LaMarcus Aldridge vs. Brandon Jennings Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Jennings and LaMarcus Aldridge, 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.

LaMarcus Aldridge played 16 years in the NBA, 7 more than Brandon Jennings, who played 9. LaMarcus Aldridge had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Brandon Jennings had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Brandon Jennings
Season	2006-07	2009-10
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	63	22.1	9.0	2.3	2.7	5.0	0.4	0.3	1.2	0.7	3.0	3.8	7.6	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.722
difference:	+19	+10.5	+6.5	+1.7	+0.1	+1.6	+5.3	+1.0	+1.0	-1.7	-0.7	+1.7	+7.2	+.132	+1.8	+4.7		+1.4	+1.5	+.095
Brandon Jennings	82	32.6	15.5	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	2.3	5.5	14.8	.371	1.8	4.7	.374	2.7	3.3	.817
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Jennings	7	35.6	18.7	0.7	2.3	3.0	3.6	1.1	0.6	1.1	2.7	7.0	17.1	.408	1.7	5.9	.293	3.0	3.7	.808

Season 5
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Brandon Jennings
Season	2010-11	2013-14
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	39.6	21.8	3.4	5.3	8.8	2.1	1.0	1.2	1.9	2.7	8.7	17.5	.500	0.0	0.3	.174	4.3	5.5	.791
difference:	+1	+5.5	+6.3	+2.7	+3.0	+5.7	+5.5	+0.3	+1.1	-0.8	-0.7	+3.4	+3.3	+.127	+1.9	+5.4	+.163	+1.3	+1.5	+.040
Brandon Jennings	80	34.1	15.5	0.7	2.3	3.1	7.6	1.3	0.1	2.7	2.0	5.3	14.2	.373	1.9	5.7	.337	3.0	4.0	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	43.0	20.8	2.7	4.8	7.5	1.3	1.3	1.7	1.5	3.2	8.8	19.2	.461	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.0	.792
Brandon Jennings	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Brandon Jennings
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	55	36.3	21.7	2.7	5.3	8.0	2.4	0.9	0.8	2.0	2.8	8.8	17.1	.512	0.0	0.2	.182	4.1	5.0	.814
difference:	+14	+7.7	+6.3	+2.2	+3.3	+5.5	+4.2	+0.2	+0.7	-0.2	-1.2	+3.5	+3.9	+.111	+1.9	+4.9	+.178	+1.2	+1.5	+.025
Brandon Jennings	41	28.6	15.4	0.5	2.0	2.5	6.6	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.6	5.3	13.2	.401	1.9	5.1	.360	2.9	3.5	.839
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMarcus Aldridge nor Brandon Jennings played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Brandon Jennings
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	74	37.7	21.1	2.4	6.7	9.1	2.6	0.8	1.2	1.9	2.5	8.6	17.8	.484	0.0	0.2	.143	3.8	4.7	.810
difference:	+26	+19.6	+14.2	+2.1	+5.0	+7.1	+0.9	+0.2	+1.1	-0.7	-1.3	+6.3	+11.5	+.116	+1.1	+3.0	+.186	+2.6	+3.1	+.079
Brandon Jennings	48	18.1	6.9	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.5	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.2	2.3	6.3	.368	1.1	3.2	.329	1.2	1.6	.731
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMarcus Aldridge nor Brandon Jennings played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Brandon Jennings
Season	2013-14	2016-17
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	69	36.2	23.2	2.4	8.7	11.1	2.6	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.1	9.4	20.6	.458	0.0	0.2	.200	4.3	5.2	.822
difference:	+12	+14.0	+16.1	+2.0	+6.6	+8.7	+2.3		+1.0	-0.2	-0.7	+7.0	+14.0	+.099	+1.0	+2.9	+.113	+2.9	+3.3	+.072
Brandon Jennings	81	22.2	7.1	0.4	2.1	2.4	4.9	0.9	0.0	1.6	1.4	2.4	6.6	.359	1.0	3.1	.313	1.4	1.9	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	11	40.1	26.2	2.7	7.9	10.6	1.5	0.6	1.6	1.7	3.6	10.3	22.7	.452	0.2	0.3	.667	5.5	6.8	.800
difference:	+2	+26.4	+23.4	+2.3	+6.8	+9.1	+0.3	+0.4	+1.6	-1.1	-2.6	+9.2	+19.9	+.063		+0.7	+.513	+5.0	+6.2	+.075
Brandon Jennings	13	13.7	2.8	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.0	1.1	2.8	.389	0.2	1.0	.154	0.5	0.6	.875

Season 9
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Brandon Jennings
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	71	35.4	23.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	1.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.8	9.3	19.9	.466	0.5	1.5	.352	4.3	5.1	.845
difference:	+57	+20.8	+18.2	+2.1	+5.8	+8.0	+1.4	+0.3	+0.7	-0.4	-1.0	+7.4	+14.8	+.091	+0.1	+0.9	+.079	+3.6	+4.4	+.155
Brandon Jennings	14	14.6	5.2	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.1	0.4	0.3	1.3	0.8	1.9	5.1	.375	0.6	2.4	.273	0.7	0.7	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	5	41.6	21.8	4.2	7.0	11.2	1.8	0.4	2.4	1.6	3.2	7.4	22.4	.330	0.6	2.2	.273	6.4	7.2	.889
difference:	+4	+36.6	+19.8	+4.2	+7.0	+11.2	+1.8	+0.4	+2.4	-0.6	-3.2	+7.4	+20.4	+.330	+0.6	+0.2	+.273	+4.4	+5.2	+.111
Brandon Jennings	1	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	2.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000

Additional Years
* LaMarcus Aldridge played 7 seasons more than Brandon Jennings in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 16, from 2016 to 2022—LaMarcus Aldridge played in 4 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Brandon Jennings, LaMarcus Aldridge got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Star Game