Serge Ibaka vs. Jalen Suggs Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Suggs and Serge Ibaka, 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.

Serge Ibaka played 14 years in the NBA, 9 more than Jalen Suggs, who played 5. Serge Ibaka had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Jalen Suggs had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
	Serge Ibaka	Jalen Suggs
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Magic Lost East 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		%
Serge Ibaka	66	27.2	9.1	2.9	4.6	7.5	0.4	0.5	3.7	1.2	2.7	4.0	7.4	.535	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.8	.661
difference:	+9	+0.2	+3.5	+2.3	+2.2	+4.4	+2.3	+0.9	+3.1	-0.6		+0.5	+2.1	+.064	+2.0	+5.1		+0.4	+0.3	+.095
Jalen Suggs	75	27.0	12.6	0.6	2.4	3.1	2.7	1.4	0.6	1.8	2.7	4.5	9.5	.471	2.0	5.1	.397	1.6	2.1	.756
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	20	28.5	9.8	2.4	3.4	5.8	0.6	0.6	3.0	0.6	2.9	4.2	8.0	.528	0.1	0.2	.250	1.3	1.8	.722
difference:	+13	+4.6	+4.9	+0.8	+0.2	+0.7	+2.7	+0.7	+2.6	-2.3	-0.3	+0.5	+3.7	+.126	+1.9	+6.7	+.042	+2.0	+2.5	+.045
Jalen Suggs	7	33.1	14.7	1.6	3.6	5.1	3.3	1.3	0.4	2.9	2.6	4.7	11.7	.402	2.0	6.9	.292	3.3	4.3	.767

Season 4
	Serge Ibaka	Jalen Suggs
Season	2012-13	2024-25
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Serge Ibaka	80	31.1	13.2	2.8	4.9	7.7	0.5	0.4	3.0	1.6	2.7	5.6	9.7	.573	0.3	0.7	.351	1.8	2.4	.749
difference:	+45	+2.5	+3.0	+2.1	+1.5	+3.7	+3.2	+1.1	+2.1	-1.3	-0.1		+4.0	+.163	+1.9	+6.2	+.037	+1.0	+0.7	+.133
Jalen Suggs	35	28.6	16.2	0.7	3.4	4.0	3.7	1.5	0.9	2.9	2.8	5.6	13.7	.410	2.2	6.9	.314	2.8	3.1	.882
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	11	33.3	12.8	3.5	4.8	8.4	0.7	0.0	3.0	0.6	3.5	5.4	12.3	.437	0.4	0.8	.444	1.7	2.2	.792
Jalen Suggs	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Serge Ibaka	Jalen Suggs
Season	2013-14	2025-26
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Serge Ibaka	81	32.9	15.1	2.8	6.0	8.8	1.0	0.5	2.7	1.5	2.9	6.5	12.1	.536	0.3	0.7	.383	1.9	2.5	.784
difference:	+60	+7.3	+0.3	+2.0	+3.0	+5.1	+3.8	+1.4	+2.1	-1.2	-0.1	+1.1	+0.7	+.065	+1.7	+5.4	+.055	+0.8	+0.6	+.078
Jalen Suggs	21	25.6	15.4	0.8	3.0	3.7	4.8	1.9	0.6	2.7	3.0	5.4	11.4	.471	2.0	6.1	.328	2.7	3.1	.862
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	17	34.2	12.1	1.8	5.0	6.8	0.7	0.6	2.5	1.2	3.2	5.1	8.6	.592	0.3	0.8	.385	1.5	2.0	.765
Jalen Suggs	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-