DeAndre Jordan vs. Kyle Kuzma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Kuzma 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 Kyle Kuzma, who played 8. DeAndre Jordan had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Kyle Kuzma 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	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
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:	+24	+16.7	+11.8	+0.3	+2.0	+1.8	+1.6	+0.4	+0.7	-1.0	-0.3	+4.3	+10.7	+.183	+2.1	+5.6		+1.1	+0.6	+.322
Kyle Kuzma	77	31.2	16.1	1.1	5.1	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.1	6.1	13.5	.450	2.1	5.6	.366	1.9	2.7	.707
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeAndre Jordan nor Kyle Kuzma played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	DeAndre Jordan	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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:	+19	+0.6	+5.7	+1.7	+1.0	+2.7	+0.8		+1.4	-0.2	-1.1	+1.9	+6.7	+.250	+1.4	+4.5		+0.7	+0.2	+.283
Kyle Kuzma	61	25.0	12.8	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	2.1	4.8	11.0	.436	1.4	4.5	.316	1.9	2.5	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeAndre Jordan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Kuzma	21	23.0	10.0	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.7	8.5	.430	1.2	4.0	.313	1.4	1.8	.784

Season 6
	DeAndre Jordan	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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:	+18		+10.8	+3.1	+3.1	+6.4	+2.8	+0.4	+2.0	-1.5	-0.9	+3.8	+11.5	+.228	+2.5	+7.5		+0.7	+0.9	+.302
Kyle Kuzma	64	35.0	21.2	0.9	6.4	7.2	3.7	0.6	0.5	3.0	2.3	8.0	17.8	.448	2.5	7.5	.333	2.7	3.7	.730
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
Kyle Kuzma	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	DeAndre Jordan	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+12	+1.8	+10.7	+3.9	+4.4	+8.4	+3.5	+0.5	+1.5	-1.4	-0.8	+4.1	+12.3	+.247	+2.2	+6.4		+0.4	+2.3	+.378
Kyle Kuzma	70	32.6	22.2	0.9	5.7	6.6	4.2	0.5	0.7	2.7	2.2	8.7	18.8	.463	2.2	6.4	.336	2.7	3.4	.775
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
Kyle Kuzma	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	DeAndre Jordan	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2015-16	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Washington Wizards, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+12	+3.9	+2.1	+2.7	+5.4	+8.1	+1.1	+0.1	+2.0	-0.8	-0.9	+1.1	+6.4	+.267	+1.5	+4.8		+1.5	+4.9	+.204
Kyle Kuzma	65	29.8	14.8	0.8	4.9	5.7	2.3	0.6	0.3	2.2	1.8	5.7	13.0	.436	1.5	4.8	.307	2.0	3.1	.634
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:	+1	+12.6	+5.9	+4.4	+9.7	+14.1	+1.0	+1.2	+2.5	-0.6	-0.4	+1.6	+0.7	+.289	+0.4	+2.0		+3.1	+8.6	+.127
Kyle Kuzma	5	20.4	5.8	0.6	1.6	2.2	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.6	2.4	2.4	7.0	.343	0.4	2.0	.200	0.6	1.2	.500

Additional Years
* DeAndre Jordan played 9 seasons more than Kyle Kuzma 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 Kyle Kuzma, DeAndre Jordan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game