Jason Kidd vs. Taurean Prince Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Taurean Prince 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, 10 more than Taurean Prince, who played 9. Jason Kidd had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Taurean Prince had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Taurean Prince
Season	1994-95	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+20	+17.2	+6.0	+1.5	+1.3	+2.7	+6.8	+1.2	+0.2	-2.2	-0.2	+2.3	+6.0	+.015	+0.3	+1.6	+.052	+1.1	+1.9	+.089
Taurean Prince	59	16.6	5.7	0.4	2.2	2.7	0.9	0.7	0.5	1.0	1.6	1.9	4.8	.400	0.6	1.7	.324	1.3	1.6	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taurean Prince	6	31.2	11.2	1.2	4.2	5.3	1.3	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.5	4.8	8.7	.558	0.7	2.3	.286	0.8	0.8	1.000

Season 2
	Jason Kidd	Taurean Prince
Season	1995-96	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Atlanta Hawks
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:	+1	+7.5	+2.5	+1.9	+0.2	+2.1	+7.1	+1.2	+0.2	-1.7	-0.1	+1.0	+4.1	+.045	+0.5	+0.7	+.049	+0.9	+1.9	+.152
Taurean Prince	82	30.0	14.1	0.6	4.1	4.7	2.6	1.0	0.5	2.3	2.0	5.1	11.9	.426	2.1	5.6	.385	1.9	2.2	.844
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jason Kidd nor Taurean Prince played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 4
	Jason Kidd	Taurean Prince
Season	1997-98	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Brooklyn Nets
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:	+18	+9.0	+0.5	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	+7.3	+1.1	+0.1	-1.2	-0.8	+0.1	+1.0	+.040	+1.4	+3.9	+.026	+0.9	+1.1	+.001
Taurean Prince	64	29.0	12.1	0.8	5.2	6.0	1.8	0.9	0.4	2.0	2.5	4.3	11.5	.376	2.3	6.7	.339	1.1	1.4	.798
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
Taurean Prince	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jason Kidd	Taurean Prince
Season	1998-99	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
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:	+9	+19.1	+7.4	+1.2	+2.0	+3.3	+8.9	+1.6	+0.2	-1.9	-0.4	+3.0	+6.0	+.043	+0.6	+1.3	+.034	+2.0	+2.9	+.098
Taurean Prince	41	22.1	9.5	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.9	0.7	0.6	1.1	1.8	3.2	8.0	.401	1.5	3.8	.400	1.6	1.9	.855
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
Taurean Prince	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Jason Kidd	Taurean Prince
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Timberwolves 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:	+2	+21.9	+7.0	+1.0	+3.7	+4.7	+9.1	+1.3	+0.1	-2.6	-0.5	+2.6	+7.1	+.045	+0.4	+0.8	+.039	+2.1	+2.5	+.073
Taurean Prince	69	17.1	7.3	0.4	2.1	2.5	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.7	2.6	5.7	.454	1.2	3.3	.376	0.9	1.2	.756
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:	+1	+25.0	+3.8	+1.1	+3.9	+5.1	+7.6	+1.4		-3.0	-1.3	+1.7	+3.8	+.030	+0.5	+0.9	+.078		+0.1	+.079
Taurean Prince	5	13.0	6.0	0.2	1.4	1.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.0	5.4	.370	0.8	2.8	.286	1.2	1.4	.857

Season 7
	Jason Kidd	Taurean Prince
Season	2000-01	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves 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:	+23	+17.7	+7.8	+0.9	+3.0	+4.0	+8.2	+1.7		-2.4	-0.1	+2.6	+7.2	+.056	+0.5	+0.6	+.084	+3.1	+3.8	+.030
Taurean Prince	54	22.1	9.1	0.3	2.2	2.4	1.6	0.5	0.3	1.3	2.3	3.3	7.0	.467	1.4	3.6	.381	1.2	1.4	.844
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:	+1	+21.5	+6.5	+1.7	+3.0	+4.6	+12.5	+1.4	+0.2	-2.0	-1.5	+3.1	+10.7	+.045	+0.6	+0.1	+.146	+0.9	+1.2	+.028
Taurean Prince	5	20.0	7.8	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.8	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.8	2.4	6.6	.364	1.6	4.2	.381	1.4	1.8	.778

Season 8
	Jason Kidd	Taurean Prince
Season	2001-02	2023-24
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
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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:	+4	+10.3	+5.8	+1.3	+3.0	+4.4	+8.4	+1.4	+0.2	-2.6	-0.2	+2.2	+6.6	+.051	+0.4	+0.2	+.075	+1.9	+2.1	+.079
Taurean Prince	78	27.0	8.9	0.3	2.7	2.9	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.9	1.9	3.2	7.3	.442	1.8	4.6	.396	0.6	0.9	.735
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	+18.1	+12.2	+1.9	+3.9	+5.8	+8.5	+1.5		-3.2	-0.2	+5.0	+11.9	+.001	+0.1	+1.1	+.105	+2.4	+3.4	+.192
Taurean Prince	5	22.2	7.4	0.2	2.2	2.4	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	1.8	2.4	5.8	.414	1.0	3.4	.294	1.6	1.6	1.000

Season 9
	Jason Kidd	Taurean Prince
Season	2002-03	2024-25
Team	New Jersey Nets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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:		+10.3	+10.5	+1.0	+1.7	+2.7	+7.0	+1.2	+0.1	-2.7	-0.5	+3.5	+9.2	+.043	+0.2	+0.4	+.098	+3.7	+4.4	+.028
Taurean Prince	80	27.1	8.2	0.4	3.2	3.6	1.9	1.0	0.2	1.0	2.1	2.9	6.4	.457	1.8	4.2	.439	0.5	0.6	.813
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:	+15	+30.4	+18.9	+1.8	+4.9	+6.7	+6.6	+1.4		-3.0	-1.7	+6.5	+15.1	+.202	+1.3	+3.4	+.105	+4.7	+5.7
Taurean Prince	5	12.2	1.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.6	0.4	2.0	.200	0.4	1.8	.222	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years
* Jason Kidd played 10 seasons more than Taurean Prince in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 19, from 2004 to 2013—Jason Kidd played in 10 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Taurean Prince, Jason Kidd got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Assists Leader 4 All-Star Game