Sam Jones vs. Gerald Wilkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gerald Wilkins 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, 1 less than Gerald Wilkins, who played 13. Sam Jones had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while Gerald Wilkins had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1958-59	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
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	71	20.6	10.7	-	-	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.4	4.3	9.9	.434	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.770
Gerald Wilkins	80	34.5	19.1	1.5	2.2	3.7	4.4	1.1	0.2	2.7	2.1	7.9	16.3	.486	0.3	0.9	.351	2.9	4.2	.701
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
Gerald Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Sam Jones	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1959-60	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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	74	20.4	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.4	4.8	10.6	.454	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.764
Gerald Wilkins	81	33.4	17.4	1.3	2.0	3.3	4.0	1.1	0.3	2.6	2.3	7.3	16.3	.446	0.5	1.6	.302	2.4	3.0	.786
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
Gerald Wilkins	4	37.3	20.0	0.3	1.8	2.0	4.8	1.0	0.0	2.8	3.0	8.3	17.3	.478	0.5	1.0	.500	3.0	3.5	.857

Season 4
	Sam Jones	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1960-61	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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		%
Sam Jones	78	26.0	15.0	-	-	5.4	2.8	-	-	-	1.9	6.2	13.7	.449	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787
Gerald Wilkins	81	29.8	14.3	1.2	1.8	3.0	3.4	1.4	0.3	2.1	2.0	5.7	12.7	.451	0.6	2.1	.297	2.3	3.0	.756
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
Gerald Wilkins	9	32.2	16.1	1.0	2.7	3.7	4.7	1.3	0.3	2.4	3.0	7.0	14.6	.481	0.1	1.1	.100	2.0	2.6	.783

Season 5
	Sam Jones	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1961-62	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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		%
Sam Jones	78	30.6	18.4	-	-	5.9	3.0	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	16.5	.464	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.818
Gerald Wilkins	82	31.8	14.5	1.6	2.9	4.5	4.0	1.2	0.3	2.4	2.3	5.8	12.6	.457	0.5	1.5	.312	2.5	3.2	.803
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
Gerald Wilkins	10	31.9	14.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	5.2	1.4	0.1	1.8	2.3	6.3	13.7	.460	0.2	0.8	.250	1.8	2.2	.818

Season 6
	Sam Jones	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1962-63	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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	76	30.6	19.7	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	8.2	17.2	.476	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.793
Gerald Wilkins	68	31.8	13.8	1.1	1.9	3.0	4.0	1.2	0.3	2.4	2.7	5.6	11.8	.473	0.1	0.6	.209	2.5	3.0	.820
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
Gerald Wilkins	3	26.0	10.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.7	1.7	0.3	2.7	3.7	4.7	12.7	.368	0.7	2.3	.286	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 7
	Sam Jones	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1963-64	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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		%
Sam Jones	76	31.3	19.4	-	-	4.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.1	17.9	.450	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.783
Gerald Wilkins	82	28.6	12.4	0.9	1.6	2.5	2.7	0.9	0.2	1.4	2.4	5.3	11.8	.447	0.5	1.3	.352	1.4	1.9	.730
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
Gerald Wilkins	12	28.7	8.9	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.8	0.4	0.1	1.3	2.9	3.8	9.1	.413	0.1	1.1	.077	1.3	1.9	.696

Season 8
	Sam Jones	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1964-65	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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		%
Sam Jones	80	36.1	25.9	-	-	5.1	2.8	-	-	-	2.2	10.3	22.7	.452	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.820
Gerald Wilkins	80	26.0	11.1	0.9	1.8	2.7	2.3	1.0	0.2	1.2	1.9	4.5	10.0	.453	0.2	0.7	.276	1.9	2.3	.840
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
Gerald Wilkins	9	26.2	10.3	0.7	1.1	1.8	2.7	1.0	0.2	1.2	1.8	4.2	9.7	.437	0.4	1.3	.333	1.4	1.9	.765

Season 9
	Sam Jones	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1965-66	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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	67	32.2	23.5	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.5	9.3	19.9	.469	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.799
Gerald Wilkins	82	33.8	14.3	1.3	2.4	3.7	3.1	1.3	0.5	1.6	2.3	5.4	11.9	.457	1.0	2.6	.396	2.4	3.0	.776
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
Gerald Wilkins	3	42.0	20.3	1.0	3.3	4.3	3.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	6.7	15.0	.444	2.3	5.3	.438	4.7	5.3	.875

Note: Gerald Wilkins didn't play in 1994-95.

Season 10
	Sam Jones	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1966-67	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Vancouver Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	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	72	32.3	22.1	-	-	4.7	3.0	-	-	-	2.7	8.9	19.5	.454	-	-	-	4.4	5.2	.857
Gerald Wilkins	28	26.4	6.7	0.8	1.5	2.3	2.4	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.0	2.8	7.3	.376	0.5	2.3	.219	0.7	0.8	.870
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
Gerald Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Sam Jones	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1967-68	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic 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	73	33.0	21.3	-	-	4.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.5	18.5	.461	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.827
Gerald Wilkins	80	27.5	10.6	0.7	1.4	2.2	2.2	0.7	0.2	1.5	1.8	4.0	9.5	.426	0.8	2.5	.325	1.7	2.4	.716
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
Gerald Wilkins	5	28.6	9.4	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.4	3.2	9.0	.356	0.6	1.8	.333	2.4	2.8	.857

Season 12
	Sam Jones	Gerald Wilkins
Season	1968-69	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
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
Gerald Wilkins	72	17.4	5.3	0.2	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.1	2.0	6.0	.325	0.4	1.5	.266	1.0	1.4	.704
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
Gerald Wilkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-