Wali Jones vs. Jalen Suggs Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Suggs and Wali Jones, 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.

Wali Jones played 10 years in the NBA, 7 more than Jalen Suggs, who played 3. Wali Jones had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Wali Jones	Jalen Suggs
Season	1964-65	2021-22
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wali Jones	77	16.2	5.3	-	-	1.8	2.6	-	-	-	2.5	2.0	5.3	.375	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.728
Jalen Suggs	48	27.2	11.8	0.5	3.0	3.6	4.4	1.2	0.4	3.0	3.0	4.1	11.4	.361	0.9	4.1	.214	2.6	3.4	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wali Jones	10	16.2	7.3	-	-	2.0	1.8	-	-	-	2.8	2.9	6.3	.460	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.750
Jalen Suggs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Wali Jones	Jalen Suggs
Season	1966-67	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wali Jones	81	27.8	13.2	-	-	3.3	3.7	-	-	-	3.0	5.2	12.1	.431	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.838
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		%
Wali Jones	15	31.7	17.5	-	-	2.8	4.1	-	-	-	3.9	7.3	16.3	.447	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.776
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

Note: Wali Jones didn't play in 1973-74 and 1974-75.