Amir Johnson vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and Amir Johnson, 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.

Amir Johnson played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Sam Jones, who played 12. Amir Johnson had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while Sam Jones had his rookie season in 1957-58. 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 2
	Amir Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2006-07	1958-59
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Amir Johnson	8	15.5	5.9	1.9	2.8	4.6	0.4	0.6	1.6	1.1	2.4	2.3	4.1	.545	0.0	0.4	.000	1.4	1.8	.786
Sam Jones	71	20.6	10.7	-	-	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.4	4.3	9.9	.434	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amir Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	11	17.5	10.3	-	-	5.7	1.5	-	-	-	1.3	3.6	9.8	.370	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.846

Season 3
	Amir Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2007-08	1959-60
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Amir Johnson	62	12.3	3.6	1.4	2.4	3.8	0.5	0.4	1.3	0.6	2.3	1.5	2.7	.558	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.673
Sam Jones	74	20.4	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.4	4.8	10.6	.454	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.764
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amir Johnson	8	5.4	2.6	0.4	1.3	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.9	1.1	1.5	.750	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.8	.500
Sam Jones	13	15.2	8.2	-	-	3.2	1.4	-	-	-	1.2	3.5	9.0	.385	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.810

Season 4
	Amir Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2008-09	1960-61
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Amir Johnson	62	14.7	3.5	1.6	2.1	3.7	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.5	2.8	1.6	2.6	.595	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.657
Sam Jones	78	26.0	15.0	-	-	5.4	2.8	-	-	-	1.9	6.2	13.7	.449	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amir Johnson	3	4.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Sam Jones	10	25.8	13.1	-	-	5.4	2.2	-	-	-	2.2	5.0	11.2	.446	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	.886

Season 5
	Amir Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2009-10	1961-62
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Amir Johnson	82	17.7	6.2	1.9	2.9	4.8	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.8	3.1	2.5	4.1	.623	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.8	.638
Sam Jones	78	30.6	18.4	-	-	5.9	3.0	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	16.5	.464	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amir Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	14	36.0	20.6	-	-	7.1	3.1	-	-	-	2.1	8.8	19.8	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.700

Season 6
	Amir Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2010-11	1962-63
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Amir Johnson	72	25.7	9.6	2.6	3.8	6.4	1.1	0.7	1.2	1.0	3.7	3.9	6.9	.568	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.2	.788
Sam Jones	76	30.6	19.7	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	8.2	17.2	.476	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amir Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	13	34.6	23.8	-	-	6.2	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	9.2	19.1	.484	-	-	-	5.3	6.4	.831

Season 7
	Amir Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2011-12	1963-64
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Amir Johnson	64	24.3	7.1	2.3	4.0	6.4	1.2	0.5	1.1	1.5	3.3	3.1	5.3	.576	0.0	0.1	.400	0.9	1.3	.690
Sam Jones	76	31.3	19.4	-	-	4.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.1	17.9	.450	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amir Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	10	35.6	23.2	-	-	4.7	2.3	-	-	-	2.4	9.1	18.0	.506	-	-	-	5.0	6.8	.735

Season 8
	Amir Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2012-13	1964-65
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Amir Johnson	81	28.7	10.0	2.8	4.7	7.5	1.5	1.0	1.4	1.4	3.7	4.1	7.5	.554	0.1	0.2	.385	1.7	2.3	.727
Sam Jones	80	36.1	25.9	-	-	5.1	2.8	-	-	-	2.2	10.3	22.7	.452	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.820
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amir Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	12	41.3	28.6	-	-	4.6	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	11.3	24.5	.459	-	-	-	6.1	7.0	.869

Season 9
	Amir Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2013-14	1965-66
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Amir Johnson	77	28.8	10.4	2.2	4.3	6.6	1.5	0.7	1.1	1.6	3.5	4.5	7.9	.562	0.3	0.9	.303	1.2	1.9	.636
Sam Jones	67	32.2	23.5	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.5	9.3	19.9	.469	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.799
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amir Johnson	7	27.3	11.0	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.7	4.1	4.9	7.4	.654	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	1.7	.750
Sam Jones	17	35.4	24.8	-	-	5.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.1	20.2	.449	-	-	-	6.7	8.0	.838

Season 10
	Amir Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2014-15	1966-67
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amir Johnson	75	26.4	9.3	2.1	4.0	6.1	1.6	0.6	0.8	1.5	3.0	4.0	6.9	.574	0.3	0.6	.413	1.1	1.7	.612
Sam Jones	72	32.3	22.1	-	-	4.7	3.0	-	-	-	2.7	8.9	19.5	.454	-	-	-	4.4	5.2	.857
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amir Johnson	4	28.0	11.5	1.8	5.3	7.0	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.8	4.0	5.0	7.3	.690	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	3.0	.500
Sam Jones	9	36.2	26.7	-	-	5.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.3	10.6	23.0	.459	-	-	-	5.6	6.4	.862

Season 11
	Amir Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2015-16	1967-68
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Amir Johnson	79	22.8	7.3	2.3	4.1	6.4	1.7	0.7	1.1	1.2	2.7	3.2	5.4	.585	0.1	0.5	.233	0.9	1.5	.570
Sam Jones	73	33.0	21.3	-	-	4.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.5	18.5	.461	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amir Johnson	6	22.3	8.5	1.8	5.3	7.2	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.7	2.2	3.7	5.5	.667	0.0	0.3	.000	1.2	1.5	.778
Sam Jones	19	36.1	20.5	-	-	3.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	8.5	19.3	.441	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.786

Season 12
	Amir Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2016-17	1968-69
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Amir Johnson	80	20.1	6.5	1.5	3.1	4.6	1.8	0.6	0.8	1.0	2.6	2.7	4.6	.576	0.3	0.8	.409	0.8	1.3	.670
Sam Jones	70	26.0	16.3	-	-	3.8	2.6	-	-	-	1.7	7.1	15.8	.450	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Amir Johnson	14	10.1	2.6	1.2	0.9	2.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	1.7	1.1	2.1	.500	0.1	0.2	.333	0.4	0.6	.625
Sam Jones	18	28.6	16.8	-	-	3.2	2.1	-	-	-	2.5	6.9	16.4	.419	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.797