Tyler Herro vs. Brandon Jennings: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Brandon Jennings and Tyler Herro 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.

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By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Tyler Herro has better scoring averages both in the regular season and Playoffs and also scored more points in during the postseason while Brandon Jennings scored more points in the regular season. 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 6 NBA regular seasons played, Tyler Herro averages 5.3 points more than Brandon Jennings in his 9 seasons (19.4 points against 14.1). On the other hand Brandon Jennings scored a total of 814 points more than Tyler Herro (7,801 vs. 6,987).

Points Per Game

Seasons
Tyler Herro 19.4
+5.3
6
Brandon Jennings 14.1
9

Total Points

Seasons
Tyler Herro 6,987
6
Brandon Jennings 7,801
+814
9

Points in the Playoffs

In the NBA postseason Tyler Herro has a better career point average than Brandon Jennings (+5.7 points per game) and he also scored more points (+505).

Points Per Game

Playoffs
Tyler Herro 14.6
+5.7
6
Brandon Jennings 8.9
4

Total Points

Playoffs
Tyler Herro 728
+505
6
Brandon Jennings 223
4

Points by Thresholds

Regular Season

50+ Point Games

Tyler Herro 0
Brandon Jennings 1
+1

40+ Point Games

Tyler Herro 4
+3
Brandon Jennings 1

30+ Point Games

Tyler Herro 40
+7
Brandon Jennings 33

20+ Point Games

Tyler Herro 176
+26
Brandon Jennings 150

10+ Point Games

Tyler Herro 317
Brandon Jennings 358
+41

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Tyler Herro 359
Brandon Jennings 535
+176

0 Point Games (games without points)

Tyler Herro 2
Brandon Jennings 20
+18

Playoffs

30+ Point Games

Tyler Herro 2
+1
Brandon Jennings 1

20+ Point Games

Tyler Herro 9
+5
Brandon Jennings 4

10+ Point Games

Tyler Herro 42
+32
Brandon Jennings 10

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Tyler Herro 49
+31
Brandon Jennings 18

0 Point Games (games without points)

Tyler Herro 1
Brandon Jennings 7
+6

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

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Regular Season

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Tyler Herro 19.4 7.0 15.7 44.8 2.7 7.1 38.2 2.6 2.9 87.4 6 361
difference:+5.3+2.0+2.9+6.0+1.1+2.3+3.7+0.1+0.2+7.8+3+194
Brandon Jennings 14.1 5.0 12.8 38.7 1.6 4.8 34.5 2.5 3.1 79.6 9 555

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Tyler Herro 6,987 2,540 5,674 44.8 984 2,574 38.2 923 1,056 87.4 6 361
difference:+814+210+1,425+6.0+70+74+3.7+464+687+7.8+3+194
Brandon Jennings 7,801 2,750 7,099 38.7 914 2,648 34.5 1,387 1,743 79.6 9 555

Playoffs

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Tyler Herro 14.6 5.4 13.0 41.4 1.9 5.9 32.8 1.9 2.2 88.9 6 50
difference:+5.7+2.2+4.4+4.1+1.1+2.5+9.0+0.2+9.3+2+25
Brandon Jennings 8.9 3.2 8.6 37.2 0.8 3.4 23.8 1.7 2.2 79.6 4 25

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Tyler Herro 728 268 648 41.4 96 293 32.8 96 108 88.9 6 50
difference:+505+188+433+4.1+76+209+9.0+53+54+9.3+2+25
Brandon Jennings 223 80 215 37.2 20 84 23.8 43 54 79.6 4 25

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

Regular Season

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Tyler Herro 13.5
202055
Brandon Jennings 15.5
+2.0
201082

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Tyler Herro 15.1
202154
Brandon Jennings 16.2
+1.1
201163

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Tyler Herro 20.7
+1.6
202266
Brandon Jennings 19.1
201266

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Tyler Herro 20.1
+2.6
202367
Brandon Jennings 17.5
201380

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Tyler Herro 20.8
+5.3
202442
Brandon Jennings 15.5
201480

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Tyler Herro 23.9
+8.5
202577
Brandon Jennings 15.4
201541

Brandon Jennings' additional seasons:

* Brandon Jennings played 3 seasons more than Tyler Herro in the NBA.

In those years—his seasons 7 to 9, from 2016 to 2018—he averaged 6.9 points in a total of 143 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 7.1 ppg and his lowest 5.2.

Playoffs

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Tyler Herro 16.0
202021
Brandon Jennings 18.7
+2.7
20107

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Tyler Herro 9.3
+9.3
20214
Brandon Jennings -
DNP
20110

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Tyler Herro 12.6
+12.6
202215
Brandon Jennings -
DNP
20120

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Tyler Herro 12.0
20231
Brandon Jennings 13.3
+1.3
20134

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Tyler Herro 16.8
+16.8
20245
Brandon Jennings -
DNP
20140

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Tyler Herro 17.8
+17.8
20254
Brandon Jennings -
DNP
20150

Brandon Jennings' additional Playoffs:

* During his 3 additional NBA seasons, Brandon Jennings played in two Playoffs. In those postseasons he averaged 2.8 points in a total of 14 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 2.8 ppg and his lowest 2.