Tim Duncan vs. Richard Jefferson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Richard Jefferson and Tim Duncan, 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.

Tim Duncan played 19 years in the NBA, 2 more than Richard Jefferson, who played 17. Tim Duncan had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Richard Jefferson had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Tim Duncan	19	18	1997-98 to 2015-16
Richard Jefferson	17	12	2001-02 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Tim Duncan	Richard Jefferson
Season	1997-98	2001-02
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Nets Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Tim Duncan	82	39.1	21.1	3.3	8.6	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	3.4	3.1	8.6	15.7	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	5.9	.662
difference:	+3	+14.8	+11.7	+2.2	+6.0	+8.2	+0.9	+0.1	+1.9	-2.0	-0.4	+5.2	+8.2	+.092	+0.2	+0.6	+.232	+1.5	+2.5	+.051
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	9	41.6	20.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	1.9	0.6	2.6	2.8	2.7	8.1	15.6	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	4.4	6.7	.667
difference:	+11	+19.5	+13.7	+1.4	+3.0	+4.4	+0.6		+2.1	-1.5	-0.7	+5.4	+9.9	+.056				+2.7	+3.7	+.117
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


Season 2
	Tim Duncan	Richard Jefferson
Season	1998-99	2002-03
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets Lost NBA Finals

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	50	39.3	21.7	3.2	8.2	11.4	2.4	0.9	2.5	2.9	2.9	8.4	16.9	.495	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	7.2	.690
difference:	+30	+3.3	+6.2	+1.3	+3.6	+5.0	+0.1	+0.1	+1.9	-0.9	-0.2	+2.7	+5.5	+.006	+0.1	+0.2	+.107	+0.8	+1.7	+.053
Richard Jefferson	80	36.0	15.5	1.9	4.6	6.4	2.5	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.7	5.7	11.4	.501	0.1	0.3	.250	4.1	5.5	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	17	43.1	23.2	3.2	8.2	11.5	2.8	0.8	2.6	3.1	2.9	8.5	16.6	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	6.3	8.4	.748
difference:	+3	+7.4	+9.1	+1.7	+3.3	+5.1	+0.4		+2.4	-0.8	-0.5	+3.0	+5.0	+.035				+3.2	+4.1	+.030
Richard Jefferson	20	35.7	14.1	1.5	4.9	6.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.3	3.4	5.5	11.6	.476	0.0	0.2	.000	3.1	4.3	.718


Season 3
	Tim Duncan	Richard Jefferson
Season	1999-00	2003-04
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Tim Duncan	74	38.9	23.2	3.5	8.9	12.4	3.2	0.9	2.2	3.3	2.8	8.5	17.3	.490	0.0	0.1	.091	6.2	8.1	.761
difference:	+8	+0.7	+4.7	+2.2	+4.6	+6.7	+0.6	+0.2	+1.9	-0.9	-0.1	+1.7	+3.7	+.008	+0.6	+1.5	+.273	+1.8	+2.4	+.002
Richard Jefferson	82	38.2	18.5	1.3	4.3	5.7	3.8	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.7	6.8	13.6	.498	0.6	1.6	.364	4.4	5.7	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	11	41.6	19.8	1.3	5.0	6.3	3.8	1.3	0.7	3.9	3.2	6.0	14.4	.418	0.8	3.0	.273	7.0	9.8	.713


Season 4
	Tim Duncan	Richard Jefferson
Season	2000-01	2004-05
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Nets Lost East 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		%
Tim Duncan	82	38.7	22.2	3.2	9.0	12.2	3.0	0.9	2.3	3.0	3.0	8.6	17.1	.499	0.1	0.3	.259	5.0	8.1	.618
difference:	+49	+2.4		+1.7	+3.2	+4.9	+1.0	+0.1	+1.8	-1.0	-0.3	+1.4		+.077	+0.8	+2.4	+.078	+1.9	+0.1	+.226
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	13	40.5	24.4	4.2	10.3	14.5	3.8	1.1	2.7	3.8	3.3	9.2	18.9	.488	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.8	9.2	.639
difference:	+9	+5.0	+8.6	+2.2	+6.8	+9.0	+1.5	+0.3	+2.7	-1.8	-0.2	+4.2	+6.4	+.088	+0.4	+2.4	+.800	+0.5	+1.4	+.038
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


Season 5
	Tim Duncan	Richard Jefferson
Season	2001-02	2005-06
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Tim Duncan	82	40.6	25.5	3.3	9.4	12.7	3.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.6	9.3	18.3	.508	0.0	0.1	.100	6.8	8.5	.799
difference:	+4	+1.4	+6.0	+2.1	+3.8	+5.9	+0.1	+0.1	+2.3	-1.0	-0.1	+3.0	+5.4	+.015	+0.8	+2.3	+.219	+0.8	+1.1	+.013
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	9	42.2	27.6	3.1	11.3	14.4	5.0	0.7	4.3	4.1	2.4	9.1	20.1	.453	0.1	0.3	.333	9.2	11.2	.822
difference:	+2	+2.5	+5.4	+2.5	+7.8	+10.3	+0.9	+0.2	+3.9	-1.4	-0.5	+0.9	+5.1	+.092	+1.0	+2.3	+.081	+4.5	+5.5	+.003
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


Season 6
	Tim Duncan	Richard Jefferson
Season	2002-03	2006-07
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets Lost East 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		%
Tim Duncan	81	39.3	23.3	3.2	9.7	12.9	3.9	0.7	2.9	3.1	2.9	8.8	17.2	.513	0.1	0.3	.273	5.6	7.8	.710
difference:	+26	+3.7	+7.0	+2.3	+6.2	+8.5	+1.2	+0.1	+2.8	-0.9	-0.7	+3.3	+5.1	+.057	+0.8	+2.3	+.086	+1.3	+1.9	+.023
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	24	42.5	24.7	4.0	11.4	15.4	5.3	0.6	3.3	3.2	3.3	9.1	17.2	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	6.5	9.7	.677
difference:	+12	+1.7	+5.0	+3.7	+6.1	+9.8	+3.0	+0.2	+2.9	-0.9	-1.3	+2.3	+3.2	+.047	+1.1	+3.0	+.325	+1.4	+4.2	+.247
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


Season 7
	Tim Duncan	Richard Jefferson
Season	2003-04	2007-08
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tim Duncan	69	36.6	22.3	3.3	9.2	12.4	3.1	0.9	2.7	2.7	2.4	8.6	17.1	.501	0.0	0.2	.167	5.1	8.5	.599
difference:	+13	+2.4	+0.3	+2.2	+6.2	+8.2			+2.4	-0.3	-0.3	+1.1	+0.9	+.035	+0.9	+2.4	+.195	+1.5	+0.2	+.199
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	10	40.4	22.1	3.3	8.0	11.3	3.2	0.8	2.0	4.2	3.4	8.3	15.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	8.7	.632
Richard Jefferson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Tim Duncan	Richard Jefferson
Season	2004-05	2008-09
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tim Duncan	66	33.4	20.3	3.1	8.0	11.1	2.7	0.7	2.6	1.9	2.2	7.8	15.8	.496	0.0	0.1	.333	4.6	6.9	.670
difference:	+16	+2.4	+0.7	+2.4	+4.1	+6.5	+0.3	+0.1	+2.4	-0.1	-0.9	+1.3	+0.9	+.057	+1.4	+3.5	+.064	+0.5	+0.6	+.135
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	23	37.7	23.6	3.8	8.7	12.4	2.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.9	8.6	18.5	.464	0.0	0.2	.200	6.4	8.9	.717
Richard Jefferson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tim Duncan	Richard Jefferson
Season	2005-06	2009-10
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Tim Duncan	80	34.8	18.6	2.9	8.1	11.0	3.2	0.9	2.0	2.5	2.7	7.2	14.8	.484	0.0	0.1	.400	4.2	6.7	.629
difference:	+1	+3.7	+6.3	+2.2	+4.4	+6.6	+1.2	+0.3	+1.5	-1.2	-0.5	+2.7	+5.2	+.017	+0.7	+2.2	+.084	+1.6	+3.2	+.106
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	13	37.9	25.8	2.5	8.0	10.5	3.3	0.8	1.9	2.6	3.8	9.3	16.2	.573	0.0	0.2	.000	7.2	10.1	.718
difference:	+3	+4.5	+16.4	+1.7	+3.5	+5.2	+1.5	+0.2	+1.3	-1.1	-1.8	+5.9	+9.2	+.087	+0.1	+0.3	+.200	+4.7	+6.8	+.040
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


Season 10
	Tim Duncan	Richard Jefferson
Season	2006-07	2010-11
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tim Duncan	80	34.1	20.0	2.7	7.9	10.6	3.4	0.8	2.4	2.8	2.5	7.7	14.1	.546	0.0	0.1	.111	4.5	7.1	.637
difference:	+1	+3.7	+9.0	+2.0	+4.7	+6.8	+2.1	+0.3	+2.0	-1.7	-0.5	+3.9	+6.2	+.072	+1.7	+3.7	+.329	+2.7	+4.7	+.122
Richard Jefferson	81	30.4	11.0	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.8	7.9	.474	1.7	3.8	.440	1.8	2.4	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	20	36.8	22.2	3.7	7.8	11.5	3.3	0.7	3.1	3.0	3.0	8.7	16.7	.521	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	7.5	.644
difference:	+14	+7.5	+15.7	+3.4	+4.0	+7.3	+2.5	+0.2	+2.6	-2.0	-0.8	+6.7	+11.5	+.134	+1.0	+2.8		+3.3	+5.7	+.174
Richard Jefferson	6	29.3	6.5	0.3	3.8	4.2	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.2	2.0	5.2	.387	1.0	2.8	.353	1.5	1.8	.818


Season 11
	Tim Duncan	Richard Jefferson
Season	2007-08	2011-12
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Tim Duncan	78	34.0	19.3	3.0	8.3	11.3	2.8	0.7	1.9	2.3	2.4	7.5	15.1	.497	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.9	.730
difference:	+15	+6.3	+10.1	+2.6	+5.2	+7.8	+1.4	+0.1	+1.6	-1.5	-0.5	+4.3	+7.4	+.081	+1.8	+4.2	+.420	+3.4	+4.6	+.036
Richard Jefferson	63	27.7	9.2	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.9	3.2	7.7	.416	1.8	4.3	.420	0.9	1.3	.694

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	17	39.2	20.2	3.6	10.9	14.5	3.3	0.9	2.1	2.4	2.4	7.9	17.7	.449	0.1	0.3	.200	4.2	6.8	.626
Richard Jefferson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Tim Duncan	Richard Jefferson
Season	2008-09	2012-13
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Tim Duncan	75	33.7	19.3	2.7	8.0	10.7	3.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.3	7.4	14.8	.504	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.4	.692
difference:	+19	+23.6	+16.2	+2.6	+6.6	+9.2	+2.9	+0.2	+1.6	-1.8	-1.5	+6.3	+12.4	+.048	+0.3	+0.8		+3.8	+5.5	+.025
Richard Jefferson	56	10.1	3.1	0.1	1.4	1.5	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.4	.456	0.3	0.8	.311	0.7	0.9	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	5	32.8	19.8	2.4	5.6	8.0	3.2	0.6	1.2	1.4	2.2	8.2	15.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.6	.607
difference:	+2	+27.2	+17.9	+2.1	+4.9	+7.0	+3.1	+0.5	+1.1	-1.4	-1.5	+7.6	+14.1	+.088	+0.3	+0.4		+3.0	+4.3	+.274
Richard Jefferson	7	5.6	1.9	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.6	1.3	.444	0.3	0.4	.667	0.4	1.3	.333


Season 13
	Tim Duncan	Richard Jefferson
Season	2009-10	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	78	31.3	17.9	2.8	7.3	10.1	3.2	0.6	1.5	1.8	1.9	7.2	13.9	.518	0.0	0.1	.182	3.5	4.8	.725
difference:	+4	+4.3	+7.8	+2.6	+4.8	+7.4	+1.6	+0.1	+1.3	-0.7	-0.1	+3.6	+5.9	+.068	+1.5	+3.6	+.227	+2.0	+2.8	+.016
Richard Jefferson	82	27.0	10.1	0.2	2.5	2.7	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.1	2.0	3.6	8.0	.450	1.5	3.7	.409	1.5	2.0	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	10	37.3	19.0	3.0	6.9	9.9	2.6	0.8	1.7	2.4	2.7	7.8	15.0	.520	0.1	0.2	.500	3.3	6.9	.478
Richard Jefferson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Tim Duncan	Richard Jefferson
Season	2010-11	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tim Duncan	76	28.4	13.4	2.2	6.7	8.9	2.7	0.7	1.9	1.6	1.6	5.5	11.0	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.4	.716
difference:	+2	+11.6	+7.6	+1.9	+4.6	+6.4	+1.9	+0.3	+1.8	-0.9		+3.6	+6.6	+.056	+0.9	+2.0	+.426	+1.3	+1.9	+.032
Richard Jefferson	74	16.8	5.8	0.3	2.1	2.5	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.6	1.9	4.4	.444	0.9	2.1	.426	1.1	1.5	.684

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	6	35.3	12.7	2.7	7.8	10.5	2.7	0.5	2.5	3.0	2.8	5.5	11.5	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.7	.625
difference:	+2	+22.5	+8.9	+2.7	+7.3	+10.0	+2.4		+2.5	-2.2	-0.5	+4.2	+8.0	+.121	+0.8	+2.0		+1.2	+2.2	+.375
Richard Jefferson	4	12.8	3.8	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	2.3	1.3	3.5	.357	0.8	2.0	.375	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 15
	Tim Duncan	Richard Jefferson
Season	2011-12	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Tim Duncan	58	28.2	15.4	1.9	7.1	9.0	2.3	0.7	1.5	1.7	1.7	6.2	12.6	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.3	.695
difference:	+16	+10.3	+9.9	+1.7	+5.6	+7.3	+1.5	+0.3	+1.3	-1.1		+4.3	+8.4	+.034	+0.9	+2.2	+.382	+2.2	+3.1	+.028
Richard Jefferson	74	17.9	5.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.7	1.9	4.2	.458	0.9	2.3	.382	0.8	1.2	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	14	33.1	17.4	2.3	7.1	9.4	2.8	0.7	2.1	1.5	2.1	7.2	14.6	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.1	.707
difference:	+7	+15.0	+12.0	+1.5	+4.3	+5.9	+2.1	+0.2	+2.1	-0.9	-0.5	+5.1	+10.6	+.029	+0.5	+1.2	+.393	+2.2	+3.1	+.043
Richard Jefferson	21	18.1	5.4	0.8	2.8	3.5	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.6	2.1	4.0	.524	0.5	1.3	.393	0.7	1.0	.750


Season 16
	Tim Duncan	Richard Jefferson
Season	2012-13	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	69	30.1	17.8	1.8	8.1	9.9	2.7	0.7	2.7	2.1	1.7	7.1	14.1	.502	0.0	0.1	.286	3.6	4.3	.817
difference:	+10	+9.7	+12.1	+1.4	+5.9	+7.3	+1.7	+0.4	+2.6	-1.4	-0.2	+5.2	+9.8	+.056	+0.8	+2.3	+.047	+2.6	+2.9	+.076
Richard Jefferson	79	20.4	5.7	0.4	2.2	2.6	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.9	1.9	4.3	.446	0.8	2.4	.333	1.0	1.4	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	21	35.0	18.1	2.6	7.6	10.2	1.9	0.9	1.6	2.0	2.5	7.2	15.3	.470	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	4.7	.806
difference:	+7	+22.2	+14.2	+1.9	+6.5	+8.4	+1.4	+0.8	+1.4	-1.4	-0.4	+6.1	+12.6	+.049	+0.4	+1.4		+2.5	+2.7	+.163
Richard Jefferson	14	12.8	3.9	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.6	2.1	1.1	2.7	.421	0.4	1.4	.263	1.3	2.0	.643


Season 17
	Tim Duncan	Richard Jefferson
Season	2013-14	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	74	29.2	15.1	2.1	7.6	9.7	3.0	0.6	1.9	2.1	1.8	6.0	12.2	.490	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	4.3	.731
difference:	+54	+21.0	+13.6	+2.0	+6.8	+8.8	+2.2	+0.5	+1.8	-1.8	-1.2	+5.4	+10.8	+.046	+0.1	+0.3	+.286	+2.9	+3.9	+.160
Richard Jefferson	20	8.2	1.5	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.4	.444	0.1	0.4	.286	0.2	0.4	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Duncan	23	32.7	16.3	2.8	6.3	9.2	2.0	0.3	1.3	1.1	2.3	6.5	12.4	.523	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	4.3	.760
Richard Jefferson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Tim Duncan played 2 seasons more than Richard Jefferson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 18 to 19, from 2015 to 2016—Tim Duncan played in two Playoffs. In those 2 extra years over Richard Jefferson, Tim Duncan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game

Tim Duncan vs. Richard Jefferson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Richard Jefferson and Tim Duncan, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

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Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

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Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

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Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years