RJ Barrett vs. Jaxson Hayes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaxson Hayes and RJ Barrett, 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 / Games against each other

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.

RJ Barrett and Jaxson Hayes both played 7 years in the NBA. RJ Barrett had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Jaxson Hayes had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
RJ Barrett	7	2	2019-20 to 2025-26
Jaxson Hayes	7	3	2019-20 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7


Rookie Season
	RJ Barrett	Jaxson Hayes
Season	2019-20	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
RJ Barrett	56	30.4	14.3	0.9	4.1	5.0	2.6	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.2	5.2	13.0	.402	1.1	3.5	.320	2.8	4.5	.614
difference:	+8	+13.5	+6.9	+0.6	+1.6	+1.0	+1.7	+0.6	+0.6	-1.4	-0.3	+2.5	+9.0	+.270	+1.1	+3.4	+.070	+0.9	+1.5	+.033
Jaxson Hayes	64	16.9	7.4	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.9	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.5	2.7	4.0	.672	0.0	0.1	.250	1.9	3.0	.647

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher RJ Barrett nor Jaxson Hayes played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	RJ Barrett	Jaxson Hayes
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
RJ Barrett	72	34.9	17.6	0.9	4.8	5.8	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.9	2.6	6.5	14.7	.441	1.7	4.3	.401	2.9	3.8	.746
difference:	+12	+18.8	+10.1	+0.6	+2.0	+1.5	+2.4	+0.3	+0.3	-1.2	-0.9	+3.6	+10.0	+.184	+1.6	+4.1	+.028	+1.3	+1.8	+.029
Jaxson Hayes	60	16.1	7.5	1.5	2.8	4.3	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.7	1.7	2.9	4.7	.625	0.1	0.2	.429	1.6	2.0	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	5	32.4	14.4	0.8	6.4	7.2	3.0	0.8	0.4	0.4	2.2	5.2	13.4	.388	1.6	5.6	.286	2.4	3.0	.800
Jaxson Hayes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	RJ Barrett	Jaxson Hayes
Season	2021-22	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans 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		%
RJ Barrett	70	34.5	20.0	0.9	4.9	5.8	3.0	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.0	7.0	17.1	.408	2.0	5.8	.342	4.1	5.8	.714
difference:		+14.5	+10.7	+0.7	+2.0	+1.3	+2.4	+0.1	+0.6	-1.4	-0.2	+3.5	+11.4	+.208	+1.7	+5.0	+.009	+2.0	+3.1	+.052
Jaxson Hayes	70	20.0	9.3	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.8	2.2	3.5	5.7	.616	0.3	0.8	.351	2.1	2.7	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jaxson Hayes	6	13.8	5.8	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.3	4.2	.560	0.0	0.5	.000	1.2	1.8	.636


Season 4
	RJ Barrett	Jaxson Hayes
Season	2022-23	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
RJ Barrett	73	33.9	19.6	0.8	4.2	5.0	2.8	0.4	0.2	2.2	2.5	7.0	16.1	.434	1.7	5.3	.310	4.0	5.4	.740
difference:	+26	+20.9	+14.6		+2.2	+2.2	+2.1		+0.2	-1.5	-1.1	+5.2	+12.8	+.117	+1.6	+4.7	+.207	+2.8	+3.6	+.041
Jaxson Hayes	47	13.0	5.0	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.4	1.8	3.3	.551	0.1	0.6	.103	1.2	1.8	.699

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	11	34.3	19.3	0.5	4.0	4.5	2.8	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.3	6.5	14.9	.433	1.8	5.5	.328	4.5	5.9	.769
Jaxson Hayes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	RJ Barrett	Jaxson Hayes
Season	2023-24	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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		%
RJ Barrett	58	31.7	20.2	0.9	4.5	5.4	3.3	0.5	0.4	2.2	2.2	7.5	15.2	.495	1.6	4.3	.360	3.6	5.0	.715
difference:	+12	+19.2	+15.9	+0.1	+2.5	+2.4	+2.8			-1.6	-0.4	+5.7	+12.7	+.225	+1.6	+4.2	+.360	+2.9	+3.8	+.093
Jaxson Hayes	70	12.5	4.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.8	1.8	2.5	.720	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.2	.622

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jaxson Hayes	4	6.0	0.3	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.8	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 6
	RJ Barrett	Jaxson Hayes
Season	2024-25	2024-25
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West 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		%
RJ Barrett	58	32.2	21.1	1.1	5.3	6.3	5.4	0.8	0.3	2.8	2.4	7.9	16.9	.468	1.8	5.3	.350	3.4	5.4	.630
difference:	+2	+12.7	+14.3	+0.3	+1.9	+1.5	+4.4	+0.2	+0.6	-2.0		+5.0	+12.9	+.254	+1.8	+5.2	+.350	+2.3	+3.6	+.008
Jaxson Hayes	56	19.5	6.8	1.4	3.4	4.8	1.0	0.6	0.9	0.8	2.4	2.9	4.0	.722	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.8	.622

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jaxson Hayes	4	7.8	1.8	1.3	0.8	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.0	0.8	2.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 7
	RJ Barrett	Jaxson Hayes
Season	2025-26	2025-26
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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		%
RJ Barrett	8	32.4	20.8	0.4	4.5	4.9	3.5	1.3	0.5	2.0	2.5	7.8	14.0	.554	2.1	5.4	.395	3.1	4.4	.714
difference:	+3	+13.4	+15.4	+0.6	+0.9	+0.3	+1.5	+0.9	+0.1	-1.4	-0.1	+5.2	+10.6	+.211	+1.9	+5.2	+.605	+3.1	+4.0	+.714
Jaxson Hayes	5	19.0	5.4	1.0	3.6	4.6	2.0	0.4	0.6	0.6	2.4	2.6	3.4	.765	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.4	.000

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher RJ Barrett nor Jaxson Hayes played in the postseason in their season 7

RJ Barrett vs. Jaxson Hayes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaxson Hayes and RJ Barrett, 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