Sam Jones vs. Danny Schayes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Schayes and Sam Jones, 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.

Sam Jones played 12 years in the NBA, 6 less than Danny Schayes, who played 18. Sam Jones had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while Danny Schayes had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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.

Season 2
	Sam Jones	Danny Schayes
Season	1958-59	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
Sam Jones	71	20.6	10.7	-	-	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.4	4.3	9.9	.434	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.770
Danny Schayes	82	27.9	11.1	2.4	5.3	7.7	2.5	0.7	1.2	3.1	4.0	4.2	9.1	.457	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.6	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	11	17.5	10.3	-	-	5.7	1.5	-	-	-	1.3	3.6	9.8	.370	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.846
Danny Schayes	8	20.4	7.1	1.4	3.6	5.0	1.8	0.3	0.6	2.1	3.1	2.6	5.4	.488	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	1.9	1.000

Season 3
	Sam Jones	Danny Schayes
Season	1959-60	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
Sam Jones	74	20.4	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.4	4.8	10.6	.454	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.764
Danny Schayes	82	17.3	7.1	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.1	0.4	0.7	1.5	3.8	2.2	4.5	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	3.3	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	13	15.2	8.2	-	-	3.2	1.4	-	-	-	1.2	3.5	9.0	.385	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.810
Danny Schayes	5	16.2	5.6	0.6	4.2	4.8	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	4.0	2.2	3.6	.611	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.750

Season 4
	Sam Jones	Danny Schayes
Season	1960-61	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
Sam Jones	78	26.0	15.0	-	-	5.4	2.8	-	-	-	1.9	6.2	13.7	.449	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787
Danny Schayes	56	9.7	3.6	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.8	1.1	2.3	.465	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.7	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	10	25.8	13.1	-	-	5.4	2.2	-	-	-	2.2	5.0	11.2	.446	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	.886
Danny Schayes	9	13.1	4.0	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	2.4	1.2	2.9	.423	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.2	.700

Season 5
	Sam Jones	Danny Schayes
Season	1961-62	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
Sam Jones	78	30.6	18.4	-	-	5.9	3.0	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	16.5	.464	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.818
Danny Schayes	80	20.7	8.2	1.9	3.6	5.5	1.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	3.7	2.8	5.5	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.5	.777
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	14	36.0	20.6	-	-	7.1	3.1	-	-	-	2.1	8.8	19.8	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.700
Danny Schayes	10	29.5	11.6	3.4	4.8	8.2	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.1	3.7	4.6	8.6	.535	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.0	.800

Season 6
	Sam Jones	Danny Schayes
Season	1962-63	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
Sam Jones	76	30.6	19.7	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	8.2	17.2	.476	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.793
Danny Schayes	76	20.5	8.5	1.6	3.4	5.0	1.1	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.5	2.8	5.3	.519	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.9	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	13	34.6	23.8	-	-	6.2	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	9.2	19.1	.484	-	-	-	5.3	6.4	.831
Danny Schayes	3	25.0	10.0	2.0	3.7	5.7	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	3.3	4.0	5.7	.706	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 7
	Sam Jones	Danny Schayes
Season	1963-64	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
Sam Jones	76	31.3	19.4	-	-	4.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.1	17.9	.450	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.783
Danny Schayes	81	26.7	13.9	2.5	5.7	8.2	1.3	0.8	1.1	1.9	4.0	4.5	8.2	.540	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	6.0	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	10	35.6	23.2	-	-	4.7	2.3	-	-	-	2.4	9.1	18.0	.506	-	-	-	5.0	6.8	.735
Danny Schayes	11	28.5	16.4	2.7	4.5	7.2	1.6	0.3	0.9	2.2	4.2	5.0	8.0	.625	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	7.5	.843

Season 8
	Sam Jones	Danny Schayes
Season	1964-65	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
Sam Jones	80	36.1	25.9	-	-	5.1	2.8	-	-	-	2.2	10.3	22.7	.452	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.820
Danny Schayes	76	25.2	12.8	1.9	4.7	6.6	1.4	0.6	1.1	2.1	4.2	4.2	8.0	.522	0.0	0.1	.333	4.4	5.3	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	12	41.3	28.6	-	-	4.6	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	11.3	24.5	.459	-	-	-	6.1	7.0	.869
Danny Schayes	2	18.0	4.0	1.0	4.5	5.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	0.5	3.5	.143	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750

Season 9
	Sam Jones	Danny Schayes
Season	1965-66	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Sam Jones	67	32.2	23.5	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.5	9.3	19.9	.469	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.799
Danny Schayes	53	22.5	10.4	2.2	4.2	6.5	1.2	0.8	0.8	1.4	3.8	3.1	6.2	.494	0.0	0.1	.000	4.2	5.0	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	17	35.4	24.8	-	-	5.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.1	20.2	.449	-	-	-	6.7	8.0	.838
Danny Schayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Sam Jones	Danny Schayes
Season	1966-67	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Bucks 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		%
Sam Jones	72	32.3	22.1	-	-	4.7	3.0	-	-	-	2.7	8.9	19.5	.454	-	-	-	4.4	5.2	.857
Danny Schayes	82	27.2	10.6	2.1	4.4	6.5	1.2	0.7	0.7	1.3	3.2	3.6	7.3	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	4.0	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	9	36.2	26.7	-	-	5.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.3	10.6	23.0	.459	-	-	-	5.6	6.4	.862
Danny Schayes	3	23.7	9.3	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.7	3.0	7.7	.391	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	3.7	.909

Season 11
	Sam Jones	Danny Schayes
Season	1967-68	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Sam Jones	73	33.0	21.3	-	-	4.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.5	18.5	.461	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.827
Danny Schayes	43	16.9	5.6	1.3	2.6	3.9	0.8	0.4	0.4	1.0	2.3	1.9	4.6	.417	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.2	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	19	36.1	20.5	-	-	3.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	8.5	19.3	.441	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.786
Danny Schayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Sam Jones	Danny Schayes
Season	1968-69	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Sam Jones	70	26.0	16.3	-	-	3.8	2.6	-	-	-	1.7	7.1	15.8	.450	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.783
Danny Schayes	70	16.1	4.6	1.0	2.5	3.6	1.1	0.5	0.5	0.9	2.1	1.5	3.8	.399	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.0	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	18	28.6	16.8	-	-	3.2	2.1	-	-	-	2.5	6.9	16.4	.419	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.797
Danny Schayes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-