Kawhi Leonard vs. Jordan Poole Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jordan Poole and Kawhi Leonard, 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.

Kawhi Leonard played 13 years in the NBA, 7 more than Jordan Poole, who played 6. Kawhi Leonard had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Jordan Poole had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Kawhi Leonard	Jordan Poole
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	64	24.0	7.9	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.1	6.3	.493	0.6	1.7	.376	1.1	1.4	.773
difference:	+7	+1.6	+0.9	+1.4	+1.6	+3.0	+1.3	+0.7	+0.2	-0.6	-0.2	+0.2	+2.5	+.160	+0.7	+2.9	+.097	+0.6	+0.7	+.025
Jordan Poole	57	22.4	8.8	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.6	2.9	8.8	.333	1.3	4.6	.279	1.7	2.1	.798
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	14	27.1	8.6	1.3	4.6	5.9	0.6	1.2	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.2	6.4	.500	1.3	2.9	.450	0.9	1.1	.813
Jordan Poole	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kawhi Leonard	Jordan Poole
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kawhi Leonard	66	29.1	12.8	1.2	5.1	6.2	2.0	1.7	0.8	1.2	1.9	5.1	9.8	.522	1.0	2.8	.379	1.5	1.9	.802
difference:	+10	+0.9	+5.7	+0.8	+2.1	+2.8	+2.0	+0.9	+0.5	-1.3	-0.8	+1.1	+4.1	+.074	+1.8	+4.8	+.015	+1.7	+1.6	+.123
Jordan Poole	76	30.0	18.5	0.4	3.0	3.4	4.0	0.8	0.3	2.5	2.7	6.2	13.9	.448	2.8	7.6	.364	3.2	3.5	.925
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	23	32.0	14.3	1.3	5.4	6.7	1.7	1.7	0.6	1.3	2.9	5.3	10.4	.510	1.3	3.2	.419	2.3	3.1	.736
difference:	+1	+4.5	+2.7	+0.8	+3.0	+3.9	+2.1	+0.9	+0.2	-1.1	-0.1	+0.6	+1.1	+.002	+1.0	+2.6	+.028	+0.7	+0.1	+.179
Jordan Poole	22	27.5	17.0	0.5	2.4	2.8	3.8	0.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	5.9	11.5	.508	2.3	5.8	.391	3.0	3.2	.915

Season 4
	Kawhi Leonard	Jordan Poole
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Kawhi Leonard	64	31.8	16.5	1.3	5.9	7.2	2.5	2.3	0.8	1.5	2.0	6.2	12.8	.479	1.0	3.0	.349	3.2	3.9	.802
difference:	+18	+1.8	+3.9	+0.9	+3.5	+4.5	+2.0	+1.5	+0.5	-1.6	-0.6	+0.5	+2.8	+.049	+1.6	+4.8	+.013	+1.2	+1.2	+.068
Jordan Poole	82	30.0	20.4	0.4	2.4	2.7	4.5	0.8	0.3	3.1	2.6	6.7	15.6	.430	2.6	7.8	.336	4.4	5.1	.870
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	7	35.7	20.3	1.9	5.6	7.4	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.6	7.4	15.6	.477	1.6	3.7	.423	3.9	5.0	.771
difference:	+6	+13.9	+10.0	+1.6	+3.8	+5.2	+0.9	+0.3	+0.4	-0.9	-0.1	+3.9	+5.2	+.136	+0.4	+1.1	+.169	+1.9	+2.4	+.006
Jordan Poole	13	21.8	10.3	0.3	1.8	2.2	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.5	3.5	10.4	.341	1.2	4.8	.254	2.0	2.6	.765

Season 5
	Kawhi Leonard	Jordan Poole
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kawhi Leonard	72	33.1	21.2	1.3	5.5	6.8	2.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	1.8	7.7	15.1	.506	1.8	4.0	.443	4.1	4.6	.874
difference:	+6	+3.0	+3.8	+0.9	+3.2	+4.1	+1.8	+0.7	+0.7	-0.9	-1.3	+1.4	+0.1	+.093	+0.6	+3.2	+.117	+1.6	+1.8	+.003
Jordan Poole	78	30.1	17.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	4.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.1	6.3	15.2	.413	2.4	7.2	.326	2.5	2.8	.877
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	10	33.9	22.5	1.4	4.9	6.3	2.8	2.6	1.4	1.6	2.1	8.3	16.6	.500	1.7	3.9	.436	4.2	5.1	.824
Jordan Poole	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Kawhi Leonard	Jordan Poole
Season	2016-17	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kawhi Leonard	74	33.4	25.5	1.1	4.7	5.8	3.5	1.8	0.7	2.1	1.6	8.6	17.7	.485	2.0	5.2	.380	6.3	7.2	.880
difference:	+6	+4.0	+5.0	+0.6	+2.2	+2.8	+1.0	+0.5	+0.3	-0.9	-1.4	+1.9	+2.2	+.053	+1.5	+3.9	+.002	+2.7	+3.2	+.003
Jordan Poole	68	29.4	20.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	4.5	1.3	0.4	3.0	3.0	6.7	15.5	.432	3.5	9.1	.378	3.6	4.0	.883
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kawhi Leonard	12	35.8	27.7	1.6	6.2	7.8	4.6	1.7	0.5	2.2	1.8	8.8	16.8	.525	2.1	4.6	.455	7.9	8.5	.931
Jordan Poole	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kawhi Leonard played 7 seasons more than Jordan Poole in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 13, from 2018 to 2025—Kawhi Leonard played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Jordan Poole, Kawhi Leonard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 4 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP