Jaxson Hayes vs. Chris Paul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Paul and Jaxson Hayes, 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 / 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.

Jaxson Hayes played 6 years in the NBA, 14 less than Chris Paul, who played 20. Jaxson Hayes had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Chris Paul had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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
Jaxson Hayes	6	3	2019-20 to 2024-25
Chris Paul	20	15	2005-06 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jaxson Hayes	Chris Paul
Season	2019-20	2005-06
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
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		%
Jaxson Hayes	64	16.9	7.4	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.9	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.5	2.7	4.0	.672	0.0	0.1	.250	1.9	3.0	.647
difference:	+14	+19.1	+8.7	+0.7	+1.8	+1.1	+6.9	+1.8	+0.8	-1.5	-0.3	+2.5	+8.1	+.242	+0.6	+2.2	+.032	+3.2	+3.0	+.200
Chris Paul	78	36.0	16.1	0.8	4.3	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	2.3	2.8	5.2	12.1	.430	0.6	2.3	.282	5.1	6.0	.847

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jaxson Hayes nor Chris Paul played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Jaxson Hayes	Chris Paul
Season	2020-21	2006-07
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Jaxson Hayes	60	16.1	7.5	1.5	2.8	4.3	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.7	1.7	2.9	4.7	.625	0.1	0.2	.429	1.6	2.0	.775
difference:	+4	+20.7	+9.8	+0.7	+0.7	+0.1	+8.3	+1.4	+0.6	-1.8	-0.7	+3.1	+8.9	+.188	+0.7	+2.0	+.079	+3.0	+3.6	+.043
Chris Paul	64	36.8	17.3	0.8	3.5	4.4	8.9	1.8	0.0	2.5	2.4	6.0	13.6	.437	0.8	2.2	.350	4.6	5.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jaxson Hayes nor Chris Paul played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Jaxson Hayes	Chris Paul
Season	2021-22	2007-08
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hornets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Jaxson Hayes	70	20.0	9.3	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.8	2.2	3.5	5.7	.616	0.3	0.8	.351	2.1	2.7	.766
difference:	+10	+17.6	+11.8	+0.8	+0.3	+0.5	+11.0	+2.2	+0.7	-1.7	-0.1	+4.4	+10.4	+.128	+0.9	+2.3	+.018	+2.1	+2.2	+.085
Chris Paul	80	37.6	21.1	0.8	3.2	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	2.5	2.3	7.9	16.1	.488	1.2	3.1	.369	4.2	4.9	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaxson Hayes	6	13.8	5.8	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.3	4.2	.560	0.0	0.5	.000	1.2	1.8	.636
difference:	+6	+26.7	+18.3	+0.6	+1.8	+2.4	+11.1	+2.3	+0.1	-1.1	-1.8	+7.0	+14.2	+.058	+0.4	+1.3	+.238	+4.0	+4.8	+.149
Chris Paul	12	40.5	24.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	11.3	2.3	0.2	1.8	3.6	9.3	18.4	.502	0.4	1.8	.238	5.2	6.6	.785


Season 4
	Jaxson Hayes	Chris Paul
Season	2022-23	2008-09
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost West 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		%
Jaxson Hayes	47	13.0	5.0	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.4	1.8	3.3	.551	0.1	0.6	.103	1.2	1.8	.699
difference:	+31	+25.5	+17.8	+0.1	+2.7	+2.7	+10.3	+2.4	+0.3	-2.3	-1.3	+6.3	+12.8	+.048	+0.7	+1.7	+.261	+4.6	+4.9	+.169
Chris Paul	78	38.5	22.8	0.9	4.7	5.5	11.0	2.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	8.1	16.1	.503	0.8	2.3	.364	5.8	6.7	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaxson Hayes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Paul	5	40.2	16.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	10.4	1.6	0.0	4.8	1.6	6.0	14.6	.411	1.0	3.2	.313	3.6	4.2	.857


Season 5
	Jaxson Hayes	Chris Paul
Season	2023-24	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Jaxson Hayes	70	12.5	4.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.8	1.8	2.5	.720	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.2	.622
difference:	+25	+25.5	+14.4	+0.6	+1.8	+1.2	+10.2	+1.6	+0.2	-1.9	-0.8	+5.2	+11.7	+.227	+1.2	+2.7	+.409	+2.9	+3.0	+.225
Chris Paul	45	38.0	18.7	0.4	3.8	4.2	10.7	2.1	0.2	2.5	2.6	7.0	14.2	.493	1.2	2.8	.409	3.6	4.2	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaxson Hayes	4	6.0	0.3	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.8	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jaxson Hayes	Chris Paul
Season	2024-25	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Jaxson Hayes	56	19.5	6.8	1.4	3.4	4.8	1.0	0.6	0.9	0.8	2.4	2.9	4.0	.722	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.8	.622
difference:	+24	+16.5	+9.1	+0.9	+0.2	+0.7	+8.8	+1.8	+0.8	-1.4	-0.1	+2.5	+7.6	+.259	+0.9	+2.2	+.388	+3.1	+3.0	+.256
Chris Paul	80	36.0	15.9	0.5	3.6	4.1	9.8	2.4	0.1	2.2	2.5	5.4	11.6	.463	0.9	2.3	.388	4.2	4.8	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaxson Hayes	4	7.8	1.8	1.3	0.8	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.0	0.8	2.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
difference:	+2	+33.9	+20.2	+0.8	+5.4	+4.7	+11.2	+1.8	+0.3	-3.4	-0.2	+6.2	+10.8	+.170	+1.5	+3.2		+6.2	+7.7	+.296
Chris Paul	6	41.7	22.0	0.5	6.2	6.7	11.5	1.8	0.0	3.7	1.8	7.0	12.8	.545	1.5	3.2	.474	6.5	8.2	.796


Additional Years
* Chris Paul played 14 seasons more than Jaxson Hayes in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 20, from 2012 to 2025—Chris Paul played in 12 Playoffs. In those 14 extra years over Jaxson Hayes, Chris Paul got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Defensive First Team 3 Assists Leader 3 Steals Leader 8 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP

Jaxson Hayes vs. Chris Paul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Paul and Jaxson Hayes, 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

Additional Years