Jaren Jackson Jr. vs. Donald Royal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Donald Royal 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, 2 less than Donald Royal, who played 8. Jaren Jackson Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Donald Royal had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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.	Donald Royal
Season	2018-19	1989-90
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Donald Royal	66	11.3	5.9	1.0	1.0	2.1	0.7	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.6	1.8	3.9	.459	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.0	.777
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Donald Royal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Donald Royal didn't play in 1990-91.

Season 4
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Donald Royal
Season	2021-22	1993-94
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Magic Lost East 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
Donald Royal	74	18.3	7.4	1.3	2.1	3.4	0.8	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.6	2.4	4.7	.501	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.6	.740
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
Donald Royal	3	15.0	7.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.0	2.0	4.7	.429	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750

Season 5
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Donald Royal
Season	2022-23	1994-95
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost NBA 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.	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
Donald Royal	70	26.3	9.1	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.8	0.6	0.2	1.8	2.2	2.9	6.2	.475	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	4.3	.746
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
Donald Royal	18	11.0	2.1	0.3	0.7	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.2	0.6	1.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.750