Jaren Jackson Jr. vs. P.J. Tucker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Tucker 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, 7 less than P.J. Tucker, who played 14. Jaren Jackson Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while P.J. Tucker had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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.	P.J. Tucker
Season	2018-19	2006-07
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	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:	+41	+21.2	+12.0	+0.7	+2.7	+3.3	+0.9	+0.8	+1.4	-1.3	-3.1	+4.5	+8.9	+.006	+0.9	+2.4		+2.1	+2.6	+.195
P.J. Tucker	17	4.9	1.8	0.6	0.7	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.6	1.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.571
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jaren Jackson Jr. nor P.J. Tucker played in the postseason in their season 1

Note: P.J. Tucker didn't play in 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12.

Season 4
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	P.J. Tucker
Season	2021-22	2014-15
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:		+3.3	+7.2		+0.7	+0.6	+0.5	+0.5	+2.0	-0.5	-1.2	+2.2	+5.7	+.023	+0.5	+1.9	+.026	+2.3	+2.6	+.096
P.J. Tucker	78	30.6	9.1	1.5	5.0	6.4	1.6	1.4	0.3	1.2	2.3	3.3	7.6	.438	1.1	3.2	.345	1.3	1.8	.727
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
P.J. Tucker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	P.J. Tucker
Season	2022-23	2015-16
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Phoenix Suns
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	+2.6	+10.6	+0.3	+0.8	+0.6	+1.2	+0.3	+2.8	-0.3	-1.1	+3.7	+5.9	+.095	+0.8	+2.0	+.025	+2.5	+3.2	+.042
P.J. Tucker	82	31.0	8.0	2.0	4.2	6.2	2.2	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.5	2.9	7.1	.411	0.8	2.5	.330	1.3	1.7	.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
P.J. Tucker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	P.J. Tucker
Season	2024-25	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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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	+2.0	+16.1	+0.1			+1.1	+0.2	+1.2	-1.2	-1.0	+5.9	+11.0	+.098	+0.6	+1.5	+.004	+3.7	+4.7	+.064
P.J. Tucker	82	27.8	6.1	1.1	4.4	5.6	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.9	2.5	2.1	5.4	.390	1.4	3.8	.371	0.5	0.7	.717
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:	+13	+0.8	+7.1	+0.9	+2.4	+1.5	+0.2	+0.4	+0.3	-2.0	-0.8	+2.4	+8.1	+.102	+1.3	+1.6	+.194	+3.6	+3.9	+.183
P.J. Tucker	17	33.5	8.9	1.4	5.2	6.5	1.3	0.6	0.8	0.8	2.7	3.1	6.4	.481	2.1	4.4	.467	0.7	1.1	.667