DeAndre Jordan vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson 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 18 years in the NBA, 5 more than Klay Thompson, who played 13. DeAndre Jordan had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Klay Thompson had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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	Klay Thompson
Season	2008-09	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
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:	+13	+9.9	+8.2	+1.0	+1.0	+2.1	+1.8	+0.5	+0.8	-0.8	-0.5	+3.0	+8.1	+.190	+1.7	+4.1		+0.4	+0.7	+.483
Klay Thompson	66	24.4	12.5	0.4	2.1	2.4	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.8	10.9	.443	1.7	4.1	.414	1.2	1.4	.868
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeAndre Jordan nor Klay Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	DeAndre Jordan	Klay Thompson
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+11	+4.7	+14.3	+2.7	+2.3	+5.1	+2.6	+0.6	+1.2	-0.8	-1.3	+4.7	+12.0	+.169	+3.1	+7.1		+1.8	+1.2	+.354
Klay Thompson	77	31.9	21.7	0.4	2.9	3.2	2.9	1.1	0.8	1.9	1.6	7.8	16.9	.463	3.1	7.1	.439	2.9	3.3	.879
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:	+10	+13.6	+14.1	+1.2	+0.2	+1.4	+2.2	+0.2	+0.7	-1.4	-1.2	+5.2	+12.3	+.079	+2.7	+7.0		+1.0	+0.1	+.467
Klay Thompson	21	36.2	18.6	0.4	3.4	3.9	2.6	0.8	0.9	2.0	3.0	7.1	15.9	.446	2.7	7.0	.390	1.7	2.1	.800

Season 5
	DeAndre Jordan	Klay Thompson
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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:	+2	+8.8	+13.3	+2.2	+1.3	+3.4	+1.8	+0.2	+0.8	-0.5	-0.4	+4.3	+11.3	+.173	+3.5	+8.1		+1.2	+0.2	+.487
Klay Thompson	80	33.3	22.1	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.9	8.1	17.3	.470	3.5	8.1	.425	2.4	2.8	.873
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	+11.4	+20.6	+1.9	+0.8	+2.6	+2.1	+0.9	+1.3	-0.5	-0.8	+6.7	+15.2	+.011	+4.1	+9.6		+3.1	+2.5	+.632
Klay Thompson	24	35.4	24.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.3	1.1	0.4	2.0	2.2	8.4	18.9	.444	4.1	9.6	.424	3.4	4.0	.854

Season 6
	DeAndre Jordan	Klay Thompson
Season	2013-14	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+4	+1.0	+11.9	+3.4	+6.5	+9.9	+1.2	+0.2	+2.0	-0.1	-1.4	+4.1	+11.3	+.208	+3.4	+8.3		+0.4	+1.8	+.425
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	22.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.1	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.8	8.3	17.6	.468	3.4	8.3	.414	2.4	2.8	.853
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:	+4	+1.1	+5.4	+2.7	+6.0	+8.6	+1.3	+0.1	+2.2	-0.4	-0.9	+2.0	+9.1	+.333	+2.4	+6.2		+1.0	+3.9	+.354
Klay Thompson	17	35.1	15.0	0.6	3.2	3.9	2.1	0.8	0.3	1.4	2.6	5.5	13.9	.397	2.4	6.2	.387	1.5	1.9	.788

Season 7
	DeAndre Jordan	Klay Thompson
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	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:	+9	+0.1	+8.5	+4.4	+6.7	+11.2	+1.8	+0.2	+1.7	-0.5	-1.4	+3.3	+9.7	+.222	+3.1	+7.1		+1.2	+4.4	+.440
Klay Thompson	73	34.3	20.0	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.5	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.6	7.9	16.2	.488	3.1	7.1	.440	1.1	1.3	.837
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:	+7	+3.4	+6.5	+3.0	+6.3	+9.3	+0.7	+0.3	+2.1	-0.3	-0.7	+3.5	+10.5	+.251	+3.2	+7.5		+3.5	+9.7	+.444
Klay Thompson	21	37.8	19.6	0.5	3.6	4.1	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.3	7.6	16.3	.465	3.2	7.5	.427	1.3	1.5	.871

Season 8
	DeAndre Jordan	Klay Thompson
Season	2015-16	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost NBA 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		%
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:	+1	+0.3	+8.8	+3.0	+6.9	+10.0	+1.2	+0.4	+1.7	-0.1	-0.7	+3.8	+11.4	+.236	+3.1	+7.7		+1.8	+6.0	+.386
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	21.5	0.5	3.4	3.8	2.4	1.1	0.6	1.5	2.0	8.4	18.0	.467	3.1	7.7	.402	1.7	2.0	.816
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:	+15	+6.0	+9.0	+4.4	+7.8	+12.2	+0.3	+0.1	+2.0	-0.6		+3.8	+10.8	+.176	+3.3	+7.5		+1.9	+7.8	+.529
Klay Thompson	21	39.0	20.7	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.1	1.3	0.7	1.8	2.8	7.8	17.1	.456	3.3	7.5	.443	1.8	2.0	.902

Note: Klay Thompson didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.

Season 9
	DeAndre Jordan	Klay Thompson
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
DeAndre Jordan	81	31.7	12.7	3.7	10.1	13.8	1.2	0.6	1.7	1.4	2.6	5.1	7.1	.714	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	5.2	.482
difference:	+49	+2.3	+7.7	+3.2	+6.7	+9.9	+1.6	+0.1	+1.2	-0.1	-0.9	+2.6	+10.8	+.285	+3.6	+9.3		+1.1	+3.6	+.420
Klay Thompson	32	29.4	20.4	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.7	7.7	17.9	.429	3.6	9.3	.385	1.4	1.6	.902
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeAndre Jordan	7	37.7	15.4	3.6	10.9	14.4	0.7	0.4	0.9	2.4	4.1	6.1	8.7	.705	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	8.0	.393
difference:	+15	+1.7	+3.6	+3.3	+7.3	+10.5	+1.6	+0.7	+0.2	-1.1	-2.0	+1.1	+8.0	+.276	+3.5	+9.0	+.385	+1.9	+6.6	+.474
Klay Thompson	22	36.0	19.0	0.3	3.6	3.9	2.3	1.1	0.7	1.3	2.1	7.2	16.7	.429	3.5	9.1	.385	1.2	1.4	.867