Luka Doncic vs. Jaylen Wells Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaylen Wells and Luka Doncic, 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.

Luka Doncic played 7 years in the NBA, 6 more than Jaylen Wells, who played 1. Luka Doncic had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, 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
	Luka Doncic	Jaylen Wells
Season	2018-19	2024-25
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Luka Doncic	72	32.2	21.2	1.2	6.6	7.8	6.0	1.1	0.3	3.4	1.9	7.0	16.5	.427	2.3	7.1	.327	4.8	6.7	.713
difference:	+7	+6.3	+10.8	+0.1	+4.3	+4.4	+4.3	+0.5	+0.2	-2.5	-0.1	+3.4	+7.9	+.002	+0.6	+2.1	+.025	+3.4	+5.0	+.109
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 Luka Doncic nor Jaylen Wells played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Luka Doncic played 6 seasons more than Jaylen Wells in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 7, from 2020 to 2025—Luka Doncic played in 5 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Jaylen Wells, Luka Doncic got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	5 All-NBA First Team 1 Scoring Leader 5 All-Star Game