Jalen Rose vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Jalen Rose, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Jalen Rose played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than James Worthy, who played 12. Jalen Rose had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jalen Rose	13	6	1994-95 to 2006-07
James Worthy	12	9	1982-83 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jalen Rose	James Worthy
Season	1994-95	1982-83
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	81	22.2	8.2	0.7	2.0	2.7	4.8	0.8	0.3	2.0	2.5	2.8	6.2	.454	0.4	1.4	.316	2.1	2.9	.739
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	3	33.0	10.0	1.3	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.0	0.7	3.0	3.0	4.3	9.3	.464	0.3	1.3	.250	1.0	1.7	.600
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jalen Rose	James Worthy
Season	1995-96	1983-84
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	80	26.7	10.0	0.6	2.7	3.3	6.2	0.7	0.5	2.9	2.9	3.6	7.6	.480	0.4	1.4	.296	2.4	3.5	.690
James Worthy	82	29.5	14.5	1.9	4.4	6.3	2.5	0.9	0.9	2.2	3.0	6.0	10.9	.556	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	21	33.7	17.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.9	2.7	7.8	13.0	.599	0.0	0.1	.500	2.0	3.3	.609


Season 3
	Jalen Rose	James Worthy
Season	1996-97	1984-85
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	66	18.0	7.3	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.3	0.9	0.3	1.6	2.1	2.6	5.7	.456	0.3	1.1	.292	1.8	2.4	.750
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676


Season 4
	Jalen Rose	James Worthy
Season	1997-98	1985-86
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	82	20.8	9.4	0.3	2.0	2.4	1.9	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.1	3.5	7.4	.478	0.3	0.9	.342	2.0	2.8	.728
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	15	19.5	8.1	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.9	0.7	0.4	1.7	2.5	3.2	6.7	.480	0.4	1.1	.375	1.3	1.8	.741
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681


Season 5
	Jalen Rose	James Worthy
Season	1998-99	1986-87
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	49	25.3	11.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	1.9	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.6	4.1	10.1	.403	0.3	1.3	.262	2.6	3.2	.791
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	13	27.4	12.2	0.8	1.5	2.4	2.5	1.0	0.4	1.9	3.0	4.7	10.6	.442	0.6	1.8	.348	2.2	2.6	.824
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753


Season 6
	Jalen Rose	James Worthy
Season	1999-00	1987-88
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	80	37.2	18.2	0.5	4.3	4.8	4.0	1.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	7.0	15.0	.471	1.0	2.5	.393	3.2	3.8	.827
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	23	42.0	20.8	0.4	4.0	4.4	3.4	0.7	0.5	2.2	3.1	7.4	17.0	.437	1.3	3.0	.429	4.7	5.8	.805
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758


Season 7
	Jalen Rose	James Worthy
Season	2000-01	1988-89
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	72	40.9	20.5	0.5	4.5	5.0	6.0	0.9	0.6	2.9	3.2	7.9	17.3	.457	0.8	2.4	.339	4.0	4.8	.828
James Worthy	81	36.5	20.5	2.1	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	2.2	2.2	8.7	15.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.087	3.1	4.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	4	41.3	18.0	0.8	3.8	4.5	2.8	1.5	0.3	2.3	4.5	7.5	19.8	.380	1.3	4.0	.313	1.8	1.8	1.000
James Worthy	15	40.0	24.8	2.5	4.3	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	2.2	2.4	10.2	18.0	.567	0.2	0.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.788


Season 8
	Jalen Rose	James Worthy
Season	2001-02	1989-90
Team	Indiana Pacers, Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	83	38.0	20.4	0.5	4.0	4.5	4.3	0.9	0.5	2.4	3.0	8.0	17.6	.455	1.1	3.0	.362	3.4	4.0	.839
James Worthy	80	37.0	21.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	8.9	16.2	.548	0.2	0.6	.306	3.1	4.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	9	40.7	24.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.0	10.0	20.1	.497	0.2	0.9	.250	4.0	4.8	.837


Season 9
	Jalen Rose	James Worthy
Season	2002-03	1990-91
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	82	40.9	22.1	0.8	3.5	4.3	4.8	0.9	0.3	3.5	3.3	7.8	19.3	.406	1.6	4.4	.370	4.9	5.7	.854
James Worthy	78	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.6	1.5	9.2	18.7	.492	0.3	1.2	.289	2.7	3.4	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	18	40.7	21.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.9	8.9	19.2	.465	0.2	1.3	.167	2.9	4.0	.736


Season 10
	Jalen Rose	James Worthy
Season	2003-04	1991-92
Team	Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	66	37.8	15.5	0.5	3.5	4.0	5.0	0.8	0.3	3.2	2.8	5.8	14.4	.402	1.0	3.1	.342	2.8	3.5	.810
James Worthy	54	39.0	19.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	4.7	1.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	8.3	18.6	.447	0.2	0.8	.209	3.1	3.8	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jalen Rose	James Worthy
Season	2004-05	1992-93
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	81	33.5	18.5	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.6	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.3	6.5	14.3	.455	1.3	3.4	.394	4.1	4.8	.854
James Worthy	82	28.8	14.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	3.4	1.1	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.2	13.9	.447	0.4	1.4	.270	2.1	2.6	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	5	29.6	13.8	1.4	2.0	3.4	2.6	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.2	6.4	17.2	.372	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.0	.600


Season 12
	Jalen Rose	James Worthy
Season	2005-06	1993-94
Team	Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	72	27.5	12.3	0.4	2.5	2.9	2.5	0.4	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.0	9.5	.423	0.8	2.4	.343	3.4	4.4	.780
James Worthy	80	20.0	10.2	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.0	4.3	10.5	.406	0.4	1.4	.288	1.3	1.7	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Jalen Rose	James Worthy
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	29	8.5	3.7	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.8	1.3	3.0	.442	0.7	1.6	.447	0.4	0.4	.917
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	1	9.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jalen Rose vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Jalen Rose, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13