Jason Kidd vs. Chris Paul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Paul and Jason Kidd, 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.

Jason Kidd played 19 years in the NBA, 2 less than Chris Paul, who played 21. Jason Kidd had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Chris Paul had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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
Jason Kidd	19	17	1994-95 to 2012-13
Chris Paul	21	15	2005-06 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19


Rookie Season
	Jason Kidd	Chris Paul
Season	1994-95	2005-06
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
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
difference:	+1	+2.2	+4.4	+1.1	+0.8	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	-0.9	-1.0	+1.0	+1.3	+.045	+0.3	+1.0	+.010	+2.7	+2.5	+.149
Chris Paul	78	36.0	16.1	0.8	4.3	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	2.3	2.8	5.2	12.1	.430	0.6	2.3	.282	5.1	6.0	.847

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jason Kidd nor Chris Paul played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Jason Kidd	Chris Paul
Season	1995-96	2006-07
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
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		%
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
difference:	+17	+0.7	+0.7	+1.7	+0.8	+2.4	+0.8	+0.4	+0.3	-1.5	-0.5	+0.1	+2.4	+.056	+0.8	+2.7	+.014	+1.8	+1.5	+.126
Chris Paul	64	36.8	17.3	0.8	3.5	4.4	8.9	1.8	0.0	2.5	2.4	6.0	13.6	.437	0.8	2.2	.350	4.6	5.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jason Kidd nor Chris Paul played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Jason Kidd	Chris Paul
Season	1996-97	2007-08
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hornets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Jason Kidd	55	35.7	10.9	1.2	3.4	4.5	9.0	2.3	0.4	2.6	2.1	3.9	9.6	.403	1.1	3.0	.370	2.0	3.0	.679
difference:	+25	+1.9	+10.2	+0.4	+0.2	+0.5	+2.6	+0.4	+0.3	-0.1	-0.2	+4.0	+6.5	+.085	+0.1	+0.1	+.001	+2.2	+1.9	+.172
Chris Paul	80	37.6	21.1	0.8	3.2	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	2.5	2.3	7.9	16.1	.488	1.2	3.1	.369	4.2	4.9	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	5	41.6	12.0	0.8	5.2	6.0	9.8	2.2	0.4	2.6	2.2	4.2	10.6	.396	1.6	4.4	.364	2.0	3.8	.526
difference:	+7	+1.1	+12.1	+0.5	+1.6	+1.1	+1.5	+0.1	+0.2	-0.8	-1.4	+5.1	+7.8	+.106	+1.2	+2.6	+.126	+3.2	+2.8	+.259
Chris Paul	12	40.5	24.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	11.3	2.3	0.2	1.8	3.6	9.3	18.4	.502	0.4	1.8	.238	5.2	6.6	.785


Season 4
	Jason Kidd	Chris Paul
Season	1997-98	2008-09
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hornets 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		%
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
difference:	+4	+0.5	+11.2	+0.4	+0.2	+0.7	+1.9	+0.8	+0.2	-0.2	-1.0	+3.7	+5.6	+.087	+0.1	+0.5	+.051	+3.8	+4.2	+.069
Chris Paul	78	38.5	22.8	0.9	4.7	5.5	11.0	2.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	8.1	16.1	.503	0.8	2.3	.364	5.8	6.7	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+1	+2.6	+2.3	+0.5	+0.9	+1.4	+2.6	+2.4	+0.5	-1.8	-1.7	+0.5	+0.1	+.032	+1.0	+1.4	+.313	+0.3	+0.2	+.044
Chris Paul	5	40.2	16.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	10.4	1.6	0.0	4.8	1.6	6.0	14.6	.411	1.0	3.2	.313	3.6	4.2	.857


Season 5
	Jason Kidd	Chris Paul
Season	1998-99	2009-10
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+5	+3.2	+1.8	+1.3	+1.2	+2.6	+0.1	+0.2	+0.2	-0.5	-0.4	+0.8	+0.2	+.049	+0.3	+0.3	+.043		+0.6	+.090
Chris Paul	45	38.0	18.7	0.4	3.8	4.2	10.7	2.1	0.2	2.5	2.6	7.0	14.2	.493	1.2	2.8	.409	3.6	4.2	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jason Kidd	Chris Paul
Season	1999-00	2010-11
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	Assists Leader	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+13	+3.0	+1.6	+0.9	+2.2	+3.1	+0.3	+0.4	+0.3	-1.2	-0.3	+0.2	+1.2	+.054	+0.1	+0.2	+.051	+1.2	+1.1	+.049
Chris Paul	80	36.0	15.9	0.5	3.6	4.1	9.8	2.4	0.1	2.2	2.5	5.4	11.6	.463	0.9	2.3	.388	4.2	4.8	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:		+3.7	+12.2	+0.8	+0.9		+2.7		+0.2	-0.1	-0.5	+3.3	+3.6	+.145	+0.2	+0.5	+.110	+5.3	+6.7	+.018
Chris Paul	6	41.7	22.0	0.5	6.2	6.7	11.5	1.8	0.0	3.7	1.8	7.0	12.8	.545	1.5	3.2	.474	6.5	8.2	.796


Season 7
	Jason Kidd	Chris Paul
Season	2000-01	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	Assists Leader	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+17	+3.4	+2.9	+0.5	+2.3	+2.8	+0.7	+0.3	+0.2	-1.6	-0.1	+1.2	+0.6	+.067	+0.4	+0.6	+.074		+0.2	+.047
Chris Paul	60	36.4	19.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	9.1	2.5	0.1	2.1	2.3	7.1	14.8	.478	1.3	3.6	.371	4.3	5.0	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+7	+3.0	+3.3	+1.8	+0.7	+0.9	+5.4	+0.7	+0.1	-0.9	-0.6	+0.9	+2.4	+.108	+0.2	+0.8	+.098	+1.4	+1.3	+.122
Chris Paul	11	38.5	17.6	0.5	4.5	5.1	7.9	2.7	0.1	3.9	2.7	6.4	14.9	.427	1.2	3.5	.333	3.7	4.3	.872


Season 8
	Jason Kidd	Chris Paul
Season	2001-02	2012-13
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West 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		%
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
difference:	+12	+3.9	+2.2	+0.8	+2.7	+3.6	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	-1.2	-0.3	+0.5	+1.7	+.090	+0.3	+1.1	+.007	+1.6	+1.6	+.071
Chris Paul	70	33.4	16.9	0.8	3.0	3.7	9.7	2.4	0.1	2.3	2.0	5.9	12.2	.481	1.1	3.3	.328	4.1	4.6	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+14	+3.0	+3.2	+1.6	+2.6	+4.2	+2.8	+0.1	+0.4	-1.9	-0.8	+0.8	+2.4	+.118	+0.1	+1.3	+.127	+1.5	+1.2	+.084
Chris Paul	6	37.3	22.8	0.5	3.5	4.0	6.3	1.8	0.0	1.5	2.8	8.2	15.3	.533	1.0	3.2	.316	5.5	6.2	.892


Season 9
	Jason Kidd	Chris Paul
Season	2002-03	2013-14
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Jason Kidd	80	37.4	18.7	1.4	4.9	6.3	8.9	2.2	0.3	3.7	1.6	6.4	15.6	.414	1.6	4.6	.341	4.2	5.0	.841
difference:	+18	+2.4	+0.4	+0.8	+1.2	+2.0	+1.8	+0.3	+0.2	-1.4	-0.9	+0.1	+1.6	+.053	+0.3	+1.2	+.027	+0.6	+0.6	+.014
Chris Paul	62	35.0	19.1	0.6	3.7	4.3	10.7	2.5	0.1	2.3	2.5	6.5	14.0	.467	1.3	3.4	.368	4.8	5.6	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	20	42.6	20.1	1.8	5.9	7.7	8.2	1.8	0.2	4.0	2.3	6.9	17.1	.402	1.7	5.2	.327	4.7	5.7	.825
difference:	+7	+6.3	+0.3	+0.9	+2.6	+3.5	+2.1	+1.0	+0.2	-1.0	-1.5	+0.2	+1.9	+.065	+0.8	+0.2	+.130	+1.5	+1.6	+.051
Chris Paul	13	36.3	19.8	0.9	3.3	4.2	10.3	2.8	0.0	3.0	3.8	7.1	15.2	.467	2.5	5.4	.457	3.2	4.1	.774


Season 10
	Jason Kidd	Chris Paul
Season	2003-04	2014-15
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	67	36.6	15.5	1.3	5.1	6.4	9.2	1.8	0.2	3.2	1.6	5.5	14.3	.384	1.4	4.4	.321	3.1	3.7	.827
difference:	+15	+1.8	+3.6	+0.7	+1.1	+1.8	+1.0	+0.1		-0.9	-0.9	+1.4		+.101	+0.3	+0.1	+.077	+0.4	+0.2	+.073
Chris Paul	82	34.8	19.1	0.6	4.0	4.6	10.2	1.9	0.2	2.3	2.5	6.9	14.3	.485	1.7	4.3	.398	3.5	3.9	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	11	43.4	12.6	1.5	5.2	6.6	9.0	2.3	0.5	3.9	1.4	3.9	11.7	.333	0.9	4.4	.208	3.9	4.8	.811
difference:	+1	+6.3	+9.5	+0.9	+1.4	+2.2	+0.2	+0.5	+0.2	-1.7	-1.7	+4.0	+4.1	+.170	+1.4	+1.0	+.207	+0.1	+0.5	+.130
Chris Paul	12	37.1	22.1	0.6	3.8	4.4	8.8	1.8	0.3	2.2	3.1	7.9	15.8	.503	2.3	5.4	.415	4.0	4.3	.941


Season 11
	Jason Kidd	Chris Paul
Season	2004-05	2015-16
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	66	36.9	14.4	1.4	6.0	7.4	8.3	1.9	0.1	2.5	1.7	5.2	13.0	.398	2.0	5.4	.360	2.2	2.9	.740
difference:	+8	+4.2	+5.1	+0.9	+2.3	+3.2	+1.7	+0.2	+0.1	-0.1	-0.8	+1.8	+2.1	+.064	+0.4	+1.0	+.011	+1.8	+1.5	+.156
Chris Paul	74	32.7	19.5	0.5	3.7	4.2	10.0	2.1	0.2	2.6	2.5	7.0	15.1	.462	1.6	4.4	.371	4.0	4.4	.896

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	4	45.5	17.3	2.5	6.5	9.0	7.3	2.5	0.0	2.3	4.0	6.5	16.8	.388	2.8	7.5	.367	1.5	2.8	.545
difference:		+14.2	+6.5	+1.5	+3.5	+5.0		+0.2		-1.3	-1.0	+2.8	+2.2	+.099	+1.3	+2.5	+.067	+2.3	+1.0	+.455
Chris Paul	4	31.3	23.8	1.0	3.0	4.0	7.3	2.3	0.0	1.0	3.0	9.3	19.0	.487	1.5	5.0	.300	3.8	3.8	1.000


Season 12
	Jason Kidd	Chris Paul
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	80	37.2	13.3	1.1	6.2	7.3	8.4	1.9	0.4	2.4	2.0	4.6	11.3	.404	1.7	4.9	.352	2.4	3.1	.795
difference:	+19	+5.7	+4.8	+0.4	+1.9	+2.3	+0.8	+0.1	+0.3		-0.4	+1.5	+1.6	+.072	+0.3	+0.1	+.059	+1.4	+1.2	+.097
Chris Paul	61	31.5	18.1	0.7	4.3	5.0	9.2	2.0	0.1	2.4	2.4	6.1	12.9	.476	2.0	5.0	.411	3.8	4.3	.892

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	11	40.9	12.0	2.0	5.6	7.6	9.6	1.5	0.2	2.2	2.8	4.5	12.0	.371	1.4	4.5	.300	1.7	2.1	.826
difference:	+4	+3.8	+13.3	+1.4	+1.2	+2.6	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	-0.5	-0.6	+5.1	+7.3	+.125	+0.6	+0.9	+.068	+2.4	+2.6	+.053
Chris Paul	7	37.1	25.3	0.6	4.4	5.0	9.9	1.7	0.1	2.7	3.4	9.6	19.3	.496	2.0	5.4	.368	4.1	4.7	.879


Season 13
	Jason Kidd	Chris Paul
Season	2006-07	2017-18
Team	New Jersey Nets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	80	36.7	13.0	1.7	6.5	8.2	9.2	1.6	0.3	2.7	1.8	4.6	11.4	.406	1.6	4.5	.343	2.2	2.9	.778
difference:	+22	+4.9	+5.6	+1.1	+1.7	+2.8	+1.3	+0.1	+0.1	-0.5	-0.6	+1.7	+2.4	+.054	+0.9	+2.0	+.037	+1.3	+0.9	+.141
Chris Paul	58	31.8	18.6	0.6	4.8	5.4	7.9	1.7	0.2	2.2	2.4	6.3	13.8	.460	2.5	6.5	.380	3.5	3.8	.919

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	12	40.3	14.6	1.9	9.0	10.9	10.9	1.8	0.4	3.4	2.6	5.3	12.3	.432	2.8	6.8	.420	1.1	2.1	.520
difference:	+3	+5.8	+6.5	+1.3	+3.7	+5.0	+5.1	+0.2	+0.1	-1.5	-0.5	+2.6	+4.8	+.027	+0.3	+0.2	+.046	+1.8	+1.4	+.310
Chris Paul	15	34.5	21.1	0.6	5.3	5.9	5.8	2.0	0.3	1.9	3.1	7.9	17.1	.459	2.5	6.6	.374	2.9	3.5	.830


Season 14
	Jason Kidd	Chris Paul
Season	2007-08	2018-19
Team	New Jersey Nets, Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	80	36.3	10.8	1.2	6.3	7.5	10.1	1.7	0.3	3.3	2.1	3.8	9.9	.385	1.5	3.9	.381	1.7	2.1	.818
difference:	+22	+4.3	+4.8	+0.6	+2.4	+2.9	+1.9	+0.3		-0.7	-0.4	+1.4	+2.5	+.034	+0.7	+2.2	+.023	+1.3	+1.4	+.044
Chris Paul	58	32.0	15.6	0.6	3.9	4.6	8.2	2.0	0.3	2.6	2.5	5.2	12.4	.419	2.2	6.1	.358	3.0	3.5	.862

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	5	36.0	8.6	1.6	4.8	6.4	6.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	2.4	3.2	7.6	.421	1.2	2.6	.462	1.0	1.6	.625
difference:	+6	+0.1	+8.4	+0.3	+0.3		+1.3	+0.8	+0.2	-1.6	-0.9	+2.8	+5.9	+.025	+0.3	+3.1	+.192	+2.5	+2.5	+.219
Chris Paul	11	36.1	17.0	1.3	5.1	6.4	5.5	2.2	0.6	3.4	3.3	6.0	13.5	.446	1.5	5.7	.270	3.5	4.1	.844


Season 15
	Jason Kidd	Chris Paul
Season	2008-09	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	81	35.6	9.0	1.0	5.1	6.2	8.7	2.0	0.5	2.3	2.1	3.2	7.6	.416	1.6	4.0	.406	1.1	1.3	.819
difference:	+11	+4.1	+8.6	+0.6	+0.5	+1.2	+2.0	+0.4	+0.3		-0.2	+3.0	+5.1	+.073		+0.3	+.041	+2.5	+2.7	+.088
Chris Paul	70	31.5	17.6	0.4	4.6	5.0	6.7	1.6	0.2	2.3	2.3	6.2	12.7	.489	1.6	4.3	.365	3.6	4.0	.907

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	10	38.6	11.4	0.7	5.1	5.8	5.9	2.2	0.3	2.0	2.4	3.8	8.3	.458	2.1	4.7	.447	1.7	2.0	.850
difference:	+3	+1.3	+9.9	+0.3	+1.9	+1.6	+0.6	+0.6	+0.1	-1.3	-0.2	+4.1	+7.7	+.033	+0.2	+1.4	+.075	+1.6	+1.7	+.035
Chris Paul	7	37.3	21.3	0.4	7.0	7.4	5.3	1.6	0.4	3.3	2.6	7.9	16.0	.491	2.3	6.1	.372	3.3	3.7	.885


Season 16
	Jason Kidd	Chris Paul
Season	2009-10	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost NBA Finals

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	80	36.0	10.3	0.6	5.0	5.6	9.1	1.8	0.4	2.4	1.8	3.6	8.4	.423	2.2	5.2	.425	1.0	1.2	.808
difference:	+10	+4.6	+6.1	+0.2	+0.9	+1.1	+0.2	+0.4	+0.1	-0.2	-0.6	+2.7	+4.2	+.076	+0.7	+1.5	+.030	+1.4	+1.4	+.126
Chris Paul	70	31.4	16.4	0.4	4.1	4.5	8.9	1.4	0.3	2.2	2.4	6.3	12.6	.499	1.5	3.7	.395	2.4	2.6	.934

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	6	40.5	8.0	1.0	5.8	6.8	7.0	2.3	0.2	1.5	2.5	2.3	7.7	.304	1.5	4.7	.321	1.8	2.0	.917
difference:	+14	+6.3	+11.2	+0.5	+2.7	+3.3	+1.6	+1.1		-0.7	-0.1	+5.2	+7.3	+.193		+1.4	+.125	+1.1	+1.3	+.040
Chris Paul	20	34.2	19.2	0.5	3.1	3.5	8.6	1.2	0.2	2.2	2.4	7.5	15.0	.497	1.5	3.3	.446	2.9	3.3	.877


Season 17
	Jason Kidd	Chris Paul
Season	2010-11	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	80	33.2	7.9	0.4	4.0	4.4	8.2	1.7	0.4	2.2	1.5	2.7	7.5	.361	1.7	4.9	.340	0.8	1.0	.870
difference:	+15	+0.3	+6.8	+0.1			+2.6	+0.2	+0.1	-0.2	-0.6	+2.9	+3.8	+.132	+0.7	+1.8	+.023	+1.8	+2.1	+.033
Chris Paul	65	32.9	14.7	0.3	4.0	4.4	10.8	1.9	0.3	2.4	2.1	5.6	11.3	.493	1.0	3.1	.317	2.6	3.1	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	21	35.4	9.3	0.5	4.0	4.5	7.3	1.9	0.5	2.7	1.7	3.0	7.7	.398	2.0	5.5	.374	1.1	1.4	.800
difference:	+8	+0.9	+8.2		+0.4	+0.3	+1.0	+0.4	+0.3	-0.3	-1.4	+3.7	+4.2	+.163	+0.5	+1.7	+.014	+1.6	+1.4	+.146
Chris Paul	13	34.5	17.5	0.5	3.6	4.2	8.3	1.5	0.2	2.4	3.1	6.7	11.9	.561	1.5	3.8	.388	2.7	2.8	.946


Season 18
	Jason Kidd	Chris Paul
Season	2011-12	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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18th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	48	28.7	6.2	0.3	3.8	4.1	5.5	1.7	0.2	1.9	1.7	2.1	5.7	.363	1.6	4.6	.354	0.5	0.6	.786
difference:	+11	+3.3	+7.7	+0.2		+0.2	+3.4	+0.2	+0.2		-0.4	+2.9	+5.6	+.077	+0.1	+0.2	+.021	+1.8	+2.1	+.045
Chris Paul	59	32.0	13.9	0.5	3.8	4.3	8.9	1.5	0.4	1.9	2.1	5.0	11.3	.440	1.7	4.4	.375	2.3	2.7	.831

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	4	36.0	11.5	0.8	5.3	6.0	6.0	3.0	0.3	2.8	1.8	3.5	10.3	.341	2.3	6.5	.346	2.3	2.5	.900
difference:	+3	+0.3	+0.9	+0.1	+1.0	+1.0	+1.4	+1.3	+0.4	-1.8	-0.5	+1.9	+2.7	+.077	+1.0	+2.5	+.025	+2.0	+1.9	+.400
Chris Paul	7	35.7	12.4	0.7	4.3	5.0	7.4	1.7	0.7	1.0	2.3	5.4	13.0	.418	1.3	4.0	.321	0.3	0.6	.500


Season 19
	Jason Kidd	Chris Paul
Season	2012-13	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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19th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	76	26.9	6.0	0.7	3.6	4.3	3.3	1.6	0.3	1.0	1.6	2.0	5.4	.372	1.5	4.3	.351	0.5	0.6	.833
difference:	+18	+0.5	+3.2	+0.4		+0.4	+3.5	+0.4	+0.2	-0.3	-0.3	+1.6	+2.7	+.069	+0.2	+0.7	+.020	+0.2	+0.3	+.006
Chris Paul	58	26.4	9.2	0.3	3.6	3.9	6.8	1.2	0.1	1.3	1.9	3.6	8.1	.441	1.3	3.6	.371	0.7	0.9	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	12	20.6	0.9	0.6	2.9	3.5	2.0	1.0	0.3	1.1	1.0	0.3	2.1	.120	0.3	1.4	.176	0.2	0.2	1.000
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Chris Paul played 2 seasons more than Jason Kidd in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 20 to 21, from 2025 to 2026—Chris Paul didn't play in the postseason.

Jason Kidd vs. Chris Paul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Paul and Jason Kidd, 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

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Season 18

18th Season Stats Comparison

Season 19

19th Season Stats Comparison

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