James Jones vs. Lenny Wilkens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lenny Wilkens and James Jones, 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 Jones played 14 years in the NBA, 1 less than Lenny Wilkens, who played 15. James Jones had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Lenny Wilkens had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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 Jones	14	12	2003-04 to 2016-17
Lenny Wilkens	15	7	1960-61 to 1974-75

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	James Jones	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2003-04	1960-61
Team	Indiana Pacers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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 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
Lenny Wilkens	75	25.3	11.7	-	-	4.5	2.8	-	-	-	2.9	4.4	10.4	.425	-	-	-	2.9	4.0	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	12	36.4	14.2	-	-	6.0	3.5	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	13.8	.380	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759


Season 2
	James Jones	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2004-05	1961-62
Team	Indiana Pacers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	20	43.5	18.2	-	-	6.6	5.8	-	-	-	3.2	7.0	18.2	.385	-	-	-	4.2	5.5	.764

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
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Season 3
	James Jones	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2005-06	1962-63
Team	Phoenix Suns	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks Lost West 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 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
Lenny Wilkens	75	34.3	11.8	-	-	5.4	5.1	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	11.1	.399	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.696

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	11	36.4	13.7	-	-	6.3	6.3	-	-	-	4.6	5.2	14.0	.370	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	.755


Season 4
	James Jones	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2006-07	1963-64
Team	Phoenix Suns	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West 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 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
Lenny Wilkens	78	32.4	12.0	-	-	4.3	4.6	-	-	-	3.7	4.3	10.4	.413	-	-	-	3.5	4.7	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	12	34.4	14.3	-	-	5.0	5.3	-	-	-	3.5	5.3	11.9	.448	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759


Season 5
	James Jones	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2007-08	1964-65
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	78	36.6	16.5	-	-	4.7	5.5	-	-	-	3.6	5.6	13.4	.414	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	4	36.8	16.0	-	-	3.0	3.8	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	14.3	.351	-	-	-	6.0	7.3	.828


Season 6
	James Jones	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2008-09	1965-66
Team	Miami Heat	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost West 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 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
Lenny Wilkens	69	39.0	18.0	-	-	4.7	6.2	-	-	-	3.6	6.0	13.8	.431	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	10	39.1	17.1	-	-	5.4	7.0	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	14.3	.399	-	-	-	5.7	8.3	.687


Season 7
	James Jones	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2009-10	1966-67
Team	Miami Heat	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost West 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 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
Lenny Wilkens	78	38.1	17.4	-	-	5.3	5.7	-	-	-	3.6	5.7	13.3	.432	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	9	42.0	21.4	-	-	7.6	7.2	-	-	-	3.8	6.4	16.1	.400	-	-	-	8.6	10.0	.856


Season 8
	James Jones	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2010-11	1967-68
Team	Miami Heat	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	82	38.6	20.0	-	-	5.3	8.3	-	-	-	3.1	6.7	15.2	.438	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	6	39.5	18.3	-	-	6.3	7.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.7	15.2	.440	-	-	-	5.0	6.7	.750


Season 9
	James Jones	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2011-12	1968-69
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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 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
Lenny Wilkens	82	42.2	22.4	-	-	6.2	8.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.9	17.8	.440	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	James Jones	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2012-13	1969-70
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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 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
Lenny Wilkens	75	37.4	17.8	-	-	5.0	9.1	-	-	-	2.8	6.0	14.2	.420	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	James Jones	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2013-14	1970-71
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	71	37.2	19.8	-	-	4.5	9.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.6	15.8	.419	-	-	-	6.5	8.1	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	James Jones	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2014-15	1971-72
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	80	37.4	18.0	-	-	4.2	9.6	-	-	-	2.6	6.0	12.8	.466	-	-	-	6.0	7.8	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	James Jones	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2015-16	1972-73
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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 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
Lenny Wilkens	75	39.6	20.5	-	-	4.6	8.4	-	-	-	2.9	7.6	17.0	.449	-	-	-	5.3	6.3	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	James Jones	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2016-17	1973-74
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	74	33.6	16.4	1.1	2.7	3.7	7.1	1.3	0.2	-	2.2	6.2	13.4	.465	-	-	-	3.9	4.9	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	James Jones	Lenny Wilkens
Season	-	1974-75
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
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 Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	65	17.9	6.5	0.6	1.3	1.8	3.6	1.2	0.1	-	1.5	2.1	4.7	.439	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.768

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

James Jones vs. Lenny Wilkens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lenny Wilkens and James Jones, 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