Jim Ard vs. DeAndre Jordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeAndre Jordan and Jim Ard, 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

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.

Jim Ard played 4 years in the NBA, 12 less than DeAndre Jordan, who played 16. Jim Ard had the first of his seasons in 1974-75, while DeAndre Jordan had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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 achivements, 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
Jim Ard	4	2	1974-75 to 1977-78
DeAndre Jordan	16	9	2008-09 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Jim Ard	DeAndre Jordan
Season	1974-75	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	59	12.2	3.8	1.0	2.4	3.4	0.7	0.2	0.5	-	1.6	1.5	4.5	.335	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.738
DeAndre Jordan	53	14.5	4.3	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.2	0.2	1.1	0.8	1.8	1.8	2.8	.633	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.1	.385

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	5	2.8	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.2	-	1.0	0.2	1.6	.125	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
DeAndre Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jim Ard	DeAndre Jordan
Season	1975-76	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	81	10.5	3.5	1.2	2.4	3.6	0.6	0.1	0.4	-	1.7	1.3	3.6	.364	-	-	-	0.9	1.2	.710
DeAndre Jordan	70	16.2	4.8	1.7	3.3	5.0	0.3	0.2	0.9	1.1	2.2	2.1	3.4	.605	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.8	.375

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	16	6.9	2.3	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.5	0.1	0.2	-	1.8	0.8	1.8	.448	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.786
DeAndre Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jim Ard	DeAndre Jordan
Season	1976-77	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	63	15.4	3.8	1.2	3.5	4.7	0.8	0.3	0.4	-	2.0	1.5	4.0	.378	-	-	-	0.8	1.2	.645
DeAndre Jordan	80	25.6	7.1	2.6	4.6	7.2	0.5	0.5	1.8	1.3	3.2	2.9	4.3	.686	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.7	.452

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jim Ard	DeAndre Jordan
Season	1977-78	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	15	8.3	1.3	0.6	1.8	2.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.3	0.5	1.1	.471	-	-	-	0.2	0.3	.600
DeAndre Jordan	66	27.2	7.4	3.1	5.2	8.3	0.3	0.5	2.0	1.1	2.9	3.1	4.9	.632	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.1	.525

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	11	22.6	4.5	1.6	3.6	5.3	0.4	0.6	1.6	0.6	1.8	1.9	3.6	.525	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	2.2	.333


Season 5
	Jim Ard	DeAndre Jordan
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	82	24.5	8.8	2.6	4.7	7.2	0.3	0.6	1.4	1.2	2.3	3.8	6.0	.643	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	3.0	.386

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	6	24.0	3.7	2.5	3.8	6.3	0.2	0.2	1.7	1.5	3.0	1.7	3.7	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.5	.222


Season 6
	Jim Ard	DeAndre Jordan
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	-	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	82	35.0	10.4	4.0	9.5	13.6	0.9	1.0	2.5	1.5	3.2	4.2	6.3	.676	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	4.6	.428

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	13	34.0	9.6	3.3	9.2	12.5	0.8	0.9	2.5	1.8	3.5	3.5	4.8	.730	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	5.8	.434


Season 7
	Jim Ard	DeAndre Jordan
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	-	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	82	34.4	11.5	4.8	10.1	15.0	0.7	1.0	2.2	1.3	3.0	4.6	6.5	.710	0.0	0.0	.250	2.3	5.7	.397

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	14	34.4	13.1	3.5	9.9	13.4	1.1	1.1	2.4	1.2	3.0	4.1	5.8	.716	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	11.2	.427


Season 8
	Jim Ard	DeAndre Jordan
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	-	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	77	33.7	12.7	3.5	10.3	13.8	1.2	0.7	2.3	1.4	2.7	4.6	6.6	.703	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	8.0	.430

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	6	33.0	11.7	5.0	11.3	16.3	1.8	1.2	2.7	1.2	2.8	4.0	6.3	.632	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	9.8	.373


Season 9
	Jim Ard	DeAndre Jordan
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	81	31.7	12.7	3.7	10.1	13.8	1.2	0.6	1.7	1.4	2.6	5.1	7.1	.714	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	5.2	.482

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	7	37.7	15.4	3.6	10.9	14.4	0.7	0.4	0.9	2.4	4.1	6.1	8.7	.705	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	8.0	.393


Season 10
	Jim Ard	DeAndre Jordan
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	77	31.5	12.0	4.3	10.9	15.2	1.5	0.5	0.9	1.8	2.6	4.8	7.5	.645	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.1	.580

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jim Ard	DeAndre Jordan
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	69	29.7	11.0	3.3	9.8	13.1	2.3	0.6	1.1	2.2	2.4	4.1	6.5	.641	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.8	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jim Ard	DeAndre Jordan
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	56	22.0	8.3	2.5	7.5	10.0	1.9	0.3	0.9	1.3	2.0	3.4	5.1	.666	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.2	.680

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Jim Ard	DeAndre Jordan
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	57	21.9	7.5	2.1	5.4	7.5	1.6	0.3	1.1	1.5	2.0	3.3	4.4	.763	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.6	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Jim Ard	DeAndre Jordan
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	48	13.0	4.3	1.7	3.8	5.5	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.8	1.5	1.9	3.0	.643	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.550

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	3	10.3	3.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.3	1.7	1.7	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Jim Ard	DeAndre Jordan
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	39	15.0	5.1	1.3	3.8	5.2	0.9	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.8	2.3	2.9	.765	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.6	1.2	.458

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	4	3.5	1.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 16
	Jim Ard	DeAndre Jordan
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nuggets TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	36	11.0	3.9	1.5	2.9	4.4	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.6	1.6	2.6	.624	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.5	.491

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Ard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	1	9.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000

Jim Ard vs. DeAndre Jordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeAndre Jordan and Jim Ard, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16