Jrue Holiday vs. Kyle Kuzma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Kuzma and Jrue Holiday, 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.

Jrue Holiday played 16 years in the NBA, 8 more than Kyle Kuzma, who played 8. Jrue Holiday had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Kyle Kuzma had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
	Jrue Holiday	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Jrue Holiday	73	24.2	8.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.1	3.2	7.1	.442	0.8	2.2	.390	0.9	1.2	.756
difference:	+4	+7.0	+8.1	+0.3	+3.3	+3.7	+2.0	+0.5	+0.2	-0.3		+2.9	+6.4	+.008	+1.3	+3.4	+.024	+1.0	+1.5	+.049
Kyle Kuzma	77	31.2	16.1	1.1	5.1	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.1	6.1	13.5	.450	2.1	5.6	.366	1.9	2.7	.707
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jrue Holiday nor Kyle Kuzma played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Jrue Holiday	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
Jrue Holiday	65	33.8	13.5	0.9	2.4	3.3	4.5	1.6	0.3	2.1	2.1	5.5	12.8	.432	1.0	2.6	.380	1.4	1.8	.783
difference:	+4	+8.8	+0.7		+1.2	+1.2	+3.2	+1.1	+0.1	-0.6		+0.7	+1.8	+.004	+0.4	+1.9	+.064	+0.5	+0.7	+.048
Kyle Kuzma	61	25.0	12.8	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	2.1	4.8	11.0	.436	1.4	4.5	.316	1.9	2.5	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	13	38.0	15.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.2	1.5	0.6	2.0	1.8	5.7	13.8	.413	1.5	3.8	.408	2.9	3.4	.864
difference:	+8	+15.0	+5.8	+0.4	+1.2	+1.6	+4.4	+1.2	+0.3	-1.0	-0.6	+2.0	+5.3	+.017	+0.3	+0.2	+.095	+1.5	+1.6	+.080
Kyle Kuzma	21	23.0	10.0	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.7	8.5	.430	1.2	4.0	.313	1.4	1.8	.784

Season 4
	Jrue Holiday	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2012-13	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Jrue Holiday	78	37.5	17.7	1.1	3.1	4.2	8.0	1.6	0.4	3.7	2.2	7.1	16.5	.431	1.2	3.2	.368	2.3	3.1	.752
difference:	+10	+8.8	+4.8	+0.5	+1.4	+1.9	+6.1	+1.1	+0.2	-2.0	-0.4	+2.2	+5.4	+.012	+0.8	+2.4	+.007	+1.3	+1.7	+.061
Kyle Kuzma	68	28.7	12.9	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.9	0.5	0.6	1.7	1.8	4.9	11.1	.443	2.0	5.6	.361	1.0	1.4	.691
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Kuzma	6	21.5	6.3	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.2	0.3	0.2	1.0	1.3	2.3	8.0	.292	0.7	3.8	.174	1.0	1.5	.667

Additional Years
* Jrue Holiday played 8 seasons more than Kyle Kuzma in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 16, from 2018 to 2025—Jrue Holiday played in 6 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Kyle Kuzma, Jrue Holiday got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game