Jrue Holiday vs. Purvis Short Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Purvis Short and Jrue Holiday, 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

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.

Jrue Holiday played 15 years in the NBA, 3 more than Purvis Short, who played 12. Jrue Holiday had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Purvis Short had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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
Jrue Holiday	15	8	2009-10 to 2023-24
Purvis Short	12	3	1978-79 to 1989-90

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


Rookie Season
	Jrue Holiday	Purvis Short
Season	2009-10	1978-79
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	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		%
Jrue Holiday	73	24.2	8.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.1	3.2	7.1	.442	0.8	2.2	.390	0.9	1.2	.756
Purvis Short	75	22.7	10.6	1.7	2.9	4.6	1.3	0.7	0.2	1.5	3.1	4.9	10.3	.479	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.671

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jrue Holiday	Purvis Short
Season	2010-11	1979-80
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Jrue Holiday	82	35.4	14.0	0.8	3.2	4.0	6.5	1.5	0.4	2.7	2.5	5.4	12.2	.446	1.0	2.7	.365	2.1	2.5	.823
Purvis Short	62	26.4	17.0	1.9	3.2	5.1	2.0	1.0	0.1	2.0	3.0	7.4	14.8	.503	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	2.7	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	5	37.6	14.2	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.6	2.0	0.4	2.2	2.0	4.8	11.6	.414	2.2	4.2	.524	2.4	3.0	.800
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jrue Holiday	Purvis Short
Season	2011-12	1980-81
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Jrue Holiday	65	33.8	13.5	0.9	2.4	3.3	4.5	1.6	0.3	2.1	2.1	5.5	12.8	.432	1.0	2.6	.380	1.4	1.8	.783
Purvis Short	79	29.2	16.1	1.9	3.0	4.9	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.8	3.1	6.9	14.6	.475	0.0	0.2	.176	2.1	2.6	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	13	38.0	15.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.2	1.5	0.6	2.0	1.8	5.7	13.8	.413	1.5	3.8	.408	2.9	3.4	.864
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jrue Holiday	Purvis Short
Season	2012-13	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Jrue Holiday	78	37.5	17.7	1.1	3.1	4.2	8.0	1.6	0.4	3.7	2.2	7.1	16.5	.431	1.2	3.2	.368	2.3	3.1	.752
Purvis Short	76	23.4	14.4	1.6	1.9	3.5	2.8	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.9	6.0	12.3	.488	0.1	0.4	.214	2.3	2.9	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Jrue Holiday	Purvis Short
Season	2013-14	1982-83
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
Jrue Holiday	34	33.6	14.3	0.8	3.4	4.2	7.9	1.6	0.4	3.1	2.7	6.0	13.4	.447	0.9	2.3	.390	1.5	1.9	.810
Purvis Short	67	35.8	21.4	2.2	3.1	5.3	3.4	1.4	0.2	2.9	3.6	8.8	18.0	.487	0.1	0.2	.267	3.8	4.6	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jrue Holiday	Purvis Short
Season	2014-15	1983-84
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West 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		%
Jrue Holiday	40	32.6	14.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	6.9	1.6	0.6	2.3	2.8	6.0	13.4	.446	1.3	3.4	.378	1.6	1.9	.855
Purvis Short	79	37.3	22.8	2.3	3.2	5.5	3.1	1.3	0.1	2.9	3.2	9.0	19.1	.473	0.3	0.9	.306	4.5	5.6	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	3	18.3	6.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	4.3	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.0	2.3	6.3	.368	0.3	1.3	.250	1.3	1.3	1.000
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jrue Holiday	Purvis Short
Season	2015-16	1984-85
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
Jrue Holiday	65	28.2	16.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.0	1.4	0.3	2.6	2.3	6.3	14.4	.439	1.3	4.0	.336	2.8	3.3	.843
Purvis Short	78	39.5	28.0	2.0	3.1	5.1	3.0	1.5	0.3	3.1	3.3	10.5	22.8	.460	0.6	1.9	.313	6.4	7.9	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Jrue Holiday	Purvis Short
Season	2016-17	1985-86
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
Jrue Holiday	67	32.7	15.4	0.7	3.3	3.9	7.3	1.5	0.7	2.9	2.0	6.0	13.3	.454	1.5	4.2	.356	1.8	2.5	.708
Purvis Short	64	37.9	25.5	2.0	3.2	5.1	3.7	1.4	0.3	2.9	3.6	9.9	20.5	.482	0.2	0.8	.306	5.5	6.3	.865

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jrue Holiday	Purvis Short
Season	2017-18	1986-87
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Jrue Holiday	81	36.1	19.0	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.0	1.5	0.8	2.6	2.5	7.6	15.4	.494	1.5	4.4	.337	2.3	2.9	.786
Purvis Short	34	27.9	18.3	1.6	2.4	4.0	2.5	1.3	0.2	2.0	3.0	7.1	14.7	.479	0.1	0.5	.235	4.0	4.7	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	9	38.7	23.7	1.0	4.7	5.7	6.3	1.1	0.6	2.6	2.4	9.8	18.9	.518	1.8	5.6	.320	2.3	3.3	.700
Purvis Short	10	25.3	14.6	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.7	1.2	0.2	2.1	3.4	5.7	12.3	.463	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	3.6	.889


Season 10
	Jrue Holiday	Purvis Short
Season	2018-19	1987-88
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Jrue Holiday	67	35.9	21.2	1.1	3.9	5.0	7.7	1.6	0.8	3.1	2.2	8.2	17.3	.472	1.8	5.4	.325	3.1	4.0	.768
Purvis Short	81	24.1	14.3	0.9	1.9	2.7	2.0	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.4	5.9	12.2	.481	0.1	0.3	.238	2.5	3.0	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	4	17.8	5.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.8	6.5	.269	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 11
	Jrue Holiday	Purvis Short
Season	2019-20	1988-89
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Jrue Holiday	61	34.7	19.1	1.3	3.5	4.8	6.7	1.6	0.8	3.0	2.4	7.5	16.5	.455	2.0	5.7	.353	2.1	3.0	.709
Purvis Short	65	17.8	7.4	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.1	1.8	3.0	7.4	.413	0.1	0.5	.273	1.2	1.4	.865

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Purvis Short	4	9.3	4.8	1.5	0.8	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.8	2.0	5.3	.381	0.0	0.5	.000	0.8	1.3	.600


Season 12
	Jrue Holiday	Purvis Short
Season	2020-21	1989-90
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Jrue Holiday	59	32.3	17.7	1.2	3.3	4.5	6.1	1.6	0.6	2.2	1.7	7.0	13.9	.503	1.9	4.8	.392	1.8	2.3	.787
Purvis Short	82	27.0	13.1	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.5	2.5	5.3	11.6	.455	0.1	0.4	.286	2.4	2.9	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	23	39.7	17.3	1.4	4.3	5.7	8.7	1.7	0.4	2.4	2.1	6.9	16.9	.406	1.9	6.2	.303	1.7	2.4	.714
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Jrue Holiday	Purvis Short
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Jrue Holiday	67	33.0	18.3	1.0	3.5	4.5	6.8	1.6	0.4	2.7	2.0	7.1	14.2	.501	2.0	4.8	.411	2.0	2.7	.761
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	12	38.6	19.1	1.0	4.6	5.6	6.5	1.8	0.6	2.8	2.3	7.4	19.6	.379	2.1	6.6	.316	2.2	2.6	.839
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Jrue Holiday	Purvis Short
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Jrue Holiday	67	32.6	19.3	1.2	3.9	5.1	7.4	1.2	0.4	2.9	1.7	7.3	15.3	.479	2.4	6.1	.384	2.3	2.6	.859
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	5	38.2	17.8	0.8	5.8	6.6	8.0	1.0	0.4	2.4	2.4	6.8	17.0	.400	2.4	8.4	.286	1.8	2.6	.692
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Jrue Holiday	Purvis Short
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics TBD	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	69	32.8	12.5	1.2	4.2	5.4	4.8	0.9	0.8	1.8	1.6	4.8	10.0	.480	2.0	4.7	.429	0.9	1.0	.833
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	9	36.6	10.1	1.4	3.8	5.2	4.1	1.3	0.9	1.1	1.8	3.9	9.1	.427	1.8	4.4	.400	0.6	0.7	.833
Purvis Short	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jrue Holiday vs. Purvis Short Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Purvis Short and Jrue Holiday, 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

Season 15