Jaren Jackson Jr. vs. Billy McKinney Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy McKinney 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 less than Billy McKinney, who played 7. Jaren Jackson Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Billy McKinney had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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
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Rookie Season
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Billy McKinney
Season	2018-19	1978-79
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings Lost West Conf 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.	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
Billy McKinney	78	15.9	7.8	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.2	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.1	6.1	.503	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy McKinney	5	19.2	7.2	0.8	0.6	1.4	4.8	1.0	0.0	2.4	1.0	3.0	8.0	.375	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	.857

Season 4
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Billy McKinney
Season	2021-22	1981-82
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Billy McKinney	81	24.2	10.8	0.4	1.4	1.8	4.2	0.9	0.2	1.4	2.3	4.6	8.6	.528	0.0	0.2	.000	1.7	2.1	.806
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
Billy McKinney	3	30.3	14.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.0	0.0	1.7	3.0	5.3	9.0	.593	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	4.0	.833

Season 5
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Billy McKinney
Season	2022-23	1982-83
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 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
Billy McKinney	68	22.9	9.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.2	0.6	0.1	1.5	2.1	3.9	8.0	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.5	.814
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
Billy McKinney	8	14.1	7.8	0.6	1.0	1.6	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.9	3.3	5.8	.565	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.3	.556

Note: Billy McKinney didn't play in 1984-85.