Jordan Clarkson vs. Jaden McDaniels Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaden McDaniels and Jordan Clarkson, 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.

Jordan Clarkson played 11 years in the NBA, 6 more than Jaden McDaniels, who played 5. Jordan Clarkson had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Jaden McDaniels had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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
	Jordan Clarkson	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2014-15	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	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		%
Jordan Clarkson	59	25.0	11.9	0.9	2.3	3.2	3.5	0.9	0.2	1.6	1.8	4.5	10.1	.448	0.6	2.1	.314	2.2	2.7	.829
difference:	+4	+1.0	+5.1	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+2.4	+0.3	+0.8	-0.9	-0.9	+1.9	+4.3	+.001	+0.5	+1.0	+.050	+1.8	+2.0	+.229
Jaden McDaniels	63	24.0	6.8	0.8	2.9	3.7	1.1	0.6	1.0	0.7	2.7	2.6	5.8	.447	1.1	3.1	.364	0.4	0.7	.600
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jordan Clarkson nor Jaden McDaniels played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Jordan Clarkson	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2017-18	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Jordan Clarkson	81	23.3	13.9	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.3	5.3	11.8	.451	1.4	3.9	.352	1.9	2.3	.800
difference:	+9	+5.9	+3.4	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+1.3	+0.2	+0.5	-0.4	-1.7	+1.0	+3.1	+.038	+0.2	+0.4	+.015	+1.1	+1.2	+.078
Jaden McDaniels	72	29.2	10.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	8.7	.489	1.2	3.5	.337	0.8	1.1	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Clarkson	19	15.1	4.7	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.1	1.9	6.5	.301	0.6	2.4	.239	0.3	0.3	.833
difference:	+3	+18.5	+7.5	+1.3	+0.9	+2.1	+0.4	+0.5	+0.9	-0.4	-2.3	+2.6	+2.3	+.213	+0.9	+1.1	+.190	+1.4	+1.9	+.062
Jaden McDaniels	16	33.6	12.2	1.8	2.1	3.8	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	8.8	.514	1.5	3.5	.429	1.7	2.2	.771

Additional Years
* Jordan Clarkson played 6 seasons more than Jaden McDaniels in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 11, from 2020 to 2025—Jordan Clarkson played in 3 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Jaden McDaniels, Jordan Clarkson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year