Kyrie Irving vs. K.C. Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of K.C. Jones and Kyrie Irving, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Kyrie Irving played 13 years in the NBA, 4 more than K.C. Jones, who played 9. Kyrie Irving had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while K.C. Jones had his rookie season in 1958-59. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kyrie Irving	K.C. Jones
Season	2011-12	1958-59
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Kyrie Irving	51	30.5	18.5	0.9	2.9	3.7	5.4	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.2	6.9	14.6	.469	1.4	3.6	.399	3.4	3.8	.872
K.C. Jones	49	12.4	3.5	-	-	2.6	1.4	-	-	-	1.2	1.3	3.9	.339	-	-	-	0.8	1.4	.603
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
K.C. Jones	8	9.4	1.9	-	-	1.5	1.3	-	-	-	1.0	0.6	2.5	.250	-	-	-	0.6	0.6	1.000

Season 2
	Kyrie Irving	K.C. Jones
Season	2012-13	1959-60
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Kyrie Irving	59	34.7	22.5	0.6	3.1	3.7	5.9	1.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	8.2	18.1	.452	1.8	4.7	.391	4.2	4.9	.855
K.C. Jones	74	17.2	6.3	-	-	2.7	2.6	-	-	-	1.5	2.3	5.6	.408	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
K.C. Jones	13	17.8	5.5	-	-	3.5	1.1	-	-	-	2.2	2.1	6.2	.338	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.773

Season 3
	Kyrie Irving	K.C. Jones
Season	2013-14	1960-61
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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		%
Kyrie Irving	71	35.2	20.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	6.1	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.3	7.5	17.4	.430	1.7	4.8	.358	4.1	4.8	.861
K.C. Jones	78	20.6	7.6	-	-	3.6	3.2	-	-	-	2.4	2.6	7.7	.338	-	-	-	2.4	3.6	.664
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
K.C. Jones	9	11.4	2.8	-	-	2.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.9	1.0	3.3	.300	-	-	-	0.8	1.6	.500

Season 4
	Kyrie Irving	K.C. Jones
Season	2014-15	1961-62
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Kyrie Irving	75	36.4	21.7	0.7	2.4	3.2	5.2	1.5	0.3	2.5	1.9	7.7	16.5	.468	2.1	5.0	.415	4.2	4.9	.863
K.C. Jones	80	25.7	9.2	-	-	3.7	4.3	-	-	-	2.6	3.7	9.1	.406	-	-	-	1.8	2.9	.634
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	13	35.7	19.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	2.2	6.2	14.2	.438	2.1	4.6	.450	4.5	5.3	.841
K.C. Jones	14	23.5	9.0	-	-	4.0	3.9	-	-	-	3.6	3.1	7.3	.431	-	-	-	2.7	3.8	.717

Season 5
	Kyrie Irving	K.C. Jones
Season	2015-16	1962-63
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kyrie Irving	53	31.5	19.6	0.8	2.1	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.4	16.6	.448	1.6	4.9	.321	3.2	3.6	.885
K.C. Jones	79	24.6	7.2	-	-	3.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.8	2.9	7.5	.389	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	.633
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	21	36.9	25.2	0.7	2.2	3.0	4.7	1.7	0.6	2.3	2.2	9.6	20.1	.475	2.4	5.5	.440	3.7	4.2	.875
K.C. Jones	13	19.6	4.5	-	-	2.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.2	1.5	4.9	.297	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.700

Season 6
	Kyrie Irving	K.C. Jones
Season	2016-17	1963-64
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Kyrie Irving	72	35.1	25.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	5.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.3	19.7	.473	2.5	6.1	.401	4.1	4.6	.905
K.C. Jones	80	30.3	8.2	-	-	4.7	5.1	-	-	-	3.2	3.5	9.0	.392	-	-	-	1.1	2.1	.524
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	18	36.3	25.9	0.7	2.1	2.8	5.3	1.3	0.4	2.7	2.1	9.6	20.6	.468	2.4	6.6	.373	4.2	4.7	.905
K.C. Jones	10	31.2	6.3	-	-	3.7	6.8	-	-	-	4.0	2.5	7.2	.347	-	-	-	1.3	2.5	.520

Season 7
	Kyrie Irving	K.C. Jones
Season	2017-18	1964-65
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Kyrie Irving	60	32.2	24.4	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.1	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	8.9	18.1	.491	2.8	6.8	.408	3.9	4.4	.889
K.C. Jones	78	31.2	8.3	-	-	4.1	5.6	-	-	-	3.4	3.2	8.2	.396	-	-	-	1.8	2.9	.630
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
K.C. Jones	12	33.0	10.1	-	-	3.3	6.2	-	-	-	4.1	3.6	8.7	.413	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.778

Season 8
	Kyrie Irving	K.C. Jones
Season	2018-19	1965-66
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Kyrie Irving	67	33.0	23.8	1.1	3.9	5.0	6.9	1.5	0.5	2.6	2.5	9.0	18.5	.487	2.6	6.5	.401	3.2	3.7	.873
K.C. Jones	80	33.9	8.6	-	-	3.8	6.3	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	7.7	.388	-	-	-	2.6	3.8	.690
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	9	36.7	21.3	0.6	3.8	4.3	7.0	1.4	0.4	3.1	2.9	7.7	19.9	.385	2.0	6.4	.310	4.0	4.4	.900
K.C. Jones	17	31.9	7.6	-	-	3.1	4.4	-	-	-	3.8	2.6	6.4	.413	-	-	-	2.3	3.4	.684

Season 10
	Kyrie Irving	K.C. Jones
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Brooklyn Nets	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Kyrie Irving	54	34.9	26.9	1.0	3.8	4.8	6.0	1.4	0.7	2.4	2.6	10.2	20.1	.506	2.8	7.0	.402	3.7	4.0	.922
K.C. Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	9	36.1	22.7	1.3	4.4	5.8	3.4	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.1	8.6	18.1	.472	2.7	7.2	.369	2.9	3.1	.929
K.C. Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Kyrie Irving	K.C. Jones
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks	-
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		%
Kyrie Irving	60	37.3	27.1	1.0	4.1	5.1	5.5	1.1	0.8	2.1	2.8	9.9	20.1	.494	3.1	8.3	.379	4.1	4.6	.905
K.C. Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
K.C. Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-