Josh Giddey vs. Jason Kidd Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Kidd 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.

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 4 years in the NBA, 15 less than Jason Kidd, who played 19. Josh Giddey had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Jason Kidd had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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
	Josh Giddey	Jason Kidd
Season	2021-22	1994-95
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second 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		%
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
difference:	+25	+2.3	+0.8	+0.1	+2.5	+2.4	+1.3	+1.0	+0.1		-0.2	+1.0	+1.6	+.034	+0.1	+0.6	+.009	+1.4	+2.0	+.011
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Josh Giddey nor Jason Kidd played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Josh Giddey	Jason Kidd
Season	2022-23	1995-96
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
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
difference:	+5	+6.3		+0.6	+1.6	+1.1	+3.5	+1.4	+0.1	-1.2		+1.0	+1.3	+.101	+0.6	+1.8	+.011	+1.4	+2.2	+.039
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Josh Giddey nor Jason Kidd played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 4
	Josh Giddey	Jason Kidd
Season	2024-25	1997-98
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Josh Giddey	70	30.2	14.6	1.8	6.3	8.1	7.2	1.2	0.6	2.9	1.7	5.3	11.4	.465	1.5	4.0	.378	2.5	3.2	.781
difference:	+12	+7.8	+3.0	+0.5	+1.4	+1.9	+1.9	+0.8	+0.3	-0.3		+0.9	+0.9	+.049	+0.6	+1.2	+.065	+0.5	+0.7	+.018
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Jason Kidd played 15 seasons more than Josh Giddey in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 19, from 1999 to 2013—Jason Kidd played in 15 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 15 extra years over Josh Giddey, Jason Kidd got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	5 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 5 All-Defensive Second Team 5 Assists Leader 8 All-Star Game