Kareem Abdul-Jabbar vs. Jaime Jaquez Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 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.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 20 years in the NBA, 18 more than Jaime Jaquez Jr., who played 2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the first of his seasons in 1969-70, while Jaime Jaquez Jr. had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Jaime Jaquez Jr.
Season	1969-70	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Div Finals	Heat Lost East 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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	43.1	28.8	-	-	14.5	4.1	-	-	-	3.5	11.4	22.1	.518	-	-	-	5.9	9.1	.653
difference:	+7	+14.9	+16.9			+10.7	+1.5				-1.3	+6.9	+12.8	+.029				+4.0	+6.8	+.158
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	75	28.2	11.9	1.1	2.7	3.8	2.6	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.2	4.5	9.3	.489	0.9	2.7	.322	1.9	2.3	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	10	43.5	35.2	-	-	16.8	4.1	-	-	-	2.5	13.9	24.5	.567	-	-	-	7.4	10.1	.733
difference:	+6	+12.7	+22.4			+13.5	+1.1				-1.0	+8.6	+11.5	+.163				+5.9	+8.3	+.124
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	4	30.8	12.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	3.0	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.5	5.3	13.0	.404	0.8	3.3	.231	1.5	1.8	.857

Season 2
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Jaime Jaquez Jr.
Season	1970-71	2024-25
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	40.1	31.7	-	-	16.0	3.3	-	-	-	3.2	13.0	22.5	.577	-	-	-	5.7	8.3	.690
difference:	+16	+19.4	+23.1			+11.6	+0.8				-2.0	+9.8	+15.5	+.116				+4.1	+6.1	+.064
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	66	20.7	8.6	1.3	3.1	4.4	2.5	0.9	0.2	1.5	1.2	3.2	7.0	.461	0.6	1.8	.311	1.6	2.2	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	14	41.2	26.6	-	-	17.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	10.9	21.1	.515	-	-	-	4.9	7.2	.673
difference:	+11	+34.9	+25.3			+15.7	+2.2				-2.9	+10.6	+19.1	+.348				+4.2	+6.5	+.327
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	3	6.3	1.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.0	.167	0.0	0.7	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000

Additional Years
* Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 18 seasons more than Jaime Jaquez Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 20, from 1972 to 1989—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played in 16 Playoffs and won 5 NBA Championships. In those 18 extra years over Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 5 Season MVP 9 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 4 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 1 Rebounds Leader 4 Blocks Leader 17 All-Star Game