Jaren Jackson Jr. vs. Dominique Wilkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dominique Wilkins 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 8 years in the NBA, 7 less than Dominique Wilkins, who played 15. Jaren Jackson Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Dominique Wilkins had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2018-19	1982-83
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+24	+6.8	+3.7	+1.5	+0.3	+1.1	+0.5	+0.1	+0.6	-0.5	-1.2	+2.2	+4.7	+.013	+0.9	+2.3	+.177	+0.2	+0.7	+.084
Dominique Wilkins	82	32.9	17.5	2.8	3.1	5.8	1.6	1.0	0.8	2.2	2.6	7.3	14.9	.493	0.0	0.1	.182	2.8	4.1	.682
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	3	36.3	15.7	2.7	2.3	5.0	0.3	0.7	0.3	3.3	3.0	5.7	14.0	.405	0.3	0.3	1.000	4.0	4.7	.857

Season 4
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2021-22	1985-86
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East 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		%
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
difference:		+11.8	+14.0	+1.8	+0.3	+2.1	+1.5	+0.9	+1.7	-1.5	-1.3	+5.9	+11.0	+.053	+1.4	+4.2	+.133	+3.8	+4.6	+.005
Dominique Wilkins	78	39.1	30.3	3.3	4.6	7.9	2.6	1.8	0.6	3.2	2.2	11.4	24.3	.468	0.2	0.9	.186	7.4	9.0	.818
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
difference:	+3	+12.3	+13.2		+0.8	+0.8	+1.9	+0.2	+2.3	-1.9	-1.7	+5.5	+11.1	+.055	+2.2	+5.4	+.175	+4.3	+4.4	+.106
Dominique Wilkins	9	40.0	28.6	2.2	3.8	6.0	2.8	1.0	0.2	3.3	2.7	10.4	24.1	.433	0.1	0.6	.200	7.6	8.8	.861

Season 5
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2022-23	1986-87
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+16	+9.2	+10.4	+1.0	+1.4	+0.5	+2.3	+0.5	+2.4	-1.0	-1.7	+3.9	+9.6	+.043	+1.2	+3.2	+.063	+3.9	+4.5	+.030
Dominique Wilkins	79	37.6	29.0	2.7	3.6	6.3	3.3	1.5	0.6	2.7	1.9	10.5	22.6	.463	0.4	1.3	.292	7.7	9.4	.818
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
difference:	+3	+3.3	+8.8	+0.3	+0.3		+1.3	+0.8	+1.1	-0.1	-1.2	+3.8	+9.5	+.012	+0.9	+3.1	+.020	+2.1	+2.2	+.031
Dominique Wilkins	9	40.0	26.8	3.0	4.8	7.8	2.8	1.8	0.9	2.9	2.8	9.6	23.3	.410	0.3	1.1	.300	7.3	8.2	.892

Season 6
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2023-24	1987-88
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	66	32.2	22.5	1.3	4.2	5.5	2.3	1.2	1.6	2.4	3.6	7.8	17.6	.444	1.8	5.5	.320	5.1	6.3	.808
difference:	+12	+5.6	+8.2	+1.4	+0.5	+0.9	+0.6	+0.1	+1.0	-0.4	-1.5	+3.9	+7.5	+.020	+1.3	+3.8	+.025	+1.8	+2.1	+.018
Dominique Wilkins	78	37.8	30.7	2.7	3.7	6.4	2.9	1.3	0.6	2.8	2.1	11.7	25.1	.464	0.5	1.7	.295	6.9	8.4	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominique Wilkins	12	39.4	31.2	3.1	3.3	6.4	2.8	1.3	0.5	2.5	2.0	11.4	25.0	.457	0.3	1.5	.222	8.0	10.4	.768

Season 7
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2024-25	1988-89
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	74	29.8	22.2	1.2	4.4	5.6	2.0	1.2	1.5	2.1	3.5	8.0	16.4	.488	2.0	5.3	.375	4.2	5.4	.781
difference:	+6	+7.7	+4.0	+2.0	+0.7	+1.3	+0.6	+0.3	+0.8	-0.2	-1.8	+2.2	+5.6	+.024	+1.6	+4.0	+.099	+1.3	+1.2	+.063
Dominique Wilkins	80	37.5	26.2	3.2	3.7	6.9	2.6	1.5	0.7	2.3	1.7	10.2	22.0	.464	0.4	1.3	.276	5.5	6.6	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	4	34.3	16.0	2.3	2.8	5.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	2.8	3.5	5.5	14.5	.379	0.8	2.8	.273	4.3	5.0	.850
difference:	+1	+8.1	+11.2	+0.3	+0.6	+0.4	+1.9	+0.2	+1.1	-0.4	-2.5	+4.9	+8.7	+.069	+0.2	+0.6	+.021	+1.1	+2.6	+.139
Dominique Wilkins	5	42.4	27.2	2.0	3.4	5.4	3.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.0	10.4	23.2	.448	1.0	3.4	.294	5.4	7.6	.711

Season 8
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Dominique Wilkins
Season	2025-26	1989-90
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	18	29.4	18.6	1.0	4.1	5.1	1.7	0.6	1.1	2.1	4.1	6.7	14.1	.472	1.9	5.1	.370	3.4	4.2	.813
difference:	+62	+6.7	+8.1	+1.7	+0.3	+1.4	+0.8	+1.0	+0.5	-0.1	-2.3	+3.4	+6.8	+.012	+1.2	+2.8	+.048	+2.3	+2.9	+.006
Dominique Wilkins	80	36.1	26.7	2.7	3.8	6.5	2.5	1.6	0.6	2.2	1.8	10.1	20.9	.484	0.7	2.3	.322	5.7	7.1	.807
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jaren Jackson Jr. nor Dominique Wilkins played in the postseason in their season 8

Additional Years
* Dominique Wilkins played 7 seasons more than Jaren Jackson Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 15, from 1991 to 1999—Dominique Wilkins played in 4 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Jaren Jackson Jr., Dominique Wilkins got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game