Jalen Green vs. Jaren Jackson Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaren Jackson Jr. 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 5 years in the NBA, 3 less than Jaren Jackson Jr., who played 8. Jalen Green had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Jaren Jackson Jr. had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2021-22	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First 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 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:	+9	+5.8	+3.5	+0.8	+0.5	+1.3	+1.5	+0.2	+1.1	-0.3	-2.3	+1.0	+4.0	+.080	+1.4	+4.4	+.016	+0.2	+0.1	+.031
Jaren Jackson Jr.	58	26.1	13.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.1	0.9	1.4	1.7	3.8	5.1	10.2	.506	0.9	2.4	.359	2.6	3.4	.766
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Green nor Jaren Jackson Jr. played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Jalen Green	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2024-25	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+4	+5.6	+4.7	+1.0	+0.3	+1.2	+2.3		+2.0	-0.8	-2.0	+1.9	+4.2	+.008	+1.3	+3.0	+.035	+0.3	+0.3	+.010
Jaren Jackson Jr.	78	27.3	16.3	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.1	0.9	2.3	1.7	3.5	5.5	13.3	.415	1.6	5.1	.319	3.6	4.4	.823
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:	+5	+3.6	+2.1	+1.8	+0.4	+1.4	+2.0	+0.2	+2.2		-3.5	+0.3	+0.7	+.006	+0.4	+0.3	+.080	+1.0	+1.0	+.088
Jaren Jackson Jr.	12	27.7	15.4	2.2	4.6	6.8	0.9	0.8	2.5	1.4	4.4	4.9	13.0	.378	2.3	6.0	.375	3.3	4.4	.755

Season 5
	Jalen Green	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2025-26	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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5th 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	2	15.0	15.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	5.5	11.5	.478	3.0	7.0	.429	1.5	2.5	.600
difference:	+61	+13.4	+3.1	+0.7	+4.0	+4.8	+1.0		+3.0	-0.7	-2.6	+1.1	+1.5	+.028	+1.4	+2.5	+.074	+2.3	+2.4	+.188
Jaren Jackson Jr.	63	28.4	18.6	1.7	5.0	6.8	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.7	3.6	6.6	13.0	.506	1.6	4.5	.355	3.8	4.9	.788
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jaren Jackson Jr.	6	36.7	18.0	3.3	4.5	7.8	1.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.8	13.8	.422	1.2	4.2	.280	5.2	6.0	.861

Additional Years
* Jaren Jackson Jr. played 3 seasons more than Jalen Green in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 8, from 2024 to 2026—Jaren Jackson Jr. played in one postseason. In those 3 extra years over Jalen Green, Jaren Jackson Jr. got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game