Jaylen Wells vs. Derrick White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick White and Jaylen Wells, 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.

Jaylen Wells played 1 year in the NBA, 7 less than Derrick White, who played 8. Jaylen Wells had his first NBA Season in 2024-25, while Derrick White had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
	Jaylen Wells	Derrick White
Season	2024-25	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Jaylen Wells	79	25.9	10.4	1.1	2.3	3.4	1.7	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.8	3.6	8.6	.425	1.7	5.0	.352	1.4	1.7	.822
difference:	+62	+17.7	+7.2	+0.8	+1.1	+1.9	+1.2	+0.4	+0.1	-0.5	-1.3	+2.7	+6.7	+.060	+1.2	+4.2	+.263	+0.6	+0.5	+.122
Derrick White	17	8.2	3.2	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.9	.485	0.5	0.8	.615	0.8	1.2	.700
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Wells	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	3	6.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years
* Derrick White played 7 seasons more than Jaylen Wells in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 8, from 2019 to 2025—Derrick White played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Jaylen Wells, Derrick White got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Defensive Second Team