Jaren Jackson Jr. vs. Metta World Peace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Metta World Peace 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, 9 less than Metta World Peace, who played 17. Jaren Jackson Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Metta World Peace had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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.	Metta World Peace
Season	2018-19	1999-00
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
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:	+14	+5.0	+1.8	+0.4		+0.4	+1.7	+0.8	+0.9	-0.6	-1.6	+0.8	+0.3	+.099	+0.1	+0.3	+.045		+0.5	+.092
Metta World Peace	72	31.1	12.0	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	2.3	2.2	4.3	10.5	.407	0.8	2.7	.314	2.6	3.9	.674
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jaren Jackson Jr. nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Metta World Peace
Season	2021-22	2002-03
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+9	+6.3	+0.8		+0.5	+0.6	+1.8	+1.4	+1.6	-0.4		+0.3	+1.0	+.013	+0.6	+2.0	+.017	+0.4	+1.0	+.087
Metta World Peace	69	33.6	15.5	1.5	3.8	5.2	2.9	2.3	0.7	2.1	3.5	5.2	12.3	.428	1.0	3.1	.336	4.0	5.4	.736
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:	+6	+14.5	+3.6	+0.4	+0.6	+1.0	+1.3	+1.7	+1.5	-1.3	-0.2	+0.9	+2.0	+.011	+0.3	+0.8	+.012	+2.0	+2.3	+.045
Metta World Peace	6	42.2	19.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	2.2	2.5	1.0	2.7	4.2	5.8	15.0	.389	2.0	5.2	.387	5.3	6.7	.800

Season 5
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Metta World Peace
Season	2022-23	2003-04
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Defensive Player of the Year	Defensive Player of the Year
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 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:	+10	+8.8	+0.3	+0.3	+1.1	+1.5	+2.7	+1.1	+2.3	-1.1	-0.9	+0.2	+2.2	+.085	+0.6	+1.2	+.045	+0.6	+1.1	+.055
Metta World Peace	73	37.2	18.3	1.4	3.9	5.3	3.7	2.1	0.7	2.8	2.7	6.4	15.2	.421	1.0	3.3	.310	4.4	6.0	.733
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:	+9	+2.4	+0.4	+1.7	+0.4	+1.3	+1.7	+0.4	+0.9	-0.5	-1.0	+0.7	+3.5	+.044	+0.1	+0.2	+.008	+1.1	+0.3	+.143
Metta World Peace	15	39.1	18.4	1.6	4.9	6.5	3.2	1.4	1.1	2.5	3.0	6.5	17.3	.378	1.3	4.4	.288	4.1	5.7	.718

Season 7
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Metta World Peace
Season	2024-25	2005-06
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West 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:	+18	+9.6	+4.6	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+1.6	+1.0	+0.8	-0.2	-0.6	+1.7	+0.9	+.084	+0.6	+0.8	+.067	+0.5		+.106
Metta World Peace	56	39.4	17.6	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.6	2.2	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	15.5	.404	1.4	4.5	.308	3.7	5.4	.675
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	+5.3	+1.4	+0.7	+0.6		+1.5	+0.6	+0.3	-1.8	-0.5	+0.7	+1.7	+.004	+1.0	+2.6	+.060	+1.1	+0.4	+.154
Metta World Peace	5	39.6	17.4	1.6	3.4	5.0	3.0	1.6	0.8	1.0	3.0	6.2	16.2	.383	1.8	5.4	.333	3.2	4.6	.696

Additional Years
* Metta World Peace played 9 seasons more than Jaren Jackson Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 17, from 2008 to 2017—Metta World Peace played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Jaren Jackson Jr., Metta World Peace got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team