Bernard King vs. JaKarr Sampson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of JaKarr Sampson and Bernard King, 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.

Bernard King played 14 years in the NBA, 8 more than JaKarr Sampson, who played 6. Bernard King had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while JaKarr Sampson had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bernard King	JaKarr Sampson
Season	1977-78	2014-15
Team	New Jersey Nets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Bernard King	79	39.1	24.2	3.4	6.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	3.9	3.8	10.1	21.1	.479	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	.677
JaKarr Sampson	74	15.3	5.2	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.0	1.8	2.0	4.7	.422	0.4	1.7	.244	0.9	1.3	.670
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaKarr Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: JaKarr Sampson didn't play in 2016-17.

Season 5
	Bernard King	JaKarr Sampson
Season	1981-82	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Bernard King	79	36.2	23.2	1.8	4.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	3.4	3.6	9.4	16.5	.566	0.0	0.1	.200	4.5	6.3	.705
JaKarr Sampson	34	13.9	4.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.4	1.9	2.0	3.4	.591	0.1	0.4	.154	0.5	0.8	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaKarr Sampson	4	12.5	5.0	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	2.5	2.5	4.0	.625	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 7
	Bernard King	JaKarr Sampson
Season	1983-84	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Bernard King	77	34.6	26.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	2.6	3.5	10.3	18.1	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.3	.779
JaKarr Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	12	39.8	34.8	2.3	3.8	6.2	3.0	1.2	0.5	2.6	4.0	13.5	23.5	.574	0.0	0.1	.000	7.8	10.3	.756
JaKarr Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Bernard King	JaKarr Sampson
Season	1984-85	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Bernard King	55	37.5	32.9	2.1	3.7	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	3.7	3.5	12.6	23.7	.530	0.0	0.2	.100	7.7	10.0	.772
JaKarr Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaKarr Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1985-86.

Season 13
	Bernard King	JaKarr Sampson
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Washington Bullets	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Bernard King	64	37.5	28.4	1.8	3.2	5.0	4.6	0.9	0.3	4.0	2.9	11.1	23.6	.472	0.1	0.6	.216	6.0	7.6	.790
JaKarr Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaKarr Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1991-92.