DeAndre Jordan vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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, 10 more than Trae Young, who played 8. DeAndre Jordan had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
DeAndre Jordan	18	10	2008-09 to 2025-26
Trae Young	8	3	2018-19 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	DeAndre Jordan	Trae Young
Season	2008-09	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
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:	+28	+16.4	+14.8	+0.6	+0.2	+0.8	+7.9	+0.7	+0.9	-3.0	-0.1	+4.7	+12.7	+.215	+1.9	+6.0		+3.4	+3.0	+.444
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeAndre Jordan nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	DeAndre Jordan	Trae Young
Season	2009-10	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
DeAndre Jordan	70	16.2	4.8	1.7	3.3	5.0	0.3	0.2	0.9	1.1	2.2	2.1	3.4	.605	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.8	.375
difference:	+10	+19.1	+24.8	+1.2	+0.4	+0.7	+9.0	+0.9	+0.8	-3.7	-0.5	+7.0	+17.4	+.168	+3.4	+9.5		+7.3	+7.5	+.485
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeAndre Jordan nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	DeAndre Jordan	Trae Young
Season	2010-11	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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:	+17	+8.1	+18.2	+2.0	+1.3	+3.3	+8.9	+0.3	+1.6	-2.8	-1.4	+4.8	+13.4	+.248	+2.2	+6.3		+6.5	+6.0	+.434
Trae Young	63	33.7	25.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	9.4	0.8	0.2	4.1	1.8	7.7	17.7	.438	2.2	6.3	.343	7.7	8.7	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeAndre Jordan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	16	37.7	28.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	9.5	1.3	0.0	4.0	2.2	9.4	22.4	.418	2.8	9.0	.313	7.3	8.4	.866


Season 4
	DeAndre Jordan	Trae Young
Season	2011-12	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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:	+10	+7.7	+21.0	+2.4	+2.1	+4.6	+9.4	+0.4	+1.9	-2.9	-1.2	+6.3	+15.4	+.172	+3.1	+8.0		+5.5	+5.2	+.379
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904

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	+14.6	+10.9	+0.6	+0.4	+0.3	+5.6		+1.6	-5.6	-0.8	+2.5	+10.2	+.206	+1.4	+7.6		+4.5	+4.4	+.455
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788


Season 5
	DeAndre Jordan	Trae Young
Season	2012-13	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East 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		%
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:	+9	+10.3	+17.4	+1.8	+2.5	+4.2	+9.9	+0.5	+1.3	-2.9	-0.9	+4.4	+13.0	+.214	+2.1	+6.3		+6.6	+5.8	+.500
Trae Young	73	34.8	26.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	10.2	1.1	0.1	4.1	1.4	8.2	19.0	.429	2.1	6.3	.335	7.8	8.8	.886

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:		+14.3	+25.5	+1.7	+1.0	+2.6	+10.0	+1.5	+1.0	-2.5	-1.2	+8.3	+21.1	+.052	+3.0	+9.0		+5.9	+5.7	+.638
Trae Young	6	38.3	29.2	0.8	2.8	3.7	10.2	1.7	0.7	4.0	1.8	10.0	24.8	.403	3.0	9.0	.333	6.2	7.2	.860


Season 6
	DeAndre Jordan	Trae Young
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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:	+28	+1.0	+15.3	+3.6	+7.2	+10.8	+9.9	+0.3	+2.3	-2.9	-1.2	+3.8	+12.4	+.246	+3.2	+8.7		+4.4	+2.9	+.427
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855

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
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	DeAndre Jordan	Trae Young
Season	2014-15	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	-	All-Star Game
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:	+6	+1.6	+12.7	+4.3	+7.5	+11.9	+10.9	+0.2	+2.0	-3.4	-1.1	+2.8	+11.6	+.299	+2.9	+8.4		+4.2	+1.7	+.478
Trae Young	76	36.0	24.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	11.6	1.2	0.2	4.7	1.9	7.4	18.1	.411	2.9	8.4	.340	6.5	7.4	.875

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
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	DeAndre Jordan	Trae Young
Season	2015-16	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+72	+5.9	+5.1	+3.5	+8.3	+11.8	+6.6	+0.1	+2.1	-0.6	-0.9	+0.6	+7.4	+.332	+1.0	+5.2		+2.9	+0.2	+.391
Trae Young	5	27.8	17.8	0.0	2.0	2.0	7.8	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.8	5.2	14.0	.371	1.0	5.2	.192	6.4	7.8	.821

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
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* DeAndre Jordan played 10 seasons more than Trae Young in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 18, from 2017 to 2026—DeAndre Jordan played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Trae Young, DeAndre Jordan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game

DeAndre Jordan vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years