NBA Regular Season: Six-year NBA veteran has appeared in 333 games (324 starts) for the Memphis Grizzlies… Has averaged 17.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 2.0 blocks in 28.3 minutes while shooting 46.0% from the field, 34.5% from 3-point range and 79.5% from the free throw line… Has officially missed 139 games due to injury and one game due to a league suspension… Has scored in double figures 264 times, including 129 games with at least 20 points, 21 games with at least 30 points and five games with at least 40 points… Has grabbed double-digit rebounds 25 times… Has posted 24 double-doubles... Has recorded multiple blocks in a game 205 times… His career high for consecutive games scoring in double figures is 45 (Dec. 2, 2023-March 27, 2024)… His career high for consecutive games with a 3-pointer made is 29 (Nov. 17, 2019-Jan. 14, 2020)… His career high for consecutive games with a block is 26 (Feb. 12-Nov. 25, 2022)… 2022-23 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, the second-youngest recipient of the award… Led the NBA in blocks (177) and blocks per game (2.3) in 2021-22… Set single-season Grizzlies franchise records for blocks (189), blocks per game (league-leading 3.0) and “stocks” (4.0) in 2022-23… Became the first player in NBA history to average at least one 3-pointer per game, one steal per game and three blocks per game in a season in 2022-23. NBA Playoffs: Has started all 23 playoff appearances from the Memphis Grizzlies… Has averaged 15.7 points, 6. rebounds and 2.09 blocks in 30.0 minutes while shooting 39.9% from the field, 33.6% from 3-point range and 81.0% from the free throw line… Has scored in double figures 19 times, including five games with at least 20 points and two games with at least 30 points… Has grabbed double-digit rebounds four… Has posted four double-doubles… Owns the single-game postseason franchise record for blocks with seven on April 16, 2022. NBA Transactions: Selected by the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round (fourth overall) of the 2018 NBA Draft on June 21, 2018… Signed a multi-year contract with the Memphis Grizzlies on July 1, 2018… Signed a multi-year contract extension with the Memphis Grizzlies on Oct. 18, 2021. Honors: NBA All-Rookie First Team (2018-19)… NBA Rising Stars (2019, 2020)… Two-time selection to the NBA All-Defensive First Team (2021-22, 2022-23)… NBA All-Star (2023)… NBA Defensive Player of the Year (2022-23). 2023-24 (Memphis): Started all 66 appearances during his sixth NBA season… Averaged 22.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.6 blocks in 32.2 minutes while shooting 44.4% from the field, 32.0% from 3-point range and 80.8% from the free throw line… Set career highs for scoring average, assists per game, steals per game and minutes per game… One of six players to record 100+ 3-pointers and 100+ blocks… Missed 16 games due to injury, including two games (Jan. 9, Jan. 13) with a right knee contusion, two games (Feb. 4-6) with right hip soreness and 12 games (Feb. 15, March 1-4, April 5-14) with right quadriceps tendonitis… Scored in double figures 62 times, including 41 games with at least 20 points, a career-high 11 games with at least 30 points and a career-best three games with at least 40 points… Had more 30-point games (11) and more 40-point games (3) in his sixth season than in his first five NBA seasons combined (10 30-point games, two 40-point games)… Grabbed double-digit rebounds five times… Posted five double-doubles… Blocked multiple shots 24 times, including 15 games with three-or-more blocks… Blocked a season-high six shots on Nov. 29 vs. Utah… Scored 41 points (15-29 FG, 6-10 3P, 5-5 FT) on Dec. 11 vs. Dallas and followed up with a career-high 44 points (15-24 FG, 3-8 3P, 11-13 FT) on Dec. 13 at Houston, becoming the second player in franchise history (Ja Morant) to score at least 40 points in consecutive games… Led the team with 31 points (11-14 FG, 5-6 3P, 4-4 FT) on Jan. 5 at LA Lakers… Recorded 27 points and a career-high six steals on Jan. 22 at Toronto, setting a single-quarter franchise record by tallying all six steals in the first quarter… Scored at least 20 points in a career-high eight straight games from Jan. 26-Feb. 12… Recorded 33 points and a career-high 13 rebounds on Feb. 28 at Minnesota… Posted 30 points, 11 rebounds and a season-high tying six blocks on March 6 at Philadelphia, becoming the first player in franchise history to record 30+ points, 10+ rebounds and 1+ blocks in consecutive games… Set a career high with seven assists on March 16 vs. Oklahoma City… Recorded 28 points, including the game-winning basket with 1.2 seconds remaining, on March 22 at San Antonio… Scored 40 points (13-23 FG, 2-3 3P, 12-14 FT), including 21 in the third quarter, on April 1 at Detroit, setting a career high for free throws made. 2022-23 (Memphis): Started all 63 appearances during his fifth NBA season… Averaged 18.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 1.0 steals and 3.0 blocks in 28.4 minutes while shooting 50.6% from the field, 35.5% from 3-point range and 78.8% from the free throw line… Received the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy as NBA Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the second-youngest player to win the award since its inception in 1982-83 (Dwight Howard)… Selected to the NBA All-Defensive First Team for the second straight season and led all players receiving votes (96 First-Team votes, 195 points)… Named to the 2023 NBA All-Star Game as a reserve, his first career All-Star selection… Set single-season franchise records for blocks (189), blocks per game, block percentage (9.6) and stocks (4.0)… Led the NBA in blocks per game for the second straight season… Topped in the NBA in block percentage and stocks… Set career highs for rebounds per game and blocks per game… Became the first player in NBA history to average at least one 3-pointer per game, one steal per game and three blocks per game… Recorded at least 100 3-pointers made and 150 blocks in a season for the second time in his career and sixth time in NBA history… Held opponents to 46.9% shooting at the rim, the lowest percentage allowed in the NBA… Missed 19 games due to injury, including the first 14 games of the season (Oct. 19-Nov. 13) while recovering from offseason right foot surgery, two games (Nov. 20, Dec. 5) due to return from injury management (right foot surgery recovery), one game (Feb. 2) with right thigh soreness, one game (March 29) with left calf soreness and one game (April 9) with left elbow soreness… Scored in double figures 54 times. Including 24 games with at least 20 points, six games with at least 30 points and two games with at least 40 points… Grabbed double-digit rebounds eight times… Posted seven double-doubles… Blocked three-or-more shots 37 times… Blocked five-or-more shots 14 times, a single-season franchise record… Recorded seven points, six rebounds and five blocks in his season debut on Nov. 15 at New Orleans… Posted 25 points and a career-high tying 12 rebounds on Nov. 18 vs. Oklahoma City… Tied the single-game franchise record with a career-high eight blocks on Dec. 12 vs. Atlanta… Recorded 31 points (12-14 FG) and 10 rebounds on Jan. 5 at Orlando… Tallied 21 points and a season-high 12 rebounds on Jan. 11 vs. San Antonio… Recorded 28 points in a career-high tying 43 minutes to help Memphis complete a franchise-record 29-point comeback victory on March 17 at San Antonio… Surpassed his previous single-season franchise record (177 in 2021-22) on March 31 vs. LA Clippers… Scored a season-high 40 points (13-28 FG, 3-9 3P, 11-12 FT) on April 5 at New Orleans, setting a career high for free throws made… Scored 36 points (12-18 FG, 5-6 3P, 7-8 FT) in 27 minutes on April 7 at Milwaukee… Averaged 31.0 points in four games during the month of April… NBA Playoffs: Started all six games during the Grizzlies’ first round series with the Los Angeles Lakers and averaged 18.0 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.0 steals and 2.0 blocks in 36.7 minutes… Scored in double figures six times, including one game with at least 30 points… Grabbed double-digit rebounds twice and posted two double-doubles… Tied his postseason career high with 14 rebounds on April 24 at LA Lakers. 2021-22 (Memphis): Started all 78 appearances during his fourth NBA season… Averaged 16.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 2.3 blocks in 27.3 minutes while shooting 41.5% from the field, 31.9% from 3-point range and 82.3% from the free throw line… Named to the 2021-22 NBA All-Defensive First Team and finished fifth in the voting for the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award… Led the NBA in total blocks (177) and blocks per game, setting single-season franchise records in each category… Led the team and set a career high for games played… Set career highs for minutes, field goals made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, offensive, defensive and total rebounds per game, rebounds per game, steals, blocks, blocks per game and points… Scored in double figures 67 times, including 27 games with at least 20 points… Grabbed double-digit rebounds seven times… Posted seven double-doubles… Blocked at least five shots eight times… Held opponents to 41.7% shooting as the primary defender, the second-best defended field goal percentage in the NBA… Held opponents to a field goal percentage 6.0% lower than when defended by other players, also the second-best mark in the league… Recorded 27 games with multiple 3s made and multiple blocks, nine more games than any other NBA player… Missed four games due to injury, including one game (Dec. 11) with left knee soreness, one game (March 28) with right thigh soreness, one game (April 1) with return from injury management (right thigh) and one game (April 10) with left thigh soreness… Scored 26 points and knocked down the game-winning 3-pointer with 5.7 seconds remaining on Nov. 22 at Utah… Posted 25 points and five blocks on Nov. 30 at Toronto… Scored 27 points (9-11 FG, 6-7 3P, 3-3 FT) and recorded a career-high +42 plus-minus in 20 minutes in a 73-point win on Dec. 2 vs. Oklahoma City, the largest margin of victory in NBA history… Scored 21 points (10-13 FT) on Dec. 26 at Sacramento, setting a career high for free throws made… Scored 26 points (10-10 FT) with three steals and five blocks on Jan. 8 at LA Clippers… Registered 21 points, a season-high 12 rebounds and a season-high six blocks on Jan. 9 at LA Lakers… Scored a season-high 29 points on Jan. 19 at Milwaukee… Led the NBA in blocks per game (3.4) and total blocks (54) in January… Snared a career-high eight offensive rebounds on Feb. 8 vs. LA Clippers… Tied his career high with five assists on March 30 at San Antonio… Surpassed Pau Gasol (169 in 2001-02) as the Grizzlies’ single-season recordholder for blocks on April 5 at Utah… NBA Playoffs: Started all 12 postseason games in helping the Grizzlies reach the Western Conference Semifinals… Averaged 15.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in 27.7 minutes while shooting 37.8% from the field, 37.5% from 3-point range and 75.5% from the free throw line… Scored in double figures 10 times, including three games with at least 20 points and one game with at least 30 points… Grabbed double-digit rebounds twice… Posted two double-doubles… Averaged 11.8 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.7 blocks in 24.5 minutes during Memphis’ 4-2 first round series victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves… Set a postseason franchise record with seven blocks on April 16 vs. Minnesota… Posted his first career postseason double-double with 18 points and a postseason career-high 14 rebounds on April 19 at Minnesota… Averaged 19.0 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 2.3 blocks in 30.8 minutes during the Grizzlies’ conference semifinals series against the Golden State Warriors… Set a postseason career high with 33 points to go with 10 rebounds on May 1 vs. Golden State. 2020-21 (Memphis): Appeared in 11 games (four starts) during his third NBA season… Averaged 14.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.6 blocks in 23.5 minutes while shooting 42.4% from the field and 83.3% from the free throw line… Missed 61 games, including the first 56 games of the season (Dec. 23-April 19) due to left knee meniscus surgery recovery and five games (April 25, April 30, May 5, May 11, May 14) due to return from injury management (left knee)… Scored in double figures 10 times, including two games with at least 20 points… Tallied 15 points, eight rebounds and four blocks in 18 minutes off the bench in his season debut on April 21 at LA Clippers… Scored a season-high 23 points (10-14 FG) in 25 minutes on April 23 at Portland. Notched 15 points (4-8 FG, 2-4 3P) to go with three rebounds in 20 minutes of action on May 3 vs. the Knicks... Tied a career high with four steals on May 6 at Detroit… Led the team with 20 points in his first start of the season on May 8 at Toronto… Play-In: Averaged 10.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.50 blocks in 23.0 minutes in two play-in games… NBA Playoffs: Started all five games during the Grizzlies’ first round series with the Utah Jazz and averaged 14.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.2 blocks in 27.5 minutes while shooting 42.6% from the field and 87.5% from the free throw line… Made his playoff debut with seven points, three rebounds and three steals in 24 minutes on April 23 at Utah… Scored a playoff career-high 21 points on May 31 vs. Utah. 2019-20 (Memphis): Started all 57 of his appearances during his second NBA season… Averaged 17.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.6 blocks in 28.5 minutes while shooting 46.9% from the field, 39.4% from 3-point range and 74.7% from the free throw line… Selected to the 2020 Rising Stars Challenge as part of 2020 NBA All-Star Weekend in Chicago and registered 12 points and seven rebounds in 20 minutes to lead the U.S. Team to a 151-131 win over the World Team on Feb. 15… Ranked 10th in the NBA in blocks per game… Missed 16 games… Sidelined 15 games due to injury, including one game (Nov. 4) with right knee soreness, nine games (Feb. 24-March 10) with a left knee sprain sustained on Feb. 21 at LA Lakers and five games (Aug. 5-13) due to a meniscus tear in his left knee suffered on Aug. 3 at New Orleans… Not with team one game (Jan. 31) due to a league suspension… Scored in double figures 43 times, including 21 games with at least 20 points, two games with at least 30 points and one game with at least 40 points… Grabbed double-digit rebounds three times… Posted three double-doubles… Became the fourth player in NBA history to average at least 2.5 3-pointers made per game and 1.00 blocks per game (qualified for the NBA’s minutes per game leaderboard), joining Kevin Durant (twice), Danny Granger and Paul Pierce… Averaged 2.8 threes made and 2.00 blocks in his final 36 contests, making multiple threes in 30 of those 36 games… Recorded 24 points and a career-high five assists in a season-high 38 minutes on Nov. 11 vs. San Antonio… Scored 31 points on Dec. 2 vs. Indiana, setting a career high for free throws made (9-9 FT)… Scored 43 points (14-21 FG, 9-15 3P, 6-9 FT) in 29 minutes on Dec. 13 vs. Milwaukee, setting franchise records for points in a single quarter (26, 3Q) and single half (34, 2H), field goals made in a single quarter (9, 3Q) and single half (12, 2H) and 3-pointers made in a single quarter (7, 3Q) and single half (8, 2H)… He also tied the single-game franchise record for threes made (Mike Miller, twice), became the youngest player (20 years, 89 days) in NBA history to make at least nine threes in a game and became the youngest player in 10 years to score at least 40 points (Brandon Jennings, 55 points on Nov. 14, 2009 at 20 years, 52 days)… Registered 14 points and a career-high 12 rebounds on Dec. 29 vs. Charlotte… Made multiple 3-pointers in 13 consecutive games from Dec. 20-Jan. 14, tying Mike Miller’s franchise-record streak… Tied a career high with seven blocks on Jan. 28 vs. Denver… Averaged 25.3 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.33 steals and 1.67 blocks in 36.7 minutes in three appearances during the Grizzlies’ eight-game seeding schedule at Walt Disney World in Orlando… Recorded 33 points (10-22 FG, 6-15 3P, 7-9 FT) in a career-high tying 43 minutes in the team’s first seeding game on July 31 at Portland… Scored 21 points on Aug. 2 vs. San Antonio and 22 points on Aug. 3 at New Orleans before being diagnosed with a season-ending torn meniscus in his left knee. 2018-19 (Memphis): Appeared in 58 games (56 starts) during his rookie season… Averaged 13.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.4 blocks in 26.1 minutes while shooting 50.6% from the field, 35.9% from 3-point range and 76.6% from the free throw line… Missed 24 games due to injury, including two games (Feb. 1, Feb. 22) with right quad soreness) and the final 22 games of the season (Feb. 22-April 10) with a right deep thigh bruise... Selected to the 2019 MTN DEW ICE Rising Stars Challenge as part of 2019 NBA All-Star Weekend and recorded 10 points and six rebounds in 15:32 as a member of Team USA on Feb. 15… Scored in double figures 43 times, including 11 games with at least 20 points and one game with at least 30 points… Has grabbed double-digit rebounds twice… Posted two double-doubles… Tied a career high with four steals on Jan. 5 at San Antonio… Recorded 36 points (13-22 FG, 3-7 3P, 7-7 FT) in a career-high 43 minutes in a double-overtime victory on Nov. 30 at Brooklyn, converting a four-point play and sinking a game-tying 3-pointer in the final 30 seconds of regulation to send the game into the first of two overtimes… At 19 years and 76 days old, became the third-youngest player in NBA history (behind LeBron James and Kevin Durant) to score at least 35 points in a game and became one of four active players (James, Durant, Devin Booker) to register a 35-point game before their 20th birthdays… Totaled 16 points (6-6 FG, 4-4 3P) and a career-high seven blocks, which tied the franchise rookie record (Pau Gasol, Bryant Reeves) on Nov. 25 vs. New York… Recorded his first career double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds to go with five blocks on Nov. 12 vs. Utah, becoming the first Grizzlies rookie to notch a double-double with at least five blocks since Pau Gasol (March 15, 2002)… Had 11 points and seven rebounds in 27 minutes in his first career start on Oct. 22 at Utah… Recorded 24 points off the bench in his second career game (and home debut) on Oct. 19 vs. Atlanta… Became the youngest player in franchise history to appear in a game (at 19 years and 32 days old) when he totaled 10 points, five rebounds, three steals and one block in 25 minutes in his NBA debut on Oct. 17 at Indiana.

A member of the USA Junior National Select Team that participated in the 2017 Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Ore… Helped the United States win the gold medal at the 2016 FIBA U17 World Cup… Started seven games for Team USA during the 2023 FIBA World Cup in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia and averaged 8.1 points and 2.9 rebounds blocks in 16.5 minutes while shooting 62.1% from the field. COLLEGE CAREER Played one year at Michigan State (2017-18)… Appeared in 35 games (34 starts) in his lone season with the Spartans and averaged 10.9 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 3.03 blocks in 21.8 minutes while shooting 51.3% from the field, 39.6% from 3-point range and 79.7% from the free throw line… Became the second player to be named Big Ten Freshman and Defensive Player of the Year in the same year (Greg Oden)… Selected to the All-Big Ten Third Team and to the Big Ten All-Defensive Team by the coaches and media… Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week four times… Led the Spartans and ranked seventh in the nation in blocks per game, and his 106 blocks set the school single-season record… Scored in double figures 25 times, including two games with at least 20 points… Scored a career-high 27 points on Feb. 13 at Minnesota… Grabbed double-digit rebounds six times… Hauled in a career-high 13 rebounds on Nov. 10 vs. North Florida in his collegiate debut and matched that total on Dec. 9 vs. Southern Utah… Posted six double-doubles… Set a school record with a career-high eight blocks on Dec. 5 vs. Rutgers.

Born Sept. 15, 1999 in Plainfield, N.J. and grew up in Carmel, Ind. outside Indianapolis… Son of Terri and Jaren Jackson Sr… Jaren Sr. played for nine teams over his 12-year NBA career, winning the 1999 NBA Championship as a member of the San Antonio Spurs… Terri is director of operations for the Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA)… Named Vice President of the NBA Player’s Association in 2023… Named one of five finalists for the 2022-23 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion Award… Majored in communications at Michigan State… A 2017 McDonald’s and Jordan Brand All-American… Played for La Lumiere as a prep senior, leading the team to a 29-1 record and the MaxPreps Independent Top 10 National Championship… Attended Park Tudor High School, leading the school to the 2016 Class 3A regional semifinals (20-5 record) and back-to-back Indiana Class 2A state championships in 2014 (24-4) and 2015 (26-2).