Brad Daugherty or DeAndre Jordan? The NBA Stat Breakdown

This is as close as it gets. Brad Daugherty and DeAndre Jordan split the statistical categories evenly — 4 apiece — making this one of the most genuinely contested C comparisons in NBA history. When the numbers are this balanced, the debate comes down to which statistics matter most to you.

Brad Daugherty's Assists Per Game of 3.7 compared to DeAndre Jordan's 0.9 represents a 311.1% advantage — dramatically better than their counterpart in this critical category. DeAndre Jordan falls 50% below the career average of 1.8 in this category while Brad Daugherty exceeds it. It is the single most decisive number in this comparison and the clearest statistical argument for Brad Daugherty's edge.

The most competitive category in this matchup is Rebounds Per Game, where Brad Daugherty posts 9.5 against DeAndre Jordan's 9.7 — a gap of just 2.1%. DeAndre Jordan can point to this as evidence that the overall comparison is closer than the final 4-4 tally suggests. In any debate, Rebounds Per Game is the statistical ammunition for the DeAndre Jordan side.

Centers have evolved dramatically across NBA eras — from dominant low-post scorers to modern stretch bigs. Career statistics must be evaluated with positional evolution and era context in mind.

With categories split evenly, this comparison ultimately comes down to which statistics matter most to you. Brad Daugherty claims the tiebreaker through Assists Per Game advantage — a 311.1% edge — but reasonable people can, and do, argue both sides of this NBA debate.