DeAndre Jordan vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum and DeAndre Jordan, 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.

DeAndre Jordan played 17 years in the NBA, 9 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 8. DeAndre Jordan had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Jayson Tatum had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
	DeAndre Jordan	Jayson Tatum
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
DeAndre Jordan	53	14.5	4.3	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.2	0.2	1.1	0.8	1.8	1.8	2.8	.633	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.1	.385
difference:	+27	+16.0	+9.6	+0.8	+1.3	+0.5	+1.4	+0.8	+0.4	-0.6	-0.3	+3.2	+7.6	+.158	+1.3	+3.0		+1.9	+1.1	+.441
Jayson Tatum	80	30.5	13.9	0.6	4.4	5.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	1.4	2.1	5.0	10.4	.475	1.3	3.0	.434	2.7	3.2	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeAndre Jordan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	19	35.9	18.5	0.5	3.8	4.4	2.7	1.2	0.5	2.2	2.6	6.5	13.7	.471	1.2	3.7	.324	4.3	5.1	.845

Season 3
	DeAndre Jordan	Jayson Tatum
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
DeAndre Jordan	80	25.6	7.1	2.6	4.6	7.2	0.5	0.5	1.8	1.3	3.2	2.9	4.3	.686	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.7	.452
difference:	+14	+8.7	+16.3	+1.6	+1.4	+0.2	+2.5	+0.9	+0.9	-1.0	-1.1	+5.5	+14.3	+.236	+2.9	+7.1		+2.6	+2.0	+.360
Jayson Tatum	66	34.3	23.4	1.0	6.0	7.0	3.0	1.4	0.9	2.3	2.1	8.4	18.6	.450	2.9	7.1	.403	3.8	4.7	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeAndre Jordan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	17	40.6	25.7	1.3	8.7	10.0	5.0	1.0	1.2	2.8	2.4	8.5	19.6	.434	2.8	7.4	.373	5.9	7.2	.813

Season 4
	DeAndre Jordan	Jayson Tatum
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East 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		%
DeAndre Jordan	66	27.2	7.4	3.1	5.2	8.3	0.3	0.5	2.0	1.1	2.9	3.1	4.9	.632	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.1	.525
difference:	+2	+8.6	+19.0	+2.3	+1.4	+0.9	+4.0	+0.7	+1.5	-1.6	-1.0	+6.4	+15.7	+.173	+2.9	+7.6		+3.5	+3.2	+.343
Jayson Tatum	64	35.8	26.4	0.8	6.6	7.4	4.3	1.2	0.5	2.7	1.9	9.5	20.6	.459	2.9	7.6	.386	4.6	5.3	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeAndre Jordan	11	22.6	4.5	1.6	3.6	5.3	0.4	0.6	1.6	0.6	1.8	1.9	3.6	.525	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	2.2	.333
difference:	+6	+14.4	+26.1	+1.0	+1.6	+0.5	+4.2	+0.6		-2.0	-1.2	+7.5	+18.6	+.102	+2.8	+7.2		+8.3	+7.6	+.585
Jayson Tatum	5	37.0	30.6	0.6	5.2	5.8	4.6	1.2	1.6	2.6	3.0	9.4	22.2	.423	2.8	7.2	.389	9.0	9.8	.918

Season 5
	DeAndre Jordan	Jayson Tatum
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
DeAndre Jordan	82	24.5	8.8	2.6	4.7	7.2	0.3	0.6	1.4	1.2	2.3	3.8	6.0	.643	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	3.0	.386
difference:	+6	+11.4	+18.1	+1.5	+2.2	+0.8	+4.1	+0.4	+0.8	-1.7		+5.5	+14.6	+.190	+3.0	+8.6		+4.1	+3.2	+.467
Jayson Tatum	76	35.9	26.9	1.1	6.9	8.0	4.4	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.3	9.3	20.6	.453	3.0	8.6	.353	5.3	6.2	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeAndre Jordan	6	24.0	3.7	2.5	3.8	6.3	0.2	0.2	1.7	1.5	3.0	1.7	3.7	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.5	.222
difference:	+18	+17.0	+21.9	+1.5	+1.9	+0.4	+6.0	+1.0	+0.8	-2.7		+6.7	+16.0	+.029	+3.2	+8.2		+5.4	+5.6	+.578
Jayson Tatum	24	41.0	25.6	1.0	5.7	6.7	6.2	1.2	0.9	4.2	3.0	8.4	19.7	.426	3.2	8.2	.393	5.7	7.1	.800

Season 6
	DeAndre Jordan	Jayson Tatum
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
DeAndre Jordan	82	35.0	10.4	4.0	9.5	13.6	0.9	1.0	2.5	1.5	3.2	4.2	6.3	.676	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	4.6	.428
difference:	+8	+1.9	+19.7	+2.9	+1.8	+4.8	+3.7	+0.1	+1.8	-1.4	-1.0	+5.6	+14.8	+.210	+3.2	+9.3		+5.2	+3.8	+.426
Jayson Tatum	74	36.9	30.1	1.1	7.7	8.8	4.6	1.1	0.7	2.9	2.2	9.8	21.1	.466	3.2	9.3	.350	7.2	8.4	.854
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeAndre Jordan	13	34.0	9.6	3.3	9.2	12.5	0.8	0.9	2.5	1.8	3.5	3.5	4.8	.730	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	5.8	.434
difference:	+7	+6.0	+17.6	+2.0		+2.0	+4.5	+0.2	+1.4	-1.0	-1.3	+5.8	+15.4	+.272	+2.7	+8.2		+3.5	+1.1	+.442
Jayson Tatum	20	40.0	27.2	1.3	9.2	10.5	5.3	1.1	1.1	2.8	2.2	9.3	20.2	.458	2.7	8.2	.323	6.0	6.9	.876

Season 7
	DeAndre Jordan	Jayson Tatum
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
DeAndre Jordan	82	34.4	11.5	4.8	10.1	15.0	0.7	1.0	2.2	1.3	3.0	4.6	6.5	.710	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	5.7	.397
difference:	+8	+1.3	+15.4	+3.9	+2.9	+6.9	+4.2		+1.6	-1.2	-1.0	+4.5	+12.8	+.239	+3.1	+8.2		+3.3	+1.0	+.436
Jayson Tatum	74	35.7	26.9	0.9	7.2	8.1	4.9	1.0	0.6	2.5	2.0	9.1	19.3	.471	3.1	8.2	.376	5.6	6.7	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeAndre Jordan	14	34.4	13.1	3.5	9.9	13.4	1.1	1.1	2.4	1.2	3.0	4.1	5.8	.716	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	11.2	.427
difference:	+5	+6.0	+11.9	+2.6	+1.1	+3.7	+5.2		+1.7	-1.4	-0.2	+4.3	+13.8	+.289	+2.1	+7.3		+1.4	+4.0	+.434
Jayson Tatum	19	40.4	25.0	0.9	8.8	9.7	6.3	1.1	0.7	2.6	2.8	8.4	19.6	.427	2.1	7.3	.283	6.2	7.2	.861

Season 8
	DeAndre Jordan	Jayson Tatum
Season	2015-16	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
DeAndre Jordan	77	33.7	12.7	3.5	10.3	13.8	1.2	0.7	2.3	1.4	2.7	4.6	6.6	.703	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	8.0	.430
difference:	+5	+2.7	+14.1	+2.8	+2.3	+5.1	+4.8	+0.4	+1.8	-1.5	-0.5	+4.6	+13.7	+.251	+3.5	+10.1		+1.5	+1.9	+.384
Jayson Tatum	72	36.4	26.8	0.7	8.0	8.7	6.0	1.1	0.5	2.9	2.2	9.2	20.3	.452	3.5	10.1	.343	5.0	6.1	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeAndre Jordan	6	33.0	11.7	5.0	11.3	16.3	1.8	1.2	2.7	1.2	2.8	4.0	6.3	.632	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	9.8	.373
difference:	+2	+7.3	+16.4	+3.9	+0.9	+4.8	+3.6	+0.9	+1.9	-2.1	-0.2	+5.3	+15.6	+.209	+3.6	+9.8		+2.3	+3.0	+.516
Jayson Tatum	8	40.3	28.1	1.1	10.4	11.5	5.4	2.1	0.8	3.3	2.6	9.3	21.9	.423	3.6	9.8	.372	6.0	6.8	.889

Additional Years
* DeAndre Jordan played 9 seasons more than Jayson Tatum in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 17, from 2017 to 2025—DeAndre Jordan played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Jayson Tatum, DeAndre Jordan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game