Kyrie Irving vs. Stephen Jackson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephen Jackson and Kyrie Irving, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Kyrie Irving played 13 years in the NBA, 1 less than Stephen Jackson, who played 14. Kyrie Irving had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Stephen Jackson had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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
Kyrie Irving	13	7	2011-12 to 2023-24
Stephen Jackson	14	6	2000-01 to 2013-14

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kyrie Irving	Stephen Jackson
Season	2011-12	2000-01
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Stephen Jackson	77	21.6	8.2	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.8	1.1	0.2	1.7	2.2	3.2	7.4	.425	0.7	2.0	.335	1.3	1.8	.719

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kyrie Irving	Stephen Jackson
Season	2012-13	2001-02
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Stephen Jackson	23	9.9	3.9	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.3	1.5	4.0	.374	0.4	1.6	.250	0.5	0.7	.706

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kyrie Irving	Stephen Jackson
Season	2013-14	2002-03
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Stephen Jackson	80	28.2	11.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	2.3	1.6	0.4	2.2	2.5	4.5	10.2	.435	1.2	3.7	.320	1.7	2.3	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Jackson	24	33.8	12.8	0.8	3.3	4.1	2.7	1.4	0.4	2.8	2.2	4.5	10.9	.414	1.6	4.7	.336	2.2	2.8	.803


Season 4
	Kyrie Irving	Stephen Jackson
Season	2014-15	2003-04
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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
Stephen Jackson	80	36.8	18.1	1.2	3.4	4.6	3.1	1.8	0.3	2.8	2.7	6.7	15.8	.425	1.8	5.3	.340	2.9	3.7	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Stephen Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kyrie Irving	Stephen Jackson
Season	2015-16	2004-05
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers 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		%
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
Stephen Jackson	51	35.4	18.7	0.9	4.0	4.9	2.3	1.3	0.3	2.4	3.0	6.5	16.1	.403	2.0	5.6	.360	3.7	4.5	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Stephen Jackson	13	36.3	16.1	0.5	3.3	3.8	2.2	1.9	0.5	2.6	3.0	5.4	13.7	.393	1.5	4.8	.317	3.8	4.6	.817


Season 6
	Kyrie Irving	Stephen Jackson
Season	2016-17	2005-06
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Pacers 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		%
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
Stephen Jackson	81	35.9	16.4	0.6	3.3	3.9	2.8	1.3	0.5	2.5	2.4	5.8	14.2	.411	1.4	4.2	.345	3.3	4.2	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Stephen Jackson	6	37.8	13.3	0.8	3.7	4.5	3.3	0.7	0.2	2.5	3.8	5.0	13.7	.366	1.0	4.3	.231	2.3	3.0	.778


Season 7
	Kyrie Irving	Stephen Jackson
Season	2017-18	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
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
Stephen Jackson	75	33.1	15.5	0.8	2.1	3.0	3.8	1.1	0.5	2.4	2.7	5.5	12.6	.433	1.3	4.1	.322	3.2	4.0	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Jackson	11	41.3	19.9	0.5	3.1	3.6	3.6	2.0	0.7	3.7	3.5	5.5	14.6	.379	2.4	6.5	.361	6.5	7.9	.816


Season 8
	Kyrie Irving	Stephen Jackson
Season	2018-19	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
Stephen Jackson	73	39.1	20.1	0.9	3.4	4.4	4.1	1.3	0.4	2.7	2.3	6.7	16.5	.405	2.5	6.9	.363	4.2	5.1	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Stephen Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Kyrie Irving	Stephen Jackson
Season	2019-20	2008-09
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kyrie Irving	20	32.9	27.4	1.1	4.1	5.2	6.4	1.4	0.5	2.6	2.7	10.0	20.8	.478	2.8	7.1	.394	4.7	5.1	.922
Stephen Jackson	59	39.6	20.7	1.2	3.9	5.1	6.5	1.5	0.5	3.9	2.6	7.0	16.9	.414	1.7	5.2	.338	5.0	6.0	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Kyrie Irving	Stephen Jackson
Season	2020-21	2009-10
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Golden State Warriors, Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Bobcats 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		%
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
Stephen Jackson	81	38.6	20.6	1.0	4.0	5.0	3.7	1.6	0.5	3.2	2.4	7.4	17.5	.423	1.6	4.9	.328	4.2	5.4	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Stephen Jackson	4	39.0	18.0	1.5	3.5	5.0	3.8	1.3	0.3	4.3	3.3	6.0	16.8	.358	0.8	4.5	.167	5.3	6.5	.808


Season 11
	Kyrie Irving	Stephen Jackson
Season	2021-22	2010-11
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kyrie Irving	29	37.6	27.4	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.8	1.4	0.6	2.5	2.8	10.0	21.2	.469	3.4	8.2	.418	4.1	4.4	.915
Stephen Jackson	67	35.9	18.5	0.8	3.7	4.5	3.6	1.2	0.4	3.1	2.4	6.5	15.8	.411	1.8	5.4	.337	3.7	4.6	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	4	42.5	21.3	1.5	3.8	5.3	5.3	1.8	1.3	2.3	3.3	7.0	15.8	.444	2.0	5.3	.381	5.3	5.3	1.000
Stephen Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Kyrie Irving	Stephen Jackson
Season	2022-23	2011-12
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks	Milwaukee Bucks, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kyrie Irving	60	37.3	27.1	1.0	4.1	5.1	5.5	1.1	0.8	2.1	2.8	9.9	20.1	.494	3.1	8.3	.379	4.1	4.6	.905
Stephen Jackson	47	25.8	9.8	0.5	3.0	3.5	2.5	1.1	0.3	2.2	2.1	3.4	9.0	.374	1.0	3.6	.288	2.0	2.4	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Jackson	14	21.4	8.3	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.7	0.6	0.2	1.3	2.7	2.7	5.1	.535	1.9	3.1	.605	1.0	1.1	.933


Season 13
	Kyrie Irving	Stephen Jackson
Season	2023-24	2012-13
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks TBD	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		%
Kyrie Irving	58	35.0	25.6	0.8	4.2	5.0	5.2	1.3	0.5	1.8	1.9	9.7	19.5	.497	3.0	7.3	.411	3.3	3.6	.905
Stephen Jackson	55	19.5	6.2	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.5	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.6	2.2	6.0	.373	0.8	3.1	.271	0.9	1.3	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	8	39.9	23.5	1.3	3.5	4.8	5.3	1.9	0.6	2.5	3.3	8.3	16.6	.496	3.1	6.9	.455	3.9	4.5	.861
Stephen Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Kyrie Irving	Stephen Jackson
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
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		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Jackson	9	11.9	1.7	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.2	0.7	2.9	.231	0.1	1.6	.071	0.2	0.4	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kyrie Irving vs. Stephen Jackson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephen Jackson and Kyrie Irving, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14