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Jaren Jackson Jr. vs top defenses

UTA · 2025-26 to 2026-27 · regular season

Jaren Jackson Jr. has averaged 21.5 points and 5.3 rebounds per game in 4 games against top-5 defenses, vs 19.6 points and 5.8 rebounds in 32 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs top-5 defenses
21.5
points per game · 4 games
Vs everyone else
19.6
points per game · 32 games
Difference
+1.9
per game, top 5 minus everyone else

Career and by season

Jaren Jackson Jr. per game averages against top-5 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerTop 5421.55.31.82.01.30.830.044.8%89.7%60.8%51.7%+1.9
Everyone else3219.65.82.21.71.31.630.548.5%77.3%57.6%54.1%
2026-27Top 50–––––––––––
Everyone else416.35.02.01.30.31.326.150.0%76.2%61.0%55.7%
2025-26Top 5421.55.31.82.01.30.830.044.8%89.7%60.8%51.7%+1.5
Everyone else2820.05.92.21.81.51.731.148.3%77.6%57.2%54.0%

Every game against top-5 defenses

  1. Feb 9, 2026at MIA · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)22 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast · 2 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 25 min
  2. Feb 2, 2026vs MIN · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)30 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 31 min
  3. Jan 9, 2026vs OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)23 pts, 7 reb, 1 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 32 min
  4. Dec 22, 2025at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)11 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 2 stl, 1 blk · 32 min

What counts: a team's defensive rating is 100 × the points its opponents scored ÷ possessions, with possessions = FGA + 0.44*FTA - OREB + TOV, mean of both teams. A game's rank uses only games played before that date. Until every team has 15 games, the prior season's final ranks are used (4 games here, 32 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 16 games where the opponent's rank could not be determined are left out of both columns. TS% = PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)); eFG% = (FGM + 0.5 × 3PM) ÷ FGA; both from totals for each row. Past results, not a projection.