Jaren Jackson Jr. vs. Walt Wesley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walt Wesley 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 6 years in the NBA, 4 less than Walt Wesley, who played 10. Jaren Jackson Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Walt Wesley had his rookie season in 1966-67. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Rookie Season
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Walt Wesley
Season	2018-19	1966-67
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div Semis

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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
Walt Wesley	64	14.2	4.9	-	-	5.1	0.3	-	-	-	2.5	2.0	5.2	.393	-	-	-	0.8	1.9	.423
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Wesley	3	7.7	1.3	-	-	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	2.3	0.7	3.3	.200	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Walt Wesley
Season	2021-22	1969-70
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost West Div Semis

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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
Walt Wesley	72	19.5	9.5	-	-	6.3	0.9	-	-	-	2.6	3.8	9.0	.417	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.662
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
Walt Wesley	4	14.8	9.5	-	-	4.8	0.5	-	-	-	2.3	4.0	7.8	.516	-	-	-	1.5	3.0	.500

Season 5
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Walt Wesley
Season	2022-23	1970-71
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Cleveland Cavaliers
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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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
Walt Wesley	82	29.6	17.7	-	-	8.7	1.0	-	-	-	3.6	6.9	15.1	.455	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	.687
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
Walt Wesley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-