Zach Edey vs. Jalen Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Johnson and Zach Edey, 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.

Zach Edey played 1 year in the NBA, 4 less than Jalen Johnson, who played 5. Zach Edey had his first NBA Season in 2024-25, while Jalen Johnson 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.

Rookie Season
	Zach Edey	Jalen Johnson
Season	2024-25	2021-22
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Zach Edey	66	21.5	9.2	3.5	4.8	8.3	1.0	0.5	1.3	1.3	2.8	3.8	6.6	.580	0.3	0.8	.346	1.4	1.9	.709
difference:	+44	+16.0	+6.8	+3.4	+3.7	+7.1	+0.9	+0.4	+1.2	-0.9	-2.4	+2.8	+4.7	+.043	+0.2	+0.2	+.115	+1.2	+1.6	+.005
Jalen Johnson	22	5.5	2.4	0.1	1.1	1.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.9	.537	0.1	0.6	.231	0.2	0.3	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach Edey	4	27.0	6.3	2.8	5.0	7.8	1.8	0.0	2.5	1.5	3.0	2.5	3.8	.667	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.714
difference:	+2	+22.5	+6.3	+2.8	+5.0	+7.8	+1.8		+2.5	-1.0	-3.0	+2.5	+2.3	+.667		+0.5		+1.3	+1.8
Jalen Johnson	2	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-