C.J. McCollum vs. Ralph Sampson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ralph Sampson and C.J. McCollum, 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.

C.J. McCollum played 11 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ralph Sampson, who played 9. C.J. McCollum had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Ralph Sampson had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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
C.J. McCollum	11	10	2013-14 to 2023-24
Ralph Sampson	9	4	1983-84 to 1991-92

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	C.J. McCollum	Ralph Sampson
Season	2013-14	1983-84
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
C.J. McCollum	38	12.5	5.3	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.4	1.9	4.7	.416	0.8	2.1	.375	0.6	0.9	.676
Ralph Sampson	82	32.8	21.0	3.6	7.6	11.1	2.0	0.9	2.4	3.6	4.1	8.7	16.7	.523	0.0	0.0	.250	3.5	5.3	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	6	4.0	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.8	.091	0.0	0.8	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	C.J. McCollum	Ralph Sampson
Season	2014-15	1984-85
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
C.J. McCollum	62	15.7	6.8	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.0	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.3	2.6	5.9	.436	0.9	2.2	.396	0.8	1.2	.699
Ralph Sampson	82	37.6	22.1	2.8	7.6	10.4	2.7	1.0	2.0	4.0	3.7	9.2	18.3	.502	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.5	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	5	33.2	17.0	0.2	3.8	4.0	0.4	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.6	6.4	13.4	.478	2.2	4.6	.478	2.0	2.6	.769
Ralph Sampson	5	38.6	21.2	5.0	11.6	16.6	1.4	0.4	1.6	3.4	4.6	8.6	20.0	.430	0.2	0.2	1.000	3.8	7.4	.514


Season 3
	C.J. McCollum	Ralph Sampson
Season	2015-16	1985-86
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets 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		%
C.J. McCollum	80	34.8	20.8	0.6	2.7	3.2	4.3	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.3	8.0	17.9	.448	2.5	5.9	.417	2.3	2.8	.827
Ralph Sampson	79	36.3	18.9	3.3	7.9	11.1	3.6	1.3	1.6	3.6	3.9	7.9	16.2	.488	0.0	0.2	.133	3.1	4.8	.641

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	11	40.2	20.5	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.3	0.9	0.5	1.8	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	1.8	5.3	.345	3.4	4.2	.804
Ralph Sampson	20	37.1	20.0	3.3	7.5	10.8	4.0	1.5	1.8	3.6	4.0	7.8	15.1	.518	0.1	0.1	1.000	4.3	5.9	.729


Season 4
	C.J. McCollum	Ralph Sampson
Season	2016-17	1986-87
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
C.J. McCollum	80	35.0	23.0	0.8	2.9	3.6	3.6	0.9	0.5	2.2	2.5	8.7	18.0	.480	2.3	5.5	.421	3.4	3.7	.912
Ralph Sampson	43	30.8	15.6	2.0	6.6	8.7	2.8	0.9	1.3	2.9	3.9	6.4	13.2	.489	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	4.4	.624

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	4	35.0	22.5	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	3.8	2.5	8.0	20.0	.400	2.8	5.5	.500	3.8	4.0	.938
Ralph Sampson	10	33.0	18.6	2.7	6.1	8.8	2.1	0.2	1.2	3.1	4.7	7.5	14.6	.514	0.1	0.2	.500	3.5	4.3	.814


Season 5
	C.J. McCollum	Ralph Sampson
Season	2017-18	1987-88
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
C.J. McCollum	81	36.1	21.4	0.7	3.3	4.0	3.4	1.0	0.4	1.9	2.1	8.2	18.6	.443	2.3	5.9	.397	2.6	3.1	.836
Ralph Sampson	48	34.6	15.6	2.9	6.7	9.6	2.5	0.9	1.8	3.6	3.4	6.2	14.2	.438	0.0	0.2	.182	3.1	4.1	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	4	38.8	25.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.5	1.3	0.3	2.3	2.8	10.0	19.3	.519	2.8	6.5	.423	2.5	3.3	.769
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	C.J. McCollum	Ralph Sampson
Season	2018-19	1988-89
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
C.J. McCollum	70	33.9	21.0	0.9	3.1	4.0	3.0	0.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	8.2	17.8	.459	2.4	6.4	.375	2.3	2.7	.828
Ralph Sampson	61	17.8	6.4	1.7	3.3	5.0	1.3	0.5	1.1	1.5	2.8	2.7	6.0	.449	0.0	0.1	.375	1.0	1.6	.653

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	16	39.7	24.7	0.9	4.1	5.0	3.7	0.8	0.6	1.9	2.1	9.6	21.9	.440	2.9	7.3	.393	2.6	3.5	.732
Ralph Sampson	3	14.3	6.7	2.0	2.7	4.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	2.7	3.0	7.3	.409	0.0	1.3	.000	0.7	1.3	.500


Season 7
	C.J. McCollum	Ralph Sampson
Season	2019-20	1989-90
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
C.J. McCollum	70	36.5	22.2	0.7	3.6	4.2	4.4	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.6	8.7	19.4	.451	2.8	7.3	.379	2.0	2.6	.757
Ralph Sampson	26	16.0	4.2	0.4	2.8	3.2	1.1	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.5	1.8	5.0	.372	0.0	0.2	.250	0.5	0.9	.522

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	5	39.2	23.2	1.0	4.8	5.8	3.2	1.2	0.4	3.0	2.0	8.8	19.8	.444	2.6	7.0	.371	3.0	4.4	.682
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	C.J. McCollum	Ralph Sampson
Season	2020-21	1990-91
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
C.J. McCollum	47	34.0	23.1	0.6	3.3	3.9	4.7	0.9	0.4	1.4	1.9	8.6	18.8	.458	3.6	8.9	.402	2.3	2.8	.812
Ralph Sampson	25	13.9	3.0	1.6	2.8	4.4	0.7	0.4	0.7	1.1	2.2	1.4	3.7	.366	0.0	0.2	.200	0.2	0.8	.263

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	6	40.0	20.7	1.0	5.0	6.0	4.3	0.3	0.7	2.0	4.2	8.3	19.0	.439	2.3	7.0	.333	1.7	2.2	.769
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	C.J. McCollum	Ralph Sampson
Season	2021-22	1991-92
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Pelicans	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West 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		%
C.J. McCollum	62	34.6	22.1	0.9	3.5	4.3	5.1	1.1	0.4	2.0	2.0	8.6	18.8	.460	2.9	7.6	.388	1.9	2.7	.682
Ralph Sampson	10	10.8	2.2	1.1	1.9	3.0	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.0	1.4	0.9	2.9	.310	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	6	39.0	22.2	1.8	4.8	6.7	4.8	0.7	0.8	2.5	2.5	8.2	20.8	.392	2.8	8.5	.333	3.0	4.3	.692
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	C.J. McCollum	Ralph Sampson
Season	2022-23	-
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	-
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		%
C.J. McCollum	75	35.3	20.9	0.7	3.6	4.4	5.7	0.9	0.5	2.4	2.0	7.8	17.9	.437	2.8	7.2	.389	2.4	3.2	.769
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	C.J. McCollum	Ralph Sampson
Season	2023-24	-
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pelicans 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		%
C.J. McCollum	66	32.7	20.0	0.6	3.7	4.3	4.6	0.9	0.6	1.7	1.9	7.3	16.0	.459	3.6	8.4	.429	1.7	2.1	.827
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
C.J. McCollum	4	37.0	17.8	0.5	4.3	4.8	4.8	1.8	0.8	4.0	3.5	7.8	18.5	.419	1.8	7.3	.241	0.5	0.5	1.000
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

C.J. McCollum vs. Ralph Sampson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ralph Sampson and C.J. McCollum, 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