Jaren Jackson Jr. vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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, 5 less than Klay Thompson, who played 13. Jaren Jackson Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Klay Thompson had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jaren Jackson Jr.	8	4	2018-19 to 2025-26
Klay Thompson	13	9	2011-12 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8


Rookie Season
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Klay Thompson
Season	2018-19	2011-12
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First 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:	+8	+1.7	+1.3	+0.9	+1.3	+2.3	+0.9	+0.2	+1.1	-0.1	-1.5	+0.3	+0.7	+.063	+0.8	+1.7	+.055	+1.4	+2.0	+.102
Klay Thompson	66	24.4	12.5	0.4	2.1	2.4	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.8	10.9	.443	1.7	4.1	.414	1.2	1.4	.868

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jaren Jackson Jr. nor Klay Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Klay Thompson
Season	2019-20	2012-13
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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2nd 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.	57	28.5	17.4	1.0	3.6	4.6	1.4	0.7	1.6	1.7	4.1	6.2	13.2	.469	2.5	6.5	.394	2.4	3.3	.747
difference:	+25	+7.3	+0.8	+0.6	+0.3	+0.9	+0.8	+0.3	+1.1	-0.2	-1.2		+1.5	+.047	+0.1	+0.1	+.007	+0.8	+1.4	+.094
Klay Thompson	82	35.8	16.6	0.4	3.3	3.7	2.2	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.9	6.2	14.7	.422	2.6	6.4	.401	1.6	1.9	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	12	41.3	15.2	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.8	1.0	0.6	2.0	3.7	6.3	14.5	.437	2.1	4.9	.424	0.4	0.5	.833


Season 3
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Klay Thompson
Season	2020-21	2013-14
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd 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.	11	23.5	14.4	1.5	4.1	5.6	1.1	1.1	1.6	1.4	3.8	4.8	11.4	.424	1.5	5.5	.283	3.2	3.8	.833
difference:	+70	+11.9	+4.0	+1.0	+1.5	+2.5	+1.1	+0.2	+1.1	-0.3	-0.9	+2.1	+4.1	+.020	+1.3	+1.1	+.134	+1.4	+1.5	+.038
Klay Thompson	81	35.4	18.4	0.5	2.6	3.1	2.2	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.9	6.9	15.5	.444	2.8	6.6	.417	1.8	2.3	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	5	27.4	13.6	1.8	3.8	5.6	1.0	1.0	1.2	0.8	4.2	4.6	10.8	.426	1.6	5.6	.286	2.8	3.2	.875
difference:	+2	+9.3	+2.8	+1.2	+0.9	+2.2	+2.6		+0.5	-1.3	-0.8	+1.1	+3.2	+.018	+0.7	+0.7	+.078	+0.1	+0.2	+.083
Klay Thompson	7	36.7	16.4	0.6	2.9	3.4	3.6	1.0	0.7	2.1	3.4	5.7	14.0	.408	2.3	6.3	.364	2.7	3.4	.792


Season 4
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Klay Thompson
Season	2021-22	2014-15
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+1	+4.6	+5.4	+1.1	+1.4	+2.6	+1.8	+0.2	+1.5	-0.2	-1.9	+2.3	+3.6	+.048	+1.5	+2.0	+.120	+0.7	+1.1	+.056
Klay Thompson	77	31.9	21.7	0.4	2.9	3.2	2.9	1.1	0.8	1.9	1.6	7.8	16.9	.463	3.1	7.1	.439	2.9	3.3	.879

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:	+9	+8.5	+3.2	+1.8	+1.2	+2.9	+1.7		+1.6	-0.6	-1.4	+2.2	+2.9	+.068	+0.4	+1.0	+.015	+1.6	+2.3	+.045
Klay Thompson	21	36.2	18.6	0.4	3.4	3.9	2.6	0.8	0.9	2.0	3.0	7.1	15.9	.446	2.7	7.0	.390	1.7	2.1	.800


Season 5
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Klay Thompson
Season	2022-23	2015-16
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third 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	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+17	+4.9	+3.5	+1.3	+1.6	+3.0	+1.1	+0.2	+2.4		-1.7	+1.5	+4.3	+.036	+1.9	+3.6	+.070	+1.4	+2.1	+.085
Klay Thompson	80	33.3	22.1	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.9	8.1	17.3	.470	3.5	8.1	.425	2.4	2.8	.873

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:	+18	+1.3	+6.3	+2.7	+1.5	+4.1	+0.8	+0.1	+1.6	-1.0	-1.8	+2.6	+5.1	+.022	+2.9	+5.4	+.144	+1.8	+2.0	+.007
Klay Thompson	24	35.4	24.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.3	1.1	0.4	2.0	2.2	8.4	18.9	.444	4.1	9.6	.424	3.4	4.0	.854


Season 6
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Klay Thompson
Season	2023-24	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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	+1.8	+0.2	+0.7	+1.2	+1.8	+0.2	+0.4	+1.1	-0.8	-1.8	+0.5		+.024	+1.6	+2.8	+.094	+2.7	+3.5	+.045
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	22.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.1	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.8	8.3	17.6	.468	3.4	8.3	.414	2.4	2.8	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	17	35.1	15.0	0.6	3.2	3.9	2.1	0.8	0.3	1.4	2.6	5.5	13.9	.397	2.4	6.2	.387	1.5	1.9	.788


Season 7
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Klay Thompson
Season	2024-25	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+1	+4.5	+2.2	+0.8	+1.0	+1.8	+0.5	+0.4	+1.0	-0.3	-1.9	+0.1	+0.2		+1.1	+1.8	+.065	+3.1	+4.1	+.056
Klay Thompson	73	34.3	20.0	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.5	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.6	7.9	16.2	.488	3.1	7.1	.440	1.1	1.3	.837

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:	+17	+3.5	+3.6	+1.8	+0.8	+0.9	+0.3	+0.2	+0.2	-1.3	-1.2	+2.1	+1.8	+.086	+2.4	+4.7	+.154	+3.0	+3.5	+.021
Klay Thompson	21	37.8	19.6	0.5	3.6	4.1	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.3	7.6	16.3	.465	3.2	7.5	.427	1.3	1.5	.871


Season 8
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Klay Thompson
Season	2025-26	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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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.	25	29.5	17.8	0.9	4.4	5.2	2.0	0.8	1.2	2.1	4.0	6.6	13.8	.483	1.6	4.5	.354	2.9	3.8	.777
difference:	+53	+4.5	+3.7	+0.4	+1.0	+1.4	+0.4	+0.3	+0.6	-0.6	-2.0	+1.8	+4.2	+.016	+1.5	+3.2	+.048	+1.2	+1.8	+.039
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	21.5	0.5	3.4	3.8	2.4	1.1	0.6	1.5	2.0	8.4	18.0	.467	3.1	7.7	.402	1.7	2.0	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Klay Thompson	21	39.0	20.7	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.1	1.3	0.7	1.8	2.8	7.8	17.1	.456	3.3	7.5	.443	1.8	2.0	.902

Additional Years

* Klay Thompson played 5 seasons more than Jaren Jackson Jr. in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 9 to 13, from 2022 to 2026—Klay Thompson played in two Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Jaren Jackson Jr. vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years