Paul George vs. Caldwell Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Caldwell Jones and Paul George, 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.

Paul George and Caldwell Jones both played 14 years in the NBA. Paul George had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Caldwell 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
Paul George	14	11	2010-11 to 2023-24
Caldwell Jones	14	12	1976-77 to 1989-90

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Paul George	Caldwell Jones
Season	2010-11	1976-77
Team	Indiana Pacers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Paul George	61	20.7	7.8	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.1	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.9	6.5	.453	0.7	2.3	.297	1.3	1.7	.762
Caldwell Jones	82	24.7	6.0	2.3	5.8	8.1	1.1	0.5	2.4	-	3.7	2.6	5.2	.507	-	-	-	0.8	1.4	.552

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	5	26.6	6.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.4	2.0	1.4	2.2	2.0	6.6	.303	0.6	2.6	.231	1.4	1.6	.875
Caldwell Jones	19	27.0	4.8	2.0	5.9	7.9	1.1	0.5	2.1	-	4.3	1.9	3.8	.507	-	-	-	0.9	1.6	.600


Season 2
	Paul George	Caldwell Jones
Season	2011-12	1977-78
Team	Indiana Pacers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Paul George	66	29.7	12.1	0.8	4.8	5.6	2.4	1.6	0.6	1.8	2.9	4.3	9.7	.440	1.4	3.5	.385	2.2	2.8	.802
Caldwell Jones	80	20.5	5.4	2.1	5.1	7.1	1.2	0.3	1.6	1.6	3.5	2.1	4.5	.471	-	-	-	1.2	1.9	.627

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	11	33.7	9.7	1.4	5.3	6.6	2.4	1.6	0.4	1.9	2.9	3.4	8.6	.389	1.0	3.7	.268	2.0	2.5	.786
Caldwell Jones	10	30.1	6.4	2.2	8.4	10.6	1.4	0.5	3.0	1.9	3.6	2.8	5.6	.500	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 3
	Paul George	Caldwell Jones
Season	2012-13	1978-79
Team	Indiana Pacers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Paul George	79	37.6	17.4	1.1	6.5	7.6	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.9	2.9	6.2	14.9	.419	2.2	5.9	.362	2.8	3.5	.807
Caldwell Jones	78	27.8	9.3	2.3	7.3	9.6	1.9	0.5	2.0	2.0	3.9	3.9	8.2	.474	-	-	-	1.6	2.1	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	19	41.1	19.2	0.8	6.6	7.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	3.9	3.8	6.3	14.6	.430	1.8	5.5	.327	4.9	6.7	.727
Caldwell Jones	9	35.6	12.7	4.1	9.3	13.4	2.3	0.4	2.4	2.3	4.0	4.8	9.9	.483	-	-	-	3.1	4.0	.778


Season 4
	Paul George	Caldwell Jones
Season	2013-14	1979-80
Team	Indiana Pacers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Paul George	80	36.2	21.7	0.8	6.0	6.8	3.5	1.9	0.3	2.8	2.5	7.2	17.0	.424	2.3	6.3	.364	5.0	5.8	.864
Caldwell Jones	80	34.6	7.4	2.7	9.1	11.9	2.1	0.5	2.0	2.7	3.7	2.9	6.7	.436	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.2	.697

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	19	41.1	22.6	0.7	6.9	7.6	3.8	2.2	0.4	2.6	2.9	7.3	16.6	.438	2.7	6.8	.403	5.3	6.7	.789
Caldwell Jones	18	35.5	8.8	2.8	7.5	10.3	1.9	0.7	2.1	2.1	4.2	3.2	7.2	.450	0.0	0.2	.000	2.3	2.9	.808


Season 5
	Paul George	Caldwell Jones
Season	2014-15	1980-81
Team	Indiana Pacers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
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		%
Paul George	6	15.2	8.8	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.0	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.8	3.0	8.2	.367	1.5	3.7	.409	1.3	1.8	.727
Caldwell Jones	81	32.6	7.2	2.5	7.6	10.0	1.5	0.7	1.7	2.1	3.3	2.7	6.0	.449	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	16	36.3	8.7	2.3	7.4	9.7	1.7	0.4	1.9	2.1	3.3	3.4	5.9	.568	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.6	.738


Season 6
	Paul George	Caldwell Jones
Season	2015-16	1981-82
Team	Indiana Pacers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Paul George	81	34.8	23.1	1.0	6.0	7.0	4.1	1.9	0.4	3.3	2.8	7.5	17.9	.418	2.6	7.0	.371	5.6	6.5	.860
Caldwell Jones	81	30.2	7.9	2.0	6.7	8.7	1.2	0.5	1.8	1.9	3.7	2.9	5.7	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.7	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	7	39.3	27.3	1.3	6.3	7.6	4.3	2.0	0.7	3.3	3.4	8.0	17.6	.455	2.6	6.1	.419	8.7	9.1	.953
Caldwell Jones	21	32.3	8.7	2.5	6.5	9.0	0.9	0.5	1.9	1.4	3.7	3.5	7.6	.463	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.0	.854


Season 7
	Paul George	Caldwell Jones
Season	2016-17	1982-83
Team	Indiana Pacers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Paul George	75	35.9	23.7	0.8	5.8	6.6	3.3	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.7	8.3	18.0	.461	2.6	6.6	.393	4.5	5.0	.898
Caldwell Jones	82	29.8	9.5	2.7	5.4	8.1	1.7	0.6	1.6	2.1	3.4	3.7	8.3	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.5	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	4	43.0	28.0	1.3	7.5	8.8	7.3	1.8	0.5	3.3	3.3	8.5	22.0	.386	4.5	10.5	.429	6.5	7.5	.867
Caldwell Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Paul George	Caldwell Jones
Season	2017-18	1983-84
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Paul George	79	36.6	21.9	0.9	4.7	5.7	3.3	2.0	0.5	2.7	2.9	7.3	17.0	.430	3.1	7.7	.401	4.3	5.2	.822
Caldwell Jones	81	30.9	9.9	2.1	5.1	7.2	1.9	0.6	1.0	2.0	4.1	3.9	7.8	.502	0.0	0.0	.333	2.0	2.4	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	6	41.8	24.7	0.7	5.3	6.0	2.7	1.3	0.7	4.0	2.8	8.2	20.0	.408	3.2	8.7	.365	5.2	6.0	.861
Caldwell Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Paul George	Caldwell Jones
Season	2018-19	1984-85
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
Paul George	77	36.9	28.0	1.4	6.8	8.2	4.1	2.2	0.4	2.7	2.8	9.2	21.0	.438	3.8	9.8	.386	5.9	7.0	.839
Caldwell Jones	42	21.1	3.4	1.2	3.9	5.0	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.0	3.0	1.3	2.7	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.1	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	5	40.8	28.6	1.2	7.4	8.6	3.6	1.4	0.2	4.2	4.2	8.8	20.2	.436	3.0	9.4	.319	8.0	9.8	.816
Caldwell Jones	2	9.0	5.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	3.5	2.5	3.0	.833	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Paul George	Caldwell Jones
Season	2019-20	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Paul George	48	29.6	21.5	0.5	5.2	5.7	3.9	1.4	0.4	2.6	2.4	7.1	16.3	.439	3.3	7.9	.412	4.0	4.5	.876
Caldwell Jones	80	18.0	4.7	1.3	3.1	4.4	0.9	0.5	0.8	1.3	3.1	1.6	3.2	.496	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	1.9	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	13	36.8	20.2	1.1	5.0	6.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	3.1	3.8	6.8	17.0	.398	2.8	8.5	.333	3.8	4.2	.909
Caldwell Jones	4	18.3	3.5	2.3	2.5	4.8	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.3	1.5	4.3	.353	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 11
	Paul George	Caldwell Jones
Season	2020-21	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Paul George	54	33.7	23.3	0.8	5.8	6.6	5.2	1.1	0.4	3.3	2.4	8.2	17.6	.467	3.2	7.7	.411	3.7	4.2	.868
Caldwell Jones	78	20.2	4.1	1.5	4.4	5.8	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.1	2.9	1.4	2.9	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.6	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	19	40.8	26.9	0.9	8.7	9.6	5.4	1.0	0.5	3.5	3.1	8.7	19.7	.441	2.7	8.0	.336	6.8	8.1	.844
Caldwell Jones	4	32.3	3.8	2.3	5.5	7.8	1.5	0.0	1.5	1.3	3.8	1.3	3.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.5	.833


Season 12
	Paul George	Caldwell Jones
Season	2021-22	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Paul George	31	34.7	24.3	0.4	6.5	6.9	5.7	2.2	0.4	4.1	2.4	8.6	20.5	.421	2.9	8.3	.354	4.1	4.8	.858
Caldwell Jones	79	22.5	4.2	1.3	3.8	5.2	1.0	0.4	1.3	1.0	3.2	1.6	3.3	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.3	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	4	24.5	3.3	1.0	3.3	4.3	0.3	0.5	2.0	0.5	4.3	1.5	4.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 13
	Paul George	Caldwell Jones
Season	2022-23	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Paul George	56	34.6	23.8	0.8	5.3	6.1	5.1	1.5	0.4	3.1	2.8	8.2	17.9	.457	2.8	7.6	.371	4.6	5.3	.871
Caldwell Jones	72	17.8	2.8	1.2	2.9	4.2	0.8	0.3	1.2	1.2	2.3	1.1	2.5	.421	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.8	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	3	16.7	1.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	Paul George	Caldwell Jones
Season	2023-24	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Paul George	74	33.8	22.6	0.5	4.7	5.2	3.5	1.5	0.5	2.1	2.7	7.9	16.7	.471	3.3	7.9	.413	3.6	3.9	.907
Caldwell Jones	72	12.3	2.4	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.7	2.0	0.9	2.0	.465	0.0	0.1	.200	0.5	0.8	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul George	6	37.0	19.5	0.5	6.3	6.8	4.8	1.2	0.5	2.3	3.7	6.5	15.8	.411	3.0	8.2	.367	3.5	4.2	.840
Caldwell Jones	9	7.3	0.9	0.7	0.8	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.1	0.4	1.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.1	.000

Paul George vs. Caldwell Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Caldwell Jones and Paul George, 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