DeAndre Jordan vs. Rudy LaRusso Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy LaRusso 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 16 years in the NBA, 6 more than Rudy LaRusso, who played 10. DeAndre Jordan had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Rudy LaRusso had his rookie season in 1959-60. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Season 3
	DeAndre Jordan	Rudy LaRusso
Season	2010-11	1961-62
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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	.000	1.2	2.7	.452
Rudy LaRusso	80	34.4	17.2	-	-	10.4	2.2	-	-	-	3.2	6.5	13.9	.466	-	-	-	4.3	5.6	.763
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeAndre Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy LaRusso	13	35.5	14.1	-	-	9.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.9	4.4	12.0	.365	-	-	-	5.3	7.0	.758

Season 4
	DeAndre Jordan	Rudy LaRusso
Season	2011-12	1962-63
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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	.000	1.1	2.1	.525
Rudy LaRusso	75	33.4	12.3	-	-	10.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	10.1	.422	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.718
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
Rudy LaRusso	13	35.8	14.4	-	-	9.8	2.2	-	-	-	4.5	5.0	11.8	.422	-	-	-	4.4	5.8	.760

Season 6
	DeAndre Jordan	Rudy LaRusso
Season	2013-14	1964-65
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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
Rudy LaRusso	77	33.6	14.1	-	-	9.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.4	4.9	10.7	.461	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.773
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
Rudy LaRusso	11	35.9	15.0	-	-	8.1	2.6	-	-	-	4.7	5.1	12.5	.409	-	-	-	4.8	6.7	.716

Season 7
	DeAndre Jordan	Rudy LaRusso
Season	2014-15	1965-66
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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	.250	2.3	5.7	.397
Rudy LaRusso	76	30.5	15.4	-	-	8.7	2.2	-	-	-	3.4	5.4	11.8	.457	-	-	-	4.6	5.9	.787
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
Rudy LaRusso	14	28.4	11.9	-	-	7.1	1.9	-	-	-	3.4	4.1	8.9	.460	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.791

Season 8
	DeAndre Jordan	Rudy LaRusso
Season	2015-16	1966-67
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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	.000	3.5	8.0	.430
Rudy LaRusso	45	28.7	12.8	-	-	7.8	1.7	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	11.3	.415	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	.696
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
Rudy LaRusso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	DeAndre Jordan	Rudy LaRusso
Season	2016-17	1967-68
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Div Finals

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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	.000	2.5	5.2	.482
Rudy LaRusso	79	35.7	21.8	-	-	9.4	2.3	-	-	-	4.3	7.6	17.6	.433	-	-	-	6.6	8.4	.790
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
Rudy LaRusso	10	38.5	20.3	-	-	9.9	1.7	-	-	-	3.5	7.2	18.2	.396	-	-	-	5.9	8.1	.728

Season 10
	DeAndre Jordan	Rudy LaRusso
Season	2017-18	1968-69
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeAndre Jordan	77	31.5	12.0	4.3	10.9	15.2	1.5	0.5	0.9	1.8	2.6	4.8	7.5	.645	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.1	.580
Rudy LaRusso	75	37.1	20.7	-	-	8.3	2.1	-	-	-	3.6	7.4	18.0	.410	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeAndre Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy LaRusso	6	35.8	18.2	-	-	8.5	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	15.0	.378	-	-	-	6.8	8.8	.774

Season 15
	DeAndre Jordan	Rudy LaRusso
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeAndre Jordan	39	15.0	5.1	1.3	3.8	5.2	0.9	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.8	2.3	2.9	.765	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.6	1.2	.458
Rudy LaRusso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeAndre Jordan	4	3.5	1.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Rudy LaRusso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-