Kirk Hinrich vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and Kirk Hinrich, 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.

Kirk Hinrich played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Sam Jones, who played 12. Kirk Hinrich had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, 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
Kirk Hinrich	13	11	2003-04 to 2015-16
Sam Jones	12	12	1957-58 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kirk Hinrich	Sam Jones
Season	2003-04	1957-58
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Kirk Hinrich	76	35.6	12.0	0.6	2.9	3.4	6.8	1.3	0.3	2.7	3.6	4.2	10.8	.386	1.9	4.9	.390	1.8	2.2	.804
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		%
Kirk Hinrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kirk Hinrich	Sam Jones
Season	2004-05	1958-59
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	77	36.4	15.7	0.4	3.5	3.9	6.4	1.6	0.3	2.3	3.2	5.8	14.6	.397	1.9	5.3	.355	2.2	2.8	.792
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		%
Kirk Hinrich	6	35.8	21.2	0.7	3.0	3.7	5.8	2.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	7.5	16.7	.450	2.8	5.5	.515	3.3	4.8	.690
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
	Kirk Hinrich	Sam Jones
Season	2005-06	1959-60
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	81	36.5	15.9	0.4	3.2	3.6	6.3	1.2	0.3	2.3	3.1	5.6	13.3	.418	1.6	4.2	.370	3.2	3.9	.815
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		%
Kirk Hinrich	6	39.0	20.5	0.0	3.3	3.3	7.7	1.3	0.3	4.0	3.7	6.5	15.7	.415	1.5	4.3	.346	6.0	7.0	.857
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
	Kirk Hinrich	Sam Jones
Season	2006-07	1960-61
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	80	35.5	16.6	0.4	3.0	3.4	6.3	1.3	0.3	2.4	3.4	5.9	13.3	.448	1.8	4.2	.415	3.0	3.6	.835
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		%
Kirk Hinrich	10	36.2	12.1	0.4	3.8	4.2	7.5	0.9	0.3	2.3	3.7	4.4	11.7	.376	1.3	4.3	.302	2.0	2.6	.769
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
	Kirk Hinrich	Sam Jones
Season	2007-08	1961-62
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Kirk Hinrich	75	31.7	11.5	0.4	2.9	3.3	6.0	1.2	0.3	2.1	3.0	4.4	10.6	.414	1.1	3.2	.350	1.6	1.9	.831
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		%
Kirk Hinrich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kirk Hinrich	Sam Jones
Season	2008-09	1962-63
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	51	26.3	9.9	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.9	1.3	0.4	1.7	2.5	3.6	8.2	.437	1.4	3.3	.408	1.3	1.7	.791
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		%
Kirk Hinrich	7	30.0	12.6	0.3	2.4	2.7	2.9	1.7	0.4	1.1	2.6	4.1	8.9	.468	1.9	4.3	.433	2.4	3.6	.680
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
	Kirk Hinrich	Sam Jones
Season	2009-10	1963-64
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	74	33.5	10.9	0.3	3.2	3.5	4.5	1.1	0.3	1.5	2.8	4.2	10.2	.409	1.4	3.8	.371	1.1	1.5	.752
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		%
Kirk Hinrich	5	39.2	12.4	0.2	4.2	4.4	4.0	1.4	0.0	0.4	2.8	4.4	10.4	.423	1.6	3.2	.500	2.0	2.8	.714
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
	Kirk Hinrich	Sam Jones
Season	2010-11	1964-65
Team	Washington Wizards, Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	72	30.0	10.2	0.3	2.2	2.5	4.0	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.6	3.9	8.7	.446	1.0	2.6	.399	1.5	1.8	.841
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		%
Kirk Hinrich	6	28.8	10.2	0.2	2.2	2.3	2.7	1.2	0.3	0.7	3.5	4.3	8.7	.500	1.3	3.2	.421	0.2	0.2	1.000
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
	Kirk Hinrich	Sam Jones
Season	2011-12	1965-66
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	48	25.8	6.6	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.8	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.1	2.5	6.1	.414	1.0	2.8	.346	0.5	0.7	.781
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		%
Kirk Hinrich	6	23.5	5.7	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.5	2.2	5.0	.433	1.0	2.7	.375	0.3	0.3	1.000
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
	Kirk Hinrich	Sam Jones
Season	2012-13	1966-67
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	60	29.4	7.7	0.3	2.4	2.6	5.2	1.1	0.4	1.7	3.2	2.7	7.0	.377	1.2	3.0	.390	1.2	1.6	.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		%
Kirk Hinrich	4	40.5	11.3	0.3	2.5	2.8	5.8	2.0	0.3	2.0	3.5	4.0	9.3	.432	1.0	2.8	.364	2.3	3.5	.643
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
	Kirk Hinrich	Sam Jones
Season	2013-14	1967-68
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	73	29.0	9.1	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.9	1.1	0.4	1.6	2.8	3.3	8.5	.393	1.2	3.3	.351	1.3	1.7	.760
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		%
Kirk Hinrich	5	33.4	11.0	0.2	2.8	3.0	4.4	0.8	0.2	2.2	4.4	4.6	11.2	.411	1.4	3.8	.368	0.4	0.8	.500
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
	Kirk Hinrich	Sam Jones
Season	2014-15	1968-69
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	66	24.4	5.7	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.2	0.7	0.2	1.1	2.2	2.2	5.8	.373	0.9	2.5	.345	0.5	0.8	.700
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		%
Kirk Hinrich	10	12.6	2.6	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.4	0.9	1.9	.474	0.6	1.0	.600	0.2	0.3	.667
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
	Kirk Hinrich	Sam Jones
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Kirk Hinrich	46	13.7	3.0	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.4	1.1	2.8	.380	0.5	1.3	.387	0.3	0.3	.938
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kirk Hinrich	6	4.5	0.8	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.2	.286	0.2	0.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kirk Hinrich vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and Kirk Hinrich, 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