T.J. McConnell vs. JaVale McGee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of JaVale McGee and T.J. McConnell, 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.

T.J. McConnell played 10 years in the NBA, 6 less than JaVale McGee, who played 16. T.J. McConnell had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while JaVale McGee had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
T.J. McConnell	10	5	2015-16 to 2024-25
JaVale McGee	16	8	2008-09 to 2023-24

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


Rookie Season
	T.J. McConnell	JaVale McGee
Season	2015-16	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards
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		%
T.J. McConnell	81	19.8	6.1	0.5	2.6	3.1	4.5	1.2	0.1	1.7	1.4	2.7	5.7	.470	0.4	1.1	.348	0.3	0.5	.634
difference:	+6	+4.6	+0.4	+1.1	+0.3	+0.8	+4.2	+0.8	+0.9	-0.9	-0.7	+0.2	+0.5	+.024	+0.4	+1.1		+1.1	+1.7	+.026
JaVale McGee	75	15.2	6.5	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.3	0.4	1.0	0.8	2.1	2.5	5.2	.494	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.660

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher T.J. McConnell nor JaVale McGee played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	T.J. McConnell	JaVale McGee
Season	2016-17	2009-10
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
T.J. McConnell	81	26.3	6.9	0.5	2.6	3.1	6.6	1.7	0.1	2.0	1.7	2.9	6.3	.461	0.1	0.7	.200	0.9	1.1	.811
difference:	+21	+10.2	+0.5	+1.0		+1.0	+6.4	+1.4	+1.6	-1.1	-0.3	+0.3	+1.2	+.047	+0.1	+0.7		+0.3	+0.8	+.173
JaVale McGee	60	16.1	6.4	1.5	2.6	4.1	0.2	0.3	1.7	0.9	2.0	2.6	5.1	.508	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.9	.638

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher T.J. McConnell nor JaVale McGee played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	T.J. McConnell	JaVale McGee
Season	2017-18	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
T.J. McConnell	76	22.4	6.3	0.5	2.5	3.0	4.0	1.2	0.2	1.5	1.6	2.8	5.5	.499	0.4	0.8	.435	0.4	0.5	.795
difference:	+3	+5.4	+3.8	+2.3	+2.7	+5.0	+3.5	+0.7	+2.2	-0.2	-1.3	+1.4	+2.1	+.051	+0.4	+0.8		+1.3	+2.4	+.212
JaVale McGee	79	27.8	10.1	2.8	5.2	8.0	0.5	0.5	2.4	1.3	2.9	4.2	7.6	.550	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.9	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.J. McConnell	10	15.5	5.5	0.6	2.0	2.6	2.3	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.3	2.5	3.6	.694	0.2	0.3	.667	0.3	0.5	.600
JaVale McGee	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	T.J. McConnell	JaVale McGee
Season	2018-19	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets 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		%
T.J. McConnell	76	19.3	6.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	3.4	1.0	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.9	5.5	.525	0.2	0.6	.333	0.4	0.5	.784
difference:	+15	+5.9	+4.9	+2.3	+3.2	+5.5	+2.9	+0.4	+2.0	-0.2	-1.3	+2.1	+3.5	+.031	+0.2	+0.6		+0.9	+2.2	+.323
JaVale McGee	61	25.2	11.3	2.7	5.1	7.8	0.5	0.6	2.2	1.4	2.7	5.0	9.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.7	.461

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.J. McConnell	9	8.3	2.7	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.3	3.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+2	+17.6	+5.9	+3.2	+5.7	+8.9	+0.5	+0.5	+3.0	-0.5	-2.6	+2.0	+4.6	+.010				+2.0	+3.7
JaVale McGee	7	25.9	8.6	3.3	6.3	9.6	0.7	0.7	3.1	0.6	3.0	3.3	7.6	.434	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.7	.538


Season 5
	T.J. McConnell	JaVale McGee
Season	2019-20	2012-13
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
T.J. McConnell	71	18.7	6.5	0.5	2.1	2.7	5.0	0.8	0.2	1.4	1.0	3.0	5.8	.516	0.1	0.2	.294	0.5	0.6	.833
difference:	+8	+0.6	+2.6	+1.5	+0.7	+2.1	+4.7	+0.4	+1.8	-0.3	-1.3	+0.8	+0.9	+.059	+0.1	+0.2		+0.9	+1.8	+.242
JaVale McGee	79	18.1	9.1	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.3	0.4	2.0	1.1	2.3	3.8	6.7	.575	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.4	.591

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.J. McConnell	3	9.3	2.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	1.0	2.7	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
difference:	+3	+9.4	+4.9	+2.8	+0.3	+3.2	+2.3	+0.7	+1.0	-1.1	-1.5	+2.0	+2.5	+.206				+0.9	+2.3	+.111
JaVale McGee	6	18.7	7.2	2.8	2.3	5.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.8	2.8	3.0	5.2	.581	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	3.0	.389


Season 6
	T.J. McConnell	JaVale McGee
Season	2020-21	2013-14
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
T.J. McConnell	69	26.0	8.6	0.8	2.9	3.7	6.6	1.9	0.3	2.0	1.6	4.0	7.1	.559	0.2	0.7	.313	0.5	0.7	.688
difference:	+64	+10.2	+1.6	+1.2	+1.5	+0.3	+6.2	+1.7	+1.1	-0.4	-1.6	+0.6	+0.5	+.112	+0.2	+0.7		+0.3	+0.5	+.312
JaVale McGee	5	15.8	7.0	2.0	1.4	3.4	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.2	3.4	7.6	.447	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher T.J. McConnell nor JaVale McGee played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	T.J. McConnell	JaVale McGee
Season	2021-22	2014-15
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
T.J. McConnell	27	24.1	8.5	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.9	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.7	7.7	.481	0.4	1.2	.303	0.7	0.9	.826
difference:	+4	+13.0	+3.9	+0.1	+0.7	+0.6	+4.8	+1.0	+0.5	-0.3	-0.7	+1.9	+4.3	+.051	+0.4	+1.2		+0.3	+0.5	+.159
JaVale McGee	23	11.1	4.6	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.8	3.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.667

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher T.J. McConnell nor JaVale McGee played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	T.J. McConnell	JaVale McGee
Season	2022-23	2015-16
Team	Indiana Pacers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
T.J. McConnell	75	20.3	8.7	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.3	1.1	0.1	1.9	1.4	3.8	6.9	.543	0.3	0.8	.441	0.8	0.9	.853
difference:	+41	+9.4	+3.6	+1.0	+0.1	+0.8	+5.2	+1.0	+0.7	-1.3		+1.5	+3.0	+.032	+0.3	+0.8		+0.3	+0.2	+.353
JaVale McGee	34	10.9	5.1	1.6	2.4	3.9	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.3	3.9	.575	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.1	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.J. McConnell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	2	7.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	3.0	.333


Season 9
	T.J. McConnell	JaVale McGee
Season	2023-24	2016-17
Team	Indiana Pacers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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		%
T.J. McConnell	71	18.2	10.2	0.5	2.2	2.7	5.5	1.0	0.1	1.5	1.1	4.6	8.4	.556	0.3	0.6	.409	0.7	0.9	.790
difference:	+6	+8.6	+4.1	+0.8	+0.3	+0.5	+5.3	+0.8	+0.8	-1.0	-0.3	+1.9	+4.3	+.096	+0.3	+0.6			+0.5	+.285
JaVale McGee	77	9.6	6.1	1.3	1.9	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.7	4.1	.652	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.505

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.J. McConnell	17	20.5	11.8	0.6	2.4	3.1	5.1	0.9	0.1	1.2	1.5	5.3	10.9	.486	0.4	1.5	.269	0.8	0.9	.867
difference:	+1	+11.2	+5.9	+0.8	+0.8	+0.1	+4.8	+0.8	+0.8	-0.7	-0.4	+2.7	+7.4	+.246	+0.4	+1.5			+0.2	+.145
JaVale McGee	16	9.3	5.9	1.4	1.6	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.5	1.9	2.6	3.5	.732	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.722


Season 10
	T.J. McConnell	JaVale McGee
Season	2024-25	2017-18
Team	Indiana Pacers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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		%
T.J. McConnell	79	17.9	9.1	0.6	1.9	2.4	4.4	1.1	0.3	1.4	1.0	4.1	7.9	.519	0.2	0.6	.306	0.7	1.0	.740
difference:	+14	+8.4	+4.3	+0.3	+0.2	+0.2	+3.9	+0.8	+0.6	-1.0	-0.4	+2.0	+4.5	+.102	+0.2	+0.5	+.306	+0.1	+0.2	+.009
JaVale McGee	65	9.5	4.8	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.1	3.4	.621	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.J. McConnell	23	17.5	9.5	0.5	2.7	3.3	4.0	0.9	0.1	1.9	1.1	4.1	7.6	.537	0.3	0.8	.421	1.0	1.2	.815
difference:	+10	+5.3	+3.0	+0.7	+0.7	+0.1	+3.7	+0.7	+0.7	-1.5	-0.4	+1.1	+3.1	+.135	+0.3	+0.7	+.421	+0.5	+0.5	+.148
JaVale McGee	13	12.2	6.5	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	3.0	4.5	.672	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.667

Additional Years

* JaVale McGee played 6 seasons more than T.J. McConnell in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 11 to 16, from 2019 to 2024—JaVale McGee played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

T.J. McConnell vs. JaVale McGee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of JaVale McGee and T.J. McConnell, 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

Additional Years