Phil Jackson vs. Oscar Robertson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Oscar Robertson and Phil Jackson, 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.

Phil Jackson played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Oscar Robertson, who played 14. Phil Jackson had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, while Oscar Robertson had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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
Phil Jackson	12	8	1967-68 to 1979-80
Oscar Robertson	14	10	1960-61 to 1973-74

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Phil Jackson	Oscar Robertson
Season	1967-68	1960-61
Team	New York Knicks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Phil Jackson	75	14.6	6.2	-	-	4.5	0.7	-	-	-	2.8	2.4	6.1	.400	-	-	-	1.3	2.2	.589
Oscar Robertson	71	42.7	30.5	-	-	10.1	9.7	-	-	-	3.1	10.6	22.5	.473	-	-	-	9.2	11.2	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	6	15.0	4.0	-	-	4.2	0.3	-	-	-	3.8	1.7	5.8	.286	-	-	-	0.7	0.8	.800
Oscar Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Phil Jackson	Oscar Robertson
Season	1968-69	1961-62
Team	New York Knicks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
Phil Jackson	47	19.7	7.1	-	-	5.2	0.9	-	-	-	3.6	2.7	6.3	.429	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.672
Oscar Robertson	79	44.3	30.8	-	-	12.5	11.4	-	-	-	3.3	11.0	22.9	.478	-	-	-	8.9	11.0	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	4	46.3	28.8	-	-	11.0	11.0	-	-	-	4.5	10.5	20.3	.519	-	-	-	7.8	9.8	.795

Note: Phil Jackson didn't play in 1969-70 (NBA Champion).


Season 3
	Phil Jackson	Oscar Robertson
Season	1970-71	1962-63
Team	New York Knicks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Royals 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		%
Phil Jackson	71	10.9	4.7	-	-	3.4	0.4	-	-	-	2.4	1.7	3.7	.449	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.714
Oscar Robertson	80	44.0	28.3	-	-	10.4	9.5	-	-	-	3.7	10.3	19.9	.518	-	-	-	7.7	9.5	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	5	6.0	1.8	-	-	2.0	0.4	-	-	-	1.6	0.8	2.8	.286	-	-	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
Oscar Robertson	12	47.5	31.8	-	-	13.0	9.0	-	-	-	3.4	10.3	22.0	.470	-	-	-	11.1	12.8	.864


Season 4
	Phil Jackson	Oscar Robertson
Season	1971-72	1963-64
Team	New York Knicks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Royals 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		%
Phil Jackson	80	15.9	7.2	-	-	4.1	0.9	-	-	-	2.8	2.6	5.8	.440	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.732
Oscar Robertson	79	45.1	31.4	-	-	9.9	11.0	-	-	-	3.5	10.6	22.0	.483	-	-	-	10.1	11.9	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	16	20.0	9.8	-	-	5.1	0.9	-	-	-	3.2	3.6	7.5	.475	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.737
Oscar Robertson	10	47.1	29.3	-	-	8.9	8.4	-	-	-	3.0	9.2	20.2	.455	-	-	-	10.9	12.7	.858


Season 5
	Phil Jackson	Oscar Robertson
Season	1972-73	1964-65
Team	New York Knicks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Phil Jackson	80	17.4	8.1	-	-	4.3	1.2	-	-	-	2.7	3.1	6.9	.443	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.790
Oscar Robertson	75	45.6	30.4	-	-	9.0	11.5	-	-	-	2.7	10.8	22.4	.480	-	-	-	8.9	10.6	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	17	19.9	8.7	-	-	4.2	1.4	-	-	-	3.5	3.5	7.1	.500	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.737
Oscar Robertson	4	48.8	28.0	-	-	4.8	12.0	-	-	-	3.5	9.5	22.3	.427	-	-	-	9.0	9.8	.923


Season 6
	Phil Jackson	Oscar Robertson
Season	1973-74	1965-66
Team	New York Knicks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Phil Jackson	82	25.0	11.1	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.6	0.5	0.8	-	3.4	4.4	9.2	.477	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.776
Oscar Robertson	76	46.0	31.3	-	-	7.7	11.1	-	-	-	3.0	10.8	22.7	.475	-	-	-	9.8	11.6	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	12	24.8	11.3	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.8	0.4	-	3.3	4.5	9.7	.466	-	-	-	2.3	2.5	.900
Oscar Robertson	5	44.8	31.8	-	-	7.6	7.8	-	-	-	4.0	9.8	24.0	.408	-	-	-	12.2	13.6	.897


Season 7
	Phil Jackson	Oscar Robertson
Season	1974-75	1966-67
Team	New York Knicks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Phil Jackson	78	29.3	10.8	1.8	5.9	7.7	1.7	1.1	0.7	-	4.2	4.2	9.1	.455	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.763
Oscar Robertson	79	43.9	30.5	-	-	6.2	10.7	-	-	-	2.9	10.6	21.5	.493	-	-	-	9.3	10.7	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	3	26.0	9.0	1.7	6.7	8.3	0.7	1.3	1.0	-	5.0	3.3	7.0	.476	-	-	-	2.3	2.7	.875
Oscar Robertson	4	45.8	24.8	-	-	4.0	11.3	-	-	-	2.3	8.3	16.0	.516	-	-	-	8.3	9.3	.892


Season 8
	Phil Jackson	Oscar Robertson
Season	1975-76	1967-68
Team	New York Knicks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Phil Jackson	80	18.3	6.0	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.3	0.5	0.3	-	3.4	2.3	4.8	.478	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.733
Oscar Robertson	65	42.5	29.2	-	-	6.0	9.7	-	-	-	3.1	10.2	20.3	.500	-	-	-	8.9	10.2	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Phil Jackson	Oscar Robertson
Season	1976-77	1968-69
Team	New York Knicks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Phil Jackson	76	13.6	3.4	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.1	0.4	0.2	-	2.4	1.3	3.1	.440	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.718
Oscar Robertson	79	43.8	24.7	-	-	6.4	9.8	-	-	-	2.9	8.3	17.1	.486	-	-	-	8.1	9.7	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Phil Jackson	Oscar Robertson
Season	1977-78	1969-70
Team	New York Knicks	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Phil Jackson	63	10.4	2.4	0.5	1.3	1.7	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.7	0.9	1.8	.478	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.768
Oscar Robertson	69	41.5	25.3	-	-	6.1	8.1	-	-	-	2.5	9.4	18.4	.511	-	-	-	6.6	8.1	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	6	8.3	2.0	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.8	0.7	1.3	.500	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.667
Oscar Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Phil Jackson	Oscar Robertson
Season	1978-79	1970-71
Team	New Jersey Nets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Phil Jackson	59	18.1	6.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.4	0.8	0.4	1.3	2.8	2.4	5.1	.475	-	-	-	1.5	1.8	.819
Oscar Robertson	81	39.4	19.4	-	-	5.7	8.2	-	-	-	2.5	7.3	14.7	.496	-	-	-	4.8	5.6	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	2	10.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	.333	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Oscar Robertson	14	37.1	18.3	-	-	5.0	8.9	-	-	-	2.8	7.3	15.0	.486	-	-	-	3.7	4.9	.754


Season 12
	Phil Jackson	Oscar Robertson
Season	1979-80	1971-72
Team	New Jersey Nets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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		%
Phil Jackson	16	12.1	4.1	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.6	2.2	1.8	2.9	.630	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.700
Oscar Robertson	64	37.3	17.4	-	-	5.0	7.7	-	-	-	1.8	6.5	13.9	.472	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	11	34.5	13.1	-	-	5.8	7.5	-	-	-	2.6	5.2	12.7	.407	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.833


Season 13
	Phil Jackson	Oscar Robertson
Season	-	1972-73
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
Phil Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	73	37.5	15.5	-	-	4.9	7.5	-	-	-	2.3	6.1	13.5	.454	-	-	-	3.3	3.8	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	6	42.7	21.2	-	-	4.7	7.5	-	-	-	3.5	8.0	16.0	.500	-	-	-	5.2	5.7	.912


Season 14
	Phil Jackson	Oscar Robertson
Season	-	1973-74
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
Phil Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	70	35.4	12.7	1.0	3.0	4.0	6.4	1.1	0.1	-	1.9	4.8	11.0	.438	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Phil Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	16	43.1	14.0	0.9	2.4	3.4	9.3	0.9	0.3	-	2.9	5.6	12.5	.450	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.846

Phil Jackson vs. Oscar Robertson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Oscar Robertson and Phil Jackson, 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