Paul George vs. Jaden McDaniels Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaden McDaniels and Paul George, 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.

Paul George played 15 years in the NBA, 10 more than Jaden McDaniels, who played 5. Paul George had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Jaden McDaniels had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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
	Paul George	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2010-11	2020-21
Team	Indiana Pacers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Paul George	61	20.7	7.8	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.1	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.9	6.5	.453	0.7	2.3	.297	1.3	1.7	.762
difference:	+2	+3.3	+1.0	+0.2	+0.2			+0.4	+0.6	-0.4	-0.6	+0.3	+0.7	+.006	+0.4	+0.8	+.067	+0.9	+1.0	+.162
Jaden McDaniels	63	24.0	6.8	0.8	2.9	3.7	1.1	0.6	1.0	0.7	2.7	2.6	5.8	.447	1.1	3.1	.364	0.4	0.7	.600
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	5	26.6	6.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.4	2.0	1.4	2.2	2.0	6.6	.303	0.6	2.6	.231	1.4	1.6	.875
Jaden McDaniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Paul George	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2012-13	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Paul George	79	37.6	17.4	1.1	6.5	7.6	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.9	2.9	6.2	14.9	.419	2.2	5.9	.362	2.8	3.5	.807
difference:		+7.0	+5.3	+0.1	+3.8	+3.7	+2.2	+0.9	+0.4	-1.5	-0.5	+1.5	+5.8	+.098	+0.8	+2.5	+.036	+1.5	+1.7	+.071
Jaden McDaniels	79	30.6	12.1	1.2	2.7	3.9	1.9	0.9	1.0	1.4	3.4	4.7	9.1	.517	1.4	3.4	.398	1.3	1.8	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	19	41.1	19.2	0.8	6.6	7.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	3.9	3.8	6.3	14.6	.430	1.8	5.5	.327	4.9	6.7	.727
Jaden McDaniels	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Paul George	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Paul George	80	36.2	21.7	0.8	6.0	6.8	3.5	1.9	0.3	2.8	2.5	7.2	17.0	.424	2.3	6.3	.364	5.0	5.8	.864
difference:	+8	+7.0	+11.2		+3.7	+3.7	+2.1	+1.0	+0.3	-1.6	-0.5	+2.9	+8.3	+.065	+1.1	+2.8	+.027	+4.2	+4.7	+.142
Jaden McDaniels	72	29.2	10.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	8.7	.489	1.2	3.5	.337	0.8	1.1	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	19	41.1	22.6	0.7	6.9	7.6	3.8	2.2	0.4	2.6	2.9	7.3	16.6	.438	2.7	6.8	.403	5.3	6.7	.789
difference:	+3	+7.5	+10.4	+1.1	+4.8	+3.8	+2.7	+1.3	+0.7	-1.5	-0.5	+2.8	+7.8	+.076	+1.2	+3.3	+.026	+3.6	+4.5	+.018
Jaden McDaniels	16	33.6	12.2	1.8	2.1	3.8	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	8.8	.514	1.5	3.5	.429	1.7	2.2	.771

Additional Years
* Paul George played 10 seasons more than Jaden McDaniels in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 15, from 2016 to 2025—Paul George played in 7 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Jaden McDaniels, Paul George got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Steals Leader 7 All-Star Game