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

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Washington 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, 1 more than P.J. Washington, who played 6. Jaren Jackson Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while P.J. Washington had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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. Washington
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Charlotte Hornets
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:		+4.2	+1.6	+0.3	+1.0	+0.7	+1.0		+0.6	-0.1	-1.1	+0.5		+.051	+0.6	+1.6	+.015	+1.1	+1.1	+.119
P.J. Washington	58	30.3	12.2	1.0	4.4	5.4	2.1	0.9	0.8	1.6	2.7	4.6	10.2	.455	1.5	4.0	.374	1.5	2.3	.647
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jaren Jackson Jr. nor P.J. Washington played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	P.J. Washington
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Charlotte Hornets
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:	+5	+5.3	+0.6	+0.5	+0.4	+0.9	+1.3		+1.2	-0.2	-0.9	+0.4	+0.1	+.029	+0.4	+0.8	+.029	+1.9	+2.0	+.093
P.J. Washington	73	32.6	15.7	1.0	3.9	4.9	2.4	0.9	1.1	1.5	2.6	5.9	13.4	.444	2.0	5.9	.348	1.7	2.4	.730
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. Washington	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	P.J. Washington
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Charlotte Hornets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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:	+10	+2.0	+5.7	+0.5	+0.5	+1.2	+0.9		+2.2	-0.4	-1.3	+1.8	+1.9	+.070	+0.2	+1.2	+.035	+2.4	+2.9	+.105
P.J. Washington	73	30.4	12.9	1.2	4.5	5.6	1.9	1.0	0.8	1.3	2.3	4.8	11.1	.436	1.8	5.7	.320	1.4	2.0	.683
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:	+16	+1.0	+5.0	+1.8	+0.6	+1.2	+0.1	+0.3	+1.2	-1.5	-1.0	+1.3	+3.2	+.005	+0.9	+1.9	+.068	+3.4	+3.5	+.152
P.J. Washington	22	35.7	13.0	1.5	5.1	6.6	1.4	0.7	0.8	1.5	3.0	4.5	10.6	.427	2.1	6.1	.348	1.8	2.5	.709

Additional Years
* Jaren Jackson Jr. played 1 season more than P.J. Washington in the NBA. In that period—his season 7 in 2025—Jaren Jackson Jr. played in the Playoffs. In that extra year over P.J. Washington, Jaren Jackson Jr. got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game