Zach LaVine vs. Jaylen Wells Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaylen Wells and Zach LaVine, 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 LaVine played 12 years in the NBA, 10 more than Jaylen Wells, who played 2. Zach LaVine had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Jaylen Wells had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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 LaVine	Jaylen Wells
Season	2014-15	2024-25
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
Zach LaVine	77	24.7	10.1	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.6	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.1	3.7	8.8	.422	0.7	2.2	.341	1.9	2.3	.842
difference:	+2	+1.2	+0.3	+0.7	+0.1	+0.6	+1.9	+0.1		-1.6	-0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+.003	+1.0	+2.8	+.011	+0.5	+0.6	+.020
Jaylen Wells	79	25.9	10.4	1.1	2.3	3.4	1.7	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.8	3.6	8.6	.425	1.7	5.0	.352	1.4	1.7	.822
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Zach LaVine nor Jaylen Wells played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Zach LaVine played 10 seasons more than Jaylen Wells in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 12, from 2017 to 2026—Zach LaVine played in one postseason. In those 10 extra years over Jaylen Wells, Zach LaVine got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game