Manute Bol vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and Manute Bol, 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.

Manute Bol played 10 years in the NBA, 2 less than Sam Jones, who played 12. Manute Bol had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, 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
Manute Bol	10	5	1985-86 to 1994-95
Sam Jones	12	12	1957-58 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Manute Bol	Sam Jones
Season	1985-86	1957-58
Team	Washington Bullets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Manute Bol	80	26.1	3.7	1.5	4.4	6.0	0.3	0.4	5.0	0.8	3.2	1.6	3.5	.460	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.1	.488
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		%
Manute Bol	5	30.4	4.6	3.2	4.4	7.6	0.2	0.6	5.8	0.8	3.0	2.0	3.4	.588	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.6	.375
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
	Manute Bol	Sam Jones
Season	1986-87	1958-59
Team	Washington Bullets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Manute Bol	82	18.9	3.1	1.0	3.4	4.4	0.1	0.2	3.7	0.7	2.3	1.3	2.8	.446	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.8	.672
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		%
Manute Bol	3	14.3	2.7	1.7	1.3	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.0	2.0	1.3	3.3	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.7	.000
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
	Manute Bol	Sam Jones
Season	1987-88	1959-60
Team	Washington Bullets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Manute Bol	77	14.8	2.3	0.9	2.6	3.6	0.2	0.1	2.7	0.5	2.1	1.0	2.1	.455	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.6	.531
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		%
Manute Bol	5	8.8	1.8	1.4	1.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.8	1.4	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
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
	Manute Bol	Sam Jones
Season	1988-89	1960-61
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Manute Bol	80	22.1	3.9	1.5	4.3	5.8	0.3	0.1	4.3	1.0	2.8	1.6	4.3	.369	0.3	1.1	.220	0.5	0.8	.606
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		%
Manute Bol	8	18.5	2.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	0.1	0.3	3.6	0.4	2.6	0.9	4.5	.194	0.3	2.8	.091	0.3	0.9	.286
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
	Manute Bol	Sam Jones
Season	1989-90	1961-62
Team	Golden State Warriors	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		%
Manute Bol	75	17.5	1.9	0.4	3.2	3.7	0.5	0.2	3.2	0.7	2.6	0.7	2.3	.331	0.1	0.6	.188	0.3	0.7	.510
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		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Manute Bol	Sam Jones
Season	1990-91	1962-63
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Manute Bol	82	18.6	1.9	0.8	3.5	4.3	0.2	0.2	3.0	0.8	2.2	0.8	2.0	.396	0.0	0.2	.071	0.3	0.5	.585
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		%
Manute Bol	8	13.6	3.0	0.5	1.9	2.4	0.1	0.1	1.5	0.6	1.8	1.1	2.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.667
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
	Manute Bol	Sam Jones
Season	1991-92	1963-64
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	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		%
Manute Bol	71	17.8	1.5	0.8	2.4	3.1	0.3	0.2	2.9	0.6	2.0	0.7	1.8	.383	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.4	.462
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		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Manute Bol	Sam Jones
Season	1992-93	1964-65
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
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		%
Manute Bol	58	14.7	2.2	0.8	2.6	3.3	0.3	0.2	2.1	0.9	1.5	0.9	2.2	.409	0.2	0.6	.313	0.2	0.3	.632
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		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Manute Bol	Sam Jones
Season	1993-94	1965-66
Team	Miami Heat, Washington Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
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		%
Manute Bol	14	8.3	0.6	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.4	0.9	0.3	1.4	.211	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Manute Bol	Sam Jones
Season	1994-95	1966-67
Team	Golden State Warriors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
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		%
Manute Bol	5	16.2	3.0	0.2	2.2	2.4	0.0	0.0	1.8	0.2	2.0	1.2	2.0	.600	0.6	1.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-
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		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Manute Bol	Sam Jones
Season	-	1967-68
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Manute Bol	Sam Jones
Season	-	1968-69
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	18	28.6	16.8	-	-	3.2	2.1	-	-	-	2.5	6.9	16.4	.419	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.797

Manute Bol vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and Manute Bol, 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