Reggie Miller vs. Jakob Poeltl Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jakob Poeltl and Reggie Miller, 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.

Reggie Miller played 18 years in the NBA, 9 more than Jakob Poeltl, who played 9. Reggie Miller had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Jakob Poeltl had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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.

Season 3
	Reggie Miller	Jakob Poeltl
Season	1989-90	2018-19
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Reggie Miller	82	38.9	24.6	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.1	8.1	15.7	.514	1.8	4.4	.414	6.6	7.6	.868
difference:	+5	+22.4	+19.1	+1.1	+0.6	+1.7	+2.6	+0.9	+0.7	-2.1	-0.5	+5.7	+11.9	+.131	+1.8	+4.4		+6.0	+6.4	+.335
Jakob Poeltl	77	16.5	5.5	2.3	3.0	5.3	1.2	0.4	0.9	0.6	1.6	2.4	3.8	.645	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.2	.533
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Miller	3	41.7	20.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	6.7	11.7	.571	1.0	2.3	.429	6.3	7.0	.905
difference:	+4	+16.4	+13.4	+3.3	+0.4	+3.7	+0.3	+0.7	+0.7	-0.6	-1.7	+3.4	+6.6	+.068	+1.0	+2.2	+.429	+5.6	+5.7	+.349
Jakob Poeltl	7	25.3	7.3	3.6	4.1	7.7	1.7	0.3	0.7	0.4	3.7	3.3	5.1	.639	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.3	.556

Season 8
	Reggie Miller	Jakob Poeltl
Season	1994-95	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Reggie Miller	81	32.9	19.6	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	1.2	0.2	1.9	1.9	6.2	13.5	.462	2.4	5.8	.415	4.7	5.3	.897
difference:	+31	+6.5	+8.5	+2.5	+3.5	+6.0	+0.5	+0.5	+1.3	-0.4	-1.1	+1.2	+5.9	+.194	+2.4	+5.8		+3.5	+3.2	+.346
Jakob Poeltl	50	26.4	11.1	2.9	5.7	8.6	2.5	0.7	1.5	1.5	3.0	5.0	7.6	.656	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.1	.551
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Miller	17	37.7	25.5	0.5	3.1	3.6	2.1	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.1	8.1	17.1	.476	3.2	7.5	.422	6.1	7.1	.860
Jakob Poeltl	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Reggie Miller	Jakob Poeltl
Season	1995-96	2024-25
Team	Indiana Pacers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Reggie Miller	76	34.5	21.1	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.3	1.0	0.2	2.5	2.3	6.6	14.0	.473	2.2	5.4	.410	5.7	6.6	.863
difference:	+19	+4.9	+6.6	+2.8	+4.0	+6.8	+0.5	+0.2	+1.0	-0.6	-0.8	+0.2	+3.8	+.154	+2.2	+5.3	+.077	+4.0	+4.1	+.189
Jakob Poeltl	57	29.6	14.5	3.3	6.3	9.6	2.8	1.2	1.2	1.9	3.1	6.4	10.2	.627	0.0	0.1	.333	1.7	2.5	.674
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Miller	1	31.0	29.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	17.0	.412	2.0	6.0	.333	13.0	15.0	.867
Jakob Poeltl	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Reggie Miller played 9 seasons more than Jakob Poeltl in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 18, from 1997 to 2005—Reggie Miller played in 8 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Jakob Poeltl, Reggie Miller got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game