John Havlicek vs. Bobby Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Jones and John Havlicek, 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.

John Havlicek played 16 years in the NBA, 6 more than Bobby Jones, who played 10. John Havlicek had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Bobby Jones had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
John Havlicek	16	13	1962-63 to 1977-78
Bobby Jones	10	10	1976-77 to 1985-86

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	John Havlicek	Bobby Jones
Season	1962-63	1976-77
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
John Havlicek	80	27.5	14.3	-	-	6.7	2.2	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	13.6	.445	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	.728
Bobby Jones	82	29.5	15.1	2.1	6.1	8.3	3.2	2.3	2.0	-	2.9	6.1	10.7	.570	-	-	-	2.9	4.0	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	11	23.1	11.8	-	-	4.8	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	5.1	11.4	.448	-	-	-	1.6	2.5	.667
Bobby Jones	6	31.2	12.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.5	2.8	2.3	-	4.2	5.2	10.7	.484	-	-	-	1.7	2.8	.588


Season 2
	John Havlicek	Bobby Jones
Season	1963-64	1977-78
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
John Havlicek	80	32.3	19.9	-	-	5.4	3.0	-	-	-	2.8	8.0	19.2	.417	-	-	-	3.9	5.3	.746
Bobby Jones	75	32.5	14.5	2.2	6.3	8.5	3.4	1.8	1.7	2.6	2.9	5.9	10.1	.578	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	10	28.9	15.7	-	-	4.3	3.2	-	-	-	2.6	6.1	15.9	.384	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.795
Bobby Jones	13	30.0	12.8	2.8	5.1	7.8	2.7	1.2	0.7	1.8	3.2	5.1	8.9	.569	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.739


Season 3
	John Havlicek	Bobby Jones
Season	1964-65	1978-79
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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		%
John Havlicek	75	28.9	18.3	-	-	4.9	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	7.6	18.9	.401	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.744
Bobby Jones	80	28.8	12.1	2.5	4.2	6.6	2.5	1.3	1.2	2.1	3.1	4.7	8.8	.537	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	12	33.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	7.3	20.8	.352	-	-	-	3.8	4.6	.836
Bobby Jones	9	28.9	13.1	1.3	3.4	4.8	2.1	0.6	0.4	1.7	3.3	5.3	9.7	.552	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	.846


Season 4
	John Havlicek	Bobby Jones
Season	1965-66	1979-80
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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		%
John Havlicek	71	30.6	18.8	-	-	6.0	3.0	-	-	-	2.2	7.5	18.7	.399	-	-	-	3.9	4.9	.785
Bobby Jones	81	26.2	13.0	1.9	3.7	5.6	1.8	1.3	1.5	1.8	2.8	4.9	9.2	.532	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	4.1	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	17	42.3	23.6	-	-	9.1	4.1	-	-	-	4.1	9.0	22.0	.409	-	-	-	5.6	6.6	.841
Bobby Jones	18	26.1	12.9	1.6	3.2	4.8	1.7	1.2	1.8	1.3	3.1	5.0	9.6	.523	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	3.4	.855


Season 5
	John Havlicek	Bobby Jones
Season	1966-67	1980-81
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	76ers Lost East 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		%
John Havlicek	81	32.1	21.4	-	-	6.6	3.4	-	-	-	2.6	8.4	19.0	.444	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.828
Bobby Jones	81	25.3	13.5	1.8	3.6	5.4	2.8	1.2	0.9	1.8	2.8	5.0	9.3	.539	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	4.3	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	9	36.7	27.4	-	-	8.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.3	10.6	23.6	.448	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.803
Bobby Jones	16	27.7	14.7	2.2	3.3	5.5	2.1	1.1	1.3	2.0	3.8	5.1	10.0	.506	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	5.5	.830


Season 6
	John Havlicek	Bobby Jones
Season	1967-68	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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		%
John Havlicek	82	35.6	20.7	-	-	6.7	4.7	-	-	-	2.9	8.1	18.9	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.812
Bobby Jones	76	28.7	14.4	1.4	3.7	5.2	2.5	1.3	1.5	1.9	2.8	5.5	9.7	.564	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	4.4	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	19	45.4	25.9	-	-	8.6	7.5	-	-	-	3.5	9.7	21.4	.452	-	-	-	6.6	7.9	.828
Bobby Jones	21	28.0	12.2	1.8	3.0	4.7	2.5	0.7	1.0	1.6	3.3	4.5	8.3	.540	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	3.9	.840


Season 7
	John Havlicek	Bobby Jones
Season	1968-69	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	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		%
John Havlicek	82	38.7	21.6	-	-	7.0	5.4	-	-	-	3.0	8.4	20.8	.405	-	-	-	4.7	6.0	.780
Bobby Jones	74	23.6	9.0	1.4	3.3	4.6	1.9	1.1	1.2	1.5	2.7	3.4	6.2	.543	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.8	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	18	47.2	25.4	-	-	9.9	5.6	-	-	-	3.2	9.4	21.2	.445	-	-	-	6.6	7.7	.855
Bobby Jones	12	27.0	8.6	1.6	3.3	4.8	2.8	1.3	1.5	1.5	2.4	3.6	6.5	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.7	.850


Season 8
	John Havlicek	Bobby Jones
Season	1969-70	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
John Havlicek	81	41.6	24.2	-	-	7.8	6.8	-	-	-	2.6	9.1	19.6	.464	-	-	-	6.0	7.1	.844
Bobby Jones	75	23.5	8.3	1.2	3.1	4.3	2.5	1.4	1.4	1.3	2.7	3.0	5.8	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.8	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Jones	5	26.0	9.6	1.8	2.8	4.6	1.8	0.6	1.4	1.6	2.4	3.0	6.2	.484	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	3.8	.947


Season 9
	John Havlicek	Bobby Jones
Season	1970-71	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East 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		%
John Havlicek	81	45.4	28.9	-	-	9.0	7.5	-	-	-	2.5	11.0	24.5	.450	-	-	-	6.8	8.4	.818
Bobby Jones	80	20.4	7.5	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.9	1.1	0.6	1.5	2.3	2.6	4.8	.538	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	2.7	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Jones	13	23.8	8.2	1.7	2.0	3.7	1.2	0.9	1.2	1.5	2.9	3.5	6.0	.590	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.700


Season 10
	John Havlicek	Bobby Jones
Season	1971-72	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	76ers 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		%
John Havlicek	82	45.1	27.5	-	-	8.2	7.5	-	-	-	2.2	10.9	23.9	.458	-	-	-	5.6	6.7	.834
Bobby Jones	70	21.7	7.0	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.8	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.3	2.7	4.8	.559	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.1	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	11	47.0	27.4	-	-	8.4	6.4	-	-	-	3.2	9.8	21.4	.460	-	-	-	7.7	9.0	.859
Bobby Jones	12	27.4	9.7	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.8	0.8	1.2	1.3	3.3	3.3	6.2	.527	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	4.2	.760


Season 11
	John Havlicek	Bobby Jones
Season	1972-73	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
John Havlicek	80	42.1	23.8	-	-	7.1	6.6	-	-	-	2.4	9.6	21.3	.450	-	-	-	4.6	5.4	.858
Bobby Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	12	39.9	23.8	-	-	5.2	5.4	-	-	-	2.0	9.3	19.6	.477	-	-	-	5.1	6.2	.824
Bobby Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	John Havlicek	Bobby Jones
Season	1973-74	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
John Havlicek	76	40.7	22.6	1.8	4.6	6.4	5.9	1.3	0.4	-	2.6	9.0	19.8	.456	-	-	-	4.6	5.5	.832
Bobby Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	18	45.1	27.1	1.6	4.9	6.4	6.0	1.3	0.3	-	2.4	11.1	22.8	.484	-	-	-	4.9	5.6	.881
Bobby Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	John Havlicek	Bobby Jones
Season	1974-75	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
John Havlicek	82	38.2	19.2	1.9	4.0	5.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	-	2.8	7.8	17.2	.455	-	-	-	3.5	4.0	.870
Bobby Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	11	42.2	21.1	1.6	3.5	5.2	4.6	1.5	0.1	-	3.5	7.5	17.5	.432	-	-	-	6.0	6.9	.868
Bobby Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	John Havlicek	Bobby Jones
Season	1975-76	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
John Havlicek	76	34.2	17.0	1.5	2.6	4.1	3.7	1.3	0.4	-	2.7	6.6	14.8	.450	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.844
Bobby Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	15	33.7	13.2	1.2	2.5	3.7	3.4	0.8	0.3	-	2.1	5.3	12.0	.444	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.809
Bobby Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	John Havlicek	Bobby Jones
Season	1976-77	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
John Havlicek	79	36.9	17.7	1.4	3.5	4.8	5.1	1.1	0.2	-	2.6	7.3	16.2	.452	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	.816
Bobby Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	9	41.7	18.3	1.7	3.8	5.4	6.9	0.9	0.4	-	3.7	6.9	18.6	.371	-	-	-	4.6	5.6	.820
Bobby Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	John Havlicek	Bobby Jones
Season	1977-78	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
John Havlicek	82	34.1	16.1	1.1	2.9	4.0	4.0	1.1	0.3	2.5	2.3	6.7	14.8	.449	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.855
Bobby Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Havlicek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

John Havlicek vs. Bobby Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Jones and John Havlicek, 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