Jalen Johnson vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and Jalen Johnson, 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 Johnson played 5 years in the NBA, 3 less than Trae Young, who played 8. Jalen Johnson had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Trae Young 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 Johnson	Trae Young
Season	2021-22	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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 Johnson	22	5.5	2.4	0.1	1.1	1.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.9	.537	0.1	0.6	.231	0.2	0.3	.714
difference:	+59	+25.4	+16.7	+0.7	+1.8	+2.5	+8.0	+0.8	+0.1	-3.4	-1.3	+5.5	+13.6	+.119	+1.8	+5.4	+.093	+4.0	+4.8	+.115
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Johnson	2	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jalen Johnson	Trae Young
Season	2022-23	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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 Johnson	70	14.9	5.6	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.6	2.3	4.6	.491	0.4	1.5	.288	0.7	1.1	.628
difference:	+10	+20.4	+24.0	+0.2	+0.4	+0.3	+8.1	+0.6	+0.4	-4.2	-0.1	+6.8	+16.2	+.054	+3.0	+8.0	+.073	+7.3	+8.2	+.232
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Johnson	6	9.3	4.3	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.7	4.0	.417	0.7	1.8	.364	0.3	0.3	1.000
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Jalen Johnson	Trae Young
Season	2024-25	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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 Johnson	36	35.7	18.9	1.7	8.3	10.0	5.0	1.6	1.0	2.9	1.9	7.5	15.1	.500	1.2	3.9	.312	2.6	3.5	.746
difference:	+40	+0.8	+9.5	+1.0	+5.2	+6.3	+4.7	+0.7	+0.9	-1.1	-0.2	+1.9	+5.2	+.040	+1.9	+4.1	+.070	+4.0	+3.8	+.158
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788

Additional Years
* Trae Young played 3 seasons more than Jalen Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 8, from 2024 to 2026—Trae Young didn't play in the postseason. In those 3 extra years over Jalen Johnson, Trae Young got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Assists Leader 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 2 All-Star Game