Bill Bradley vs. Richard Jefferson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Richard Jefferson and Bill Bradley, 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.

Bill Bradley played 10 years in the NBA, 7 less than Richard Jefferson, who played 17. Bill Bradley had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Richard Jefferson had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
Bill Bradley	10	8	1967-68 to 1976-77
Richard Jefferson	17	12	2001-02 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bill Bradley	Richard Jefferson
Season	1967-68	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Nets Lost NBA 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		%
Bill Bradley	45	19.4	8.0	-	-	2.5	3.0	-	-	-	3.1	3.2	7.6	.416	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.731
Richard Jefferson	79	24.3	9.4	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.7	3.4	7.5	.457	0.2	0.7	.232	2.4	3.4	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	6	10.7	5.5	-	-	1.0	0.3	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	4.7	.429	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.692
Richard Jefferson	20	22.1	7.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.0	2.7	5.7	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	3.0	.550


Season 2
	Bill Bradley	Richard Jefferson
Season	1968-69	2002-03
Team	New York Knicks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Nets Lost NBA 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		%
Bill Bradley	82	29.4	12.4	-	-	4.3	3.7	-	-	-	3.6	5.0	11.6	.429	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.814
Richard Jefferson	80	36.0	15.5	1.9	4.6	6.4	2.5	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.7	5.7	11.4	.501	0.1	0.3	.250	4.1	5.5	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	10	41.9	16.0	-	-	7.3	4.0	-	-	-	3.8	6.5	14.1	.461	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.769
Richard Jefferson	20	35.7	14.1	1.5	4.9	6.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.3	3.4	5.5	11.6	.476	0.0	0.2	.000	3.1	4.3	.718


Season 3
	Bill Bradley	Richard Jefferson
Season	1969-70	2003-04
Team	New York Knicks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets 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		%
Bill Bradley	67	31.3	14.5	-	-	3.6	4.0	-	-	-	3.3	6.2	13.4	.460	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	.824
Richard Jefferson	82	38.2	18.5	1.3	4.3	5.7	3.8	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.7	6.8	13.6	.498	0.6	1.6	.364	4.4	5.7	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	19	32.4	12.4	-	-	3.8	3.2	-	-	-	3.1	5.3	12.3	.429	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.814
Richard Jefferson	11	41.6	19.8	1.3	5.0	6.3	3.8	1.3	0.7	3.9	3.2	6.0	14.4	.418	0.8	3.0	.273	7.0	9.8	.713


Season 4
	Bill Bradley	Richard Jefferson
Season	1970-71	2004-05
Team	New York Knicks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Nets 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		%
Bill Bradley	78	29.5	12.4	-	-	3.3	3.6	-	-	-	3.1	5.3	11.7	.453	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.823
Richard Jefferson	33	41.1	22.2	1.5	5.8	7.3	4.0	1.0	0.5	4.0	3.3	7.2	17.1	.422	0.9	2.7	.337	6.9	8.2	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	12	30.7	10.5	-	-	3.4	3.6	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	11.0	.424	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.737
Richard Jefferson	4	35.5	15.8	2.0	3.5	5.5	2.3	0.8	0.0	2.0	3.5	5.0	12.5	.400	0.5	2.5	.200	5.3	7.8	.677


Season 5
	Bill Bradley	Richard Jefferson
Season	1971-72	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Nets 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		%
Bill Bradley	78	35.6	15.1	-	-	3.2	4.0	-	-	-	3.3	6.5	13.9	.465	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	.849
Richard Jefferson	78	39.2	19.5	1.2	5.6	6.8	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.3	12.9	.493	0.8	2.4	.319	6.0	7.4	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	16	37.1	16.2	-	-	2.9	3.4	-	-	-	4.1	6.6	14.2	.467	-	-	-	2.9	3.5	.839
Richard Jefferson	11	39.7	22.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	4.1	0.9	0.4	2.7	2.9	8.2	15.0	.545	1.1	2.6	.414	4.7	5.7	.825


Season 6
	Bill Bradley	Richard Jefferson
Season	1972-73	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets 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		%
Bill Bradley	82	36.6	16.1	-	-	3.7	4.5	-	-	-	3.3	7.0	15.3	.459	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	.871
Richard Jefferson	55	35.6	16.3	0.9	3.5	4.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	2.2	2.2	5.5	12.1	.456	0.9	2.6	.359	4.3	5.9	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	17	34.5	14.0	-	-	3.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.5	5.8	13.0	.448	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	.800
Richard Jefferson	12	40.8	19.7	0.3	5.3	5.6	2.3	0.8	0.4	2.3	2.0	6.8	14.0	.482	1.1	3.3	.325	5.1	5.5	.924


Season 7
	Bill Bradley	Richard Jefferson
Season	1973-74	2007-08
Team	New York Knicks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Bill Bradley	82	34.3	14.0	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.0	0.5	0.3	-	3.4	6.1	13.6	.451	-	-	-	1.8	2.0	.874
Richard Jefferson	82	39.0	22.6	1.1	3.0	4.2	3.1	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.7	7.5	16.2	.466	0.9	2.6	.362	6.6	8.3	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	12	35.4	12.6	0.7	1.7	2.3	1.1	0.6	0.3	-	3.3	5.3	13.3	.396	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	.862
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Bill Bradley	Richard Jefferson
Season	1974-75	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Bill Bradley	79	35.3	13.3	0.8	2.4	3.2	3.1	0.9	0.2	-	3.6	5.7	13.1	.436	-	-	-	1.8	2.1	.873
Richard Jefferson	82	35.8	19.6	0.7	3.9	4.6	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.0	3.1	6.5	14.9	.439	1.4	3.6	.397	5.1	6.3	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	3	29.3	6.7	1.3	1.7	3.0	2.0	0.7	0.0	-	1.7	3.0	8.0	.375	-	-	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Bill Bradley	Richard Jefferson
Season	1975-76	2009-10
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Bill Bradley	82	33.0	11.1	0.6	2.3	2.9	3.0	0.8	0.2	-	3.1	4.8	11.0	.433	-	-	-	1.6	1.8	.878
Richard Jefferson	81	31.1	12.3	0.7	3.7	4.4	2.0	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.2	4.5	9.6	.467	0.7	2.3	.316	2.6	3.5	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	10	33.4	9.4	0.8	4.5	5.3	1.8	0.6	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.4	7.0	.486	0.1	0.5	.200	2.5	3.3	.758


Season 10
	Bill Bradley	Richard Jefferson
Season	1976-77	2010-11
Team	New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Bill Bradley	67	15.3	4.3	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.9	0.4	0.1	-	1.8	1.9	4.1	.464	-	-	-	0.5	0.6	.810
Richard Jefferson	81	30.4	11.0	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.8	7.9	.474	1.7	3.8	.440	1.8	2.4	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	6	29.3	6.5	0.3	3.8	4.2	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.2	2.0	5.2	.387	1.0	2.8	.353	1.5	1.8	.818


Season 11
	Bill Bradley	Richard Jefferson
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
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		%
Bill Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	63	27.7	9.2	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.9	3.2	7.7	.416	1.8	4.3	.420	0.9	1.3	.694

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Bill Bradley	Richard Jefferson
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Bill Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	56	10.1	3.1	0.1	1.4	1.5	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.4	.456	0.3	0.8	.311	0.7	0.9	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	7	5.6	1.9	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.6	1.3	.444	0.3	0.4	.667	0.4	1.3	.333


Season 13
	Bill Bradley	Richard Jefferson
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
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		%
Bill Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	82	27.0	10.1	0.2	2.5	2.7	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.1	2.0	3.6	8.0	.450	1.5	3.7	.409	1.5	2.0	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Bill Bradley	Richard Jefferson
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks 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		%
Bill Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	74	16.8	5.8	0.3	2.1	2.5	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.6	1.9	4.4	.444	0.9	2.1	.426	1.1	1.5	.684

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	4	12.8	3.8	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	2.3	1.3	3.5	.357	0.8	2.0	.375	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 15
	Bill Bradley	Richard Jefferson
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Bill Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	74	17.9	5.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.7	1.9	4.2	.458	0.9	2.3	.382	0.8	1.2	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	21	18.1	5.4	0.8	2.8	3.5	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.6	2.1	4.0	.524	0.5	1.3	.393	0.7	1.0	.750


Season 16
	Bill Bradley	Richard Jefferson
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Bill Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	79	20.4	5.7	0.4	2.2	2.6	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.9	1.9	4.3	.446	0.8	2.4	.333	1.0	1.4	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	14	12.8	3.9	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.6	2.1	1.1	2.7	.421	0.4	1.4	.263	1.3	2.0	.643


Season 17
	Bill Bradley	Richard Jefferson
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Bill Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	20	8.2	1.5	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.4	.444	0.1	0.4	.286	0.2	0.4	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bill Bradley vs. Richard Jefferson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Richard Jefferson and Bill Bradley, 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

Season 16

Season 17