Jason Kidd vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum 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

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, 11 more than Jayson Tatum, who played 8. Jason Kidd had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Jayson Tatum had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
Jayson Tatum	8	8	2017-18 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jason Kidd	Jayson Tatum
Season	1994-95	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf 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:	+1	+3.3	+2.2	+1.3	+0.9	+0.4	+6.1	+0.9	+0.4	-1.8	-0.3	+0.8	+0.4	+.090	+0.4	+0.3	+.162	+0.3	+0.3	+.128
Jayson Tatum	80	30.5	13.9	0.6	4.4	5.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	1.4	2.1	5.0	10.4	.475	1.3	3.0	.434	2.7	3.2	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	19	35.9	18.5	0.5	3.8	4.4	2.7	1.2	0.5	2.2	2.6	6.5	13.7	.471	1.2	3.7	.324	4.3	5.1	.845


Season 2
	Jason Kidd	Jayson Tatum
Season	1995-96	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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:	+2	+6.4	+0.9	+1.6	+0.9	+0.8	+7.6	+1.1	+0.4	-2.5	-0.2	+0.2	+2.9	+.069	+0.1	+1.0	+.037	+0.3	+1.2	+.163
Jayson Tatum	79	31.1	15.7	0.9	5.2	6.0	2.1	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.1	5.9	13.1	.450	1.5	3.9	.373	2.5	2.9	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jayson Tatum	9	32.8	15.2	0.8	5.9	6.7	1.9	1.1	0.8	2.0	2.3	5.4	12.4	.438	1.1	3.4	.323	3.2	4.3	.744


Season 3
	Jason Kidd	Jayson Tatum
Season	1996-97	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
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:	+11	+1.4	+12.5	+0.2	+2.6	+2.5	+6.0	+0.9	+0.5	-0.3		+4.5	+9.0	+.047	+1.8	+4.1	+.033	+1.8	+1.7	+.133
Jayson Tatum	66	34.3	23.4	1.0	6.0	7.0	3.0	1.4	0.9	2.3	2.1	8.4	18.6	.450	2.9	7.1	.403	3.8	4.7	.812

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:	+12	+1.0	+13.7	+0.5	+3.5	+4.0	+4.8	+1.2	+0.8	-0.2	-0.2	+4.3	+9.0	+.038	+1.2	+3.0	+.009	+3.9	+3.4	+.287
Jayson Tatum	17	40.6	25.7	1.3	8.7	10.0	5.0	1.0	1.2	2.8	2.4	8.5	19.6	.434	2.8	7.4	.373	5.9	7.2	.813


Season 4
	Jason Kidd	Jayson Tatum
Season	1997-98	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
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:	+18	+2.2	+14.8	+0.5	+1.7	+1.2	+4.8	+0.8	+0.2	-0.5	-0.2	+5.1	+10.1	+.043	+2.0	+4.8	+.073	+2.6	+2.8	+.069
Jayson Tatum	64	35.8	26.4	0.8	6.6	7.4	4.3	1.2	0.5	2.7	1.9	9.5	20.6	.459	2.9	7.6	.386	4.6	5.3	.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	+5.8	+16.3	+0.7	+0.7		+3.2	+2.8	+1.1	-0.4	-0.3	+3.9	+7.7	+.044	+2.8	+5.4	+.389	+5.7	+5.8	+.105
Jayson Tatum	5	37.0	30.6	0.6	5.2	5.8	4.6	1.2	1.6	2.6	3.0	9.4	22.2	.423	2.8	7.2	.389	9.0	9.8	.918


Season 5
	Jason Kidd	Jayson Tatum
Season	1998-99	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+26	+5.3	+10.0	+0.6	+1.9	+1.2	+6.4	+1.3	+0.2	-0.1	-0.1	+3.1	+6.6	+.009	+2.1	+6.1	+.013	+1.7	+1.4	+.096
Jayson Tatum	76	35.9	26.9	1.1	6.9	8.0	4.4	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.3	9.3	20.6	.453	3.0	8.6	.353	5.3	6.2	.853

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
difference:	+21	+1.0	+10.6	+0.7	+3.7	+4.4	+4.1	+0.5	+0.6	-1.2	-1.0	+2.4	+5.4	+.007	+1.9	+2.9	+.143	+4.0	+4.8	+.086
Jayson Tatum	24	41.0	25.6	1.0	5.7	6.7	6.2	1.2	0.9	4.2	3.0	8.4	19.7	.426	3.2	8.2	.393	5.7	7.1	.800


Season 6
	Jason Kidd	Jayson Tatum
Season	1999-00	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+7	+2.1	+15.8	+0.3	+1.9	+1.6	+5.5	+0.9	+0.3	-0.5		+4.6	+8.3	+.057	+2.4	+6.8	+.013	+4.2	+4.7	+.025
Jayson Tatum	74	36.9	30.1	1.1	7.7	8.8	4.6	1.1	0.7	2.9	2.2	9.8	21.1	.466	3.2	9.3	.350	7.2	8.4	.854

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:	+14	+2.0	+17.4		+3.9	+3.8	+3.5	+0.7	+0.9	-1.0	-0.1	+5.6	+11.0	+.058	+1.4	+4.5	+.041	+4.8	+5.4	+.098
Jayson Tatum	20	40.0	27.2	1.3	9.2	10.5	5.3	1.1	1.1	2.8	2.2	9.3	20.2	.458	2.7	8.2	.323	6.0	6.9	.876


Season 7
	Jason Kidd	Jayson Tatum
Season	2000-01	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+3	+4.1	+10.0	+0.3	+2.0	+1.7	+4.9	+1.2	+0.3	-1.2	-0.2	+3.2	+5.1	+.060	+2.2	+5.2	+.079	+1.3	+1.5	+.019
Jayson Tatum	74	35.7	26.9	0.9	7.2	8.1	4.9	1.0	0.6	2.5	2.0	9.1	19.3	.471	3.1	8.2	.376	5.6	6.7	.833

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:	+15	+1.1	+10.7	+1.4	+5.0	+3.7	+7.0	+0.9	+0.7	-0.4	-0.5	+2.9	+2.3	+.108	+1.1	+3.0	+.048	+3.9	+4.2	+.111
Jayson Tatum	19	40.4	25.0	0.9	8.8	9.7	6.3	1.1	0.7	2.6	2.8	8.4	19.6	.427	2.1	7.3	.283	6.2	7.2	.861


Season 8
	Jason Kidd	Jayson Tatum
Season	2001-02	2024-25
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+10	+0.9	+12.1	+0.9	+2.3	+1.4	+3.9	+1.0	+0.3	-0.6	-0.5	+3.8	+6.4	+.061	+2.1	+5.7	+.022	+2.5	+3.1
Jayson Tatum	72	36.4	26.8	0.7	8.0	8.7	6.0	1.1	0.5	2.9	2.2	9.2	20.3	.452	3.5	10.1	.343	5.0	6.1	.814

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:	+12		+8.5	+1.0	+4.3	+3.3	+3.7	+0.4	+0.4	-0.1	-0.6	+1.9	+4.2	+.008	+2.7	+5.3	+.183	+2.0	+1.8	+.081
Jayson Tatum	8	40.3	28.1	1.1	10.4	11.5	5.4	2.1	0.8	3.3	2.6	9.3	21.9	.423	3.6	9.8	.372	6.0	6.8	.889


Additional Years
* Jason Kidd played 11 seasons more than Jayson Tatum 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 Jayson Tatum, 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

Jason Kidd vs. Jayson Tatum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jayson Tatum 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

Additional Years