Jason Kidd vs. Dereck Lively II Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dereck Lively II 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.

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, 17 more than Dereck Lively II, who played 2. Jason Kidd had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Dereck Lively II had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Jason Kidd	Dereck Lively II
Season	1994-95	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+24	+10.3	+2.9	+0.6	+0.9	+1.5	+6.6	+1.2	+1.1	-2.3	-0.8	+0.2	+5.4	+.362	+0.9	+3.3		+1.7	+2.0	+.192
Dereck Lively II	55	23.5	8.8	2.5	4.4	6.9	1.1	0.7	1.4	0.9	2.6	4.0	5.4	.747	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.5	.506
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dereck Lively II	21	22.0	7.9	2.7	4.7	7.4	1.3	0.4	1.0	1.0	2.3	3.0	4.5	.674	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.9	.590

Season 2
	Jason Kidd	Dereck Lively II
Season	1995-96	2024-25
Team	Dallas Mavericks	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		%
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:	+45	+14.4	+7.9	+0.4	+0.3	+0.7	+7.3	+1.6	+1.3	-2.9	-0.9	+2.4	+10.7	+.321	+1.6	+4.9		+1.5	+2.1	+.062
Dereck Lively II	36	23.1	8.7	2.9	4.6	7.5	2.4	0.6	1.6	1.1	2.8	3.7	5.3	.702	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.630
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jason Kidd nor Dereck Lively II played in the postseason in their season 2

Additional Years
* Jason Kidd played 17 seasons more than Dereck Lively II in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 19, from 1997 to 2013—Jason Kidd played in 17 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 17 extra years over Dereck Lively II, Jason Kidd got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	5 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 5 All-Defensive Second Team 5 Assists Leader 9 All-Star Game