Sam Jones vs. Jack Sikma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jack Sikma 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.

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.

Sam Jones played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Jack Sikma, who played 14. Sam Jones had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while Jack Sikma had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
Sam Jones	12	12	1957-58 to 1968-69
Jack Sikma	14	11	1977-78 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Sam Jones	Jack Sikma
Season	1957-58	1977-78
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Supersonics 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		%
Sam Jones	56	10.6	4.6	-	-	2.9	0.7	-	-	-	0.8	1.8	4.2	.429	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.714
Jack Sikma	82	27.3	10.7	2.4	5.9	8.3	1.6	0.8	0.5	2.3	3.7	4.2	9.2	.455	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	8	9.4	3.9	-	-	3.0	0.5	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	2.8	.455	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.688
Jack Sikma	22	31.9	13.7	2.3	5.8	8.1	1.2	0.8	0.5	1.6	4.6	5.2	11.2	.466	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	.780


Season 2
	Sam Jones	Jack Sikma
Season	1958-59	1978-79
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
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		%
Sam Jones	71	20.6	10.7	-	-	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.4	4.3	9.9	.434	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.770
Jack Sikma	82	36.1	15.6	2.8	9.5	12.4	3.2	1.0	0.8	3.1	3.6	5.8	12.6	.460	-	-	-	4.0	4.9	.814

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
Jack Sikma	17	38.5	14.9	2.3	9.4	11.7	2.5	0.9	1.4	2.4	4.1	6.0	13.2	.455	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.787


Season 3
	Sam Jones	Jack Sikma
Season	1959-60	1979-80
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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	74	20.4	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.4	4.8	10.6	.454	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.764
Jack Sikma	82	34.1	14.3	2.4	8.7	11.1	3.4	0.8	0.9	2.5	2.8	5.7	12.1	.475	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.6	.805

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
Jack Sikma	15	35.6	11.7	2.0	6.4	8.4	3.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	3.7	4.3	10.9	.399	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	3.6	.852


Season 4
	Sam Jones	Jack Sikma
Season	1960-61	1980-81
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
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	78	26.0	15.0	-	-	5.4	2.8	-	-	-	1.9	6.2	13.7	.449	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787
Jack Sikma	82	35.6	18.7	2.2	8.1	10.4	3.0	1.0	1.1	2.5	3.4	7.3	16.0	.454	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.0	.823

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
Jack Sikma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Sam Jones	Jack Sikma
Season	1961-62	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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
Jack Sikma	82	37.2	19.6	2.7	9.9	12.7	3.4	1.2	1.3	2.6	3.3	7.1	14.8	.479	0.0	0.2	.154	5.5	6.4	.855

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
Jack Sikma	8	39.4	20.5	2.6	9.5	12.1	3.0	1.1	1.0	2.0	4.3	7.1	16.0	.445	0.0	0.0	-	6.3	7.3	.862


Season 6
	Sam Jones	Jack Sikma
Season	1962-63	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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
Jack Sikma	75	34.2	18.2	2.8	8.6	11.4	3.1	1.2	0.9	2.5	3.5	6.5	13.9	.464	0.0	0.1	.000	5.3	6.4	.837

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
Jack Sikma	2	37.5	15.0	3.0	10.0	13.0	5.5	1.0	1.0	2.5	3.5	5.5	15.5	.355	0.0	0.5	.000	4.0	6.0	.667


Season 7
	Sam Jones	Jack Sikma
Season	1963-64	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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	31.3	19.4	-	-	4.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.1	17.9	.450	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.783
Jack Sikma	82	36.5	19.1	2.7	8.4	11.1	4.0	1.2	1.1	2.9	3.7	7.0	14.1	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	5.9	.856

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
Jack Sikma	5	38.6	22.0	2.2	8.0	10.2	1.0	0.6	1.4	1.8	4.4	9.8	19.6	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	2.8	.857


Season 8
	Sam Jones	Jack Sikma
Season	1964-65	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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	80	36.1	25.9	-	-	5.1	2.8	-	-	-	2.2	10.3	22.7	.452	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.820
Jack Sikma	68	35.3	18.5	2.4	8.2	10.6	4.2	1.2	1.3	2.4	3.5	6.8	13.9	.489	0.0	0.1	.200	4.9	5.8	.852

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
Jack Sikma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Sam Jones	Jack Sikma
Season	1965-66	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
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	67	32.2	23.5	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.5	9.3	19.9	.469	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.799
Jack Sikma	80	34.9	17.1	1.8	7.5	9.4	3.8	1.2	0.9	2.7	3.7	6.4	13.8	.462	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	5.1	.864

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
Jack Sikma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Sam Jones	Jack Sikma
Season	1966-67	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Bucks 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	72	32.3	22.1	-	-	4.7	3.0	-	-	-	2.7	8.9	19.5	.454	-	-	-	4.4	5.2	.857
Jack Sikma	82	30.9	12.7	2.5	7.5	10.0	2.5	1.1	1.1	2.0	4.0	4.8	10.3	.463	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	3.8	.847

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
Jack Sikma	12	35.5	16.2	2.8	8.1	10.8	1.9	1.3	0.8	1.5	4.7	6.1	12.5	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	4.0	4.1	.980


Season 11
	Sam Jones	Jack Sikma
Season	1967-68	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	73	33.0	21.3	-	-	4.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.5	18.5	.461	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.827
Jack Sikma	82	35.6	16.5	2.4	6.3	8.6	3.4	1.1	1.0	1.9	3.9	6.3	12.9	.486	0.0	0.2	.214	3.9	4.2	.922

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
Jack Sikma	5	38.0	19.0	4.8	7.6	12.4	2.6	0.4	0.8	3.0	4.6	7.0	15.2	.461	0.0	0.6	.000	5.0	6.0	.833


Season 12
	Sam Jones	Jack Sikma
Season	1968-69	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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	70	26.0	16.3	-	-	3.8	2.6	-	-	-	1.7	7.1	15.8	.450	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.783
Jack Sikma	80	32.3	13.4	1.8	6.0	7.8	3.6	1.1	0.8	1.8	3.8	4.5	10.4	.431	1.0	2.7	.380	3.3	3.7	.905

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
Jack Sikma	9	33.4	11.7	1.0	4.6	5.6	3.3	0.9	0.4	2.3	4.6	4.1	10.4	.394	0.9	3.1	.286	2.6	3.1	.821


Season 13
	Sam Jones	Jack Sikma
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	71	31.7	13.9	1.5	5.4	6.9	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.0	3.4	4.8	11.6	.416	1.0	2.8	.342	3.2	3.7	.885

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	4	29.3	5.0	0.0	3.5	3.5	1.8	0.5	1.0	3.0	4.8	1.5	5.8	.261	0.5	1.8	.286	1.5	2.0	.750


Season 14
	Sam Jones	Jack Sikma
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	77	25.2	10.4	1.4	4.3	5.7	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.7	2.8	3.8	9.0	.427	0.6	1.8	.341	2.2	2.6	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Sikma	3	17.0	4.7	1.0	3.0	4.0	2.0	1.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	5.0	.400	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.7	.500

Sam Jones vs. Jack Sikma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jack Sikma 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.

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