John Starks vs. Jaylen Wells Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaylen Wells and John Starks, 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.

John Starks played 13 years in the NBA, 12 more than Jaylen Wells, who played 1. John Starks had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Jaylen Wells had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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
	John Starks	Jaylen Wells
Season	1988-89	2024-25
Team	Golden State Warriors	Memphis Grizzlies
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		%
John Starks	36	8.8	4.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.0	1.4	3.5	.408	0.3	0.7	.385	0.9	1.4	.654
difference:	+43	+17.1	+6.3	+0.7	+1.6	+2.3	+0.9			-0.2	-0.8	+2.2	+5.1	+.017	+1.4	+4.3	+.033	+0.5	+0.3	+.168
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher John Starks nor Jaylen Wells played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* John Starks played 12 seasons more than Jaylen Wells in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 13, from 1991 to 2002—John Starks played in 9 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Jaylen Wells, John Starks got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Sixth Man of the Year 1 All-Star Game