Chris Paul vs. Jordan Poole Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jordan Poole 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.

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 20 years in the NBA, 14 more than Jordan Poole, who played 6. Chris Paul had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while Jordan Poole had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Chris Paul	Jordan Poole
Season	2005-06	2019-20
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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		%
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:	+21	+13.6	+7.3	+0.6	+2.4	+3.0	+5.4	+1.6	+0.1	-1.0	-1.2	+2.3	+3.3	+.097	+0.7	+2.3	+.003	+3.4	+3.9	+.049
Jordan Poole	57	22.4	8.8	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.6	2.9	8.8	.333	1.3	4.6	.279	1.7	2.1	.798
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Chris Paul nor Jordan Poole played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Chris Paul	Jordan Poole
Season	2007-08	2021-22
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+4	+7.6	+2.6	+0.4	+0.2	+0.6	+7.6	+1.9	+0.2		-0.4	+1.7	+2.2	+.040	+1.6	+4.5	+.005	+1.0	+1.4	+.074
Jordan Poole	76	30.0	18.5	0.4	3.0	3.4	4.0	0.8	0.3	2.5	2.7	6.2	13.9	.448	2.8	7.6	.364	3.2	3.5	.925
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:	+10	+13.0	+7.1	+0.8	+1.2	+2.1	+7.5	+1.5	+0.2	-0.6	-0.8	+3.4	+6.9	+.006	+1.9	+4.0	+.153	+2.2	+3.4	+.130
Jordan Poole	22	27.5	17.0	0.5	2.4	2.8	3.8	0.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	5.9	11.5	.508	2.3	5.8	.391	3.0	3.2	.915

Season 4
	Chris Paul	Jordan Poole
Season	2008-09	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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	+8.5	+2.4	+0.5	+2.3	+2.8	+6.5	+2.0	+0.2	-0.1	-0.1	+1.4	+0.5	+.073	+1.8	+5.5	+.028	+1.4	+1.6	+.002
Jordan Poole	82	30.0	20.4	0.4	2.4	2.7	4.5	0.8	0.3	3.1	2.6	6.7	15.6	.430	2.6	7.8	.336	4.4	5.1	.870
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:	+8	+18.4	+6.3	+0.5	+1.8	+2.2	+6.9	+0.8	+0.2	-3.6	-0.9	+2.5	+4.2	+.070	+0.2	+1.6	+.059	+1.6	+1.6	+.092
Jordan Poole	13	21.8	10.3	0.3	1.8	2.2	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.5	3.5	10.4	.341	1.2	4.8	.254	2.0	2.6	.765

Season 5
	Chris Paul	Jordan Poole
Season	2009-10	2023-24
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+33	+7.9	+1.3		+1.5	+1.5	+6.3	+1.0	+0.1	-0.1	-0.5	+0.7	+1.0	+.080	+1.2	+4.4	+.083	+1.1	+1.4	+.030
Jordan Poole	78	30.1	17.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	4.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.1	6.3	15.2	.413	2.4	7.2	.326	2.5	2.8	.877
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Chris Paul nor Jordan Poole played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Chris Paul	Jordan Poole
Season	2010-11	2024-25
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+12	+6.6	+4.6		+1.1	+1.1	+5.3	+1.1	+0.3	-0.8	-0.5	+1.3	+3.9	+.031	+2.6	+6.8	+.010	+0.6	+0.8	+.005
Jordan Poole	68	29.4	20.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	4.5	1.3	0.4	3.0	3.0	6.7	15.5	.432	3.5	9.1	.378	3.6	4.0	.883
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
Jordan Poole	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Chris Paul played 14 seasons more than Jordan Poole in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 20, from 2012 to 2025—Chris Paul played in 12 Playoffs. In those 14 extra years over Jordan Poole, Chris Paul got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Defensive First Team 3 Assists Leader 3 Steals Leader 8 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP