Rod Higgins vs. Jaren Jackson Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaren Jackson Jr. and Rod Higgins, 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.

Rod Higgins played 13 years in the NBA, 7 more than Jaren Jackson Jr., who played 6. Rod Higgins had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, while Jaren Jackson Jr. had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
	Rod Higgins	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	1982-83	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Rod Higgins	82	26.8	10.3	1.9	2.5	4.5	2.1	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.0	3.8	8.5	.448	0.2	0.5	.317	2.5	3.2	.792
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Higgins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jaren Jackson Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Rod Higgins	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	1985-86	2021-22
Team	Seattle Supersonics, San Antonio Spurs, New Jersey Nets, Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies 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		%
Rod Higgins	30	11.1	3.3	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.4	1.6	1.3	3.5	.368	0.0	0.3	.111	0.6	0.9	.704
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Higgins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 5
	Rod Higgins	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	1986-87	2022-23
Team	Golden State Warriors	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Grizzlies 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		%
Rod Higgins	73	20.5	8.6	1.0	2.3	3.2	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.0	2.9	5.6	.519	0.0	0.2	.176	2.7	3.3	.833
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Higgins	10	17.7	4.3	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.2	1.1	0.6	0.2	2.0	1.8	4.6	.391	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.6	0.9	.667
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