Michael Jackson vs. Michael Jordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Jordan and Michael 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.

Michael Jackson played 3 years in the NBA, 12 less than Michael Jordan, who played 15. Michael Jackson had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Michael Jordan had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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
	Michael Jackson	Michael Jordan
Season	1987-88	1984-85
Team	Sacramento Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Michael Jackson	58	13.1	2.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	3.1	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.4	1.1	2.9	.374	0.1	0.4	.240	0.4	0.6	.719
difference:	+24	+25.2	+25.5	+1.7	+3.8	+5.5	+2.8	+2.1	+0.7	-2.5	-2.1	+9.1	+16.9	+.141		+0.2	+.067	+7.3	+8.5	+.126
Michael Jordan	82	38.3	28.2	2.0	4.5	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	3.5	3.5	10.2	19.8	.515	0.1	0.6	.173	7.7	9.1	.845
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jackson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Jordan	4	42.8	29.3	1.8	4.0	5.8	8.5	2.8	1.0	3.8	3.8	8.5	19.5	.436	0.3	2.0	.125	12.0	14.5	.828

Season 2
	Michael Jackson	Michael Jordan
Season	1988-89	1985-86
Team	Sacramento Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Michael Jackson	14	5.0	1.5	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.9	0.6	1.7	.375	0.1	0.4	.333	0.1	0.1	.500
difference:	+4	+20.1	+21.2	+1.2	+2.1	+3.3	+2.1	+1.9	+1.2	-2.2	-1.7	+7.7	+16.5	+.082	+0.1	+0.6	+.166	+5.7	+6.8	+.340
Michael Jordan	18	25.1	22.7	1.3	2.3	3.6	2.9	2.1	1.2	2.5	2.6	8.3	18.2	.457	0.2	1.0	.167	5.8	6.9	.840
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jackson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Jordan	3	45.0	43.7	1.7	4.7	6.3	5.7	2.3	1.3	4.7	4.3	16.0	31.7	.505	0.3	0.3	1.000	11.3	13.0	.872

Season 3
	Michael Jackson	Michael Jordan
Season	1989-90	1986-87
Team	Sacramento Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jackson	17	3.4	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.6	.273	0.1	0.1	.500	0.2	0.4	.500
difference:	+65	+36.6	+36.5	+1.9	+2.9	+4.8	+4.1	+2.6	+1.5	-3.1	-2.7	+13.2	+27.2	+.209		+0.7	+.318	+10.0	+11.5	+.357
Michael Jordan	82	40.0	37.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	3.3	2.9	13.4	27.8	.482	0.1	0.8	.182	10.2	11.9	.857
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jackson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Jordan	3	42.7	35.7	2.3	4.7	7.0	6.0	2.0	2.3	2.7	3.7	11.7	28.0	.417	0.7	1.7	.400	11.7	13.0	.897

Additional Years
* Michael Jordan played 12 seasons more than Michael Jackson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 15, from 1988 to 2003—Michael Jordan played in 10 Playoffs and won 6 NBA Championships. In those 12 extra years over Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	6 Finals MVP 5 Season MVP 9 All-NBA First Team 9 All-Defensive First Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 9 Scoring Leader 3 Steals Leader 11 All-Star Game 3 All-Star Game MVP