Ron Harper vs. DeAndre Jordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeAndre Jordan and Ron Harper, 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.

Ron Harper played 15 years in the NBA, 3 less than DeAndre Jordan, who played 18. Ron Harper had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while DeAndre Jordan had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
	Ron Harper	DeAndre Jordan
Season	1986-87	2008-09
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers
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		%
Ron Harper	82	37.4	22.9	2.1	2.7	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	4.2	3.0	9.0	19.7	.455	0.2	1.1	.213	4.7	6.9	.684
difference:	+29	+22.9	+18.6	+0.7	+0.4	+0.3	+4.6	+2.3	+0.1	-3.4	-1.2	+7.2	+16.9	+.178	+0.2	+1.1		+3.9	+4.8	+.299
DeAndre Jordan	53	14.5	4.3	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.2	0.2	1.1	0.8	1.8	1.8	2.8	.633	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.1	.385
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Ron Harper nor DeAndre Jordan played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 6
	Ron Harper	DeAndre Jordan
Season	1991-92	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Ron Harper	82	38.3	18.2	1.5	4.0	5.5	5.1	1.9	0.9	3.1	2.4	6.9	15.8	.440	0.8	2.6	.303	3.6	4.9	.736
difference:		+3.3	+7.8	+2.5	+5.5	+8.1	+4.2	+0.9	+1.6	-1.6	-0.8	+2.7	+9.5	+.236	+0.8	+2.6		+1.6	+0.3	+.308
DeAndre Jordan	82	35.0	10.4	4.0	9.5	13.6	0.9	1.0	2.5	1.5	3.2	4.2	6.3	.676	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	4.6	.428
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	5	41.2	18.0	2.0	4.4	6.4	4.6	1.0	0.8	3.0	2.6	7.8	17.4	.448	0.2	1.8	.111	2.2	2.8	.786
difference:	+8	+7.2	+8.4	+1.3	+4.8	+6.1	+3.8	+0.1	+1.7	-1.2	-0.9	+4.3	+12.6	+.282	+0.2	+1.8		+0.3	+3.0	+.352
DeAndre Jordan	13	34.0	9.6	3.3	9.2	12.5	0.8	0.9	2.5	1.8	3.5	3.5	4.8	.730	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	5.8	.434

Season 7
	Ron Harper	DeAndre Jordan
Season	1992-93	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Ron Harper	80	37.1	18.0	1.5	3.9	5.3	4.5	2.2	0.9	2.8	2.7	6.8	15.0	.451	0.7	2.3	.280	3.8	5.0	.769
difference:	+2	+2.7	+6.5	+3.3	+6.2	+9.7	+3.8	+1.2	+1.3	-1.5	-0.3	+2.2	+8.5	+.259	+0.7	+2.3		+1.5	+0.7	+.372
DeAndre Jordan	82	34.4	11.5	4.8	10.1	15.0	0.7	1.0	2.2	1.3	3.0	4.6	6.5	.710	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	5.7	.397
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	5	34.8	18.0	0.8	3.2	4.0	3.2	3.0	2.0	2.2	1.4	7.4	15.6	.474	1.0	2.0	.500	2.2	3.4	.647
difference:	+9	+0.4	+4.9	+2.7	+6.7	+9.4	+2.1	+1.9	+0.4	-1.0	-1.6	+3.3	+9.8	+.242	+1.0	+2.0		+2.6	+7.8	+.220
DeAndre Jordan	14	34.4	13.1	3.5	9.9	13.4	1.1	1.1	2.4	1.2	3.0	4.1	5.8	.716	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	11.2	.427

Season 8
	Ron Harper	DeAndre Jordan
Season	1993-94	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Ron Harper	75	38.1	20.1	1.7	4.4	6.1	4.6	1.9	0.7	3.2	2.2	7.6	17.8	.426	0.9	3.1	.301	4.0	5.6	.715
difference:	+2	+4.4	+7.4	+1.8	+5.9	+7.7	+3.4	+1.2	+1.6	-1.8	-0.5	+3.0	+11.2	+.277	+0.9	+3.1		+0.5	+2.4	+.285
DeAndre Jordan	77	33.7	12.7	3.5	10.3	13.8	1.2	0.7	2.3	1.4	2.7	4.6	6.6	.703	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	8.0	.430
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeAndre Jordan	6	33.0	11.7	5.0	11.3	16.3	1.8	1.2	2.7	1.2	2.8	4.0	6.3	.632	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	9.8	.373

Season 9
	Ron Harper	DeAndre Jordan
Season	1994-95	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Ron Harper	77	19.9	6.9	0.7	1.7	2.3	2.0	1.3	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.7	6.4	.426	0.4	1.4	.282	1.1	1.7	.618
difference:	+4	+11.8	+5.8	+3.0	+8.4	+11.5	+0.8	+0.7	+1.3	-0.1	-0.9	+2.4	+0.7	+.288	+0.4	+1.4		+1.4	+3.5	+.136
DeAndre Jordan	81	31.7	12.7	3.7	10.1	13.8	1.2	0.6	1.7	1.4	2.6	5.1	7.1	.714	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	5.2	.482
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	6	6.7	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.0	1.0	2.3	.429	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+1	+31.0	+13.4	+3.3	+10.2	+13.4		+0.1	+0.7	-2.2	-3.1	+5.1	+6.4	+.276		+0.2		+3.1	+8.0
DeAndre Jordan	7	37.7	15.4	3.6	10.9	14.4	0.7	0.4	0.9	2.4	4.1	6.1	8.7	.705	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	8.0	.393

Season 10
	Ron Harper	DeAndre Jordan
Season	1995-96	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	80	23.6	7.4	0.9	1.7	2.7	2.6	1.3	0.4	0.9	1.7	2.9	6.3	.467	0.4	1.3	.269	1.2	1.7	.705
difference:	+3	+7.9	+4.6	+3.4	+9.2	+12.5	+1.1	+0.8	+0.5	-0.9	-0.9	+1.9	+1.2	+.178	+0.4	+1.3		+1.2	+2.4	+.125
DeAndre Jordan	77	31.5	12.0	4.3	10.9	15.2	1.5	0.5	0.9	1.8	2.6	4.8	7.5	.645	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.1	.580
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	18	27.4	8.8	1.4	2.3	3.7	2.5	1.4	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.2	7.4	.425	0.8	2.6	.319	1.6	2.3	.690
DeAndre Jordan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Ron Harper	DeAndre Jordan
Season	1996-97	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	76	22.9	6.3	0.6	1.9	2.5	2.5	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.8	2.3	5.3	.436	0.9	2.5	.362	0.8	1.1	.707
difference:	+7	+6.8	+4.7	+2.7	+7.9	+10.6	+0.2	+0.5	+0.6	-1.5	-0.6	+1.8	+1.2	+.205	+0.9	+2.5		+1.9	+2.7	+.002
DeAndre Jordan	69	29.7	11.0	3.3	9.8	13.1	2.3	0.6	1.1	2.2	2.4	4.1	6.5	.641	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.8	.705
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	19	27.1	7.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	3.0	1.3	0.7	0.6	2.3	2.6	6.6	.400	1.1	3.2	.344	1.1	1.5	.750
DeAndre Jordan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Ron Harper	DeAndre Jordan
Season	1997-98	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	82	27.9	9.3	1.3	2.2	3.5	2.9	1.3	0.6	1.1	2.2	3.6	8.1	.441	0.2	1.0	.190	2.0	2.6	.750
difference:	+26	+5.9	+1.0	+1.2	+5.3	+6.5	+1.0	+1.0	+0.3	-0.2	-0.2	+0.2	+3.0	+.225	+0.2	+1.0		+0.5	+0.4	+.070
DeAndre Jordan	56	22.0	8.3	2.5	7.5	10.0	1.9	0.3	0.9	1.3	2.0	3.4	5.1	.666	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.2	.680
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	21	26.9	6.7	1.0	2.6	3.7	2.3	1.0	0.9	0.9	2.0	2.7	5.8	.459	0.2	0.9	.263	1.1	1.9	.615
DeAndre Jordan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 14
	Ron Harper	DeAndre Jordan
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	80	25.5	7.0	1.2	3.0	4.2	3.4	1.1	0.5	1.7	2.1	2.7	6.6	.399	0.4	1.3	.311	1.3	1.8	.680
difference:	+32	+12.5	+2.7	+0.5	+0.8	+1.3	+3.0	+0.8	+0.2	-0.9	-0.6	+0.8	+3.6	+.244	+0.4	+1.3		+0.8	+1.0	+.130
DeAndre Jordan	48	13.0	4.3	1.7	3.8	5.5	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.8	1.5	1.9	3.0	.643	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.550
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	23	27.9	8.6	1.3	2.4	3.7	3.2	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.7	3.4	7.9	.431	0.4	1.7	.231	1.4	2.0	.702
difference:	+20	+17.6	+5.3	+1.0	+0.4	+1.4	+2.9	+1.0	+0.1	-0.5	-1.4	+1.7	+6.2	+.569	+0.4	+1.7		+1.4	+2.0
DeAndre Jordan	3	10.3	3.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.3	1.7	1.7	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 15
	Ron Harper	DeAndre Jordan
Season	2000-01	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	47	24.2	6.5	1.0	2.6	3.5	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.5	2.7	5.8	.469	0.4	1.5	.264	0.7	1.0	.708
difference:	+8	+9.2	+1.4	+0.3	+1.2	+1.7	+1.5	+0.5	+0.1	-0.1	-0.3	+0.4	+2.9	+.296	+0.4	+1.5		+0.1	+0.2	+.250
DeAndre Jordan	39	15.0	5.1	1.3	3.8	5.2	0.9	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.8	2.3	2.9	.765	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.2	.458
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	6	7.3	2.2	0.2	1.2	1.3	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.8	1.7	.500	0.2	0.7	.250	0.3	0.5	.667
difference:	+2	+3.8	+0.9	+0.2	+0.2	+0.3	+0.4	+0.7	+0.1	-0.3	-0.2	+0.3	+0.9	+.167	+0.2	+0.7				+.167
DeAndre Jordan	4	3.5	1.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500