Mark Jackson vs. Nick Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Young and Mark Jackson, 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.

Mark Jackson played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than Nick Young, who played 12. Mark Jackson had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Nick Young had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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
	Mark Jackson	Nick Young
Season	1987-88	2007-08
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Wizards 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		%
Mark Jackson	82	39.6	13.6	1.5	3.4	4.8	10.6	2.5	0.1	3.1	3.0	5.3	12.4	.432	0.4	1.5	.254	2.5	3.2	.774
difference:	+7	+24.2	+6.1	+1.2	+2.2	+3.3	+9.8	+2.0		-1.8	-1.3	+2.5	+6.0	+.007	+0.1	+0.2	+.146	+1.2	+1.5	+.041
Nick Young	75	15.4	7.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.7	2.8	6.4	.439	0.5	1.3	.400	1.3	1.7	.815
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	4	42.8	14.3	1.5	3.3	4.8	9.8	2.5	0.0	3.5	3.3	5.5	15.0	.367	1.3	3.0	.417	2.0	2.8	.727
difference:		+38.5	+13.0	+1.2	+3.0	+4.3	+9.5	+2.0		-3.2	-3.0	+5.2	+12.7	+.256	+1.3	+2.5	+.417	+1.2	+1.8	+.023
Nick Young	4	4.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	.111	0.0	0.5	.000	0.8	1.0	.750

Season 2
	Mark Jackson	Nick Young
Season	1988-89	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Mark Jackson	72	34.4	16.9	1.5	3.3	4.7	8.6	1.9	0.1	3.1	2.3	6.7	14.2	.467	1.1	3.3	.338	2.5	3.6	.698
difference:	+10	+12.0	+6.0	+1.1	+1.8	+2.9	+7.4	+1.4	+0.1	-2.0	-0.6	+2.6	+5.0	+.023	+0.4	+1.3	+.003	+0.5	+1.2	+.152
Nick Young	82	22.4	10.9	0.4	1.5	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.7	4.1	9.2	.444	0.7	2.0	.341	2.0	2.4	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	9	37.3	14.7	0.8	2.7	3.4	10.1	1.1	0.3	3.1	1.0	5.7	11.1	.510	1.2	3.1	.393	2.1	3.1	.679
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Mark Jackson	Nick Young
Season	1996-97	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Mark Jackson	82	37.2	9.9	1.1	3.7	4.8	11.4	1.2	0.1	3.3	2.0	3.5	8.3	.426	0.8	2.2	.371	2.0	2.6	.789
difference:	+22	+11.3	+3.3	+0.7	+1.8	+2.5	+10.4	+0.6	+0.1	-2.7	-0.3	+1.0	+2.3	+.004	+2.0	+4.8	+.033	+0.7	+1.1	+.067
Nick Young	60	25.9	13.2	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	2.3	4.5	10.6	.430	2.8	7.0	.404	1.3	1.5	.856
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Mark Jackson nor Nick Young played in the postseason in their season 10

Season 11
	Mark Jackson	Nick Young
Season	1997-98	2017-18
Team	Indiana Pacers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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		%
Mark Jackson	82	29.4	8.3	0.8	3.1	3.9	8.7	1.0	0.0	2.1	1.6	3.0	7.3	.416	0.5	1.7	.314	1.7	2.2	.761
difference:	+2	+12.0	+1.0	+0.5	+1.8	+2.3	+8.2	+0.5	+0.1	-1.6	-0.3	+0.5	+1.2	+.004	+1.0	+2.4	+.063	+1.0	+1.4	+.101
Nick Young	80	17.4	7.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.3	2.5	6.1	.412	1.5	4.1	.377	0.7	0.8	.862
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	16	30.9	9.2	1.1	3.4	4.6	8.3	1.4	0.0	2.9	1.8	3.3	7.9	.417	0.9	2.3	.378	1.7	2.1	.794
difference:	+4	+20.6	+6.6	+1.0	+2.8	+4.0	+8.1	+1.3		-2.8	-0.9	+2.5	+5.2	+.115	+0.2	+0.1	+.080	+1.4	+1.7	+.044
Nick Young	20	10.3	2.6	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.7	.302	0.7	2.4	.298	0.3	0.4	.750