Wayne Ellington vs. Jaren Jackson Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaren Jackson Jr. and Wayne Ellington, 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.

Wayne Ellington played 13 years in the NBA, 7 more than Jaren Jackson Jr., who played 6. Wayne Ellington 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 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
	Wayne Ellington	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2009-10	2018-19
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Wayne Ellington	76	18.2	6.6	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.0	0.3	0.1	1.0	0.9	2.5	5.9	.424	0.8	2.1	.395	0.8	0.9	.871
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		%
Wayne Ellington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jaren Jackson Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Wayne Ellington	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wayne Ellington	78	21.3	7.9	0.3	1.8	2.1	1.3	0.6	0.0	0.7	1.0	2.9	6.8	.427	1.2	3.1	.392	0.9	1.0	.907
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		%
Wayne Ellington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Wayne Ellington	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Wayne Ellington	45	8.7	3.2	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.7	1.2	2.8	.437	0.6	1.3	.424	0.2	0.2	.909
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		%
Wayne Ellington	2	7.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	.333	1.0	3.0	.333	1.0	1.0	1.000
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