Richard Jefferson vs. C.J. McCollum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of C.J. McCollum and Richard Jefferson, 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.

Richard Jefferson played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than C.J. McCollum, who played 12. Richard Jefferson had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while C.J. McCollum had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
	Richard Jefferson	C.J. McCollum
Season	2001-02	2013-14
Team	New Jersey Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Richard Jefferson	79	24.3	9.4	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.7	3.4	7.5	.457	0.2	0.7	.232	2.4	3.4	.713
difference:	+41	+11.8	+4.1	+0.9	+1.5	+2.4	+1.1	+0.4	+0.5	-0.5	-1.3	+1.5	+2.8	+.041	+0.6	+1.4	+.143	+1.8	+2.5	+.037
C.J. McCollum	38	12.5	5.3	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.4	1.9	4.7	.416	0.8	2.1	.375	0.6	0.9	.676
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	20	22.1	7.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.0	2.7	5.7	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	3.0	.550
difference:	+14	+18.1	+6.3	+0.8	+3.6	+4.4	+1.3	+0.6	+0.5	-1.1	-1.7	+2.5	+3.9	+.374		+0.7		+1.4	+2.7	+.450
C.J. McCollum	6	4.0	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.8	.091	0.0	0.8	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000

Season 3
	Richard Jefferson	C.J. McCollum
Season	2003-04	2015-16
Team	New Jersey Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Richard Jefferson	82	38.2	18.5	1.3	4.3	5.7	3.8	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.7	6.8	13.6	.498	0.6	1.6	.364	4.4	5.7	.763
difference:	+2	+3.4	+2.3	+0.7	+1.6	+2.5	+0.5	+0.1		-0.1	-0.4	+1.2	+4.3	+.050	+1.9	+4.3	+.053	+2.1	+2.9	+.064
C.J. McCollum	80	34.8	20.8	0.6	2.7	3.2	4.3	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.3	8.0	17.9	.448	2.5	5.9	.417	2.3	2.8	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	11	41.6	19.8	1.3	5.0	6.3	3.8	1.3	0.7	3.9	3.2	6.0	14.4	.418	0.8	3.0	.273	7.0	9.8	.713
difference:		+1.4	+0.7	+0.7	+2.0	+2.7	+0.5	+0.4	+0.2	-2.1	-0.5	+1.6	+3.5	+.008	+1.0	+2.3	+.072	+3.6	+5.6	+.091
C.J. McCollum	11	40.2	20.5	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.3	0.9	0.5	1.8	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	1.8	5.3	.345	3.4	4.2	.804