Elvin Hayes vs. James Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Jones and Elvin Hayes, 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.

Elvin Hayes played 16 years in the NBA, 2 more than James Jones, who played 14. Elvin Hayes had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, while James Jones had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
Elvin Hayes	16	10	1968-69 to 1983-84
James Jones	14	12	2003-04 to 2016-17

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Elvin Hayes	James Jones
Season	1968-69	2003-04
Team	San Diego Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Div 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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	45.1	28.4	-	-	17.1	1.4	-	-	-	3.2	11.3	25.4	.447	-	-	-	5.7	9.1	.626
James Jones	6	4.3	1.2	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	1.5	.222	0.2	0.7	.250	0.3	0.3	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	6	46.3	25.8	-	-	13.8	0.8	-	-	-	3.5	10.0	19.0	.526	-	-	-	5.8	8.8	.660
James Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Elvin Hayes	James Jones
Season	1969-70	2004-05
Team	San Diego Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	44.7	27.5	-	-	16.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	11.1	24.6	.452	-	-	-	5.2	7.6	.688
James Jones	75	17.7	4.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.6	1.7	4.2	.396	0.9	2.2	.398	0.7	0.8	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Jones	13	16.1	4.0	0.4	1.7	2.1	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.3	1.4	1.5	3.5	.413	0.8	1.9	.400	0.3	0.7	.444


Season 3
	Elvin Hayes	James Jones
Season	1970-71	2005-06
Team	San Diego Rockets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	44.3	28.7	-	-	16.6	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	11.6	27.0	.428	-	-	-	5.5	8.2	.672
James Jones	75	23.6	9.3	0.6	2.8	3.4	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.5	1.9	3.2	7.7	.418	1.5	3.8	.386	1.4	1.6	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Jones	20	17.7	4.3	0.8	2.8	3.6	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.5	1.3	1.4	4.1	.341	0.4	1.3	.308	1.1	1.3	.846


Season 4
	Elvin Hayes	James Jones
Season	1971-72	2006-07
Team	Houston Rockets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	42.2	25.2	-	-	14.6	3.3	-	-	-	2.8	10.1	23.4	.434	-	-	-	4.9	7.5	.649
James Jones	76	18.1	6.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.4	1.5	2.1	5.8	.368	1.2	3.1	.378	0.9	1.1	.877

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Jones	11	15.5	5.0	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.0	1.7	3.3	.528	0.7	1.6	.444	0.8	1.0	.818


Season 5
	Elvin Hayes	James Jones
Season	1972-73	2007-08
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	41.3	21.2	-	-	14.5	1.6	-	-	-	2.9	8.8	19.8	.444	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.671
James Jones	58	22.0	8.0	0.7	2.0	2.8	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.7	2.5	5.6	.437	1.6	3.5	.444	1.5	1.7	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	5	45.6	25.8	-	-	11.4	1.0	-	-	-	3.2	10.6	21.0	.505	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.697
James Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Elvin Hayes	James Jones
Season	1973-74	2008-09
Team	Capital Bullets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	44.5	21.4	4.4	13.7	18.1	2.0	1.1	3.0	-	3.1	8.5	20.1	.423	-	-	-	4.4	6.1	.721
James Jones	40	15.8	4.2	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.3	1.5	1.4	3.7	.369	0.8	2.4	.344	0.7	0.8	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	7	46.1	25.9	4.4	11.4	15.9	3.0	0.7	2.1	-	3.3	10.9	20.4	.531	-	-	-	4.1	5.9	.707
James Jones	7	33.6	9.6	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.6	2.7	2.4	4.6	.531	1.6	3.1	.500	3.1	3.4	.917


Season 7
	Elvin Hayes	James Jones
Season	1974-75	2009-10
Team	Washington Bullets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Heat 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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	42.3	23.0	2.7	9.5	12.2	2.5	1.9	2.3	-	2.9	9.0	20.3	.443	-	-	-	5.0	6.5	.766
James Jones	36	14.0	4.1	0.1	1.1	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.3	1.2	3.3	.361	1.0	2.5	.411	0.6	0.8	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	17	44.2	25.5	2.7	8.2	10.9	2.2	1.5	2.3	-	4.1	10.2	21.9	.468	-	-	-	5.1	7.5	.677
James Jones	1	9.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 8
	Elvin Hayes	James Jones
Season	1975-76	2010-11
Team	Washington Bullets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
Elvin Hayes	80	37.2	19.8	2.6	8.4	11.0	1.5	1.3	2.5	-	3.7	8.1	17.3	.470	-	-	-	3.6	5.7	.628
James Jones	81	19.1	5.9	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.3	1.6	1.8	4.3	.422	1.5	3.5	.429	0.7	0.9	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	7	43.6	20.0	2.3	10.3	12.6	1.4	0.7	4.0	-	3.4	7.7	17.4	.443	-	-	-	4.6	7.9	.582
James Jones	12	22.7	6.5	0.3	2.3	2.5	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.3	2.0	2.0	4.3	.471	1.4	3.1	.459	1.1	1.1	1.000


Season 9
	Elvin Hayes	James Jones
Season	1976-77	2011-12
Team	Washington Bullets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	41.0	23.7	3.5	9.0	12.5	1.9	1.1	2.7	-	3.8	9.3	18.5	.501	-	-	-	5.1	7.5	.687
James Jones	51	13.1	3.6	0.1	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	2.9	.380	0.9	2.2	.404	0.5	0.6	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	9	45.0	21.0	3.2	10.3	13.6	1.9	1.1	2.4	-	4.3	8.2	19.2	.428	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.695
James Jones	20	8.7	2.6	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.8	2.2	.372	0.5	1.5	.300	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 10
	Elvin Hayes	James Jones
Season	1977-78	2012-13
Team	Washington Bullets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	40.1	19.7	4.1	9.1	13.3	1.8	1.2	2.0	2.8	3.9	7.9	17.4	.451	-	-	-	4.0	6.3	.634
James Jones	38	5.8	1.6	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.6	.344	0.4	1.4	.302	0.1	0.1	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	21	41.3	21.8	4.9	8.4	13.3	2.0	1.5	2.5	2.8	4.1	9.0	18.3	.491	-	-	-	3.8	6.3	.594
James Jones	9	3.7	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.8	.429	0.3	0.4	.750	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Elvin Hayes	James Jones
Season	1978-79	2013-14
Team	Washington Bullets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA Finals	Heat 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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	37.9	21.8	3.8	8.3	12.1	1.7	0.9	2.3	2.9	3.8	8.8	18.0	.487	-	-	-	4.3	6.5	.654
James Jones	20	11.8	4.9	0.1	1.1	1.2	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.6	3.4	.456	1.4	2.7	.519	0.4	0.6	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	19	41.4	22.5	4.9	9.1	14.0	2.0	0.9	2.7	2.9	4.2	8.9	20.8	.429	-	-	-	4.6	6.8	.669
James Jones	15	8.4	3.5	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	1.1	1.2	2.7	.450	1.0	2.1	.469	0.1	0.2	.667


Season 12
	Elvin Hayes	James Jones
Season	1979-80	2014-15
Team	Washington Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	39.3	23.0	3.3	7.7	11.1	1.6	0.8	2.3	2.7	3.8	9.4	20.7	.454	0.0	0.2	.231	4.1	5.9	.699
James Jones	57	11.7	4.4	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.2	1.3	3.5	.368	1.1	3.1	.360	0.7	0.8	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	2	46.0	20.0	5.0	6.0	11.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	8.0	20.5	.390	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.0	.800
James Jones	20	15.6	4.4	0.1	1.4	1.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.3	2.1	1.3	3.8	.347	1.1	3.2	.344	0.7	0.7	.929


Season 13
	Elvin Hayes	James Jones
Season	1980-81	2015-16
Team	Washington Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	36.2	17.8	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.2	0.8	2.1	2.3	3.7	7.2	16.0	.451	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	5.4	.617
James Jones	48	9.6	3.7	0.2	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.0	1.2	3.0	.408	0.9	2.2	.394	0.4	0.5	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Jones	12	4.6	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.8	.200	0.1	0.6	.143	0.1	0.3	.250


Season 14
	Elvin Hayes	James Jones
Season	1981-82	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Elvin Hayes	82	37.0	16.1	3.3	5.9	9.1	1.8	0.8	1.3	2.5	3.5	6.3	13.4	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	5.1	.664
James Jones	48	7.9	2.8	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.9	1.9	.478	0.6	1.4	.470	0.3	0.4	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	3	41.3	14.0	2.3	7.7	10.0	1.0	0.7	3.3	2.0	4.0	5.7	16.7	.340	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	5.0	.533
James Jones	8	3.8	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.6	.200	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Elvin Hayes	James Jones
Season	1982-83	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	28.4	12.9	2.5	5.1	7.6	2.0	0.6	1.0	2.5	2.9	5.2	11.0	.476	0.0	0.0	.500	2.4	3.5	.683
James Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Elvin Hayes	James Jones
Season	1983-84	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Elvin Hayes	81	12.3	5.0	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.9	0.2	0.3	1.0	1.5	2.0	4.8	.406	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.6	.652
James Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elvin Hayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Elvin Hayes vs. James Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Jones and Elvin Hayes, 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