Richard Jefferson vs. Pascal Siakam Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pascal Siakam 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, 8 more than Pascal Siakam, who played 9. Richard Jefferson had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Pascal Siakam 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.

Rookie Season
	Richard Jefferson	Pascal Siakam
Season	2001-02	2016-17
Team	New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	Raptors Lost East 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:	+24	+8.7	+5.2	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	+1.5	+0.3	+0.2	-0.8	-0.7	+1.5	+3.8	+.045	+0.2	+0.6	+.089	+2.0	+2.8	+.025
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
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:	+18	+17.1	+7.0	+0.2	+3.3	+3.1	+0.8	+0.1	+0.5	-1.3	-1.5	+2.7	+4.7	+.465		+0.1		+1.7	+3.0
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	-

Season 3
	Richard Jefferson	Pascal Siakam
Season	2003-04	2018-19
Team	New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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	+6.3	+1.6	+0.3	+1.0	+1.2	+0.7	+0.2	+0.4	-0.5	-0.3	+0.3	+1.8	+.051	+0.4	+1.1	+.005	+1.4	+1.9	+.022
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
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:	+13	+4.5	+0.8	+0.4	+0.5	+0.8	+1.0	+0.3		-2.5	-0.4	+1.5	+1.6	+.052	+0.4	+1.3	+.006	+4.2	+6.2	+.046
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

Season 4
	Richard Jefferson	Pascal Siakam
Season	2004-05	2019-20
Team	New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf 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		%
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:	+27	+5.9	+0.7	+0.4	+0.5		+0.5		+0.4	-1.5	-0.5	+1.1	+1.3	+.031	+1.3	+3.4	+.022	+2.9	+3.1	+.052
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
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:	+7	+2.5	+1.2	+0.7	+2.8	+2.0	+1.5	+0.3	+0.4		-0.5	+1.5	+4.0	+.004	+0.4	+2.3	+.011	+2.3	+3.6	+.040
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

Season 6
	Richard Jefferson	Pascal Siakam
Season	2006-07	2021-22
Team	New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+13	+2.3	+6.5	+1.0	+3.1	+4.1	+2.6	+0.7	+0.5	-0.5	-1.1	+3.3	+5.7	+.038	+0.2	+0.6	+.015	+0.1	+0.3	+.016
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
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:	+6	+2.5	+3.1	+1.0	+0.5	+1.6	+3.5	+0.4	+0.6	-0.1	-2.0	+1.7	+3.8	+.005	+0.4	+0.5	+.090	+0.1	+0.5	+.063
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

Season 7
	Richard Jefferson	Pascal Siakam
Season	2007-08	2022-23
Team	New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+11	+1.6	+1.6	+0.7	+3.0	+3.6	+2.7		+0.2		-0.5	+1.4	+2.3	+.014	+0.4	+1.4	+.038	+1.4	+1.6	+.024
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Richard Jefferson nor Pascal Siakam played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 9
	Richard Jefferson	Pascal Siakam
Season	2009-10	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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:	+3	+1.6	+7.9	+1.0	+1.5	+2.5	+1.4	+0.3		-0.1	-0.2	+3.4	+5.6	+.052	+0.9	+1.9	+.073	+0.3	+0.4	+.001
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
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:	+13	+0.1	+11.1	+0.5	+0.5	+1.0	+1.6	+0.6	+0.1	-0.2	-0.9	+4.2	+7.8	+.027	+1.4	+3.1	+.227	+1.3	+2.0	+.045
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