Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. Brandon Jennings: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Brandon Jennings and Giannis Antetokounmpo 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.

Giannis Antetokounmpo 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 Brandon Jennings.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Giannis Antetokounmpo has better scoring stats than Brandon Jennings 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 by Thresholds

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

= NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
G. Antetokounmpo	6.8		2014	77
Brandon Jennings	15.5	+8.7	2010	82

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
G. Antetokounmpo	12.7		2015	81
Brandon Jennings	16.2	+3.5	2011	63

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
G. Antetokounmpo	16.9		2016	80
Brandon Jennings	19.1	+2.2	2012	66

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
G. Antetokounmpo	22.9	+5.4	2017	80
Brandon Jennings	17.5		2013	80

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
G. Antetokounmpo	26.9	+11.4	2018	75
Brandon Jennings	15.5		2014	80

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
G. Antetokounmpo	27.7	+12.3	2019	72
Brandon Jennings	15.4		2015	41

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
G. Antetokounmpo	29.5	+22.6	2020	63
Brandon Jennings	6.9		2016	48

Season 8	Points per game		Year	Games
G. Antetokounmpo	28.1	+21.0	2021	61
Brandon Jennings	7.1		2017	81

Season 9	Points per game		Year	Games
G. Antetokounmpo	29.9	+24.7	2022	67
Brandon Jennings	5.2		2018	14

Giannis Antetokounmpo's additional seasons:

* Giannis Antetokounmpo played 3 seasons more than Brandon Jennings in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 10 to 12, from 2023 to 2025—he averaged 30.6 points in a total of 203 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 31.1 ppg and his lowest 30.4.

Playoffs

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
G. Antetokounmpo	-	DNP	2014	0
Brandon Jennings	18.7	+18.7	2010	7

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
G. Antetokounmpo	11.5	+11.5	2015	6
Brandon Jennings	-	DNP	2011	0

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
G. Antetokounmpo	-	DNP	2016	0
Brandon Jennings	-	DNP	2012	0

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
G. Antetokounmpo	24.8	+11.5	2017	6
Brandon Jennings	13.3		2013	4

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
G. Antetokounmpo	25.7	+25.7	2018	7
Brandon Jennings	-	DNP	2014	0

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
G. Antetokounmpo	25.5	+25.5	2019	15
Brandon Jennings	-	DNP	2015	0

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
G. Antetokounmpo	26.7	+26.7	2020	9
Brandon Jennings	-	DNP	2016	0

Season 8	Points per game		Year	Games
G. Antetokounmpo	30.2	+27.4	2021	21
Brandon Jennings	2.8		2017	13

Season 9	Points per game		Year	Games
G. Antetokounmpo	31.7	+29.7	2022	12
Brandon Jennings	2.0		2018	1

Giannis Antetokounmpo's additional Playoffs:

* During his 3 additional NBA seasons, Giannis Antetokounmpo played in two Playoffs. In those postseasons he averaged 29.4 points in a total of 8 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 33 ppg and his lowest 23.3.