Happy Hairston vs. DeAndre Jordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeAndre Jordan and Happy Hairston, 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.

Happy Hairston played 11 years in the NBA, 5 less than DeAndre Jordan, who played 16. Happy Hairston had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, 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 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.

Season 6
	Happy Hairston	DeAndre Jordan
Season	1969-70	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Clippers 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		%
Happy Hairston	70	34.7	18.5	-	-	11.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.3	6.9	13.9	.496	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.789
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		%
Happy Hairston	16	18.5	7.4	-	-	4.8	1.3	-	-	-	1.9	2.9	6.8	.435	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.686
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
	Happy Hairston	DeAndre Jordan
Season	1970-71	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Clippers 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		%
Happy Hairston	80	36.5	18.6	-	-	10.0	2.1	-	-	-	3.2	7.2	15.4	.466	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.782
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	.250	2.3	5.7	.397
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	12	39.3	17.0	-	-	9.1	2.8	-	-	-	3.4	6.9	13.7	.506	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.760
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
	Happy Hairston	DeAndre Jordan
Season	1971-72	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Happy Hairston	80	34.4	13.1	-	-	13.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	10.0	.461	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.779
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	.000	3.5	8.0	.430
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	15	38.5	13.5	-	-	13.1	2.1	-	-	-	2.9	4.9	11.2	.440	-	-	-	3.6	4.5	.794
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
	Happy Hairston	DeAndre Jordan
Season	1972-73	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Happy Hairston	28	33.5	16.3	-	-	13.2	2.4	-	-	-	2.8	5.6	11.7	.482	-	-	-	5.0	6.4	.787
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	.000	2.5	5.2	.482
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	3	8.7	2.7	-	-	1.3	0.3	-	-	-	0.7	0.3	3.0	.111	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.750
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 15
	Happy Hairston	DeAndre Jordan
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Happy Hairston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	1.000	0.6	1.2	.458
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Happy Hairston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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