Carmelo Anthony vs. Jalen Green: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Jalen Green and Carmelo Anthony to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Carmelo Anthony is among the NBA's all-time leaders in points and also has one of the highest career averages in league history, and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by Jalen Green.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Carmelo Anthony has better scoring stats than Jalen Green in averages and totals, both in the regular season and Playoffs. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 19 NBA regular seasons played, Carmelo Anthony averages 2.4 points more than Jalen Green in his 4 seasons (22.5 points against 20.1), and he also scored a total of 22,116 points more (28,289 vs. 6,173).

Points Per Game

Seasons
Carmelo Anthony 22.5
+2.4
19
Jalen Green 20.1
4

Total Points

Seasons
Carmelo Anthony 28,289
+22,116
19
Jalen Green 6,173
4

Scoring Titles

Carmelo Anthony 1
Scoring leader
+1
Jalen Green 0

Points in the Playoffs

Similar to what happens in the regular season, in the NBA postseason Carmelo Anthony has a better career point average than Jalen Green (+9.8 points per game) and he also scored more points (+1,821).

Points Per Game

Playoffs
Carmelo Anthony 23.1
+9.8
13
Jalen Green 13.3
1

Total Points

Playoffs
Carmelo Anthony 1,914
+1,821
13
Jalen Green 93
1

Points by Thresholds

Regular Season

60+ Point Games

Carmelo Anthony 1
+1
Jalen Green 0

50+ Point Games

Carmelo Anthony 4
+4
Jalen Green 0

40+ Point Games

Carmelo Anthony 36
+27
Jalen Green 9

30+ Point Games

Carmelo Anthony 272
+221
Jalen Green 51

20+ Point Games

Carmelo Anthony 796
+638
Jalen Green 158

10+ Point Games

Carmelo Anthony 1,162
+893
Jalen Green 269

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Carmelo Anthony 1,257
+950
Jalen Green 307

0 Point Games (games without points)

Carmelo Anthony 3
+3
Jalen Green 0

Playoffs

40+ Point Games

Carmelo Anthony 4
+4
Jalen Green 0

30+ Point Games

Carmelo Anthony 22
+21
Jalen Green 1

20+ Point Games

Carmelo Anthony 54
+53
Jalen Green 1

10+ Point Games

Carmelo Anthony 77
+74
Jalen Green 3

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Carmelo Anthony 83
+76
Jalen Green 7

0 Point Games (games without points)

Carmelo Anthony 0
Jalen Green 0

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Regular Season

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Carmelo Anthony 22.5 8.0 18.0 44.7 1.4 3.9 35.5 5.0 6.2 81.4 19 1,260
difference:+2.4+1.0+1.4+2.5+1.1+3.5+1.3+1.4+1.7+1.5+15+953
Jalen Green 20.1 7.0 16.6 42.2 2.5 7.4 34.2 3.6 4.5 79.9 4 307

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Carmelo Anthony 28,289 10,119 22,643 44.7 1,731 4,873 35.5 6,320 7,764 81.4 19 1,260
difference:+22,116+7,976+17,561+2.5+952+2,595+1.3+5,212+6,377+1.5+15+953
Jalen Green 6,173 2,143 5,082 42.2 779 2,278 34.2 1,108 1,387 79.9 4 307

Playoffs

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Carmelo Anthony 23.1 8.1 19.4 41.4 1.2 3.8 32.4 5.7 6.9 82.6 13 83
difference:+9.8+3.5+7.1+4.2+0.7+2.5+2.9+3.4+3.5+15.9+12+76
Jalen Green 13.3 4.6 12.3 37.2 1.9 6.3 29.5 2.3 3.4 66.7 1 7

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Carmelo Anthony 1,914 669 1,614 41.4 101 312 32.4 475 575 82.6 13 83
difference:+1,821+637+1,528+4.2+88+268+2.9+459+551+15.9+12+76
Jalen Green 93 32 86 37.2 13 44 29.5 16 24 66.7 1 7

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

Scoring leader= NBA Scoring Leader

Regular Season

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Carmelo Anthony 21.0
+3.7
200482
Jalen Green 17.3
202267

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Carmelo Anthony 20.8
200575
Jalen Green 22.1
+1.3
202376

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Carmelo Anthony 26.5
+6.9
200680
Jalen Green 19.6
202482

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Carmelo Anthony 28.9
+7.9
200765
Jalen Green 21.0
202582

Carmelo Anthony's additional seasons:

* Carmelo Anthony played 15 seasons more than Jalen Green in the NBA.

In those years—his seasons 5 to 19, from 2008 to 2022—he averaged 21.9 points in a total of 958 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 28.7 ppg and his lowest 13.3.

In those 15 extra years over Jalen Green, Carmelo Anthony won 1 scoring title.

Playoffs

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Carmelo Anthony 15.0
+15.0
20044
Jalen Green -
DNP
20220

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Carmelo Anthony 19.2
+19.2
20055
Jalen Green -
DNP
20230

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Carmelo Anthony 21.0
+21.0
20065
Jalen Green -
DNP
20240

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Carmelo Anthony 26.8
+13.5
20075
Jalen Green 13.3
20257

Carmelo Anthony's additional Playoffs:

* During his 15 additional NBA seasons, Carmelo Anthony played in 9 Playoffs. In those postseasons he averaged 23.7 points in a total of 64 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 30.7 ppg and his lowest 11.8.