Daniel Gafford vs. Jason Kidd Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Kidd and Daniel Gafford, 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.

Daniel Gafford played 6 years in the NBA, 13 less than Jason Kidd, who played 19. Daniel Gafford had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Daniel Gafford	Jason Kidd
Season	2019-20	1994-95
Team	Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
Daniel Gafford	43	14.2	5.1	1.2	1.3	2.5	0.5	0.3	1.3	0.7	2.3	2.2	3.1	.701	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.533
difference:	+36	+19.6	+6.6	+0.7	+2.2	+2.9	+7.2	+1.6	+1.0	-2.5	-0.5	+2.0	+7.7	+.316	+0.9	+3.3		+1.7	+2.1	+.165
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 Daniel Gafford nor Jason Kidd played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Daniel Gafford	Jason Kidd
Season	2020-21	1995-96
Team	Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Daniel Gafford	54	14.6	7.0	1.7	2.5	4.3	0.5	0.5	1.4	0.8	1.8	2.9	4.2	.684	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.667
difference:	+27	+22.9	+9.6	+0.8	+1.8	+2.5	+9.2	+1.7	+1.1	-3.2	-0.1	+3.2	+11.8	+.303	+1.6	+4.9		+1.5	+2.1	+.025
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Daniel Gafford	5	23.4	11.8	2.8	3.0	5.8	0.6	1.0	2.0	0.6	3.4	4.4	5.2	.846	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.8	.625
Jason Kidd	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Daniel Gafford	Jason Kidd
Season	2022-23	1997-98
Team	Washington Wizards	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Daniel Gafford	78	20.6	9.0	2.1	3.5	5.6	1.1	0.4	1.3	1.1	2.4	3.7	5.1	.732	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.679
difference:	+4	+17.4	+2.6	+0.8	+1.4	+0.6	+8.0	+1.6	+1.0	-2.1	-0.7	+0.7	+5.4	+.316	+0.9	+2.8		+0.4	+0.1	+.120
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		%
Daniel Gafford	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
	Daniel Gafford	Jason Kidd
Season	2023-24	1998-99
Team	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Daniel Gafford	74	24.5	11.0	2.6	5.0	7.6	1.6	0.9	2.1	1.0	3.1	4.7	6.5	.725	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.674
difference:	+24	+16.7	+5.9	+0.9		+0.8	+9.2	+1.4	+1.7	-2.0	-0.9	+1.5	+7.5	+.281	+0.9	+2.5		+2.0	+2.4	+.083
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		%
Daniel Gafford	22	20.2	9.0	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.7	0.3	1.5	0.9	1.7	3.5	5.6	.634	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	.631
difference:	+19	+21.8	+6.0	+1.6	+1.6	+3.2	+9.6	+1.4	+1.2	-2.1	-2.3	+2.5	+8.7	+.215	+1.3	+5.3		+0.2	+0.7	+.083
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
	Daniel Gafford	Jason Kidd
Season	2024-25	1999-00
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Daniel Gafford	57	21.5	12.3	2.7	4.1	6.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	1.2	2.7	5.0	7.1	.702	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.689
difference:	+10	+17.5	+2.0	+1.3	+1.7	+0.4	+8.7	+1.6	+1.4	-2.2	-0.5	+0.2	+5.7	+.293	+0.8	+2.5		+0.6	+0.3	+.140
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		%
Daniel Gafford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Jason Kidd played 13 seasons more than Daniel Gafford in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 19, from 2001 to 2013—Jason Kidd played in 13 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 13 extra years over Daniel Gafford, Jason Kidd got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 4 All-Defensive Second Team 3 Assists Leader 7 All-Star Game