Jason Kidd vs. Lamar Odom Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lamar Odom 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, 5 more than Lamar Odom, who played 14. Jason Kidd had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Lamar Odom had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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	Lamar Odom
Season	1994-95	1999-00
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Clippers
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:	+3	+2.6	+4.9	+0.2	+2.2	+2.4	+3.5	+0.7	+1.0	-0.2	-2.0	+1.7	+2.7	+.053	+0.1	+1.1	+.088	+1.6	+2.0	+.021
Lamar Odom	76	36.4	16.6	2.1	5.7	7.8	4.2	1.2	1.3	3.4	3.8	5.9	13.5	.438	0.8	2.2	.360	4.0	5.5	.719
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jason Kidd nor Lamar Odom played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Jason Kidd	Lamar Odom
Season	1995-96	2000-01
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Clippers
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:	+5	+0.2	+0.6	+1.1	+2.0	+1.0	+4.5	+1.2	+1.3	-0.5	-1.2	+0.2	+2.2	+.079	+0.5	+1.6	+.020	+0.6	+1.0	+.013
Lamar Odom	76	37.3	17.2	1.4	6.3	7.8	5.2	1.0	1.6	3.5	3.1	6.3	13.8	.460	1.1	3.3	.316	3.4	5.1	.679
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jason Kidd nor Lamar Odom played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 4
	Jason Kidd	Lamar Odom
Season	1997-98	2002-03
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+33	+3.7	+3.0	+0.1	+0.5	+0.5	+5.5	+1.1	+0.5	-0.3	-2.0	+1.1	+2.0	+.023		+0.2	+.013	+0.8	+1.1	+.022
Lamar Odom	49	34.3	14.6	1.2	5.4	6.7	3.6	0.9	0.8	2.9	3.7	5.5	12.5	.439	0.9	2.6	.326	2.8	3.6	.777
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
Lamar Odom	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jason Kidd	Lamar Odom
Season	1998-99	2003-04
Team	Phoenix Suns	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+30	+3.7	+0.2	+0.3	+2.7	+2.9	+6.7	+1.2	+0.5		-1.2	+0.1	+0.1	+.014	+0.1	+0.1	+.068	+0.7	+0.9	+.015
Lamar Odom	80	37.5	17.1	2.0	7.7	9.7	4.1	1.1	0.9	3.0	3.4	6.1	14.1	.430	0.8	2.6	.298	4.3	5.7	.742
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:	+10	+2.8	+1.8	+2.2	+3.8	+6.0	+7.5	+0.5	+0.5	-0.2	-0.5	+0.2	+0.3	+.026	+0.7	+3.3	+.058	+2.1	+3.2	+.033
Lamar Odom	13	39.2	16.8	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.8	1.2	0.8	3.2	4.5	6.2	14.0	.445	0.6	2.0	.308	3.8	5.5	.681

Season 6
	Jason Kidd	Lamar Odom
Season	1999-00	2004-05
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+3	+2.7	+0.9	+0.7	+2.3	+3.0	+6.4	+1.3	+0.6	-0.9	-1.1	+0.5	+0.7	+.064	+0.2	+0.7	+.029	+0.2	+1.0	+.134
Lamar Odom	64	36.3	15.2	2.1	8.1	10.2	3.7	0.7	1.0	2.5	3.3	5.7	12.1	.473	0.6	1.8	.308	3.2	4.7	.695
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
Lamar Odom	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Jason Kidd	Lamar Odom
Season	2000-01	2005-06
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
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	+0.5	+2.1	+1.1	+1.8	+2.8	+4.3	+1.3	+0.5	-1.0	-1.0	+0.3	+2.6	+.070	+0.1	+0.3	+.075	+1.6	+1.3	+.124
Lamar Odom	80	40.3	14.8	2.3	7.0	9.2	5.5	0.9	0.8	2.7	3.2	5.6	11.6	.481	1.0	2.7	.372	2.7	3.9	.690
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:	+3	+3.4	+4.8	+0.2	+5.1	+5.0	+8.4	+1.6	+1.1	-0.3		+1.5	+3.2	+.176	+0.1		+.035	+2.0	+3.4	+.083
Lamar Odom	7	44.9	19.1	2.1	8.9	11.0	4.9	0.4	1.1	3.3	3.3	7.0	14.1	.495	0.9	4.3	.200	4.3	6.4	.667

Season 8
	Jason Kidd	Lamar Odom
Season	2001-02	2006-07
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	Lakers 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:	+26	+2.0	+1.2	+0.2	+2.2	+2.5	+5.1	+1.2	+0.4	-0.6	-1.6	+0.3	+1.7	+.077	+0.4	+1.1	+.024	+1.0	+2.1	+.114
Lamar Odom	56	39.3	15.9	1.8	7.9	9.8	4.8	0.9	0.6	2.9	3.3	5.7	12.2	.468	1.0	3.3	.297	3.5	5.1	.700
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:	+15	+1.9	+0.2	+1.9	+2.9	+4.8	+6.9	+1.3	+0.8	-1.4	-1.4	+0.8	+0.7	+.067	+0.3	+2.3	+.084	+1.6	+0.2	+.308
Lamar Odom	5	38.4	19.4	4.0	9.0	13.0	2.2	0.4	1.2	2.0	3.4	8.2	17.0	.482	0.6	2.2	.273	2.4	4.8	.500

Season 9
	Jason Kidd	Lamar Odom
Season	2002-03	2007-08
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+3	+0.5	+4.5	+1.2	+3.2	+4.3	+5.4	+1.2	+0.6	-1.7	-1.3	+1.0	+5.3	+.111	+1.2	+3.1	+.067	+1.2	+0.7	+.143
Lamar Odom	77	37.9	14.2	2.6	8.1	10.6	3.5	1.0	0.9	2.0	2.9	5.4	10.3	.525	0.4	1.5	.274	3.0	4.3	.698
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:	+1	+5.2	+5.8	+0.4	+1.8	+2.3	+5.2	+1.1	+1.1	-1.8	-1.1	+1.8	+6.7	+.089	+1.6	+4.7	+.054	+0.7	+0.3	+.164
Lamar Odom	21	37.4	14.3	2.2	7.7	10.0	3.0	0.7	1.3	2.2	3.4	5.1	10.4	.491	0.1	0.5	.273	4.0	6.0	.661

Season 10
	Jason Kidd	Lamar Odom
Season	2003-04	2008-09
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+11	+6.9	+4.2	+1.0	+0.8	+1.8	+6.6	+0.8	+1.1	-1.4	-1.4	+1.1	+5.3	+.108	+1.0	+3.1	+.001	+1.0	+0.4	+.204
Lamar Odom	78	29.7	11.3	2.3	5.9	8.2	2.6	1.0	1.3	1.8	3.0	4.4	9.0	.492	0.4	1.3	.320	2.1	3.3	.623
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:	+12	+11.4	+0.3	+1.3	+1.1	+2.5	+7.2	+1.6	+0.8	-2.2	-1.9	+0.8	+2.7	+.191	+0.1	+2.9	+.306	+1.8	+1.3	+.198
Lamar Odom	23	32.0	12.3	2.8	6.3	9.1	1.8	0.7	1.3	1.7	3.3	4.7	9.0	.524	0.8	1.5	.514	2.1	3.5	.613

Season 11
	Jason Kidd	Lamar Odom
Season	2004-05	2009-10
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+16	+5.4	+3.6	+0.8	+1.5	+2.4	+5.0	+1.0	+0.6	-0.7	-1.1	+1.0	+4.0	+.065	+1.3	+3.2	+.041	+0.5	+0.4	+.047
Lamar Odom	82	31.5	10.8	2.2	7.5	9.8	3.3	0.9	0.7	1.8	2.8	4.2	9.0	.463	0.7	2.2	.319	1.7	2.5	.693
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:	+19	+16.5	+7.6	+0.1	+0.5	+0.4	+5.3	+1.8	+0.9	-1.1	-0.3	+2.5	+8.4	+.081	+2.4	+5.7	+.123	+0.2	+0.6	+.055
Lamar Odom	23	29.0	9.7	2.6	6.0	8.6	2.0	0.7	0.9	1.2	3.7	4.0	8.4	.469	0.4	1.8	.244	1.3	2.2	.600

Season 12
	Jason Kidd	Lamar Odom
Season	2005-06	2010-11
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+2	+5.0	+1.1	+1.0	+0.3	+1.4	+5.4	+1.3	+0.3	-0.7	-0.4	+1.2	+0.4	+.126	+0.9	+2.7	+.030	+0.4	+0.1	+.120
Lamar Odom	82	32.2	14.4	2.1	6.5	8.7	3.0	0.6	0.7	1.7	2.4	5.8	10.9	.530	0.8	2.2	.382	2.0	3.0	.675
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:	+1	+12.3	+0.1	+0.7	+0.4	+1.1	+7.5	+1.3	+0.2	-0.7	-0.3		+2.2	+.088	+1.0	+2.5	+.100	+1.0	+1.7	+.115
Lamar Odom	10	28.6	12.1	1.3	5.2	6.5	2.1	0.2	0.4	1.5	2.5	4.5	9.8	.459	0.4	2.0	.200	2.7	3.8	.711

Season 13
	Jason Kidd	Lamar Odom
Season	2006-07	2011-12
Team	New Jersey Nets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+30	+16.2	+6.4	+1.0	+3.1	+4.0	+7.5	+1.2	+0.1	-1.7	-0.1	+2.1	+4.4	+.054	+1.0	+2.3	+.091	+1.0	+0.9	+.186
Lamar Odom	50	20.5	6.6	0.7	3.4	4.2	1.7	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.9	2.5	7.0	.352	0.6	2.2	.252	1.2	2.0	.592
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
Lamar Odom	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 14
	Jason Kidd	Lamar Odom
Season	2007-08	2012-13
Team	New Jersey Nets, Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+16.6	+6.8	+0.2	+1.9	+1.6	+8.4	+0.9	+0.4	-2.3	-0.5	+2.0	+5.4	+.014	+1.3	+2.8	+.181	+1.5	+1.6	+.342
Lamar Odom	82	19.7	4.0	1.4	4.4	5.9	1.7	0.8	0.7	1.0	2.6	1.8	4.5	.399	0.2	1.1	.200	0.2	0.5	.476
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:	+1	+18.2	+3.6	+0.9	+1.6	+2.6	+5.0	+0.6	+0.4	-0.1	-0.3	+1.4	+2.6	+.054	+0.4	+0.3	+.105	+0.5	+0.6	+.125
Lamar Odom	6	17.8	5.0	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.8	0.8	0.8	1.7	2.7	1.8	5.0	.367	0.8	2.3	.357	0.5	1.0	.500

Additional Years
* Jason Kidd played 5 seasons more than Lamar Odom in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 15 to 19, from 2009 to 2013—Jason Kidd played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 5 extra years over Lamar Odom, Jason Kidd got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game