Jordan Clarkson vs. Kyrie Irving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyrie Irving 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, 3 less than Kyrie Irving, who played 14. Jordan Clarkson had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Kyrie Irving had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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	Kyrie Irving
Season	2014-15	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
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:	+8	+5.5	+6.6		+0.6	+0.5	+1.9	+0.2	+0.2	-1.5	-0.4	+2.4	+4.5	+.021	+0.8	+1.5	+.085	+1.2	+1.1	+.043
Kyrie Irving	51	30.5	18.5	0.9	2.9	3.7	5.4	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.2	6.9	14.6	.469	1.4	3.6	.399	3.4	3.8	.872
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jordan Clarkson nor Kyrie Irving played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Jordan Clarkson	Kyrie Irving
Season	2015-16	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Jordan Clarkson	79	32.3	15.5	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.4	1.1	0.1	1.7	2.1	6.0	13.9	.433	1.4	4.1	.347	2.1	2.6	.804
difference:	+20	+2.4	+7.0	+0.6	+0.3	+0.3	+3.5	+0.4	+0.3	-1.5	-0.4	+2.2	+4.2	+.019	+0.4	+0.6	+.044	+2.1	+2.3	+.051
Kyrie Irving	59	34.7	22.5	0.6	3.1	3.7	5.9	1.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	8.2	18.1	.452	1.8	4.7	.391	4.2	4.9	.855
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jordan Clarkson nor Kyrie Irving played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Jordan Clarkson	Kyrie Irving
Season	2016-17	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Jordan Clarkson	82	29.2	14.7	0.6	2.4	3.0	2.6	1.1	0.1	2.0	1.8	5.8	13.1	.445	1.4	4.3	.329	1.6	2.0	.798
difference:	+11	+6.0	+6.1	+0.1	+0.5	+0.6	+3.5	+0.4	+0.2	-0.7	-0.5	+1.7	+4.3	+.015	+0.3	+0.5	+.029	+2.5	+2.8	+.063
Kyrie Irving	71	35.2	20.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	6.1	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.3	7.5	17.4	.430	1.7	4.8	.358	4.1	4.8	.861
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jordan Clarkson nor Kyrie Irving played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Jordan Clarkson	Kyrie Irving
Season	2017-18	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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:	+6	+13.1	+7.8		+0.4	+0.5	+2.5	+0.8	+0.2	-0.9	-0.6	+2.4	+4.7	+.017	+0.7	+1.1	+.063	+2.3	+2.6	+.063
Kyrie Irving	75	36.4	21.7	0.7	2.4	3.2	5.2	1.5	0.3	2.5	1.9	7.7	16.5	.468	2.1	5.0	.415	4.2	4.9	.863
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:	+6	+20.6	+14.3	+0.3	+1.6	+1.9	+3.1	+0.9	+0.6	-0.8	-1.1	+4.3	+7.7	+.137	+1.5	+2.2	+.211	+4.2	+5.0	+.008
Kyrie Irving	13	35.7	19.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	2.2	6.2	14.2	.438	2.1	4.6	.450	4.5	5.3	.841

Season 5
	Jordan Clarkson	Kyrie Irving
Season	2018-19	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Jordan Clarkson	81	27.3	16.8	1.0	2.3	3.3	2.4	0.7	0.2	1.7	1.4	6.5	14.6	.448	1.8	5.5	.324	2.0	2.4	.844
difference:	+28	+4.2	+2.8	+0.2	+0.2	+0.3	+2.3	+0.4	+0.1	-0.6	-0.6	+0.9	+2.0		+0.2	+0.6	+.003	+1.2	+1.2	+.041
Kyrie Irving	53	31.5	19.6	0.8	2.1	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.4	16.6	.448	1.6	4.9	.321	3.2	3.6	.885
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Clarkson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	21	36.9	25.2	0.7	2.2	3.0	4.7	1.7	0.6	2.3	2.2	9.6	20.1	.475	2.4	5.5	.440	3.7	4.2	.875

Season 6
	Jordan Clarkson	Kyrie Irving
Season	2019-20	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Jordan Clarkson	71	24.0	15.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.5	5.5	12.2	.454	2.1	5.8	.368	1.9	2.3	.836
difference:	+1	+11.1	+10.0		+0.6	+0.6	+3.9	+0.6	+0.1	-1.1	-0.7	+3.8	+7.5	+.019	+0.4	+0.3	+.033	+2.2	+2.3	+.069
Kyrie Irving	72	35.1	25.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	5.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.3	19.7	.473	2.5	6.1	.401	4.1	4.6	.905
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Clarkson	7	28.6	16.7	0.3	3.1	3.4	2.1	0.9	0.0	1.0	2.1	6.4	13.9	.464	2.4	7.0	.347	1.4	1.4	1.000
difference:	+11	+7.7	+9.2	+0.4	+1.0	+0.6	+3.2	+0.4	+0.4	-1.7		+3.2	+6.7	+.004		+0.4	+.026	+2.8	+3.3	+.095
Kyrie Irving	18	36.3	25.9	0.7	2.1	2.8	5.3	1.3	0.4	2.7	2.1	9.6	20.6	.468	2.4	6.6	.373	4.2	4.7	.905

Season 7
	Jordan Clarkson	Kyrie Irving
Season	2020-21	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Jordan Clarkson	68	26.7	18.4	0.7	3.3	4.0	2.5	0.9	0.1	1.7	1.6	6.7	15.8	.425	3.1	8.8	.347	1.9	2.1	.896
difference:	+8	+5.5	+6.0	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+2.6	+0.2	+0.2	-0.6	-0.4	+2.2	+2.3	+.066	+0.3	+2.0	+.061	+2.0	+2.3	+.007
Kyrie Irving	60	32.2	24.4	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.1	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	8.9	18.1	.491	2.8	6.8	.408	3.9	4.4	.889
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Clarkson	11	27.1	17.5	0.5	2.5	3.1	1.5	0.6	0.3	2.1	1.4	6.1	15.0	.406	3.1	8.8	.351	2.3	2.4	.962
Kyrie Irving	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Jordan Clarkson	Kyrie Irving
Season	2021-22	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jordan Clarkson	79	27.1	16.0	0.8	2.6	3.5	2.5	0.8	0.2	1.6	1.9	5.9	14.1	.419	2.4	7.6	.318	1.8	2.2	.828
difference:	+12	+5.9	+7.8	+0.3	+1.3	+1.5	+4.4	+0.7	+0.3	-1.0	-0.6	+3.1	+4.4	+.068	+0.2	+1.1	+.083	+1.4	+1.5	+.045
Kyrie Irving	67	33.0	23.8	1.1	3.9	5.0	6.9	1.5	0.5	2.6	2.5	9.0	18.5	.487	2.6	6.5	.401	3.2	3.7	.873
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Clarkson	6	28.3	17.5	0.8	2.3	3.2	1.3	0.5	0.2	1.7	2.8	6.7	12.2	.548	1.5	4.0	.375	2.7	3.0	.889
difference:	+3	+8.4	+3.8	+0.2	+1.5	+1.1	+5.7	+0.9	+0.2	-1.4	-0.1	+1.0	+7.7	+.163	+0.5	+2.4	+.065	+1.3	+1.4	+.011
Kyrie Irving	9	36.7	21.3	0.6	3.8	4.3	7.0	1.4	0.4	3.1	2.9	7.7	19.9	.385	2.0	6.4	.310	4.0	4.4	.900

Season 10
	Jordan Clarkson	Kyrie Irving
Season	2023-24	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Jordan Clarkson	55	30.6	17.1	0.9	2.5	3.4	5.0	0.6	0.1	2.7	1.5	6.1	14.8	.413	1.7	5.6	.294	3.2	3.7	.881
difference:	+1	+4.3	+9.8	+0.1	+1.3	+1.4	+1.0	+0.8	+0.6	-0.3	-1.1	+4.1	+5.3	+.093	+1.1	+1.4	+.108	+0.5	+0.3	+.041
Kyrie Irving	54	34.9	26.9	1.0	3.8	4.8	6.0	1.4	0.7	2.4	2.6	10.2	20.1	.506	2.8	7.0	.402	3.7	4.0	.922
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jordan Clarkson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	9	36.1	22.7	1.3	4.4	5.8	3.4	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.1	8.6	18.1	.472	2.7	7.2	.369	2.9	3.1	.929

Additional Years
* Kyrie Irving played 3 seasons more than Jordan Clarkson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 14, from 2023 to 2025—Kyrie Irving played in one postseason. In those 3 extra years over Jordan Clarkson, Kyrie Irving got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game