Chris Paul vs. John Stockton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Stockton and Chris Paul, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Stats / Stats Rankings

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.

Chris Paul played 21 years in the NBA, 2 more than John Stockton, who played 19. Chris Paul had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while John Stockton had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Chris Paul	21	15	2005-06 to 2025-26
John Stockton	19	19	1984-85 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19


Rookie Season
	Chris Paul	John Stockton
Season	2005-06	1984-85
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Chris Paul	78	36.0	16.1	0.8	4.3	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	2.3	2.8	5.2	12.1	.430	0.6	2.3	.282	5.1	6.0	.847
difference:	+4	+17.8	+10.5	+0.5	+3.3	+3.8	+2.7	+0.9		-0.5	-0.3	+3.3	+8.0	+.041	+0.6	+2.2	+.100	+3.4	+3.6	+.111
John Stockton	82	18.2	5.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	5.1	1.3	0.1	1.8	2.5	1.9	4.1	.471	0.0	0.1	.182	1.7	2.4	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	10	18.6	6.8	0.7	2.1	2.8	4.3	1.1	0.2	1.6	3.0	2.1	4.5	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	2.6	3.5	.743


Season 2
	Chris Paul	John Stockton
Season	2006-07	1985-86
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Chris Paul	64	36.8	17.3	0.8	3.5	4.4	8.9	1.8	0.0	2.5	2.4	6.0	13.6	.437	0.8	2.2	.350	4.6	5.6	.818
difference:	+18	+13.2	+9.6	+0.4	+1.7	+2.2	+1.5	+0.1	+0.1	-0.5	-0.4	+3.2	+7.9	+.052	+0.8	+2.0	+.217	+2.5	+3.1	+.021
John Stockton	82	23.6	7.7	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.4	1.9	0.1	2.0	2.8	2.8	5.7	.489	0.0	0.2	.133	2.1	2.5	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	4	18.3	6.8	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.5	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.5	2.3	4.3	.529	0.3	0.3	1.000	2.0	2.3	.889


Season 3
	Chris Paul	John Stockton
Season	2007-08	1986-87
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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		%
Chris Paul	80	37.6	21.1	0.8	3.2	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	2.5	2.3	7.9	16.1	.488	1.2	3.1	.369	4.2	4.9	.851
difference:	+2	+14.9	+13.2	+0.4	+1.7	+2.2	+3.4	+0.5	+0.1	-0.5	-0.4	+5.1	+10.5	+.011	+1.1	+2.6	+.190	+2.0	+2.1	+.069
John Stockton	82	22.7	7.9	0.4	1.5	1.8	8.2	2.2	0.2	2.0	2.7	2.8	5.6	.499	0.1	0.5	.179	2.2	2.8	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	12	40.5	24.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	11.3	2.3	0.2	1.8	3.6	9.3	18.4	.502	0.4	1.8	.238	5.2	6.6	.785
difference:	+7	+9.1	+14.1	+0.9	+1.8	+2.7	+3.3	+0.7		-0.4		+5.7	+12.6	+.119	+0.4	+0.8	+.562	+3.2	+4.0	+.016
John Stockton	5	31.4	10.0	0.4	1.8	2.2	8.0	3.0	0.2	2.2	3.6	3.6	5.8	.621	0.8	1.0	.800	2.0	2.6	.769


Season 4
	Chris Paul	John Stockton
Season	2008-09	1987-88
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	Assists Leader
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Chris Paul	78	38.5	22.8	0.9	4.7	5.5	11.0	2.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	8.1	16.1	.503	0.8	2.3	.364	5.8	6.7	.868
difference:	+4	+3.8	+8.1	+0.2	+2.5	+2.6	+2.8	+0.2	+0.1	-0.2	-0.3	+2.6	+6.5	+.071	+0.5	+1.5	+.006	+2.5	+2.7	+.028
John Stockton	82	34.7	14.7	0.7	2.2	2.9	13.8	3.0	0.2	3.2	3.0	5.5	9.6	.574	0.3	0.8	.358	3.3	4.0	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	5	40.2	16.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	10.4	1.6	0.0	4.8	1.6	6.0	14.6	.411	1.0	3.2	.313	3.6	4.2	.857
difference:	+6	+3.3	+2.9	+0.5	+0.8	+0.3	+4.4	+1.8	+0.3	-0.4	-1.7	+0.2	+2.4	+.096	+0.6	+1.9	+.027	+3.2	+4.1	+.033
John Stockton	11	43.5	19.5	1.3	2.8	4.1	14.8	3.4	0.3	4.4	3.3	6.2	12.2	.507	0.4	1.3	.286	6.8	8.3	.824


Season 5
	Chris Paul	John Stockton
Season	2009-10	1988-89
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
Chris Paul	45	38.0	18.7	0.4	3.8	4.2	10.7	2.1	0.2	2.5	2.6	7.0	14.2	.493	1.2	2.8	.409	3.6	4.2	.847
difference:	+37	+0.7	+1.6	+0.6	+1.8	+1.2	+2.9	+1.1		-1.3	-0.3	+0.9	+2.9	+.045	+1.0	+2.0	+.167	+1.2	+1.3	+.016
John Stockton	82	38.7	17.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	13.6	3.2	0.2	3.8	2.9	6.1	11.3	.538	0.2	0.8	.242	4.8	5.5	.863

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	3	46.3	27.3	0.7	2.7	3.3	13.7	3.7	1.7	3.7	5.0	10.0	19.7	.508	1.0	1.3	.750	6.3	7.0	.905


Season 6
	Chris Paul	John Stockton
Season	2010-11	1989-90
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Chris Paul	80	36.0	15.9	0.5	3.6	4.1	9.8	2.4	0.1	2.2	2.5	5.4	11.6	.463	0.9	2.3	.388	4.2	4.8	.878
difference:	+2	+1.4	+1.3	+0.2	+1.7	+1.5	+4.7	+0.3	+0.1	-1.3	-0.5	+0.7	+0.2	+.051	+0.3	+0.9	+.028	+0.3	+0.7	+.059
John Stockton	78	37.4	17.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	14.5	2.7	0.2	3.5	3.0	6.1	11.8	.514	0.6	1.4	.416	4.5	5.5	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	6	41.7	22.0	0.5	6.2	6.7	11.5	1.8	0.0	3.7	1.8	7.0	12.8	.545	1.5	3.2	.474	6.5	8.2	.796
difference:	+1	+2.9	+7.0	+0.3	+3.8	+3.5	+3.5	+0.6		-0.9	-2.2	+1.2	+1.0	+.125	+1.3	+0.6	+.397	+3.3	+4.2	+.004
John Stockton	5	38.8	15.0	0.8	2.4	3.2	15.0	1.2	0.0	2.8	4.0	5.8	13.8	.420	0.2	2.6	.077	3.2	4.0	.800


Season 7
	Chris Paul	John Stockton
Season	2011-12	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Chris Paul	60	36.4	19.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	9.1	2.5	0.1	2.1	2.3	7.1	14.8	.478	1.3	3.6	.371	4.3	5.0	.861
difference:	+22	+1.4	+2.6	+0.1	+0.6	+0.7	+5.1	+0.4	+0.1	-1.5	-0.5	+1.1	+2.9	+.029	+0.6	+1.6	+.026	+0.1	+0.3	+.025
John Stockton	82	37.8	17.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	14.2	2.9	0.2	3.6	2.8	6.0	11.9	.507	0.7	2.0	.345	4.4	5.3	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	11	38.5	17.6	0.5	4.5	5.1	7.9	2.7	0.1	3.9	2.7	6.4	14.9	.427	1.2	3.5	.333	3.7	4.3	.872
difference:	+2	+2.9	+0.6	+0.6	+0.9	+0.4	+5.9	+0.5	+0.1	-0.3	-1.0		+2.9	+.110		+0.5	+.074	+0.4	+0.6	+.031
John Stockton	9	41.4	18.2	1.1	3.6	4.7	13.8	2.2	0.2	3.6	3.7	6.4	12.0	.537	1.2	3.0	.407	4.1	4.9	.841


Season 8
	Chris Paul	John Stockton
Season	2012-13	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	Steals Leader	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 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		%
Chris Paul	70	33.4	16.9	0.8	3.0	3.7	9.7	2.4	0.1	2.3	2.0	5.9	12.2	.481	1.1	3.3	.328	4.1	4.6	.885
difference:	+12	+3.2	+1.1		+0.5	+0.4	+4.0	+0.6	+0.2	-1.2	-0.9	+0.4	+0.7	+.001	+0.1	+0.8	+.079	+0.3	+0.1	+.043
John Stockton	82	36.6	15.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	13.7	3.0	0.3	3.5	2.9	5.5	11.5	.482	1.0	2.5	.407	3.8	4.5	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	6	37.3	22.8	0.5	3.5	4.0	6.3	1.8	0.0	1.5	2.8	8.2	15.3	.533	1.0	3.2	.316	5.5	6.2	.892
difference:	+10	+1.6	+8.0	+0.1	+1.2	+1.1	+7.3	+0.3	+0.3	-2.1	-0.4	+3.4	+3.9	+.110	+0.1	+0.4	+.006	+1.4	+1.3	+.059
John Stockton	16	38.9	14.8	0.6	2.3	2.9	13.6	2.1	0.3	3.6	2.4	4.8	11.4	.423	1.1	3.6	.310	4.1	4.9	.833


Season 9
	Chris Paul	John Stockton
Season	2013-14	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	Assists Leader
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Chris Paul	62	35.0	19.1	0.6	3.7	4.3	10.7	2.5	0.1	2.3	2.5	6.5	14.0	.467	1.3	3.4	.368	4.8	5.6	.855
difference:	+20	+0.1	+4.0	+0.2	+1.6	+1.4	+1.3	+0.1	+0.2	-0.9	-0.2	+1.2	+3.0	+.019	+0.4	+1.1	+.017	+1.2	+1.1	+.057
John Stockton	82	34.9	15.1	0.8	2.1	2.9	12.0	2.4	0.3	3.2	2.7	5.3	11.0	.486	0.9	2.3	.385	3.6	4.5	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	13	36.3	19.8	0.9	3.3	4.2	10.3	2.8	0.0	3.0	3.8	7.1	15.2	.467	2.5	5.4	.457	3.2	4.1	.774
difference:	+8	+2.3	+6.6	+0.1	+1.9	+1.8	+0.7	+0.4			-0.6	+2.5	+5.0	+.016	+1.5	+2.8	+.072	+0.2	+0.5	+.059
John Stockton	5	38.6	13.2	1.0	1.4	2.4	11.0	2.4	0.0	3.0	3.2	4.6	10.2	.451	1.0	2.6	.385	3.0	3.6	.833


Season 10
	Chris Paul	John Stockton
Season	2014-15	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Chris Paul	82	34.8	19.1	0.6	4.0	4.6	10.2	1.9	0.2	2.3	2.5	6.9	14.3	.485	1.7	4.3	.398	3.5	3.9	.900
difference:		+1.4	+4.0	+0.3	+1.7	+1.5	+2.4	+0.5	+0.1	-0.9	-0.4	+1.3	+3.7	+.043	+1.1	+2.5	+.076	+0.2	+0.2	+.095
John Stockton	82	36.2	15.1	0.9	2.3	3.1	12.6	2.4	0.3	3.2	2.9	5.6	10.6	.528	0.6	1.8	.322	3.3	4.1	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	12	37.1	22.1	0.6	3.8	4.4	8.8	1.8	0.3	2.2	3.1	7.9	15.8	.503	2.3	5.4	.415	4.0	4.3	.941
difference:	+4	+0.2	+7.7	+0.3	+1.4	+1.1	+1.0	+0.1	+0.2	-0.3	-0.3	+2.4	+3.7	+.047	+2.0	+3.9	+.248	+0.8	+0.4	+.131
John Stockton	16	37.3	14.4	0.9	2.4	3.3	9.8	1.7	0.5	2.5	2.8	5.5	12.1	.456	0.3	1.5	.167	3.2	3.9	.810


Season 11
	Chris Paul	John Stockton
Season	2015-16	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Chris Paul	74	32.7	19.5	0.5	3.7	4.2	10.0	2.1	0.2	2.6	2.5	7.0	15.1	.462	1.6	4.4	.371	4.0	4.4	.896
difference:	+8	+2.3	+4.8	+0.2	+1.3	+1.1	+2.3	+0.3	+0.1	-0.7	-0.1	+1.8	+5.5	+.080	+0.4	+1.6	+.078	+1.0	+0.7	+.092
John Stockton	82	35.0	14.7	0.7	2.4	3.1	12.3	2.4	0.3	3.3	2.6	5.2	9.6	.542	1.2	2.8	.449	3.0	3.7	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	4	31.3	23.8	1.0	3.0	4.0	7.3	2.3	0.0	1.0	3.0	9.3	19.0	.487	1.5	5.0	.300	3.8	3.8	1.000
difference:	+1	+7.3	+6.0	+0.2	+0.8	+0.6	+2.9	+0.9	+0.2	-1.8	-0.4	+2.5	+4.2	+.028	+0.1	+1.0	+.100	+1.2	+0.4	+.235
John Stockton	5	38.6	17.8	1.2	2.2	3.4	10.2	1.4	0.2	2.8	2.6	6.8	14.8	.459	1.6	4.0	.400	2.6	3.4	.765


Season 12
	Chris Paul	John Stockton
Season	2016-17	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Chris Paul	61	31.5	18.1	0.7	4.3	5.0	9.2	2.0	0.1	2.4	2.4	6.1	12.9	.476	2.0	5.0	.411	3.8	4.3	.892
difference:	+21	+4.0	+3.4		+2.2	+2.2	+2.0	+0.3	+0.1	-0.6	-0.1	+0.7	+2.9	+.062	+0.8	+2.3	+.011	+0.9	+0.9	+.062
John Stockton	82	35.5	14.7	0.7	2.1	2.8	11.2	1.7	0.2	3.0	2.5	5.4	10.0	.538	1.2	2.7	.422	2.9	3.4	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	7	37.1	25.3	0.6	4.4	5.0	9.9	1.7	0.1	2.7	3.4	9.6	19.3	.496	2.0	5.4	.368	4.1	4.7	.879
difference:	+11	+0.6	+14.2	+0.2	+2.0	+1.8	+0.9	+0.1	+0.3	-0.5	-0.6	+5.7	+10.6	+.050	+1.4	+3.3	+.079	+1.4	+1.4	+.065
John Stockton	18	37.7	11.1	0.8	2.4	3.2	10.8	1.6	0.4	3.2	2.8	3.9	8.7	.446	0.6	2.1	.289	2.7	3.3	.814


Season 13
	Chris Paul	John Stockton
Season	2017-18	1996-97
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Jazz Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Chris Paul	58	31.8	18.6	0.6	4.8	5.4	7.9	1.7	0.2	2.2	2.4	6.3	13.8	.460	2.5	6.5	.380	3.5	3.8	.919
difference:	+24	+3.5	+4.2	+0.1	+2.6	+2.6	+2.6	+0.3		-0.8		+1.2	+4.5	+.088	+1.6	+4.3	+.042	+0.1	+0.2	+.073
John Stockton	82	35.3	14.4	0.5	2.2	2.8	10.5	2.0	0.2	3.0	2.4	5.1	9.3	.548	0.9	2.2	.422	3.4	4.0	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	15	34.5	21.1	0.6	5.3	5.9	5.8	2.0	0.3	1.9	3.1	7.9	17.1	.459	2.5	6.6	.374	2.9	3.5	.830
difference:	+5	+2.4	+5.0	+0.3	+2.3	+2.0	+3.8	+0.3		-1.2	-0.5	+2.2	+6.2	+.062	+1.5	+4.1	+.006	+1.0	+1.0	+.026
John Stockton	20	36.9	16.1	0.9	3.0	3.9	9.6	1.7	0.3	3.1	2.6	5.7	10.9	.521	1.0	2.5	.380	3.9	4.5	.856


Season 14
	Chris Paul	John Stockton
Season	2018-19	1997-98
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost NBA Finals

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	58	32.0	15.6	0.6	3.9	4.6	8.2	2.0	0.3	2.6	2.5	5.2	12.4	.419	2.2	6.1	.358	3.0	3.5	.862
difference:	+6	+3.0	+3.6	+0.1	+1.9	+2.0	+0.3	+0.6	+0.1	-0.1	-0.3	+1.0	+4.4	+.109	+1.6	+4.7	+.071		+0.1	+.035
John Stockton	64	29.0	12.0	0.5	2.0	2.6	8.5	1.4	0.2	2.5	2.2	4.2	8.0	.528	0.6	1.4	.429	3.0	3.6	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	11	36.1	17.0	1.3	5.1	6.4	5.5	2.2	0.6	3.4	3.3	6.0	13.5	.446	1.5	5.7	.270	3.5	4.1	.844
difference:	+9	+6.4	+5.9	+0.5	+2.9	+3.4	+2.3	+0.6	+0.4	-1.0	-0.6	+1.9	+5.3	+.048	+1.0	+4.4	+.076	+0.9	+0.5	+.126
John Stockton	20	29.7	11.1	0.8	2.2	3.0	7.8	1.6	0.2	2.4	2.7	4.1	8.2	.494	0.5	1.3	.346	2.6	3.6	.718


Season 15
	Chris Paul	John Stockton
Season	2019-20	1998-99
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	70	31.5	17.6	0.4	4.6	5.0	6.7	1.6	0.2	2.3	2.3	6.2	12.7	.489	1.6	4.3	.365	3.6	4.0	.907
difference:	+20	+3.3	+6.5	+0.2	+2.3	+2.1	+0.8		+0.1	-0.1	-0.2	+2.2	+4.5	+.001	+1.3	+3.3	+.045	+0.9	+0.6	+.096
John Stockton	50	28.2	11.1	0.6	2.3	2.9	7.5	1.6	0.3	2.2	2.1	4.0	8.2	.488	0.3	1.0	.320	2.7	3.4	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	7	37.3	21.3	0.4	7.0	7.4	5.3	1.6	0.4	3.3	2.6	7.9	16.0	.491	2.3	6.1	.372	3.3	3.7	.885
difference:	+4	+5.3	+10.2	+0.6	+4.7	+4.1	+3.1		+0.3	-0.5	-0.3	+4.1	+6.5	+.091	+1.9	+5.0	+.039	+0.2	+0.5	+.146
John Stockton	11	32.0	11.1	1.0	2.3	3.3	8.4	1.6	0.1	2.8	2.9	3.8	9.5	.400	0.4	1.1	.333	3.1	4.2	.739


Season 16
	Chris Paul	John Stockton
Season	2020-21	1999-00
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	70	31.4	16.4	0.4	4.1	4.5	8.9	1.4	0.3	2.2	2.4	6.3	12.6	.499	1.5	3.7	.395	2.4	2.6	.934
difference:	+12	+1.7	+4.3	+0.1	+2.0	+1.9	+0.3	+0.3	+0.1		-0.1	+1.9	+3.8	+.002	+1.0	+2.2	+.040	+0.3	+0.5	+.074
John Stockton	82	29.7	12.1	0.5	2.1	2.6	8.6	1.7	0.2	2.2	2.3	4.4	8.8	.501	0.5	1.5	.355	2.7	3.1	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	20	34.2	19.2	0.5	3.1	3.5	8.6	1.2	0.2	2.2	2.4	7.5	15.0	.497	1.5	3.3	.446	2.9	3.3	.877
difference:	+10	+0.7	+8.0	+0.2	+0.8	+0.5	+1.7	+0.1		-0.4	-0.6	+3.4	+6.1	+.036	+0.8	+1.5	+.057	+0.6	+0.3	+.110
John Stockton	10	34.9	11.2	0.7	2.3	3.0	10.3	1.3	0.2	2.6	3.0	4.1	8.9	.461	0.7	1.8	.389	2.3	3.0	.767


Season 17
	Chris Paul	John Stockton
Season	2021-22	2000-01
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	65	32.9	14.7	0.3	4.0	4.4	10.8	1.9	0.3	2.4	2.1	5.6	11.3	.493	1.0	3.1	.317	2.6	3.1	.837
difference:	+17	+3.7	+3.2	+0.4	+1.9	+1.6	+2.1	+0.3		-0.1	-0.3	+1.6	+3.4	+.011	+0.3	+1.5	+.145	+0.2	+0.3	+.020
John Stockton	82	29.2	11.5	0.7	2.1	2.8	8.7	1.6	0.3	2.5	2.4	4.0	7.9	.504	0.7	1.6	.462	2.8	3.4	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	13	34.5	17.5	0.5	3.6	4.2	8.3	1.5	0.2	2.4	3.1	6.7	11.9	.561	1.5	3.8	.388	2.7	2.8	.946
difference:	+8	+2.9	+7.7	+1.7	+0.2	+1.4	+3.1	+0.5	+0.4	-1.0	-0.7	+3.3	+4.5	+.102	+1.5	+2.2	+.388	+0.3	+1.4	+.232
John Stockton	5	37.4	9.8	2.2	3.4	5.6	11.4	2.0	0.6	1.4	3.8	3.4	7.4	.459	0.0	1.6	.000	3.0	4.2	.714


Season 18
	Chris Paul	John Stockton
Season	2022-23	2001-02
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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18th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	59	32.0	13.9	0.5	3.8	4.3	8.9	1.5	0.4	1.9	2.1	5.0	11.3	.440	1.7	4.4	.375	2.3	2.7	.831
difference:	+23	+0.7	+0.5	+0.2	+1.3	+1.1	+0.7	+0.4	+0.1	-0.6	-0.4	+0.1	+1.8	+.077	+1.4	+3.4	+.054	+1.1	+1.2	+.026
John Stockton	82	31.3	13.4	0.7	2.5	3.2	8.2	1.9	0.3	2.5	2.5	4.9	9.5	.517	0.3	1.0	.321	3.4	3.9	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	7	35.7	12.4	0.7	4.3	5.0	7.4	1.7	0.7	1.0	2.3	5.4	13.0	.418	1.3	4.0	.321	0.3	0.6	.500
difference:	+3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	+1.0	+1.0	+2.6	+1.1	+0.4	-1.0	-1.7	+0.9	+3.0	+.032	+0.8	+2.2	+.035	+2.7	+2.7	+.423
John Stockton	4	35.5	12.5	0.8	3.3	4.0	10.0	2.8	0.3	2.0	4.0	4.5	10.0	.450	0.5	1.8	.286	3.0	3.3	.923


Season 19
	Chris Paul	John Stockton
Season	2023-24	2002-03
Team	Golden State Warriors	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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19th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	58	26.4	9.2	0.3	3.6	3.9	6.8	1.2	0.1	1.3	1.9	3.6	8.1	.441	1.3	3.6	.371	0.7	0.9	.827
difference:	+24	+1.3	+1.6	+0.3	+1.8	+1.4	+0.9	+0.5	+0.1	-0.9	-0.3	+0.2	+0.3	+.042	+0.9	+2.6	+.008	+2.2	+2.6	+.001
John Stockton	82	27.7	10.8	0.6	1.8	2.5	7.7	1.7	0.2	2.2	2.2	3.8	7.8	.483	0.4	1.0	.363	2.9	3.5	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	5	29.6	11.2	1.0	2.2	3.2	5.2	1.6	0.2	2.8	2.6	3.6	7.8	.462	0.0	0.2	.000	4.0	4.0	1.000

Additional Years

* Chris Paul played 2 seasons more than John Stockton in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 20 to 21, from 2025 to 2026—Chris Paul didn't play in the postseason.

Chris Paul vs. John Stockton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Stockton and Chris Paul, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Season 18

18th Season Stats Comparison

Season 19

19th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years