Pascal Siakam vs. Jerry West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry West and Pascal Siakam, 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.

Pascal Siakam played 9 years in the NBA, 5 less than Jerry West, who played 14. Pascal Siakam had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Jerry West had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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
	Pascal Siakam	Jerry West
Season	2016-17	1960-61
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Div Finals

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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		%
Pascal Siakam	55	15.6	4.2	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.6	2.0	1.9	3.7	.502	0.0	0.1	.143	0.4	0.6	.688
difference:	+24	+19.8	+13.4			+4.3	+3.9				-0.7	+4.8	+12.3	+.083				+3.8	+5.7	+.022
Jerry West	79	35.4	17.6	-	-	7.7	4.2	-	-	-	2.7	6.7	16.0	.419	-	-	-	4.2	6.3	.666
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pascal Siakam	2	5.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+10	+33.4	+22.9			+7.2	+4.8				-2.8	+8.3	+15.8	+.490				+6.4	+8.8
Jerry West	12	38.4	22.9	-	-	8.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.3	8.3	16.8	.490	-	-	-	6.4	8.8	.726

Season 2
	Pascal Siakam	Jerry West
Season	2017-18	1961-62
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Pascal Siakam	81	20.7	7.3	1.0	3.5	4.5	2.0	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.0	3.1	6.1	.508	0.4	1.6	.220	0.7	1.1	.621
difference:	+6	+20.5	+23.5			+3.4	+3.4				-0.3	+7.6	+17.8	+.063				+8.8	+11.2	+.148
Jerry West	75	41.2	30.8	-	-	7.9	5.4	-	-	-	2.3	10.7	23.9	.445	-	-	-	9.5	12.3	.769
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pascal Siakam	10	17.9	6.6	0.9	2.7	3.6	0.8	0.1	0.6	0.7	2.7	2.5	4.1	.610	0.3	0.4	.750	1.3	2.0	.650
difference:	+3	+24.9	+24.9			+3.2	+3.6				-0.2	+8.6	+19.7	+.145				+8.0	+9.5	+.157
Jerry West	13	42.8	31.5	-	-	6.8	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	11.1	23.8	.465	-	-	-	9.3	11.5	.807

Season 3
	Pascal Siakam	Jerry West
Season	2018-19	1962-63
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Pascal Siakam	80	31.9	16.9	1.6	5.3	6.9	3.1	0.9	0.7	1.9	3.0	6.5	11.8	.549	1.0	2.7	.369	3.0	3.8	.785
difference:	+25	+7.4	+10.2			+0.1	+2.5				-0.3	+3.7	+10.3	+.088				+3.7	+4.9	+.007
Jerry West	55	39.3	27.1	-	-	7.0	5.6	-	-	-	2.7	10.2	22.1	.461	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pascal Siakam	24	37.1	19.0	1.7	5.5	7.1	2.8	1.0	0.7	1.4	2.8	7.5	16.0	.470	1.2	4.3	.279	2.8	3.6	.759
difference:	+11	+4.3	+8.8			+1.1	+1.9				-0.2	+3.6	+6.0	+.033				+2.9	+4.1	+.019
Jerry West	13	41.4	27.8	-	-	8.2	4.7	-	-	-	2.6	11.1	22.0	.503	-	-	-	5.7	7.7	.740

Season 4
	Pascal Siakam	Jerry West
Season	2019-20	1963-64
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Div Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pascal Siakam	60	35.2	22.9	1.1	6.3	7.3	3.5	1.0	0.9	2.5	2.8	8.3	18.4	.453	2.2	6.1	.359	4.0	5.1	.792
difference:	+12	+5.2	+5.8			+1.3	+2.1					+2.0	+2.8	+.031				+4.1	+4.7	+.040
Jerry West	72	40.4	28.7	-	-	6.0	5.6	-	-	-	2.8	10.3	21.2	.484	-	-	-	8.1	9.8	.832
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pascal Siakam	11	38.0	17.0	1.3	6.3	7.5	3.8	1.1	0.4	2.0	3.0	6.5	16.5	.396	0.9	4.8	.189	3.0	4.2	.717
difference:	+6	+3.2	+14.2			+0.3	+0.4				-1.0	+4.9	+6.5	+.100				+5.4	+6.4	+.075
Jerry West	5	41.2	31.2	-	-	7.2	3.4	-	-	-	4.0	11.4	23.0	.496	-	-	-	8.4	10.6	.792

Season 5
	Pascal Siakam	Jerry West
Season	2020-21	1964-65
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Pascal Siakam	56	35.8	21.4	1.7	5.5	7.2	4.5	1.1	0.7	2.3	3.1	7.8	17.2	.455	1.3	4.4	.297	4.4	5.4	.827
difference:	+18	+5.6	+9.6			+1.2	+0.4				-0.1	+3.3	+5.2	+.042				+4.4	+5.3	+.006
Jerry West	74	41.4	31.0	-	-	6.0	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	11.1	22.4	.497	-	-	-	8.8	10.7	.821
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pascal Siakam	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	11	42.7	40.6	-	-	5.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.4	14.1	31.9	.442	-	-	-	12.5	14.0	.890

Season 6
	Pascal Siakam	Jerry West
Season	2021-22	1965-66
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Pascal Siakam	68	37.9	22.8	1.9	6.6	8.5	5.3	1.3	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.8	17.8	.494	1.1	3.2	.344	4.2	5.6	.749
difference:	+11	+2.8	+8.5			+1.4	+0.8				-0.2	+1.6	+4.1	+.021				+6.4	+6.8	+.111
Jerry West	79	40.7	31.3	-	-	7.1	6.1	-	-	-	3.1	10.4	21.9	.473	-	-	-	10.6	12.4	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pascal Siakam	6	43.3	22.8	1.3	5.8	7.2	5.8	1.2	1.0	2.2	4.0	8.5	17.8	.477	0.7	2.8	.235	5.2	6.0	.861
difference:	+8	+0.9	+11.4			+0.9	+0.2				-1.1	+4.7	+7.7	+.041				+2.6	+2.9	+.011
Jerry West	14	44.2	34.2	-	-	6.3	5.6	-	-	-	2.9	13.2	25.5	.518	-	-	-	7.8	8.9	.872

Season 7
	Pascal Siakam	Jerry West
Season	2022-23	1966-67
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Div Semis

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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		%
Pascal Siakam	71	37.4	24.2	1.8	6.0	7.8	5.8	0.9	0.5	2.4	3.2	8.9	18.5	.480	1.3	4.0	.324	5.2	6.7	.774
difference:	+5	+3.1	+4.5			+1.9	+1.0				-0.8	+0.9	+2.5	+.016				+3.9	+3.7	+.104
Jerry West	66	40.5	28.7	-	-	5.9	6.8	-	-	-	2.4	9.8	21.0	.464	-	-	-	9.1	10.4	.878
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pascal Siakam	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	1	1.0	0.0	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 8
	Pascal Siakam	Jerry West
Season	2023-24	1967-68
Team	Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Pascal Siakam	80	33.2	21.7	1.7	5.3	7.1	4.3	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.4	8.5	15.9	.536	1.1	3.1	.346	3.6	5.0	.732
difference:	+29	+4.4	+4.6			+1.3	+1.8				-0.6	+0.8	+2.3	+.022				+4.1	+4.5	+.079
Jerry West	51	37.6	26.3	-	-	5.8	6.1	-	-	-	3.0	9.3	18.2	.514	-	-	-	7.7	9.5	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pascal Siakam	17	35.5	21.6	2.5	5.1	7.5	3.8	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.8	9.2	17.1	.541	0.8	2.8	.298	2.3	3.7	.619
difference:	+2	+6.0	+9.2			+2.1	+1.7				-0.3	+1.8	+3.8	+.014				+6.5	+7.6	+.162
Jerry West	15	41.5	30.8	-	-	5.4	5.5	-	-	-	3.1	11.0	20.9	.527	-	-	-	8.8	11.3	.781

Season 9
	Pascal Siakam	Jerry West
Season	2024-25	1968-69
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Pascal Siakam	78	32.7	20.2	1.7	5.2	6.9	3.4	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.4	7.9	15.2	.519	1.6	4.2	.389	2.9	3.9	.734
difference:	+17	+6.5	+5.7			+2.6	+3.5				-0.2	+1.0	+3.8	+.048				+5.1	+5.9	+.087
Jerry West	61	39.2	25.9	-	-	4.3	6.9	-	-	-	2.6	8.9	19.0	.471	-	-	-	8.0	9.8	.821
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pascal Siakam	23	33.5	20.5	1.3	5.0	6.3	3.4	1.2	0.7	1.3	2.9	7.6	14.8	.513	1.5	3.6	.427	3.8	5.3	.713
difference:	+5	+8.6	+10.4			+2.4	+4.1					+3.3	+8.7	+.050				+5.3	+6.0	+.091
Jerry West	18	42.1	30.9	-	-	3.9	7.5	-	-	-	2.9	10.9	23.5	.463	-	-	-	9.1	11.3	.804

Additional Years
* Jerry West played 5 seasons more than Pascal Siakam in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 1970 to 1974—Jerry West played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 5 extra years over Pascal Siakam, Jerry West got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 All-NBA First Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 1 Scoring Leader 1 Assists Leader 5 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP