Flame On: Jordan Clarkson’s Best Moments For Utah Jazz
Jul 2, 2025, 4:05 PM | Updated: Jul 7, 2025, 4:10 pm
SALT LAKE CITY – On Monday, shortly before the opening of NBA Free Agency, the Utah Jazz and guard Jordan Clarkson agreed to a contract buyout.
The veteran spent nearly six seasons in Utah, helping the team qualify for the postseason three times, while ranking fourth in three-pointers made for the franchise.
🕯️ out, always love 🖤
— Jordan Clarkson (@JordanClarksons) June 30, 2025
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Though it may not be the most memorable performance for Jazz fans, Clarkson’s first road game after getting traded to Utah offered an intriguing glimpse of things to come.
Just a month into the 2019-20 season, it was apparent the Jazz’s second unit was among the worst in the league and needed an influx of talent to balance the roster.
The Jazz traded former lottery pick Dante Exum to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Clarkson, and the guard immediately made his impact felt.
In just his second game with his new teammates, Clarkson scored 19 points in 24 minutes off the bench, helping the Jazz beat the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center.
The guard would score in double-digits in 33 of his 41 appearances for the Jazz during his first season in Utah, signaling his arrival as one of the league’s top bench unit players.
Clarkson Sets Jazz Record For Points Off The Bench
Clarkson is one of the purest scorers in the NBA, and never was it more apparent than when he set a new Jazz franchise record for points off the bench.
Jordan Clarkson and De’Aaron Fox both WENT OFF for 40+ points in an amazing guard scoring duel!@JordanClarksons: 45 PTS, 7 3PM@swipathefox: 41 PTS, 11 AST, 2 STL pic.twitter.com/0lDkt0w8oU
— NBA (@NBA) March 13, 2022
On March 12, 2022, the guard helped the Jazz stave off John Drew’s previous Jazz record of 41 from a second-unit player.
Clarkson would score 40 or more three times for the Jazz in a non-starting role, becoming the only player in team history to achieve the feat more than once.
Clarkson Wins Skills Challenge
With the Jazz hosting the All-Star game for the first time in 30 years, the team was well-represented at All-Star Weekend.
While Lauri Markkanen’s surprise All-Star selection might be most memorable for Jazz fans, it was the Skills Challenge on Saturday night that stole the show.
Jordan Clarkson having a good time after winning the 2023 Kia Skills Challenge with his teammates pic.twitter.com/BxD8wiJHQE
— hoops bot (@hoops_bot) February 19, 2023
Clarkson, with teammates Collin Sexton and Walker Kessler, beat out Team Antetokounmpo in front of a packed home arena.
Clarkson Named Sixth Man Of The Year
In 2021, Clarkson led all bench scorers in the NBA, averaging 18.4 points per game, and helped lead the Jazz to the best record in the NBA for the first time in franchise history.
The guard was rewarded with the Kia Sixth Man of the Year Trophy, becoming the first player in Jazz history ever to win the award.
Joe Ingles hands Jordan Clarkson the #KiaSixth Man of the Year trophy 🎶 pic.twitter.com/pamxUATDqb
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) May 24, 2021
Teammate Joe Ingles placed second in Sixth Man of the Year voting and surprised Clarkson with the award during a TNT broadcast.
Clarkson is one of only six players to earn a major end-of-season award for the Jazz.
Clarkson Breaks Jazz Triple-Double Drought
In what might be his last great memory as a member of the Jazz, Clarkson snapped the team’s nearly 16-year triple-double drought.
On New Year’s Day, 2024, the guard recorded 20 points, 11 assists, and 10 rebounds, as the Jazz downed the Dallas Mavericks 127-90.
the bench was all of us on this rebound 🥹#TakeNote | @jordanclarksons pic.twitter.com/1i4RI9WYF8
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) January 2, 2024
The Jazz hadn’t recorded a regular-season triple-double in 5,801 days, the longest active stretch in the NBA at that point.
It was fitting that Jordan Clarkson, the team’s longest tenured player, would do the honors, and he remains the last Jazz player to do it.
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Ben Anderson is the Utah Jazz insider for KSL Sports and the co-host of Jake and Ben from 10-12p with Jake Scott on 97.5 The KSL Sports Zone. Find Ben on Twitter at @BensHoops, on Instagram @BensHoops, or on BlueSky.
