Jaren Jackson Jr. vs. Arnie Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arnie Johnson and Jaren Jackson Jr., 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.

Jaren Jackson Jr. played 6 years in the NBA, 1 more than Arnie Johnson, who played 5. Jaren Jackson Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Arnie Johnson had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6
Rookie Season
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Arnie Johnson
Season	2018-19	1948-49
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Arnie Johnson	60	-	8.5	-	-	-	1.3	-	-	-	4.1	2.6	6.3	.416	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	.701
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arnie Johnson	4	-	9.5	-	-	-	1.8	-	-	-	4.0	2.8	10.3	.268	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	.727

Season 3
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Arnie Johnson
Season	2020-21	1950-51
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	11	23.5	14.4	1.5	4.1	5.6	1.1	1.1	1.6	1.4	3.8	4.8	11.4	.424	1.5	5.5	.283	3.2	3.8	.833
Arnie Johnson	68	-	9.4	-	-	6.6	2.6	-	-	-	4.3	2.7	5.9	.459	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	.725
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	5	27.4	13.6	1.8	3.8	5.6	1.0	1.0	1.2	0.8	4.2	4.6	10.8	.426	1.6	5.6	.286	2.8	3.2	.875
Arnie Johnson	14	-	11.2	-	-	9.0	2.9	-	-	-	4.9	3.4	7.6	.449	-	-	-	4.4	5.6	.782

Season 4
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Arnie Johnson
Season	2021-22	1951-52
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Royals Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Arnie Johnson	66	32.7	10.0	-	-	6.1	2.8	-	-	-	3.9	2.7	6.2	.433	-	-	-	4.6	5.9	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Arnie Johnson	6	27.7	6.5	-	-	5.2	4.0	-	-	-	4.5	1.3	4.5	.296	-	-	-	3.8	5.3	.719

Season 5
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Arnie Johnson
Season	2022-23	1952-53
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost West Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Arnie Johnson	70	28.3	8.3	-	-	6.0	2.2	-	-	-	4.0	2.0	5.3	.379	-	-	-	4.3	5.8	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Arnie Johnson	3	29.0	8.0	-	-	6.0	2.0	-	-	-	5.0	1.3	4.7	.286	-	-	-	5.3	7.0	.762