Jermaine O'Neal vs. Paul Pierce Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Pierce and Jermaine O'Neal, 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.

Jermaine O'Neal played 18 years in the NBA, 1 less than Paul Pierce, who played 19. Jermaine O'Neal had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Paul Pierce had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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
	Jermaine O'Neal	Paul Pierce
Season	1996-97	1998-99
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	45	10.2	4.1	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.0	1.5	3.4	.451	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.603
difference:	+3	+23.8	+12.4	+1.5	+2.1	+3.6	+2.2	+1.7	+0.4	-1.8	-1.9	+4.4	+10.1	+.012	+1.8	+4.3		+1.9	+2.4	+.110
Paul Pierce	48	34.0	16.5	2.4	4.0	6.4	2.4	1.7	1.0	2.4	2.9	5.9	13.5	.439	1.8	4.3	.412	2.9	4.1	.713
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	1.0	.000
Paul Pierce	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Jermaine O'Neal	Paul Pierce
Season	1999-00	2001-02
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	70	12.3	3.9	1.4	1.9	3.3	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.7	1.8	1.5	3.2	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.582
difference:	+12	+28.0	+22.2	+0.4	+4.0	+3.6	+2.9	+1.7	+0.2	-2.2	-1.1	+7.1	+16.3	+.044	+2.6	+6.3		+5.5	+6.4	+.227
Paul Pierce	82	40.3	26.1	1.0	5.9	6.9	3.2	1.9	1.0	2.9	2.9	8.6	19.5	.442	2.6	6.3	.404	6.3	7.8	.809
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	8	4.9	1.5	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0	1.1	0.4	1.4	.273	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.667
difference:	+8	+37.1	+23.1	+1.4	+6.3	+7.7	+4.0	+1.7	+0.9	-3.8	-2.2	+7.2	+17.5	+.130	+1.9	+6.5		+6.7	+8.7	+.097
Paul Pierce	16	42.0	24.6	1.7	6.9	8.6	4.1	1.7	1.3	3.8	3.3	7.6	18.9	.403	1.9	6.5	.288	7.5	9.8	.764

Season 5
	Jermaine O'Neal	Paul Pierce
Season	2000-01	2002-03
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	81	32.6	12.9	3.1	6.7	9.8	1.2	0.6	2.8	2.0	3.5	5.0	10.7	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.8	.601
difference:	+2	+6.6	+13.0	+1.8	+0.7	+2.5	+3.2	+1.2	+2.0	-1.6	-0.6	+3.4	+9.5	+.049	+1.5	+4.8	+.302	+4.7	+4.7	+.201
Paul Pierce	79	39.2	25.9	1.3	6.0	7.3	4.4	1.8	0.8	3.6	2.9	8.4	20.2	.416	1.5	4.9	.302	7.6	9.5	.802
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	4	39.3	9.8	3.0	9.5	12.5	1.8	0.0	2.5	1.8	3.3	4.3	9.8	.436	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	2.5	.500
difference:	+6	+5.2	+17.3	+1.9	+1.6	+3.5	+4.9	+2.1	+1.7	-2.6	-0.5	+3.4	+9.5	+.037	+1.6	+4.2	+.356	+8.8	+9.2	+.363
Paul Pierce	10	44.5	27.1	1.1	7.9	9.0	6.7	2.1	0.8	4.4	3.8	7.7	19.3	.399	1.6	4.5	.356	10.1	11.7	.863

Season 6
	Jermaine O'Neal	Paul Pierce
Season	2001-02	2003-04
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	72	37.6	19.0	2.6	7.9	10.5	1.6	0.6	2.3	2.4	3.7	7.5	15.7	.479	0.0	0.2	.071	3.9	5.7	.688
difference:	+8	+1.1	+4.0	+1.7	+2.2	+4.0	+3.5	+1.0	+1.6	-1.4	-0.8		+3.0	+.077	+1.4	+4.6	+.228	+2.6	+2.2	+.131
Paul Pierce	80	38.7	23.0	0.9	5.7	6.5	5.1	1.6	0.7	3.8	2.9	7.5	18.7	.402	1.4	4.8	.299	6.5	7.9	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	5	38.0	17.2	1.2	6.4	7.6	1.0	0.8	1.6	2.8	4.8	6.8	15.2	.447	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.8	.750
difference:	+1	+2.8	+3.6	+0.3	+0.9	+1.2	+1.5	+0.5	+0.6	-3.5	-1.8	+0.3	+3.8	+.105	+1.3	+4.1	+.294	+2.9	+3.0	+.089
Paul Pierce	4	40.8	20.8	1.5	7.3	8.8	2.5	1.3	1.0	6.3	3.0	6.5	19.0	.342	1.3	4.3	.294	6.5	7.8	.839

Season 7
	Jermaine O'Neal	Paul Pierce
Season	2002-03	2004-05
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Jermaine O'Neal	77	37.2	20.8	2.6	7.7	10.3	2.0	0.9	2.3	2.3	3.6	7.9	16.4	.484	0.1	0.3	.333	4.8	6.6	.731
difference:	+5	+1.1	+0.8	+1.6	+2.1	+3.7	+2.2	+0.7	+1.8	-0.5	-0.5	+1.1	+1.5	+.029	+1.2	+3.3	+.037	+1.9	+1.5	+.091
Paul Pierce	82	36.1	21.6	1.0	5.6	6.6	4.2	1.6	0.5	2.8	3.1	6.8	14.9	.455	1.3	3.6	.370	6.7	8.1	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	6	45.5	22.8	4.0	13.5	17.5	0.7	0.5	3.0	3.0	3.7	7.2	15.3	.467	0.0	0.5	.000	8.5	10.8	.785
difference:	+1	+5.8	+0.1	+3.0	+6.8	+9.8	+3.9	+1.4	+1.6	-0.3	-1.1	+0.5	+2.0	+.038	+1.0	+3.4	+.259	+0.1	+1.1	+.083
Paul Pierce	7	39.7	22.9	1.0	6.7	7.7	4.6	1.9	1.4	2.7	2.6	6.7	13.3	.505	1.0	3.9	.259	8.4	9.7	.868

Season 8
	Jermaine O'Neal	Paul Pierce
Season	2003-04	2005-06
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	78	35.7	20.1	2.5	7.5	10.0	2.1	0.8	2.6	2.3	3.2	7.8	17.9	.434	0.0	0.2	.111	4.5	5.9	.757
difference:	+1	+3.3	+6.7	+1.5	+1.8	+3.3	+2.6	+0.6	+2.2	-1.2	-0.4	+0.9	+0.6	+.037	+1.4	+3.8	+.243	+3.4	+4.4	+.015
Paul Pierce	79	39.0	26.8	1.0	5.7	6.7	4.7	1.4	0.4	3.5	2.8	8.7	18.5	.471	1.4	4.0	.354	7.9	10.3	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	16	37.6	19.2	1.8	7.3	9.1	1.2	0.5	2.3	1.8	3.3	7.2	17.0	.423	0.0	0.3	.000	4.8	6.9	.700
Paul Pierce	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Jermaine O'Neal	Paul Pierce
Season	2004-05	2006-07
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	44	34.8	24.3	1.9	6.9	8.8	1.9	0.6	2.0	3.0	3.9	8.8	19.4	.452	0.0	0.1	.167	6.7	8.9	.754
difference:	+3	+2.2	+0.7	+1.1	+1.8	+2.9	+2.2	+0.4	+1.7	-0.2	-1.3	+0.9	+1.3	+.013	+2.3	+5.8	+.222	+0.1	+0.3	+.042
Paul Pierce	47	37.0	25.0	0.8	5.1	5.9	4.1	1.0	0.3	3.2	2.6	7.9	18.1	.439	2.3	5.9	.389	6.8	8.6	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	13	36.8	16.0	1.6	6.4	8.0	2.2	0.5	2.6	2.8	3.7	5.9	16.2	.365	0.0	0.2	.000	4.2	5.5	.750
Paul Pierce	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Jermaine O'Neal	Paul Pierce
Season	2005-06	2007-08
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	51	35.3	20.1	2.0	7.3	9.3	2.6	0.5	2.3	3.0	3.5	7.5	15.8	.472	0.1	0.2	.300	5.1	7.2	.709
difference:	+29	+0.6	+0.5	+1.3	+2.8	+4.2	+1.9	+0.8	+1.8	-0.2	-1.0	+1.1	+2.1	+.008	+1.7	+4.4	+.092		+1.1	+.134
Paul Pierce	80	35.9	19.6	0.7	4.5	5.1	4.5	1.3	0.5	2.8	2.5	6.4	13.7	.464	1.8	4.6	.392	5.1	6.1	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	6	36.0	21.0	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.7	0.5	2.3	4.3	4.7	7.3	14.0	.524	0.0	0.3	.000	6.3	8.8	.717
difference:	+20	+2.1	+1.3	+0.7	+1.8	+2.5	+2.9	+0.6	+2.0	-1.1	-1.2	+1.0	+0.2	+.083	+1.7	+4.3	+.361	+0.8	+2.0	+.085
Paul Pierce	26	38.1	19.7	0.8	4.2	5.0	4.6	1.1	0.3	3.2	3.5	6.3	14.2	.441	1.7	4.6	.361	5.5	6.8	.802

Season 11
	Jermaine O'Neal	Paul Pierce
Season	2006-07	2008-09
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	69	35.6	19.4	2.2	7.4	9.6	2.4	0.7	2.6	2.9	3.4	7.2	16.5	.436	0.0	0.1	.000	5.0	6.5	.767
difference:	+12	+1.9	+1.1	+1.5	+2.4	+4.0	+1.2	+0.3	+2.3	-0.1	-0.7	+0.5	+1.9	+.021	+1.5	+3.7	+.391	+0.7	+0.3	+.063
Paul Pierce	81	37.5	20.5	0.7	5.0	5.6	3.6	1.0	0.3	2.8	2.7	6.7	14.6	.457	1.5	3.8	.391	5.7	6.8	.830
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pierce	14	39.7	21.0	0.3	5.5	5.8	3.1	1.1	0.4	2.4	3.1	6.8	15.8	.430	1.4	4.1	.333	6.1	7.2	.842

Season 12
	Jermaine O'Neal	Paul Pierce
Season	2007-08	2009-10
Team	Indiana Pacers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	42	28.7	13.6	2.0	4.8	6.7	2.2	0.5	2.1	2.5	3.1	5.4	12.2	.439	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	3.9	.742
difference:	+29	+5.3	+4.7	+1.5	+1.0	+2.3	+0.9	+0.7	+1.7	-0.2	-0.3	+0.4		+.033	+1.5	+3.6	+.414	+2.3	+2.2	+.110
Paul Pierce	71	34.0	18.3	0.5	3.8	4.4	3.1	1.2	0.4	2.3	2.8	5.8	12.2	.472	1.5	3.7	.414	5.2	6.1	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pierce	24	38.8	18.8	0.8	5.1	6.0	3.4	1.0	0.6	2.7	3.3	6.1	14.0	.438	1.7	4.3	.392	4.9	5.9	.824

Season 13
	Jermaine O'Neal	Paul Pierce
Season	2008-09	2010-11
Team	Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	68	29.8	13.3	1.9	4.5	6.4	1.8	0.4	2.0	2.1	3.1	5.4	11.3	.474	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.3	.788
difference:	+12	+4.9	+5.6	+1.5	+0.5	+1.0	+1.5	+0.6	+1.4		-0.2	+0.9	+1.5	+.023	+1.4	+3.7		+2.2	+2.3	+.072
Paul Pierce	80	34.7	18.9	0.4	5.0	5.4	3.3	1.0	0.6	2.1	2.9	6.3	12.8	.497	1.4	3.7	.374	4.8	5.6	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	6	27.0	13.3	1.2	3.3	4.5	1.5	0.5	1.5	1.7	3.0	4.7	8.5	.549	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.3	.750
difference:	+3	+11.1	+7.5	+0.6	+1.1	+0.5	+1.3	+0.8	+1.1	-1.0	-0.3	+2.9	+7.9	+.090	+2.3	+5.2		+0.7	+1.5	+.132
Paul Pierce	9	38.1	20.8	0.6	4.4	5.0	2.8	1.3	0.4	2.7	3.3	7.6	16.4	.459	2.3	5.2	.447	3.3	3.8	.882

Season 14
	Jermaine O'Neal	Paul Pierce
Season	2009-10	2011-12
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	70	28.4	13.6	1.8	5.2	6.9	1.3	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.0	5.6	10.6	.529	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.2	.720
difference:	+9	+5.6	+5.8	+1.2	+0.6	+1.7	+3.2	+0.7	+1.0	-1.0	-0.6	+0.9	+4.0	+.086	+1.6	+4.5		+2.5	+2.4	+.132
Paul Pierce	61	34.0	19.4	0.6	4.6	5.2	4.5	1.1	0.4	2.8	2.4	6.5	14.6	.443	1.6	4.5	.366	4.8	5.6	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jermaine O'Neal	5	23.4	4.2	2.0	3.6	5.6	1.0	0.8	2.0	1.4	2.6	1.8	8.8	.205	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.4	.429
difference:	+15	+15.5	+14.7	+1.3	+1.8	+0.5	+2.1	+0.7	+1.1	-1.4	-0.8	+4.2	+6.8	+.181	+1.4	+4.4		+4.9	+4.8	+.465
Paul Pierce	20	38.9	18.9	0.7	5.4	6.1	3.1	1.5	0.9	2.8	3.4	6.0	15.6	.386	1.4	4.4	.310	5.5	6.2	.894