Jaren Jackson Jr. vs. Elfrid Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Elfrid Payton 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 Elfrid Payton, who played 8. Jaren Jackson Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Elfrid Payton had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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.	Elfrid Payton
Season	2018-19	2014-15
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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
Elfrid Payton	82	30.4	8.9	1.3	3.0	4.3	6.5	1.7	0.2	2.5	2.4	3.7	8.6	.425	0.1	0.5	.262	1.4	2.6	.551
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elfrid Payton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Elfrid Payton
Season	2021-22	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	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.	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
Elfrid Payton	63	28.7	12.7	1.0	3.3	4.3	6.2	1.3	0.3	2.7	2.3	5.2	10.6	.493	0.5	1.5	.326	1.7	2.7	.649
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
Elfrid Payton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Elfrid Payton
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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.	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
Elfrid Payton	42	29.8	10.6	1.2	4.1	5.2	7.6	1.0	0.4	2.7	1.9	4.3	9.8	.434	0.8	2.5	.314	1.3	1.8	.743
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
Elfrid Payton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-