Dillon Brooks vs. Jason Kidd Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Kidd and Dillon Brooks, 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.

Dillon Brooks played 8 years in the NBA, 11 less than Jason Kidd, who played 19. Dillon Brooks had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Jason Kidd had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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
	Dillon Brooks	Jason Kidd
Season	2017-18	1994-95
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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		%
Dillon Brooks	82	28.7	11.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.6	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.8	4.1	9.4	.440	1.1	3.2	.356	1.5	2.0	.747
difference:	+3	+5.1	+0.7	+1.3	+1.0	+2.3	+6.1	+1.0	+0.1	-1.7	-1.0	+0.1	+1.4	+.055	+0.2	+0.1	+.084	+0.9	+1.5	+.049
Jason Kidd	79	33.8	11.7	1.9	3.5	5.4	7.7	1.9	0.3	3.2	1.8	4.2	10.8	.385	0.9	3.3	.272	2.4	3.5	.698
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dillon Brooks nor Jason Kidd played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Dillon Brooks	Jason Kidd
Season	2018-19	1995-96
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
Dillon Brooks	18	18.3	7.5	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.9	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.8	2.7	6.8	.402	0.8	2.2	.375	1.2	1.7	.733
difference:	+63	+19.2	+9.1	+2.0	+3.1	+5.1	+8.8	+1.6	+0.1	-2.9	-0.9	+3.4	+9.2	+.021	+0.8	+2.7	+.039	+1.6	+2.4	+.041
Jason Kidd	81	37.5	16.6	2.5	4.3	6.8	9.7	2.2	0.3	4.0	1.9	6.1	16.0	.381	1.6	4.9	.336	2.8	4.1	.692
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dillon Brooks nor Jason Kidd played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 4
	Dillon Brooks	Jason Kidd
Season	2020-21	1997-98
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West 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		%
Dillon Brooks	67	29.8	17.2	0.8	2.1	2.9	2.3	1.2	0.4	1.8	3.5	6.4	15.4	.419	1.9	5.6	.344	2.4	2.9	.815
difference:	+15	+8.2	+5.6	+0.5	+2.8	+3.3	+6.8	+0.8	+0.1	-1.4	-1.8	+2.0	+4.9	+.003	+1.0	+2.8	+.031	+0.4	+0.4	+.016
Jason Kidd	82	38.0	11.6	1.3	4.9	6.2	9.1	2.0	0.3	3.2	1.7	4.4	10.5	.416	0.9	2.8	.313	2.0	2.5	.799
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	5	35.0	25.8	1.0	3.2	4.2	2.2	1.4	0.4	1.8	3.4	10.0	19.4	.515	1.6	4.0	.400	4.2	5.2	.808
difference:	+1	+7.8	+11.5	+0.3	+1.3	+1.6	+5.6	+2.6	+0.1	-1.2	-0.1	+4.5	+4.9	+.136	+1.6	+2.2	+.400	+0.9	+1.2	+.005
Jason Kidd	4	42.8	14.3	1.3	4.5	5.8	7.8	4.0	0.5	3.0	3.3	5.5	14.5	.379	0.0	1.8	.000	3.3	4.0	.813

Season 5
	Dillon Brooks	Jason Kidd
Season	2021-22	1998-99
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Suns Lost West 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		%
Dillon Brooks	32	27.7	18.4	0.9	2.3	3.2	2.8	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.3	7.1	16.4	.432	1.4	4.7	.309	2.8	3.3	.849
difference:	+18	+13.5	+1.5	+0.8	+2.7	+3.6	+8.0	+1.2	+0.1	-1.4	-1.1	+0.9	+2.4	+.012	+0.5	+2.2	+.057	+0.8	+1.5	+.092
Jason Kidd	50	41.2	16.9	1.7	5.0	6.8	10.8	2.3	0.4	3.0	2.2	6.2	14.0	.444	0.9	2.5	.366	3.6	4.8	.757
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	11	30.5	14.6	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.7	1.0	0.3	2.0	3.3	5.5	15.6	.349	2.3	6.5	.347	1.5	2.3	.640
difference:	+8	+11.5	+0.4	+0.4		+0.4	+7.6	+0.7		-1.0	-0.7	+0.5	+1.3	+.070	+1.0	+1.2	+.097	+0.2		+.074
Jason Kidd	3	42.0	15.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	10.3	1.7	0.3	3.0	4.0	6.0	14.3	.419	1.3	5.3	.250	1.7	2.3	.714

Season 6
	Dillon Brooks	Jason Kidd
Season	2022-23	1999-00
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Dillon Brooks	73	30.3	14.3	0.6	2.7	3.3	2.6	0.9	0.2	1.4	3.3	5.4	13.6	.396	2.0	6.0	.326	1.6	2.1	.779
difference:	+6	+8.7		+0.8	+3.1	+3.9	+7.5	+1.1	+0.2	-2.0	-1.1	+0.2	+0.8	+.013	+1.2	+3.5	+.011	+1.4	+1.6	+.050
Jason Kidd	67	39.0	14.3	1.4	5.8	7.2	10.1	2.0	0.4	3.4	2.2	5.2	12.8	.409	0.8	2.5	.337	3.0	3.7	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	6	27.8	10.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.8	0.2	0.0	1.2	3.3	4.0	12.8	.312	1.7	7.0	.238	0.8	1.2	.714
difference:		+10.2	+0.7	+0.8	+2.8	+3.7	+7.0	+1.6	+0.2	-2.6	-1.0	+0.3	+3.6	+.088	+0.4	+3.3	+.126	+0.4	+0.3	+.064
Jason Kidd	6	38.0	9.8	1.3	5.3	6.7	8.8	1.8	0.2	3.8	2.3	3.7	9.2	.400	1.3	3.7	.364	1.2	1.5	.778

Season 7
	Dillon Brooks	Jason Kidd
Season	2023-24	2000-01
Team	Houston Rockets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Dillon Brooks	72	30.9	12.7	0.7	2.7	3.4	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.2	3.3	4.6	10.7	.428	1.8	5.1	.359	1.7	2.0	.844
difference:	+5	+8.9	+4.2	+0.5	+2.5	+3.0	+8.1	+1.3	+0.2	-2.5	-1.1	+1.3	+3.5	+.017	+0.9	+2.1	+.062	+2.6	+3.2	+.030
Jason Kidd	77	39.8	16.9	1.2	5.2	6.4	9.8	2.2	0.3	3.7	2.2	5.9	14.2	.411	0.9	3.0	.297	4.3	5.2	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Kidd	4	41.5	14.3	2.3	3.8	6.0	13.3	2.0	0.0	3.0	3.3	5.5	17.3	.319	1.0	4.3	.235	2.3	3.0	.750

Season 8
	Dillon Brooks	Jason Kidd
Season	2024-25	2001-02
Team	Houston Rockets	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets 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		%
Dillon Brooks	75	31.8	14.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	1.7	0.8	0.2	1.0	3.2	5.1	11.9	.429	2.5	6.3	.397	1.3	1.6	.818
difference:	+7	+5.5	+0.7	+0.6	+3.0	+3.6	+8.2	+1.3		-2.5	-1.5	+0.3	+2.0	+.038	+1.1	+1.9	+.076	+1.2	+1.4	+.004
Jason Kidd	82	37.3	14.7	1.6	5.7	7.3	9.9	2.1	0.2	3.5	1.7	5.4	13.9	.391	1.4	4.4	.321	2.5	3.0	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dillon Brooks	7	29.4	12.3	1.3	1.9	3.1	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.3	3.9	4.0	9.0	.444	1.4	4.1	.345	2.9	3.4	.833
difference:	+13	+10.9	+7.3	+0.8	+4.2	+5.1	+7.8	+1.0	+0.1	-2.1	-1.9	+3.4	+8.7	+.029	+0.5	+0.4	+.156	+1.1	+1.6	+.025
Jason Kidd	20	40.3	19.6	2.1	6.1	8.2	9.1	1.7	0.4	3.4	2.0	7.4	17.7	.415	0.9	4.5	.189	4.0	5.0	.808

Additional Years
* Jason Kidd played 11 seasons more than Dillon Brooks in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 19, from 2003 to 2013—Jason Kidd played in 11 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Dillon Brooks, Jason Kidd got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 4 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Assists Leader 5 All-Star Game