.4	1.2	4.7	5.9	5.7	2.2	1.1	3.9	3.1	9.5	19.2	.497	0.6	1.6	.378	8.8	10.9	.808

Season 4
	Jalen Green	Dwyane Wade
Season	2024-25	2006-07
Team	Houston Rockets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East 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 Green	82	32.9	21.0	0.5	4.0	4.6	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.5	1.5	7.4	17.5	.423	2.9	8.1	.354	3.3	4.1	.813
difference:	+31	+5.0	+6.4	+0.5	+0.3	+0.1	+4.1	+1.2	+0.9	-1.7	-0.8	+1.9	+1.4	+.068	+2.5	+6.6	+.088	+5.2	+6.4	+.006
Dwyane Wade	51	37.9	27.4	1.0	3.7	4.7	7.5	2.1	1.2	4.2	2.3	9.3	18.9	.491	0.4	1.5	.266	8.5	10.5	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	7	31.3	13.3	0.4	5.0	5.4	2.9	0.6	0.3	1.4	0.9	4.6	12.3	.372	1.9	6.3	.295	2.3	3.4	.667
difference:	+3	+9.2	+10.2	+1.4	+2.0	+0.6	+3.4	+0.7	+0.2	-4.4	-2.4	+4.4	+8.7	+.057	+1.9	+5.0	+.295	+3.2	+4.6	+.021
Dwyane Wade	4	40.5	23.5	1.8	3.0	4.8	6.3	1.3	0.5	5.8	3.3	9.0	21.0	.429	0.0	1.3	.000	5.5	8.0	.688

Additional Years
* Dwyane Wade played 12 seasons more than Jalen Green in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 16, from 2008 to 2019—Dwyane Wade played in 9 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 12 extra years over Jalen Green, Dwyane Wade got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 10 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP