Rick Fox vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and Rick Fox, 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.

Rick Fox played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Sam Jones, who played 12. Rick Fox had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rick Fox	Sam Jones
Season	1991-92	1957-58
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Rick Fox	81	19.0	8.0	0.9	1.8	2.7	1.6	1.0	0.4	1.5	2.8	3.0	6.5	.459	0.3	0.9	.329	1.7	2.3	.755
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		%
Rick Fox	8	8.4	3.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.4	1.4	2.9	.478	0.4	0.8	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000
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
	Rick Fox	Sam Jones
Season	1992-93	1958-59
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Rick Fox	71	15.2	6.4	0.8	1.5	2.2	1.6	0.9	0.3	1.1	1.9	2.6	5.4	.484	0.1	0.3	.174	1.1	1.4	.802
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		%
Rick Fox	4	17.8	4.3	2.0	2.8	4.8	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.8	1.8	6.3	.280	0.3	0.8	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000
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
	Rick Fox	Sam Jones
Season	1993-94	1959-60
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Rick Fox	82	25.6	10.8	1.3	3.0	4.3	2.6	1.0	0.6	1.9	3.0	4.1	8.9	.467	0.4	1.2	.330	2.1	2.8	.757
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		%
Rick Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rick Fox	Sam Jones
Season	1994-95	1960-61
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Rick Fox	53	19.6	8.8	1.2	1.8	2.9	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.5	2.9	3.2	6.6	.481	0.6	1.4	.413	1.8	2.3	.772
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		%
Rick Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rick Fox	Sam Jones
Season	1995-96	1961-62
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		%
Rick Fox	81	32.0	14.0	2.0	3.6	5.6	4.6	1.4	0.5	2.7	3.6	5.2	11.5	.454	1.2	3.4	.364	2.4	3.1	.772
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		%
Rick Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rick Fox	Sam Jones
Season	1996-97	1962-63
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Rick Fox	76	34.9	15.4	1.5	3.7	5.2	3.8	2.2	0.5	2.3	3.7	5.7	12.5	.456	1.3	3.7	.363	2.7	3.5	.787
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		%
Rick Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rick Fox	Sam Jones
Season	1997-98	1963-64
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 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		%
Rick Fox	82	33.0	12.0	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.4	1.2	0.6	2.5	3.8	4.4	9.4	.471	1.0	3.2	.325	2.1	2.8	.743
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		%
Rick Fox	13	33.1	10.9	1.4	3.1	4.5	3.9	0.8	0.2	1.6	3.6	3.9	8.8	.447	1.6	4.1	.396	1.5	1.8	.826
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
	Rick Fox	Sam Jones
Season	1998-99	1964-65
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Rick Fox	44	21.5	9.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.3	2.6	3.4	7.5	.448	0.7	2.2	.337	1.5	2.0	.742
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		%
Rick Fox	8	22.6	6.6	1.1	1.6	2.8	1.5	0.5	0.6	1.8	3.3	3.0	7.5	.400	0.5	2.6	.190	0.1	0.1	1.000
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
	Rick Fox	Sam Jones
Season	1999-00	1965-66
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Rick Fox	82	18.0	6.5	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.7	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.5	2.5	6.1	.414	0.7	2.2	.326	0.8	1.0	.808
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		%
Rick Fox	23	14.4	4.3	0.5	1.2	1.7	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.7	3.0	1.4	3.2	.452	0.8	1.7	.462	0.7	0.9	.762
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
	Rick Fox	Sam Jones
Season	2000-01	1966-67
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Rick Fox	82	27.9	9.6	1.0	3.0	4.0	3.2	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.7	3.5	7.9	.444	1.4	3.7	.393	1.2	1.5	.779
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		%
Rick Fox	16	35.8	10.0	0.8	4.1	4.9	3.6	1.9	0.4	2.3	3.4	3.6	8.1	.450	1.1	3.6	.316	1.6	1.9	.867
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
	Rick Fox	Sam Jones
Season	2001-02	1967-68
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Rick Fox	82	27.9	7.9	1.1	3.6	4.7	3.5	0.8	0.3	1.6	3.0	3.1	7.4	.421	0.8	2.5	.313	0.9	1.0	.824
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		%
Rick Fox	19	34.5	9.8	1.3	4.1	5.4	3.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.7	3.5	7.3	.482	0.8	2.3	.349	1.9	2.6	.755
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
	Rick Fox	Sam Jones
Season	2002-03	1968-69
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Rick Fox	76	28.7	9.0	0.8	3.4	4.3	3.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.8	3.4	8.2	.422	1.4	3.7	.375	0.7	0.9	.754
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		%
Rick Fox	4	20.0	6.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.8	2.0	4.5	.444	1.3	2.5	.500	0.8	1.0	.750
Sam Jones	18	28.6	16.8	-	-	3.2	2.1	-	-	-	2.5	6.9	16.4	.419	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.797