Serge Ibaka vs. Jaren Jackson Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaren Jackson Jr. 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, 6 more than Jaren Jackson Jr., who played 8. Serge Ibaka had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Jaren Jackson Jr. had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
	Serge Ibaka	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2009-10	2018-19
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Serge Ibaka	73	18.1	6.3	1.9	3.5	5.4	0.1	0.3	1.3	0.9	2.7	2.8	5.1	.543	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.630
difference:	+15	+8.0	+7.5	+0.6	+0.1	+0.7	+1.0	+0.6	+0.1	-0.8	-1.1	+2.3	+5.1	+.037	+0.9	+2.4		+1.8	+2.1	+.136
Jaren Jackson Jr.	58	26.1	13.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.1	0.9	1.4	1.7	3.8	5.1	10.2	.506	0.9	2.4	.359	2.6	3.4	.766
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	6	25.5	7.8	2.2	4.3	6.5	0.3	0.3	2.0	1.0	3.2	3.3	5.8	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.7	.700
Jaren Jackson Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Serge Ibaka	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Grizzlies 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		%
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:	+55	+3.7	+5.3	+1.4	+0.5	+1.9	+0.7	+0.6	+2.1	-0.2	-1.1	+0.8	+4.0	+.111	+1.5	+5.5		+2.0	+2.0	+.172
Jaren Jackson Jr.	11	23.5	14.4	1.5	4.1	5.6	1.1	1.1	1.6	1.4	3.8	4.8	11.4	.424	1.5	5.5	.283	3.2	3.8	.833
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:	+15	+1.1	+3.8	+0.6	+0.4	+0.2	+0.4	+0.4	+1.8	-0.2	-1.3	+0.4	+2.8	+.102	+1.5	+5.4	+.036	+1.5	+1.4	+.153
Jaren Jackson Jr.	5	27.4	13.6	1.8	3.8	5.6	1.0	1.0	1.2	0.8	4.2	4.6	10.8	.426	1.6	5.6	.286	2.8	3.2	.875

Season 4
	Serge Ibaka	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Blocks Leader	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
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:	+2	+3.8	+3.1	+1.3	+0.6	+1.9	+0.6	+0.5	+0.7	-0.1	-0.8	+0.1	+3.6	+.158	+1.3	+4.4	+.032	+1.8	+2.0	+.074
Jaren Jackson Jr.	78	27.3	16.3	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.1	0.9	2.3	1.7	3.5	5.5	13.3	.415	1.6	5.1	.319	3.6	4.4	.823
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
difference:	+1	+5.6	+2.6	+1.3	+0.2	+1.6	+0.2	+0.8	+0.5	-0.8	-0.9	+0.5	+0.7	+.059	+1.9	+5.2	+.069	+1.6	+2.2	+.037
Jaren Jackson Jr.	12	27.7	15.4	2.2	4.6	6.8	0.9	0.8	2.5	1.4	4.4	4.9	13.0	.378	2.3	6.0	.375	3.3	4.4	.755

Season 5
	Serge Ibaka	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+18	+4.5	+3.5	+1.1	+1.0	+2.0		+0.5	+0.3	-0.2	-0.7	+0.1	+0.9	+.030	+1.3	+3.8	+.028	+1.9	+2.4	+.004
Jaren Jackson Jr.	63	28.4	18.6	1.7	5.0	6.8	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.7	3.6	6.6	13.0	.506	1.6	4.5	.355	3.8	4.9	.788
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
difference:	+11	+2.5	+5.9	+1.5	+0.5	+1.0	+0.8	+0.4	+0.5	-1.8	-0.8	+0.7	+5.2	+.170	+0.9	+3.4	+.105	+3.7	+4.0	+.096
Jaren Jackson Jr.	6	36.7	18.0	3.3	4.5	7.8	1.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.8	13.8	.422	1.2	4.2	.280	5.2	6.0	.861

Season 7
	Serge Ibaka	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2015-16	2024-25
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Grizzlies 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		%
Serge Ibaka	78	32.1	12.6	1.8	5.0	6.8	0.8	0.5	1.9	1.4	2.7	5.3	11.1	.479	0.8	2.4	.326	1.2	1.6	.752
difference:	+4	+2.3	+9.6	+0.6	+0.6	+1.2	+1.2	+0.7	+0.4	-0.7	-0.8	+2.7	+5.3	+.009	+1.2	+2.9	+.049	+3.0	+3.8	+.029
Jaren Jackson Jr.	74	29.8	22.2	1.2	4.4	5.6	2.0	1.2	1.5	2.1	3.5	8.0	16.4	.488	2.0	5.3	.375	4.2	5.4	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	18	33.4	12.0	1.3	5.0	6.3	0.6	0.8	1.3	0.5	2.8	4.7	9.1	.521	1.7	3.8	.449	0.8	1.1	.750
difference:	+14	+0.9	+4.0	+1.0	+2.2	+1.3	+0.9	+0.2	+0.8	-2.3	-0.7	+0.8	+5.4	+.142	+0.9	+1.0	+.176	+3.5	+3.9	+.100
Jaren Jackson Jr.	4	34.3	16.0	2.3	2.8	5.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	2.8	3.5	5.5	14.5	.379	0.8	2.8	.273	4.3	5.0	.850