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

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe 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 7 years in the NBA, 11 less than Joe Johnson, who played 18. Jaren Jackson Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Joe Johnson had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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.	Joe Johnson
Season	2018-19	2001-02
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+19	+1.2	+6.3	+0.3	+1.0	+1.4	+1.2	+0.1	+1.1	-0.8	-2.3	+1.8	+2.6	+.076	+0.4	+0.7	+.067	+2.1	+2.7	+.008
Joe Johnson	77	24.9	7.5	1.0	2.4	3.3	2.3	0.8	0.3	0.9	1.5	3.3	7.6	.430	0.5	1.7	.292	0.5	0.7	.774
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jaren Jackson Jr. nor Joe Johnson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Joe Johnson
Season	2021-22	2004-05
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Suns Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+4	+12.2	+0.8		+0.6	+0.7	+2.4	+0.1	+2.0	-0.1	-1.5	+1.1	+1.1	+.046	+0.6	+0.6	+.159	+2.0	+2.2	+.073
Joe Johnson	82	39.5	17.1	1.5	3.7	5.1	3.5	1.0	0.3	1.8	2.0	6.6	14.4	.461	2.2	4.5	.478	1.6	2.2	.750
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	+11.6	+3.4	+1.4	+1.0	+2.5	+2.4	+0.3	+2.1	-0.3	-2.4	+2.1	+0.9	+.126	+0.1	+2.0	+.181	+0.7	+0.7	+.058
Joe Johnson	9	39.3	18.8	0.8	3.6	4.3	3.3	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.0	7.0	13.9	.504	2.2	4.0	.556	2.6	3.7	.697

Season 5
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Joe Johnson
Season	2022-23	2005-06
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
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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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:	+19	+12.3	+1.6	+0.5	+2.1	+2.7	+5.5	+0.3	+2.6	-1.6	-1.3	+1.1	+4.0	+.053		+0.1	+.001	+0.6	+0.9	+.003
Joe Johnson	82	40.7	20.2	1.2	2.9	4.1	6.5	1.3	0.4	3.3	2.3	7.7	17.0	.453	1.6	4.4	.356	3.2	4.0	.791
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
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Joe Johnson
Season	2023-24	2006-07
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+9	+9.2	+2.5	+0.4	+0.9	+1.3	+2.1	+0.1	+1.4	-0.7	-1.6	+1.6	+2.4	+.027	+0.3		+.061	+1.0	+0.8	+.060
Joe Johnson	57	41.4	25.0	0.9	3.3	4.2	4.4	1.1	0.2	3.1	2.0	9.4	20.0	.471	2.1	5.5	.381	4.1	5.5	.748
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jaren Jackson Jr. nor Joe Johnson played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Joe Johnson
Season	2024-25	2007-08
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	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:	+8	+11.0	+0.5	+0.2	+0.9	+1.1	+3.8	+0.2	+1.3	-0.6	-1.5	+0.1	+1.9	+.056	+0.1	+0.1	+.006	+0.3	+0.8	+.053
Joe Johnson	82	40.8	21.7	1.0	3.5	4.5	5.8	1.0	0.2	2.7	2.0	7.9	18.3	.432	2.1	5.4	.381	3.9	4.6	.834
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:	+3	+5.0	+4.0	+1.0	+0.2	+1.1	+2.5	+0.7	+0.5	-0.5	-1.2	+1.2	+1.9	+.030	+1.5	+2.3	+.171		+0.3	+.059
Joe Johnson	7	39.3	20.0	1.3	2.6	3.9	4.0	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	6.7	16.4	.409	2.3	5.1	.444	4.3	4.7	.909

Additional Years
* Joe Johnson played 11 seasons more than Jaren Jackson Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 18, from 2009 to 2022—Joe Johnson played in 10 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Jaren Jackson Jr., Joe Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game