Anthony Davis vs. Jason Kidd Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Kidd and Anthony Davis, 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.

Anthony Davis played 13 years in the NBA, 6 less than Jason Kidd, who played 19. Anthony Davis had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Jason Kidd had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Anthony Davis	Jason Kidd
Season	2012-13	1994-95
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	64	28.8	13.5	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.0	1.2	1.8	1.4	2.5	5.5	10.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.5	.751
difference:	+15	+5.0	+1.8	+0.7	+2.1	+2.8	+6.7	+0.7	+1.5	-1.8	-0.7	+1.3	+0.2	+.131	+0.9	+3.2	+.272	+0.2		+.053
Jason Kidd	79	33.8	11.7	1.9	3.5	5.4	7.7	1.9	0.3	3.2	1.8	4.2	10.8	.385	0.9	3.3	.272	2.4	3.5	.698
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Jason Kidd played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Anthony Davis	Jason Kidd
Season	2013-14	1995-96
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	67	35.2	20.8	3.1	7.0	10.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	1.6	3.0	7.8	15.0	.519	0.0	0.1	.222	5.2	6.6	.791
difference:	+14	+2.3	+4.2	+0.6	+2.7	+3.2	+8.1	+0.9	+2.5	-2.4	-1.1	+1.7	+1.0	+.138	+1.6	+4.8	+.114	+2.4	+2.5	+.099
Jason Kidd	81	37.5	16.6	2.5	4.3	6.8	9.7	2.2	0.3	4.0	1.9	6.1	16.0	.381	1.6	4.9	.336	2.8	4.1	.692
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Davis nor Jason Kidd played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Anthony Davis	Jason Kidd
Season	2014-15	1996-97
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	68	36.1	24.4	2.5	7.7	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	1.4	2.1	9.4	17.6	.535	0.0	0.2	.083	5.5	6.8	.805
difference:	+13	+0.4	+13.5	+1.3	+4.3	+5.7	+6.8	+0.8	+2.5	-1.2		+5.5	+8.0	+.132	+1.1	+2.8	+.287	+3.5	+3.8	+.126
Jason Kidd	55	35.7	10.9	1.2	3.4	4.5	9.0	2.3	0.4	2.6	2.1	3.9	9.6	.403	1.1	3.0	.370	2.0	3.0	.679
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	4	43.0	31.5	2.3	8.8	11.0	2.0	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.0	11.8	21.8	.540	0.0	0.5	.000	8.0	9.0	.889
difference:	+1	+1.4	+19.5	+1.5	+3.6	+5.0	+7.8	+0.9	+2.6	-0.7	-0.8	+7.6	+11.2	+.144	+1.6	+3.9	+.364	+6.0	+5.2	+.363
Jason Kidd	5	41.6	12.0	0.8	5.2	6.0	9.8	2.2	0.4	2.6	2.2	4.2	10.6	.396	1.6	4.4	.364	2.0	3.8	.526

Season 4
	Anthony Davis	Jason Kidd
Season	2015-16	1997-98
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	61	35.5	24.3	2.1	8.1	10.3	1.9	1.3	2.0	2.0	2.4	9.2	18.6	.493	0.6	1.8	.324	5.3	7.0	.758
difference:	+21	+2.5	+12.7	+0.8	+3.2	+4.1	+7.2	+0.7	+1.7	-1.2	-0.7	+4.8	+8.1	+.077	+0.3	+1.0	+.011	+3.3	+4.5	+.041
Jason Kidd	82	38.0	11.6	1.3	4.9	6.2	9.1	2.0	0.3	3.2	1.7	4.4	10.5	.416	0.9	2.8	.313	2.0	2.5	.799
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Kidd	4	42.8	14.3	1.3	4.5	5.8	7.8	4.0	0.5	3.0	3.3	5.5	14.5	.379	0.0	1.8	.000	3.3	4.0	.813

Season 5
	Anthony Davis	Jason Kidd
Season	2016-17	1998-99
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	75	36.1	28.0	2.3	9.5	11.8	2.1	1.3	2.2	2.4	2.2	10.3	20.3	.505	0.5	1.8	.299	6.9	8.6	.802
difference:	+25	+5.1	+11.1	+0.6	+4.5	+5.0	+8.7	+1.0	+1.8	-0.6		+4.1	+6.3	+.061	+0.4	+0.7	+.067	+3.3	+3.8	+.045
Jason Kidd	50	41.2	16.9	1.7	5.0	6.8	10.8	2.3	0.4	3.0	2.2	6.2	14.0	.444	0.9	2.5	.366	3.6	4.8	.757
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Kidd	3	42.0	15.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	10.3	1.7	0.3	3.0	4.0	6.0	14.3	.419	1.3	5.3	.250	1.7	2.3	.714

Season 6
	Anthony Davis	Jason Kidd
Season	2017-18	1999-00
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf Semis	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	75	36.4	28.1	2.5	8.6	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	2.2	2.1	10.4	19.5	.534	0.7	2.2	.340	6.6	8.0	.828
difference:	+8	+2.6	+13.8	+1.1	+2.8	+3.9	+7.8	+0.5	+2.2	-1.2	-0.1	+5.2	+6.7	+.125	+0.1	+0.3	+.003	+3.6	+4.3	+.001
Jason Kidd	67	39.0	14.3	1.4	5.8	7.2	10.1	2.0	0.4	3.4	2.2	5.2	12.8	.409	0.8	2.5	.337	3.0	3.7	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	9	39.8	30.1	2.7	10.8	13.4	1.7	2.0	2.3	2.6	3.3	11.8	22.7	.520	0.7	2.4	.273	5.9	7.1	.828
difference:	+3	+1.8	+20.3	+1.4	+5.5	+6.7	+7.1	+0.2	+2.1	-1.2	-1.0	+8.1	+13.5	+.120	+0.6	+1.3	+.091	+4.7	+5.6	+.050
Jason Kidd	6	38.0	9.8	1.3	5.3	6.7	8.8	1.8	0.2	3.8	2.3	3.7	9.2	.400	1.3	3.7	.364	1.2	1.5	.778

Season 7
	Anthony Davis	Jason Kidd
Season	2018-19	2000-01
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	56	33.0	25.9	3.1	8.9	12.0	3.9	1.6	2.4	2.0	2.4	9.5	18.3	.517	0.9	2.6	.331	6.1	7.7	.794
difference:	+21	+6.8	+9.0	+1.9	+3.7	+5.6	+5.9	+0.6	+2.1	-1.7	-0.2	+3.6	+4.1	+.106		+0.4	+.034	+1.8	+2.5	+.020
Jason Kidd	77	39.8	16.9	1.2	5.2	6.4	9.8	2.2	0.3	3.7	2.2	5.9	14.2	.411	0.9	3.0	.297	4.3	5.2	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Kidd	4	41.5	14.3	2.3	3.8	6.0	13.3	2.0	0.0	3.0	3.3	5.5	17.3	.319	1.0	4.3	.235	2.3	3.0	.750

Season 8
	Anthony Davis	Jason Kidd
Season	2019-20	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets Lost NBA Finals

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	62	34.4	26.1	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	1.5	2.3	2.5	2.5	8.9	17.7	.503	1.2	3.5	.330	7.2	8.5	.846
difference:	+20	+2.9	+11.4	+0.7	+1.3	+2.0	+6.7	+0.6	+2.1	-1.0	-0.8	+3.5	+3.8	+.112	+0.2	+0.9	+.009	+4.7	+5.5	+.032
Jason Kidd	82	37.3	14.7	1.6	5.7	7.3	9.9	2.1	0.2	3.5	1.7	5.4	13.9	.391	1.4	4.4	.321	2.5	3.0	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	21	36.6	27.7	2.6	7.1	9.7	3.5	1.2	1.4	2.5	2.7	9.8	17.1	.571	1.1	2.9	.383	7.1	8.5	.832
difference:	+1	+3.7	+8.1	+0.5	+1.0	+1.5	+5.6	+0.5	+1.0	-0.9	-0.7	+2.4	+0.6	+.156	+0.2	+1.6	+.194	+3.1	+3.5	+.024
Jason Kidd	20	40.3	19.6	2.1	6.1	8.2	9.1	1.7	0.4	3.4	2.0	7.4	17.7	.415	0.9	4.5	.189	4.0	5.0	.808

Season 9
	Anthony Davis	Jason Kidd
Season	2020-21	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost NBA Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	36	32.3	21.8	1.7	6.2	7.9	3.1	1.3	1.6	2.1	1.7	8.4	17.0	.491	0.7	2.8	.260	4.4	5.9	.738
difference:	+44	+5.1	+3.1	+0.3	+1.3	+1.6	+5.8	+0.9	+1.3	-1.6	-0.1	+2.0	+1.4	+.077	+0.9	+1.8	+.081	+0.2	+0.9	+.103
Jason Kidd	80	37.4	18.7	1.4	4.9	6.3	8.9	2.2	0.3	3.7	1.6	6.4	15.6	.414	1.6	4.6	.341	4.2	5.0	.841
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	5	28.8	17.4	1.4	5.2	6.6	2.6	0.6	1.6	1.2	1.8	5.0	12.4	.403	0.4	2.2	.182	7.0	8.4	.833
difference:	+15	+13.8	+2.7	+0.4	+0.7	+1.1	+5.6	+1.2	+1.4	-2.8	-0.5	+1.9	+4.7	+.001	+1.3	+3.0	+.145	+2.3	+2.7	+.008
Jason Kidd	20	42.6	20.1	1.8	5.9	7.7	8.2	1.8	0.2	4.0	2.3	6.9	17.1	.402	1.7	5.2	.327	4.7	5.7	.825

Season 10
	Anthony Davis	Jason Kidd
Season	2021-22	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	40	35.1	23.2	2.7	7.2	9.9	3.1	1.2	2.3	2.1	2.4	9.3	17.4	.532	0.3	1.8	.186	4.4	6.1	.713
difference:	+27	+1.5	+7.7	+1.4	+2.1	+3.5	+6.1	+0.6	+2.1	-1.1	-0.8	+3.8	+3.1	+.148	+1.1	+2.6	+.135	+1.3	+2.4	+.114
Jason Kidd	67	36.6	15.5	1.3	5.1	6.4	9.2	1.8	0.2	3.2	1.6	5.5	14.3	.384	1.4	4.4	.321	3.1	3.7	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Kidd	11	43.4	12.6	1.5	5.2	6.6	9.0	2.3	0.5	3.9	1.4	3.9	11.7	.333	0.9	4.4	.208	3.9	4.8	.811

Season 11
	Anthony Davis	Jason Kidd
Season	2022-23	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	56	34.0	25.9	3.5	9.1	12.5	2.6	1.1	2.0	2.2	2.6	9.7	17.2	.563	0.3	1.3	.257	6.2	7.9	.784
difference:	+10	+2.9	+11.5	+2.1	+3.1	+5.1	+5.7	+0.8	+1.9	-0.3	-0.9	+4.5	+4.2	+.165	+1.7	+4.1	+.103	+4.0	+5.0	+.044
Jason Kidd	66	36.9	14.4	1.4	6.0	7.4	8.3	1.9	0.1	2.5	1.7	5.2	13.0	.398	2.0	5.4	.360	2.2	2.9	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	16	38.0	22.6	2.4	11.7	14.1	2.6	1.4	3.1	2.1	2.9	8.3	15.9	.520	0.3	0.9	.333	5.8	6.8	.852
difference:	+12	+7.5	+5.3	+0.1	+5.2	+5.1	+4.7	+1.1	+3.1	-0.2	-1.1	+1.8	+0.9	+.132	+2.5	+6.6	+.034	+4.3	+4.0	+.307
Jason Kidd	4	45.5	17.3	2.5	6.5	9.0	7.3	2.5	0.0	2.3	4.0	6.5	16.8	.388	2.8	7.5	.367	1.5	2.8	.545

Season 12
	Anthony Davis	Jason Kidd
Season	2023-24	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf Semis
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	76	35.5	24.7	3.1	9.5	12.6	3.5	1.2	2.3	2.1	2.3	9.4	16.9	.556	0.4	1.4	.271	5.5	6.8	.816
difference:	+4	+1.7	+11.4	+2.0	+3.3	+5.3	+4.9	+0.7	+1.9	-0.3	-0.3	+4.8	+5.6	+.152	+1.3	+3.5	+.081	+3.1	+3.7	+.021
Jason Kidd	80	37.2	13.3	1.1	6.2	7.3	8.4	1.9	0.4	2.4	2.0	4.6	11.3	.404	1.7	4.9	.352	2.4	3.1	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	5	41.6	27.8	3.0	12.6	15.6	4.0	0.4	1.6	2.2	3.8	11.8	18.6	.634	0.0	1.0	.000	4.2	5.2	.808
difference:	+6	+0.7	+15.8	+1.0	+7.0	+8.0	+5.6	+1.1	+1.4		-1.0	+7.3	+6.6	+.263	+1.4	+3.5	+.300	+2.5	+3.1	+.018
Jason Kidd	11	40.9	12.0	2.0	5.6	7.6	9.6	1.5	0.2	2.2	2.8	4.5	12.0	.371	1.4	4.5	.300	1.7	2.1	.826

Season 13
	Anthony Davis	Jason Kidd
Season	2024-25	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	51	33.5	24.7	2.6	8.9	11.6	3.5	1.2	2.2	2.2	1.9	9.2	17.8	.516	0.7	2.4	.282	5.6	7.2	.775
difference:	+29	+3.2	+11.7	+0.9	+2.4	+3.4	+5.7	+0.4	+1.9	-0.5	-0.1	+4.6	+6.4	+.110	+0.9	+2.1	+.061	+3.4	+4.3	+.003
Jason Kidd	80	36.7	13.0	1.7	6.5	8.2	9.2	1.6	0.3	2.7	1.8	4.6	11.4	.406	1.6	4.5	.343	2.2	2.9	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Davis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Kidd	12	40.3	14.6	1.9	9.0	10.9	10.9	1.8	0.4	3.4	2.6	5.3	12.3	.432	2.8	6.8	.420	1.1	2.1	.520

Additional Years
* Jason Kidd played 6 seasons more than Anthony Davis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 19, from 2008 to 2013—Jason Kidd played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 6 extra years over Anthony Davis, Jason Kidd got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game