Jabari Smith Jr. vs Lauri Markkanen

Jabari Smith Jr. and Lauri Markkanen compared on their NBA careers: Jabari Smith Jr. played 4 seasons, 2022-23 to 2025-26, Lauri Markkanen 9 seasons, 2017-18 to 2025-26. Jabari Smith Jr. averaged 13.7 points a game to Lauri Markkanen's 18.9.

Who has the better career numbers?

Jabari Smith Jr. and Lauri Markkanen career per game
289GP492
32.2MIN31.3
13.7PTS18.9
7.3REB7.1
1.5AST1.5
0.6STL0.7
0.9BLK0.5
43.7FG%45.8
34.73P%37
79.6FT%87.1
55.3TS%59.4

Career totals

Jabari Smith Jr. and Lauri Markkanen career totals
3,967PTS9,323
2,113REB3,490
425AST746
176STL356
247BLK243
43.7FG%45.8
34.73P%37
79.6FT%87.1
55.3TS%59.4

Where each stands all time

Jabari Smith Jr. and Lauri Markkanen all-time places
Jabari Smith Jr.All-time rankLauri Markkanen
3-pointers made94th (1,257)

Among the NBA players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Jabari Smith Jr.: 0 championships; All-Rookie Second Team
  • Lauri Markkanen: 0 championships; All-Rookie First Team, Most Improved Player

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Jabari Smith Jr. and Lauri Markkanen season by season
PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.
1st2022-2312.87.21.32017-1815.27.51.2
2nd2023-2413.78.11.62018-1918.791.4
3rd2024-2512.271.12019-2014.76.31.5
4th2025-2615.86.91.92020-2113.65.30.9
5th2021-2214.85.71.3
6th2022-2325.68.61.9
7th2023-2423.28.22
8th2024-25195.91.5
9th2025-2626.76.92.1

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST