Richard Jefferson vs. Shawn Kemp Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Kemp and Richard Jefferson, 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.

Richard Jefferson played 17 years in the NBA, 3 more than Shawn Kemp, who played 14. Richard Jefferson had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Shawn Kemp had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
	Richard Jefferson	Shawn Kemp
Season	2001-02	1989-90
Team	New Jersey Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA 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		%
Richard Jefferson	79	24.3	9.4	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.7	3.4	7.5	.457	0.2	0.7	.232	2.4	3.4	.713
difference:	+2	+10.5	+2.9	+0.7	+0.1	+0.6	+1.5	+0.2	+0.3	-0.1	-0.2	+0.9	+2.3	+.022	+0.2	+0.6	+.065	+1.0	+1.4	+.023
Shawn Kemp	81	13.8	6.5	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.2	.479	0.0	0.1	.167	1.4	2.0	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	20	22.1	7.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.0	2.7	5.7	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	3.0	.550
Shawn Kemp	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Richard Jefferson	Shawn Kemp
Season	2004-05	1992-93
Team	New Jersey Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Richard Jefferson	33	41.1	22.2	1.5	5.8	7.3	4.0	1.0	0.5	4.0	3.3	7.2	17.1	.422	0.9	2.7	.337	6.9	8.2	.844
difference:	+45	+8.0	+4.4	+2.2	+1.2	+3.4	+2.0	+0.5	+1.4	-1.2	-0.9	+0.6	+3.7	+.070	+0.9	+2.6	+.337	+2.3	+1.8	+.132
Shawn Kemp	78	33.1	17.8	3.7	7.0	10.7	2.0	1.5	1.9	2.8	4.2	6.6	13.4	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.4	.712
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	4	35.5	15.8	2.0	3.5	5.5	2.3	0.8	0.0	2.0	3.5	5.0	12.5	.400	0.5	2.5	.200	5.3	7.8	.677
difference:	+15	+0.6	+0.7	+2.2	+2.3	+4.5	+0.3	+0.7	+2.1	-0.8	-0.6	+0.8	+1.2	+.112	+0.5	+2.5		+0.4	+1.7	+.132
Shawn Kemp	19	34.9	16.5	4.2	5.8	10.0	2.6	1.5	2.1	2.8	4.1	5.8	11.3	.512	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	6.1	.809

Season 5
	Richard Jefferson	Shawn Kemp
Season	2005-06	1993-94
Team	New Jersey Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Richard Jefferson	78	39.2	19.5	1.2	5.6	6.8	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.3	12.9	.493	0.8	2.4	.319	6.0	7.4	.812
difference:	+1	+6.3	+1.4	+2.7	+1.2	+4.0	+1.2	+1.0	+1.9	-1.1	-1.4	+0.4	+0.4	+.045	+0.8	+2.3	+.069	+1.4	+1.2	+.071
Shawn Kemp	79	32.9	18.1	3.9	6.8	10.8	2.6	1.8	2.1	3.3	3.9	6.7	12.5	.538	0.0	0.1	.250	4.6	6.2	.741
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	11	39.7	22.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	4.1	0.9	0.4	2.7	2.9	8.2	15.0	.545	1.1	2.6	.414	4.7	5.7	.825
difference:	+6	+1.5	+7.4	+3.4	+2.3	+5.7	+0.7	+1.1	+2.0	-0.1	-0.7	+3.0	+1.0	+.174	+1.1	+2.6		+0.3	+0.9	+.158
Shawn Kemp	5	41.2	14.8	4.0	5.8	9.8	3.4	2.0	2.4	2.8	3.6	5.2	14.0	.371	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.6	.667

Season 6
	Richard Jefferson	Shawn Kemp
Season	2006-07	1994-95
Team	New Jersey Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Richard Jefferson	55	35.6	16.3	0.9	3.5	4.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	2.2	2.2	5.5	12.1	.456	0.9	2.6	.359	4.3	5.9	.733
difference:	+27	+2.9	+2.4	+3.0	+3.5	+6.5	+0.9	+0.6	+1.4	-1.0	-1.9	+1.1	+0.1	+.091	+0.9	+2.5	+.073	+1.0	+1.2	+.016
Shawn Kemp	82	32.7	18.7	3.9	7.0	10.9	1.8	1.2	1.5	3.2	4.1	6.6	12.2	.547	0.0	0.1	.286	5.3	7.1	.749
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	12	40.8	19.7	0.3	5.3	5.6	2.3	0.8	0.4	2.3	2.0	6.8	14.0	.482	1.1	3.3	.325	5.1	5.5	.924
difference:	+8	+0.8	+5.1	+4.0	+2.5	+6.4	+0.5	+1.2	+1.4	-1.5	-2.3	+1.5	+0.3	+.097	+0.8	+3.0	+.675	+2.9	+4.3	+.103
Shawn Kemp	4	40.0	24.8	4.3	7.8	12.0	2.8	2.0	1.8	3.8	4.3	8.3	14.3	.579	0.3	0.3	1.000	8.0	9.8	.821

Season 7
	Richard Jefferson	Shawn Kemp
Season	2007-08	1995-96
Team	New Jersey Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	82	39.0	22.6	1.1	3.0	4.2	3.1	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.7	7.5	16.2	.466	0.9	2.6	.362	6.6	8.3	.798
difference:	+3	+5.7	+3.0	+2.4	+4.9	+7.2	+0.9	+0.3	+1.3	-1.6	-1.1	+0.8	+4.3	+.095	+0.8	+2.4	+.055	+0.4	+0.1	+.056
Shawn Kemp	79	33.3	19.6	3.5	7.9	11.4	2.2	1.2	1.6	4.0	3.8	6.7	11.9	.561	0.1	0.2	.417	6.2	8.4	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	20	36.0	20.9	3.3	7.1	10.4	1.5	1.2	2.0	4.0	4.2	7.4	12.9	.570	0.0	0.2	.000	6.2	7.8	.795

Season 8
	Richard Jefferson	Shawn Kemp
Season	2008-09	1996-97
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	82	35.8	19.6	0.7	3.9	4.6	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.0	3.1	6.5	14.9	.439	1.4	3.6	.397	5.1	6.3	.805
difference:	+1	+1.8	+0.9	+2.7	+2.7	+5.4	+0.5	+0.7	+0.8	-1.5	-0.9		+2.2	+.071	+1.3	+3.2	+.033	+0.5	+1.2	+.063
Shawn Kemp	81	34.0	18.7	3.4	6.6	10.0	1.9	1.5	1.0	3.5	4.0	6.5	12.7	.510	0.1	0.4	.364	5.6	7.5	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Kemp	12	36.8	21.6	4.3	8.0	12.3	3.0	1.2	1.3	3.9	4.6	7.1	14.6	.486	0.2	0.8	.200	7.3	8.8	.829

Season 9
	Richard Jefferson	Shawn Kemp
Season	2009-10	1997-98
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	81	31.1	12.3	0.7	3.7	4.4	2.0	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.2	4.5	9.6	.467	0.7	2.3	.316	2.6	3.5	.735
difference:	+1	+3.5	+5.7	+2.0	+2.9	+4.9	+0.5	+0.8	+0.6	-2.1	-1.7	+2.0	+5.0	+.022	+0.7	+2.2	+.066	+2.5	+3.5	+.008
Shawn Kemp	80	34.6	18.0	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.5	1.4	1.1	3.4	3.9	6.5	14.6	.445	0.0	0.1	.250	5.1	7.0	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	10	33.4	9.4	0.8	4.5	5.3	1.8	0.6	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.4	7.0	.486	0.1	0.5	.200	2.5	3.3	.758
difference:	+6	+4.6	+16.6	+3.2	+1.8	+5.0	+0.2	+0.7	+0.4	-2.5	-1.0	+4.9	+10.8	+.021	+0.1	+0.5		+7.0	+8.0	+.086
Shawn Kemp	4	38.0	26.0	4.0	6.3	10.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	4.0	3.0	8.3	17.8	.465	0.0	0.0	-	9.5	11.3	.844