James Johnson vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and James 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.

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.

James Johnson played 15 years in the NBA, 3 more than Sam Jones, who played 12. James Johnson had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
James Johnson	15	6	2009-10 to 2023-24
Sam Jones	12	12	1957-58 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	James Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2009-10	1957-58
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
James Johnson	65	11.6	3.9	0.5	1.4	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.9	1.5	3.2	.452	0.2	0.7	.326	0.8	1.1	.729
Sam Jones	56	10.6	4.6	-	-	2.9	0.7	-	-	-	0.8	1.8	4.2	.429	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Johnson	4	5.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.8	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Sam Jones	8	9.4	3.9	-	-	3.0	0.5	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	2.8	.455	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.688


Season 2
	James Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2010-11	1958-59
Team	Chicago Bulls, 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		%
James Johnson	38	21.6	7.1	1.0	2.8	3.7	2.3	0.9	1.0	1.7	2.5	2.8	6.2	.456	0.2	0.9	.235	1.2	1.9	.662
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		%
James 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
	James Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2011-12	1959-60
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		%
James Johnson	62	25.2	9.1	1.2	3.5	4.7	2.0	1.1	1.4	1.6	2.9	3.8	8.4	.450	0.3	1.0	.317	1.3	1.9	.704
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		%
James Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	James Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2012-13	1960-61
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
James Johnson	54	16.3	5.1	0.9	1.8	2.7	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.3	1.8	2.2	5.2	.413	0.0	0.4	.095	0.7	1.2	.597
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		%
James Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	James Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2013-14	1961-62
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
James Johnson	52	18.4	7.4	1.2	2.0	3.2	2.1	0.8	1.1	1.3	2.0	2.8	5.9	.464	0.4	1.7	.253	1.5	1.7	.844
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		%
James Johnson	3	9.3	6.3	1.3	0.7	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.7	5.0	.333	0.7	1.7	.400	2.3	3.3	.700
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
	James Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2014-15	1962-63
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
James Johnson	70	19.6	7.9	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.4	0.8	1.0	1.1	2.2	3.4	5.8	.589	0.2	0.7	.216	1.0	1.5	.657
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		%
James Johnson	2	6.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	3.0	.000
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
	James Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2015-16	1963-64
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
James Johnson	57	16.2	5.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.2	0.5	0.6	0.9	1.5	2.0	4.2	.475	0.4	1.2	.303	0.7	1.2	.574
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		%
James Johnson	10	9.8	3.0	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.3	1.2	2.5	.480	0.4	0.9	.444	0.2	0.3	.667
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
	James Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2016-17	1964-65
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
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		%
James Johnson	76	27.4	12.8	0.9	4.1	4.9	3.6	1.0	1.1	2.3	2.6	4.8	10.1	.479	1.1	3.4	.340	2.0	2.8	.707
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		%
James 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
	James Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2017-18	1965-66
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
James Johnson	73	26.6	10.8	0.8	4.1	4.9	3.8	1.0	0.7	1.9	2.6	4.2	8.4	.503	0.8	2.5	.308	1.5	2.2	.698
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		%
James Johnson	5	32.2	12.4	0.6	5.4	6.0	4.8	1.2	1.2	2.0	3.4	4.6	8.4	.548	1.4	2.6	.538	1.8	2.8	.643
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
	James Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2018-19	1966-67
Team	Miami Heat	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
James Johnson	55	21.2	7.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.5	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.1	3.0	6.9	.433	0.9	2.7	.336	0.9	1.3	.714
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		%
James Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	James Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2019-20	1967-68
Team	Miami Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
James Johnson	32	19.4	8.4	0.8	2.9	3.7	2.3	0.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.2	6.7	.479	1.0	2.8	.363	1.0	1.5	.646
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		%
James Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	James Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2020-21	1968-69
Team	Dallas Mavericks, New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
James Johnson	51	20.5	7.2	0.6	2.8	3.5	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.1	2.4	2.9	6.4	.446	0.6	2.4	.258	0.9	1.5	.592
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		%
James Johnson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	18	28.6	16.8	-	-	3.2	2.1	-	-	-	2.5	6.9	16.4	.419	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.797


Season 13
	James Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Brooklyn Nets	-
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		%
James Johnson	62	19.2	5.5	0.8	2.6	3.5	2.1	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.6	2.3	5.0	.469	0.4	1.4	.271	0.5	0.9	.527
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 14
	James Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
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		%
James Johnson	18	9.0	2.8	0.2	1.4	1.7	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.8	1.2	2.7	.449	0.2	0.8	.200	0.2	0.4	.500
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 15
	James Johnson	Sam Jones
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers TBD	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Johnson	9	5.2	0.9	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.0	0.3	1.1	.300	0.0	0.2	.000	0.2	0.2	1.000
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Johnson	1	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

James Johnson vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and James 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.

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