Jason Kidd vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams 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, 16 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. Jason Kidd had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Jalen Williams had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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	Jalen Williams
Season	1994-95	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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:	+4	+3.5	+2.4	+0.8	+0.1	+0.9	+4.4	+0.5	+0.2	-1.6	-0.7	+1.3	+0.2	+.136	+0.1	+0.6	+.084	+0.3	+1.0	+.114
Jalen Williams	75	30.3	14.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	1.6	2.5	5.5	10.6	.521	1.0	2.7	.356	2.1	2.5	.812
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jason Kidd nor Jalen Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Jason Kidd	Jalen Williams
Season	1995-96	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+10	+6.2	+2.5	+2.0	+0.8	+2.8	+5.2	+1.1	+0.3	-2.3	-0.6	+1.4	+2.0	+.159	+0.1	+1.5	+.091	+0.3	+1.0	+.122
Jalen Williams	71	31.3	19.1	0.5	3.5	4.0	4.5	1.1	0.6	1.7	2.5	7.5	14.0	.540	1.5	3.4	.427	2.5	3.1	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Williams	10	37.7	18.7	1.3	5.5	6.8	5.4	1.7	0.5	1.9	2.1	7.5	16.0	.469	1.5	3.9	.385	2.2	2.7	.815

Season 3
	Jason Kidd	Jalen Williams
Season	1996-97	2024-25
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+14	+3.3	+10.7	+0.3	+1.1	+0.8	+3.9	+0.7	+0.3	-0.4	-0.2	+4.3	+7.3	+.081	+0.7	+1.9	+.005	+1.4	+1.3	+.110
Jalen Williams	69	32.4	21.6	0.9	4.5	5.3	5.1	1.6	0.7	2.2	2.3	8.2	16.9	.484	1.8	4.9	.365	3.4	4.3	.789
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:	+18	+7.0	+9.4	+0.2	+0.7	+0.5	+5.0	+0.8		-0.8		+3.5	+6.6	+.053	+0.1	+0.6	+.060	+2.4	+1.8	+.263
Jalen Williams	23	34.6	21.4	1.0	4.5	5.5	4.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.7	17.2	.449	1.5	5.0	.304	4.4	5.6	.789

Additional Years
* Jason Kidd played 16 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 19, from 1998 to 2013—Jason Kidd played in 16 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 16 extra years over Jalen Williams, 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