Josh Giddey vs. Jacque Vaughn Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jacque Vaughn and Josh Giddey, 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.

Josh Giddey played 3 years in the NBA, 9 less than Jacque Vaughn, who played 12. Josh Giddey had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Jacque Vaughn had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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
Josh Giddey 3 1 2021-22 to 2023-24
Jacque Vaughn 12 9 1997-98 to 2008-09

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Josh Giddey Jacque Vaughn
Season 2021-221997-98
Team Oklahoma City ThunderUtah Jazz
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie Second Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlayJazz Lost NBA Finals
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Josh Giddey 54 31.5 12.5 1.8 6.0 7.8 6.4 0.9 0.4 3.2 1.6 5.2 12.4 .419 1.0 3.9 .263 1.0 1.5 .709
Jacque Vaughn 45 9.3 3.1 0.1 0.8 0.8 1.9 0.2 0.0 1.2 1.4 1.0 2.7 .361 0.1 0.2 .375 1.1 1.5 .706
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn 7 3.1 1.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.3 1.4 .200 0.1 0.3 .500 0.3 0.3 1.000

Season 2
Josh Giddey Jacque Vaughn
Season 2022-231998-99
Team Oklahoma City ThunderUtah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayJazz 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 %
Josh Giddey 76 31.2 16.6 1.9 5.9 7.9 6.2 0.8 0.4 2.8 1.9 7.1 14.7 .482 1.0 3.1 .325 1.4 1.9 .731
Jacque Vaughn 19 4.6 2.3 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.6 .367 0.1 0.4 .250 1.1 1.3 .833
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn 2 3.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 1.0 .500 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.0 0.0 -

Season 3
Josh Giddey Jacque Vaughn
Season 2023-241999-00
Team Oklahoma City ThunderUtah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Thunder Lost West Conf SemisJazz 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 %
Josh Giddey 80 25.1 12.3 1.4 5.0 6.4 4.8 0.7 0.6 2.1 1.4 5.0 10.6 .475 1.0 3.0 .337 1.3 1.6 .806
Jacque Vaughn 78 11.3 3.7 0.1 0.7 0.8 1.6 0.4 0.0 1.0 1.2 1.4 3.4 .416 0.2 0.4 .412 0.7 1.0 .750
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Josh Giddey 10 18.1 8.7 0.7 2.9 3.6 2.1 0.2 0.4 1.2 0.9 3.4 7.5 .453 1.2 3.4 .353 0.7 0.8 .875
Jacque Vaughn 7 9.7 4.0 0.6 1.1 1.7 1.6 0.6 0.1 1.3 0.7 1.4 4.0 .357 0.1 0.3 .500 1.0 1.1 .875

Season 4
Josh Giddey Jacque Vaughn
Season -2000-01
Team -Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -Jazz 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 %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn 82 19.8 6.1 0.2 1.6 1.8 3.9 0.6 0.0 1.6 1.8 2.1 4.8 .433 0.4 1.0 .385 1.6 2.0 .780
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn 5 11.0 0.6 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.6 0.0 0.2 0.2 2.6 0.2 2.0 .100 0.2 0.4 .500 0.0 0.0 -

Season 5
Josh Giddey Jacque Vaughn
Season -2001-02
Team -Atlanta Hawks
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 %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn 82 22.6 6.6 0.2 1.8 2.0 4.3 0.8 0.0 1.4 2.2 2.5 5.3 .470 0.3 0.7 .444 1.3 1.5 .825
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn ------- --- ----------

Season 6
Josh Giddey Jacque Vaughn
Season -2002-03
Team -Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -Magic Lost East 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 %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn 80 21.1 5.9 0.3 1.2 1.5 2.9 0.8 0.0 1.2 2.1 2.3 5.1 .448 0.1 0.4 .235 1.2 1.6 .776
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn 7 18.7 4.9 0.1 0.7 0.9 3.6 0.6 0.1 1.3 2.6 1.7 4.7 .364 0.0 0.1 .000 1.4 1.9 .769

Season 7
Josh Giddey Jacque Vaughn
Season -2003-04
Team -Atlanta Hawks
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 %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn 71 17.9 3.8 0.2 1.5 1.6 2.7 0.6 0.0 1.2 1.8 1.5 3.9 .386 0.0 0.3 .150 0.7 1.0 .779
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn ------- --- ----------

Season 8
Josh Giddey Jacque Vaughn
Season -2004-05
Team -New Jersey 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 %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn 71 19.9 5.3 0.2 1.3 1.5 1.9 0.6 0.0 0.9 1.9 2.1 4.6 .449 0.1 0.2 .333 1.1 1.3 .835
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn ------- --- ----------

Season 9
Josh Giddey Jacque Vaughn
Season -2005-06
Team -New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -Nets 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 %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn 80 15.4 3.4 0.2 0.9 1.1 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.7 1.8 1.3 3.1 .437 0.0 0.1 .167 0.7 1.0 .728
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn 11 14.5 2.5 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.4 2.1 1.1 3.0 .364 0.0 0.1 .000 0.4 0.6 .571

Season 10
Josh Giddey Jacque Vaughn
Season -2006-07
Team -San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -NBA Champion 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 %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn 64 11.9 3.0 0.1 0.9 1.1 2.0 0.4 0.0 0.6 1.2 1.1 2.6 .425 0.0 0.0 .500 0.8 1.0 .754
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn 20 10.4 2.2 0.1 0.4 0.5 1.4 0.2 0.0 0.6 1.2 1.0 2.5 .400 0.0 0.0 - 0.2 0.3 .500

Season 11
Josh Giddey Jacque Vaughn
Season -2007-08
Team -San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -Spurs Lost West Conf Finals
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn 74 15.4 4.1 0.2 0.8 1.0 2.1 0.3 0.0 0.7 1.3 1.6 3.8 .428 0.0 0.1 .300 0.8 1.1 .763
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn 14 6.5 0.9 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.5 1.2 0.4 1.6 .273 0.0 0.1 .000 0.0 0.0 -

Season 12
Josh Giddey Jacque Vaughn
Season -2008-09
Team -San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -Spurs 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 %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn 30 9.7 2.2 0.1 0.6 0.7 1.8 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.9 0.8 2.5 .320 0.0 0.0 1.000 0.5 0.6 .889
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Josh Giddey ------- --- ----------
Jacque Vaughn 2 10.5 3.5 0.0 0.0 0 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.5 .400 0.0 0.0 - 1.5 3.0 .500
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