Reggie Jackson vs. Ralph Sampson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ralph Sampson and Reggie 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.

Reggie Jackson played 13 years in the NBA, 4 more than Ralph Sampson, who played 9. Reggie Jackson had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Ralph Sampson had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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
Reggie Jackson	13	8	2011-12 to 2023-24
Ralph Sampson	9	4	1983-84 to 1991-92

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Reggie Jackson	Ralph Sampson
Season	2011-12	1983-84
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	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		%
Reggie Jackson	45	11.1	3.1	0.3	0.9	1.2	1.6	0.6	0.0	0.8	0.7	1.1	3.5	.321	0.3	1.4	.210	0.6	0.6	.862
Ralph Sampson	82	32.8	21.0	3.6	7.6	11.1	2.0	0.9	2.4	3.6	4.1	8.7	16.7	.523	0.0	0.0	.250	3.5	5.3	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Reggie Jackson	Ralph Sampson
Season	2012-13	1984-85
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets 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		%
Reggie Jackson	70	14.2	5.3	0.3	2.1	2.4	1.7	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.2	2.1	4.6	.458	0.3	1.5	.231	0.7	0.9	.839
Ralph Sampson	82	37.6	22.1	2.8	7.6	10.4	2.7	1.0	2.0	4.0	3.7	9.2	18.3	.502	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.5	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	11	33.5	13.9	0.4	4.5	4.9	3.6	0.5	0.5	1.9	3.1	5.2	10.8	.479	1.2	3.9	.302	2.4	2.6	.897
Ralph Sampson	5	38.6	21.2	5.0	11.6	16.6	1.4	0.4	1.6	3.4	4.6	8.6	20.0	.430	0.2	0.2	1.000	3.8	7.4	.514


Season 3
	Reggie Jackson	Ralph Sampson
Season	2013-14	1985-86
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Rockets 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		%
Reggie Jackson	80	28.5	13.1	0.5	3.4	3.9	4.1	1.1	0.1	2.1	1.8	5.0	11.5	.440	1.0	3.1	.339	2.0	2.2	.893
Ralph Sampson	79	36.3	18.9	3.3	7.9	11.1	3.6	1.3	1.6	3.6	3.9	7.9	16.2	.488	0.0	0.2	.133	3.1	4.8	.641

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	19	27.9	11.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	2.4	0.3	0.2	2.0	2.6	3.9	8.5	.466	1.1	2.8	.396	2.1	2.3	.886
Ralph Sampson	20	37.1	20.0	3.3	7.5	10.8	4.0	1.5	1.8	3.6	4.0	7.8	15.1	.518	0.1	0.1	1.000	4.3	5.9	.729


Season 4
	Reggie Jackson	Ralph Sampson
Season	2014-15	1986-87
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Reggie Jackson	77	29.5	14.5	0.7	3.5	4.2	6.0	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.2	5.6	12.9	.434	0.9	3.1	.299	2.4	2.8	.830
Ralph Sampson	43	30.8	15.6	2.0	6.6	8.7	2.8	0.9	1.3	2.9	3.9	6.4	13.2	.489	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	4.4	.624

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ralph Sampson	10	33.0	18.6	2.7	6.1	8.8	2.1	0.2	1.2	3.1	4.7	7.5	14.6	.514	0.1	0.2	.500	3.5	4.3	.814


Season 5
	Reggie Jackson	Ralph Sampson
Season	2015-16	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Reggie Jackson	79	30.7	18.8	0.7	2.5	3.2	6.2	0.7	0.1	2.8	2.4	6.8	15.7	.434	1.5	4.2	.353	3.7	4.3	.864
Ralph Sampson	48	34.6	15.6	2.9	6.7	9.6	2.5	0.9	1.8	3.6	3.4	6.2	14.2	.438	0.0	0.2	.182	3.1	4.1	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	4	36.8	14.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	9.3	1.5	0.5	2.5	2.5	6.3	13.8	.455	0.8	4.5	.167	1.0	1.0	1.000
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Reggie Jackson	Ralph Sampson
Season	2016-17	1988-89
Team	Detroit Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Reggie Jackson	52	27.4	14.5	0.4	1.8	2.2	5.2	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.5	5.5	13.0	.419	1.3	3.5	.359	2.3	2.6	.868
Ralph Sampson	61	17.8	6.4	1.7	3.3	5.0	1.3	0.5	1.1	1.5	2.8	2.7	6.0	.449	0.0	0.1	.375	1.0	1.6	.653

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ralph Sampson	3	14.3	6.7	2.0	2.7	4.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	2.7	3.0	7.3	.409	0.0	1.3	.000	0.7	1.3	.500


Season 7
	Reggie Jackson	Ralph Sampson
Season	2017-18	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
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		%
Reggie Jackson	45	26.7	14.6	0.6	2.1	2.8	5.3	0.6	0.1	2.2	1.9	5.5	12.8	.426	1.2	3.8	.308	2.5	3.0	.836
Ralph Sampson	26	16.0	4.2	0.4	2.8	3.2	1.1	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.5	1.8	5.0	.372	0.0	0.2	.250	0.5	0.9	.522

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Reggie Jackson	Ralph Sampson
Season	2018-19	1990-91
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Reggie Jackson	82	27.9	15.4	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.2	0.7	0.1	1.8	2.5	5.4	12.8	.421	2.1	5.7	.369	2.5	2.9	.864
Ralph Sampson	25	13.9	3.0	1.6	2.8	4.4	0.7	0.4	0.7	1.1	2.2	1.4	3.7	.366	0.0	0.2	.200	0.2	0.8	.263

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	4	27.0	17.8	1.3	2.0	3.3	7.0	0.8	0.0	1.3	3.0	7.0	16.3	.431	2.3	5.3	.429	1.5	1.8	.857
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Reggie Jackson	Ralph Sampson
Season	2019-20	1991-92
Team	Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Reggie Jackson	31	24.0	11.9	0.5	2.4	3.0	4.1	0.4	0.2	1.6	1.9	4.3	10.5	.411	1.8	4.7	.393	1.5	1.7	.833
Ralph Sampson	10	10.8	2.2	1.1	1.9	3.0	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.0	1.4	0.9	2.9	.310	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	12	14.2	4.9	0.2	1.6	1.8	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.5	1.8	4.0	.438	1.4	2.7	.531	0.0	0.0	-
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Reggie Jackson	Ralph Sampson
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Reggie Jackson	67	23.0	10.7	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.1	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.9	3.9	8.7	.450	1.8	4.2	.433	1.0	1.2	.817
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	19	32.7	17.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	3.4	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.6	6.4	13.3	.484	3.1	7.5	.408	1.9	2.2	.878
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Reggie Jackson	Ralph Sampson
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
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		%
Reggie Jackson	75	31.2	16.8	0.5	3.1	3.6	4.8	0.7	0.2	2.3	2.1	6.4	16.3	.392	2.2	6.8	.326	1.8	2.2	.847
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Reggie Jackson	Ralph Sampson
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets	-
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		%
Reggie Jackson	68	24.4	10.2	0.4	1.8	2.1	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.7	3.9	9.4	.411	1.4	4.2	.333	1.0	1.1	.910
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	6	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	.500	0.2	0.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Reggie Jackson	Ralph Sampson
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets TBD	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	82	22.2	10.2	0.4	1.5	1.9	3.8	0.5	0.2	1.3	1.8	4.0	9.2	.431	1.2	3.5	.359	1.0	1.2	.806
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	11	10.2	3.8	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.1	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.5	4.3	.340	0.7	2.1	.348	0.2	0.2	1.000
Ralph Sampson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Reggie Jackson vs. Ralph Sampson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ralph Sampson and Reggie 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