Jay Humphries vs. Bill Sharman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Sharman and Jay Humphries, 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.

Jay Humphries and Bill Sharman both played 11 years in the NBA. Jay Humphries had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Bill Sharman had his rookie season in 1950-51. 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
Jay Humphries	11	7	1984-85 to 1994-95
Bill Sharman	11	10	1950-51 to 1960-61

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Jay Humphries	Bill Sharman
Season	1984-85	1950-51
Team	Phoenix Suns	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Jay Humphries	80	25.8	8.8	0.4	1.7	2.1	4.4	1.3	0.1	2.1	2.6	3.5	7.8	.446	0.1	0.3	.200	1.8	2.1	.829
Bill Sharman	31	-	12.2	-	-	3.5	1.3	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	12.3	.370	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	3	30.0	16.3	0.3	1.3	1.7	5.3	0.7	0.0	2.7	4.0	6.7	10.3	.645	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750
Bill Sharman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jay Humphries	Bill Sharman
Season	1985-86	1951-52
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Jay Humphries	82	33.3	11.0	0.7	2.5	3.2	6.4	1.6	0.1	2.3	2.7	4.3	9.0	.479	0.0	0.4	.138	2.4	3.1	.767
Bill Sharman	63	22.0	10.7	-	-	3.5	2.4	-	-	-	2.9	3.9	10.0	.389	-	-	-	2.9	3.4	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Sharman	1	27.0	15.0	-	-	3.0	7.0	-	-	-	4.0	7.0	12.0	.583	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 3
	Jay Humphries	Bill Sharman
Season	1986-87	1952-53
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Jay Humphries	82	31.5	11.3	0.8	2.4	3.2	7.7	1.4	0.1	2.4	2.9	4.4	9.2	.477	0.1	0.3	.185	2.4	3.2	.769
Bill Sharman	71	32.9	16.2	-	-	4.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.4	5.7	13.0	.436	-	-	-	4.8	5.6	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Sharman	6	33.5	11.7	-	-	2.5	2.5	-	-	-	4.3	3.3	10.0	.333	-	-	-	5.0	5.3	.938


Season 4
	Jay Humphries	Bill Sharman
Season	1987-88	1953-54
Team	Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jay Humphries	68	26.6	10.0	0.7	1.8	2.6	5.8	1.2	0.1	1.9	2.6	4.2	7.9	.528	0.0	0.3	.167	1.6	2.3	.732
Bill Sharman	72	34.3	16.0	-	-	3.5	3.2	-	-	-	2.9	5.7	12.7	.450	-	-	-	4.6	5.4	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	2	9.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	3.0	0.0	2.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bill Sharman	6	34.3	18.8	-	-	4.2	1.7	-	-	-	4.8	5.8	13.5	.432	-	-	-	7.2	8.3	.860


Season 5
	Jay Humphries	Bill Sharman
Season	1988-89	1954-55
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jay Humphries	73	30.4	11.6	1.0	1.6	2.6	5.5	1.9	0.1	2.2	2.6	4.7	9.8	.483	0.3	1.3	.266	1.8	2.2	.816
Bill Sharman	68	36.1	18.4	-	-	4.4	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	6.7	15.6	.427	-	-	-	5.1	5.7	.897

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	9	35.9	14.6	0.9	2.1	3.0	7.8	0.9	0.0	1.3	3.2	5.4	11.0	.495	0.3	2.0	.167	3.3	3.8	.882
Bill Sharman	7	41.4	20.7	-	-	5.4	5.4	-	-	-	3.4	7.9	15.7	.500	-	-	-	5.0	5.4	.921


Season 6
	Jay Humphries	Bill Sharman
Season	1989-90	1955-56
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Jay Humphries	81	34.8	15.3	1.0	2.3	3.3	5.8	1.9	0.1	1.9	3.1	6.1	12.4	.494	0.3	0.9	.300	2.8	3.5	.786
Bill Sharman	72	37.5	19.9	-	-	3.6	4.7	-	-	-	2.7	7.5	17.1	.438	-	-	-	5.0	5.7	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	3	26.3	9.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	6.3	1.0	0.0	2.7	2.0	2.7	5.0	.533	0.3	1.0	.333	3.3	4.3	.769
Bill Sharman	3	39.7	17.3	-	-	2.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.3	6.0	15.3	.391	-	-	-	5.3	5.7	.941


Season 7
	Jay Humphries	Bill Sharman
Season	1990-91	1956-57
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Jay Humphries	80	34.1	15.2	0.7	2.0	2.8	6.7	1.6	0.1	1.9	3.0	6.0	12.0	.502	0.8	2.0	.373	2.4	3.0	.799
Bill Sharman	67	35.9	21.1	-	-	4.3	3.5	-	-	-	2.8	7.7	18.5	.416	-	-	-	5.7	6.3	.905

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	3	41.0	15.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	8.3	0.7	0.0	2.0	5.7	5.7	10.7	.531	0.7	1.7	.400	3.0	3.3	.900
Bill Sharman	10	37.7	21.1	-	-	3.5	2.9	-	-	-	2.3	7.5	19.7	.381	-	-	-	6.1	6.4	.953


Season 8
	Jay Humphries	Bill Sharman
Season	1991-92	1957-58
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jay Humphries	71	31.8	14.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	6.6	1.7	0.2	2.1	3.0	5.3	11.3	.469	0.6	2.0	.292	2.7	3.5	.783
Bill Sharman	63	35.1	22.3	-	-	4.7	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.7	20.6	.424	-	-	-	4.8	5.4	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Sharman	11	36.9	21.1	-	-	4.9	2.3	-	-	-	2.5	8.2	20.1	.407	-	-	-	4.7	5.1	.929


Season 9
	Jay Humphries	Bill Sharman
Season	1992-93	1958-59
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Jay Humphries	78	26.1	8.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	4.1	1.3	0.1	1.7	3.0	3.7	8.4	.436	0.2	1.0	.200	1.3	1.7	.777
Bill Sharman	72	33.1	20.4	-	-	4.1	2.5	-	-	-	2.4	7.8	19.1	.408	-	-	-	4.8	5.1	.932

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	5	23.0	5.2	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.4	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.6	2.2	6.6	.333	0.4	1.6	.250	0.4	0.8	.500
Bill Sharman	11	29.3	20.1	-	-	3.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	7.5	17.5	.425	-	-	-	5.2	5.4	.966


Season 10
	Jay Humphries	Bill Sharman
Season	1993-94	1959-60
Team	Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Jay Humphries	75	21.6	7.5	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.9	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.2	3.1	7.1	.436	0.5	1.3	.396	0.8	1.0	.750
Bill Sharman	71	27.0	19.3	-	-	3.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.2	7.9	17.3	.456	-	-	-	3.5	4.1	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	16	22.3	7.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	2.4	0.8	0.1	1.0	2.8	2.9	6.8	.426	0.4	1.4	.318	1.2	1.8	.679
Bill Sharman	13	28.0	16.8	-	-	3.5	1.5	-	-	-	1.7	6.8	16.1	.421	-	-	-	3.3	4.1	.811


Season 11
	Jay Humphries	Bill Sharman
Season	1994-95	1960-61
Team	Utah Jazz, Boston Celtics	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		%
Jay Humphries	18	11.2	1.1	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.9	1.9	0.4	1.9	.235	0.1	0.2	.500	0.1	0.2	.500
Bill Sharman	61	25.2	16.0	-	-	3.7	2.4	-	-	-	2.1	6.3	14.9	.422	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	.921

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Sharman	10	26.1	16.8	-	-	2.7	1.7	-	-	-	2.2	6.8	13.3	.511	-	-	-	3.2	3.6	.889

Jay Humphries vs. Bill Sharman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Sharman and Jay Humphries, 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