Jaren Jackson Jr. vs. Jerome James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerome James and Jaren Jackson Jr., 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.

Jaren Jackson Jr. played 6 years in the NBA, 3 less than Jerome James, who played 9. Jaren Jackson Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Jerome James had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Jerome James
Season	2018-19	1998-99
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	58	26.1	13.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.1	0.9	1.4	1.7	3.8	5.1	10.2	.506	0.9	2.4	.359	2.6	3.4	.766
Jerome James	16	2.6	1.5	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.6	1.5	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerome James	1	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750

Note: Jerome James didn't play in 1999-00 and 2000-01.

Season 4
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Jerome James
Season	2021-22	2003-04
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	78	27.3	16.3	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.1	0.9	2.3	1.7	3.5	5.5	13.3	.415	1.6	5.1	.319	3.6	4.4	.823
Jerome James	65	15.2	5.0	1.2	2.3	3.5	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.3	2.8	2.0	4.0	.498	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.660
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	12	27.7	15.4	2.2	4.6	6.8	0.9	0.8	2.5	1.4	4.4	4.9	13.0	.378	2.3	6.0	.375	3.3	4.4	.755
Jerome James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jaren Jackson Jr.	Jerome James
Season	2022-23	2004-05
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics 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		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	63	28.4	18.6	1.7	5.0	6.8	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.7	3.6	6.6	13.0	.506	1.6	4.5	.355	3.8	4.9	.788
Jerome James	80	16.6	4.9	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.2	0.3	1.4	1.1	3.5	2.2	4.3	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.723
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson Jr.	6	36.7	18.0	3.3	4.5	7.8	1.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.8	13.8	.422	1.2	4.2	.280	5.2	6.0	.861
Jerome James	11	26.8	12.5	3.0	3.8	6.8	0.5	0.5	1.8	1.3	4.4	5.2	10.1	.514	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.7	.767