Darius Garland vs. Jason Kidd Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Kidd and Darius Garland, 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.

Darius Garland played 7 years in the NBA, 12 less than Jason Kidd, who played 19. Darius Garland 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
	Darius Garland	Jason Kidd
Season	2019-20	1994-95
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Darius Garland	59	30.9	12.3	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.6	4.7	11.8	.401	1.8	5.0	.355	1.1	1.2	.875
difference:	+20	+2.9	+0.6	+1.4	+2.1	+3.5	+3.8	+1.2	+0.2	-0.6	-0.2	+0.5	+1.0	+.016	+0.9	+1.7	+.083	+1.3	+2.3	+.177
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 Darius Garland nor Jason Kidd played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Darius Garland	Jason Kidd
Season	2020-21	1995-96
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Darius Garland	54	33.1	17.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	6.1	1.2	0.1	3.0	2.0	6.7	14.9	.451	1.9	4.9	.395	2.1	2.4	.848
difference:	+27	+4.4	+0.8	+2.1	+2.3	+4.4	+3.6	+1.0	+0.2	-1.0	-0.1	+0.6	+1.1	+.070	+0.3		+.059	+0.7	+1.7	+.156
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 Darius Garland nor Jason Kidd played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Darius Garland	Jason Kidd
Season	2021-22	1996-97
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Darius Garland	68	35.7	21.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.6	1.7	8.0	17.3	.462	2.6	6.7	.383	3.2	3.5	.892
difference:	+13		+10.8	+0.6	+0.7	+1.2	+0.4	+1.0	+0.3	-1.0	-0.4	+4.1	+7.7	+.059	+1.5	+3.7	+.013	+1.2	+0.5	+.213
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		%
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Darius Garland	Jason Kidd
Season	2022-23	1997-98
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Darius Garland	69	35.5	21.6	0.4	2.3	2.7	7.8	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.1	7.6	16.4	.462	2.4	6.0	.410	4.0	4.7	.863
difference:	+13	+2.5	+10.0	+0.9	+2.6	+3.5	+1.3	+0.8	+0.2	-0.3	-0.4	+3.2	+5.9	+.046	+1.5	+3.2	+.097	+2.0	+2.2	+.064
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		%
Darius Garland	5	37.8	20.6	0.0	1.8	1.8	5.0	1.6	0.2	3.6	3.4	7.0	16.0	.438	2.4	6.2	.387	4.2	5.0	.840
difference:	+1	+5.0	+6.3	+1.3	+2.7	+4.0	+2.8	+2.4	+0.3	-0.6	-0.1	+1.5	+1.5	+.059	+2.4	+4.4	+.387	+0.9	+1.0	+.027
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
	Darius Garland	Jason Kidd
Season	2023-24	1998-99
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Darius Garland	57	33.4	18.0	0.5	2.1	2.7	6.5	1.3	0.1	3.1	1.7	6.6	14.8	.446	2.3	6.2	.371	2.6	3.1	.834
difference:	+7	+7.8	+1.1	+1.2	+2.9	+4.1	+4.3	+1.0	+0.3	-0.1	-0.5	+0.4	+0.8	+.002	+1.4	+3.7	+.005	+1.0	+1.7	+.077
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		%
Darius Garland	12	36.0	15.7	0.1	3.5	3.6	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.8	6.1	14.3	.427	2.1	5.9	.352	1.4	1.8	.810
difference:	+9	+6.0	+0.7	+0.2	+1.5	+1.3	+4.5	+0.6	+0.1	-0.7	-1.2	+0.1		+.008	+0.8	+0.6	+.102	+0.3	+0.5	+.096
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
	Darius Garland	Jason Kidd
Season	2024-25	1999-00
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Darius Garland	75	30.7	20.6	0.6	2.2	2.9	6.7	1.2	0.1	2.5	1.9	7.4	15.7	.472	2.8	7.1	.401	3.0	3.4	.878
difference:	+8	+8.3	+6.3	+0.8	+3.6	+4.3	+3.4	+0.8	+0.3	-0.9	-0.3	+2.2	+2.9	+.063	+2.0	+4.6	+.064		+0.3	+.049
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		%
Darius Garland	5	29.6	18.0	0.2	2.0	2.2	5.2	0.4	0.0	3.0	3.4	5.8	13.8	.420	2.0	7.0	.286	4.4	4.8	.917
difference:	+1	+8.4	+8.2	+1.1	+3.3	+4.5	+3.6	+1.4	+0.2	-0.8	-1.1	+2.1	+4.6	+.020	+0.7	+3.3	+.078	+3.2	+3.3	+.139
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
	Darius Garland	Jason Kidd
Season	2025-26	2000-01
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	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		%
Darius Garland	18	30.2	16.9	0.6	2.2	2.8	6.9	0.7	0.1	2.9	1.8	5.8	14.2	.408	2.3	6.4	.365	3.0	3.4	.885
difference:	+59	+9.6		+0.6	+3.0	+3.6	+2.9	+1.5	+0.2	-0.8	-0.4	+0.1		+.003	+1.4	+3.4	+.068	+1.3	+1.8	+.071
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		%
Darius Garland	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

Additional Years
* Jason Kidd played 12 seasons more than Darius Garland in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 19, from 2002 to 2013—Jason Kidd played in 12 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Darius Garland, Jason Kidd got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 4 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Assists Leader 6 All-Star Game