Richard Jefferson vs. Jamaal Wilkes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamaal Wilkes 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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 Jamaal Wilkes, who played 12. Richard Jefferson had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Jamaal Wilkes had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Richard Jefferson	17	12	2001-02 to 2017-18
Jamaal Wilkes	12	10	1974-75 to 1985-86

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Richard Jefferson	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	2001-02	1974-75
Team	New Jersey Nets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+3	+6.4	+4.8	+1.4	+3.1	+4.5	+0.4	+0.5	+0.3			+2.7	+6.3	+.015				+0.4	+0.7	+.021
Jamaal Wilkes	82	30.7	14.2	2.5	5.7	8.2	2.2	1.3	0.3	-	2.7	6.1	13.8	.442	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.734

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:	+3	+7.5	+8.0	+1.0	+1.4	+2.4	+0.3	+0.9	+0.3		-1.1	+3.8	+8.9	+.019				+0.2	+0.2	+.152
Jamaal Wilkes	17	29.6	15.0	1.8	5.2	7.0	1.6	1.5	0.8	-	3.1	6.5	14.6	.446	-	-	-	1.9	2.8	.702


Season 2
	Richard Jefferson	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	2002-03	1975-76
Team	New Jersey Nets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	Warriors Lost West Conf 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		%
Richard Jefferson	80	36.0	15.5	1.9	4.6	6.4	2.5	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.7	5.7	11.4	.501	0.1	0.3	.250	4.1	5.5	.743
difference:	+2	+2.9	+2.3	+0.5	+1.8	+2.4	+0.5	+0.2	+0.2			+1.8	+4.9	+.038				+1.3	+1.9	+.029
Jamaal Wilkes	82	33.1	17.8	2.4	6.4	8.8	2.0	1.2	0.4	-	2.7	7.5	16.3	.463	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	20	35.7	14.1	1.5	4.9	6.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.3	3.4	5.5	11.6	.476	0.0	0.2	.000	3.1	4.3	.718
difference:	+7	+1.1	+1.8	+0.4	+1.1	+1.5	+0.2	+0.1	+0.4		-0.9	+1.1	+3.8	+.046				+0.4	+0.8	+.060
Jamaal Wilkes	13	34.6	15.9	1.9	6.0	7.9	2.2	0.9	0.6	-	2.5	6.6	15.4	.430	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.778


Season 3
	Richard Jefferson	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	2003-04	1976-77
Team	New Jersey Nets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors 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:	+6	+4.3	+0.8	+0.7	+1.3	+1.9	+1.0	+0.6	+0.1		-0.2	+0.4	+1.5	+.020				+1.1	+1.6	+.034
Jamaal Wilkes	76	33.9	17.7	2.0	5.6	7.6	2.8	1.7	0.2	-	2.9	7.2	15.1	.478	-	-	-	3.3	4.1	.797

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	+7.0	+4.3	+0.5	+1.2	+1.7	+2.2	+0.3	+0.1		-0.9	+0.6	+1.0	+.011				+4.7	+7.0	+.108
Jamaal Wilkes	10	34.6	15.5	1.8	6.2	8.0	1.6	1.6	0.6	-	2.3	6.6	15.4	.429	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.821


Season 4
	Richard Jefferson	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	2004-05	1977-78
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Richard Jefferson	33	41.1	22.2	1.5	5.8	7.3	4.0	1.0	0.5	4.0	3.3	7.2	17.1	.422	0.9	2.7	.337	6.9	8.2	.844
difference:	+18	+11.9	+9.3	+0.7	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	+0.5	+0.1	-1.9	-0.1	+1.8	+4.7	+.018				+4.8	+5.3	+.128
Jamaal Wilkes	51	29.2	12.9	2.2	5.2	7.5	3.6	1.5	0.4	2.1	3.2	5.4	12.4	.440	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.716

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	4	35.5	15.8	2.0	3.5	5.5	2.3	0.8	0.0	2.0	3.5	5.0	12.5	.400	0.5	2.5	.200	5.3	7.8	.677
difference:	+1	+0.5	+3.8	+1.0	+2.2	+3.2	+0.4	+0.2	+0.3	-1.7	-1.2		+1.8	+.069				+3.3	+4.1	+.132
Jamaal Wilkes	3	36.0	12.0	3.0	5.7	8.7	2.7	1.0	0.3	3.7	4.7	5.0	10.7	.469	-	-	-	2.0	3.7	.545


Season 5
	Richard Jefferson	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	2005-06	1978-79
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Richard Jefferson	78	39.2	19.5	1.2	5.6	6.8	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.3	12.9	.493	0.8	2.4	.319	6.0	7.4	.812
difference:	+4	+3.7	+0.9	+0.8	+0.2	+0.6	+1.0	+0.8	+0.1	-0.5	-0.9	+1.3	+2.2	+.011				+2.7	+3.0	+.061
Jamaal Wilkes	82	35.5	18.6	2.0	5.4	7.4	2.8	1.6	0.3	2.7	3.4	7.6	15.1	.504	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	11	39.7	22.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	4.1	0.9	0.4	2.7	2.9	8.2	15.0	.545	1.1	2.6	.414	4.7	5.7	.825
difference:	+3	+1.3	+3.8	+1.9	+2.5	+4.4	+2.1	+1.0	+0.1	-0.8	-0.3	+0.6	+1.0	+.068				+1.6	+1.1	+.149
Jamaal Wilkes	8	38.4	18.4	2.5	6.0	8.5	2.0	1.9	0.3	1.9	2.6	7.6	16.0	.477	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	.676


Season 6
	Richard Jefferson	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	2006-07	1979-80
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
Richard Jefferson	55	35.6	16.3	0.9	3.5	4.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	2.2	2.2	5.5	12.1	.456	0.9	2.6	.359	4.3	5.9	.733
difference:	+27	+2.3	+3.7	+1.2	+0.8	+2.0	+0.3	+1.0	+0.2	-0.3	-0.5	+3.4	+4.5	+.079	+0.9	+2.4	+.183	+2.0	+3.0	+.075
Jamaal Wilkes	82	37.9	20.0	2.1	4.3	6.4	3.0	1.6	0.3	1.9	2.7	8.9	16.6	.535	0.0	0.2	.176	2.3	2.9	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	12	40.8	19.7	0.3	5.3	5.6	2.3	0.8	0.4	2.3	2.0	6.8	14.0	.482	1.1	3.3	.325	5.1	5.5	.924
difference:	+4		+0.6	+3.0	+0.6	+2.4	+0.7	+0.7	+0.1	-0.1	-1.2	+2.0	+4.4	+.006	+1.1	+3.2	+.325	+2.3	+2.1	+.109
Jamaal Wilkes	16	40.8	20.3	3.3	4.7	8.0	3.0	1.5	0.3	2.2	3.2	8.8	18.4	.476	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	3.4	.815


Season 7
	Richard Jefferson	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	2007-08	1980-81
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Richard Jefferson	82	39.0	22.6	1.1	3.0	4.2	3.1	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.7	7.5	16.2	.466	0.9	2.6	.362	6.6	8.3	.798
difference:	+1	+1.6		+0.7	+0.6	+1.2	+0.2	+0.6	+0.1	-0.2	-0.1	+2.2	+2.3	+.060	+0.9	+2.4	+.285	+3.5	+4.2	+.040
Jamaal Wilkes	81	37.4	22.6	1.8	3.6	5.4	2.9	1.5	0.4	2.6	2.8	9.7	18.5	.526	0.0	0.2	.077	3.1	4.1	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Wilkes	3	37.7	18.0	1.3	1.3	2.7	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	3.3	7.0	16.0	.438	0.0	0.3	.000	4.0	6.0	.667


Season 8
	Richard Jefferson	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	2008-09	1981-82
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Richard Jefferson	82	35.8	19.6	0.7	3.9	4.6	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.0	3.1	6.5	14.9	.439	1.4	3.6	.397	5.1	6.3	.805
difference:		+0.4	+1.5	+1.2	+1.0	+0.2	+0.7	+0.3	+0.1		-0.2	+2.6	+2.4	+.086	+1.4	+3.6		+2.1	+2.2	+.073
Jamaal Wilkes	82	35.4	21.1	1.9	2.9	4.8	1.7	1.1	0.3	2.0	2.9	9.1	17.3	.525	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.1	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Wilkes	14	38.2	20.0	2.9	2.1	5.0	2.6	1.1	0.2	2.9	3.1	8.6	17.2	.502	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.5	.776


Season 9
	Richard Jefferson	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	2009-10	1982-83
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Richard Jefferson	81	31.1	12.3	0.7	3.7	4.4	2.0	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.2	4.5	9.6	.467	0.7	2.3	.316	2.6	3.5	.735
difference:	+1	+0.8	+7.3	+1.1	+1.2	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.3	-0.6	-0.6	+4.1	+6.5	+.063	+0.7	+2.2	+.316	+0.1	+0.1	+.022
Jamaal Wilkes	80	31.9	19.6	1.8	2.5	4.3	2.3	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.8	8.6	16.1	.530	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.4	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	10	33.4	9.4	0.8	4.5	5.3	1.8	0.6	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.4	7.0	.486	0.1	0.5	.200	2.5	3.3	.758
difference:	+5	+5.9	+10.5	+2.0	+1.3	+0.7	+1.6	+0.7	+0.1	-0.7	-1.4	+5.7	+11.2	+.012	+0.1	+0.4	+.200	+0.7	+0.4	+.144
Jamaal Wilkes	15	39.3	19.9	2.8	3.2	6.0	3.4	1.3	0.7	2.2	3.4	9.1	18.2	.498	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.9	.614


Season 10
	Richard Jefferson	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	2010-11	1983-84
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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10th 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	81	30.4	11.0	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.8	7.9	.474	1.7	3.8	.440	1.8	2.4	.759
difference:	+6	+3.0	+6.3	+1.0	+0.4	+0.7	+1.6	+0.5	+0.1	-0.7	-0.7	+3.4	+6.2	+.040	+1.7	+3.7	+.190	+1.0	+1.3	+.016
Jamaal Wilkes	75	33.4	17.3	1.7	2.8	4.5	2.9	1.0	0.5	1.8	2.7	7.2	14.1	.514	0.0	0.1	.250	2.8	3.7	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	6	29.3	6.5	0.3	3.8	4.2	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.2	2.0	5.2	.387	1.0	2.8	.353	1.5	1.8	.818
difference:	+8	+15.3	+2.0	+0.4	+2.7	+2.3	+0.2	+0.2	+0.4	-0.5	-0.3		+0.2	+.013	+1.0	+2.7	+.353	+1.0	+1.0	+.182
Jamaal Wilkes	14	14.0	4.5	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.9	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.8	.636


Season 11
	Richard Jefferson	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	2011-12	1984-85
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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11th 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	63	27.7	9.2	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.9	3.2	7.7	.416	1.8	4.3	.420	0.9	1.3	.694
difference:	+21	+9.6	+0.9	+0.4	+1.7	+1.3	+0.4	+0.1	+0.2	-0.4	-0.4	+0.3	+0.5	+.072	+1.8	+4.3		+0.3	+0.3	+.079
Jamaal Wilkes	42	18.1	8.3	0.8	1.4	2.2	1.0	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.5	3.5	7.2	.488	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.773

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Richard Jefferson nor Jamaal Wilkes played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Richard Jefferson	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	2012-13	1985-86
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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12th 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	56	10.1	3.1	0.1	1.4	1.5	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.4	.456	0.3	0.8	.311	0.7	0.9	.717
difference:	+43	+4.9	+2.7	+0.9	+0.2	+0.7	+0.6	+0.2	+0.1	-0.8	-0.7	+0.9	+2.6	+.056	+0.2	+0.6	+.022	+1.0	+1.2	+.098
Jamaal Wilkes	13	15.0	5.8	1.0	1.2	2.2	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.2	1.5	2.0	5.0	.400	0.1	0.2	.333	1.7	2.1	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	7	5.6	1.9	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.6	1.3	.444	0.3	0.4	.667	0.4	1.3	.333
Jamaal Wilkes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Richard Jefferson played 5 seasons more than Jamaal Wilkes in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 17, from 2014 to 2018—Richard Jefferson played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Richard Jefferson vs. Jamaal Wilkes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamaal Wilkes 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years