Spencer Haywood vs. Dahntay Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dahntay Jones and Spencer Haywood, 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.

Spencer Haywood played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than Dahntay Jones, who played 13. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Dahntay Jones had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
Spencer Haywood	12	4	1970-71 to 1982-83
Dahntay Jones	13	9	2003-04 to 2016-17

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Spencer Haywood	Dahntay Jones
Season	1970-71	2003-04
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
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		%
Spencer Haywood	33	35.2	20.6	-	-	12.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	7.9	17.5	.449	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.734
Dahntay Jones	20	7.7	1.8	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.2	0.8	2.7	.283	0.1	0.2	.250	0.3	0.6	.455

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Spencer Haywood	Dahntay Jones
Season	1971-72	2004-05
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies 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		%
Spencer Haywood	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
Dahntay Jones	52	12.5	4.5	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.6	1.6	3.7	.437	0.4	1.2	.383	0.8	1.2	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dahntay Jones	3	23.7	7.3	0.7	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.7	2.7	7.0	.381	1.0	1.7	.600	1.0	1.3	.750


Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	Dahntay Jones
Season	1972-73	2005-06
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies 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		%
Spencer Haywood	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
Dahntay Jones	71	13.6	4.0	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.5	1.5	3.7	.414	0.0	0.3	.143	0.8	1.3	.645

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dahntay Jones	4	11.5	4.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.3	1.8	.714	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.700


Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	Dahntay Jones
Season	1973-74	2006-07
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	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		%
Spencer Haywood	75	40.5	23.5	4.2	9.2	13.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	-	2.6	9.3	20.3	.457	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.814
Dahntay Jones	78	21.4	7.5	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.8	5.9	.477	0.1	0.2	.417	1.8	2.2	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	Dahntay Jones
Season	1974-75	2007-08
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Spencer Haywood	68	37.2	22.4	2.9	6.4	9.3	2.0	0.8	1.6	-	2.5	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.811
Dahntay Jones	25	8.2	3.2	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.1	0.9	2.1	.434	0.0	0.2	.167	1.4	2.0	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	9	37.4	15.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	2.0	0.8	1.2	-	3.2	5.2	14.6	.359	-	-	-	5.2	6.8	.770
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Spencer Haywood	Dahntay Jones
Season	1975-76	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Spencer Haywood	78	37.1	19.9	3.0	8.3	11.3	1.2	0.7	1.0	-	3.3	7.8	17.4	.445	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.757
Dahntay Jones	79	18.1	5.4	0.7	1.4	2.1	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.9	2.5	1.9	4.3	.458	0.1	0.2	.647	1.4	1.9	.728

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dahntay Jones	16	17.5	7.0	1.0	1.4	2.4	0.6	0.8	0.3	0.8	2.6	2.4	4.9	.481	0.2	0.8	.250	2.1	2.7	.767


Season 7
	Spencer Haywood	Dahntay Jones
Season	1976-77	2009-10
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
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		%
Spencer Haywood	31	32.9	16.5	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.6	0.5	0.9	-	2.3	6.5	14.5	.450	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	.832
Dahntay Jones	76	24.9	10.2	0.6	2.4	3.0	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.7	3.1	3.8	8.2	.461	0.1	0.4	.125	2.6	3.4	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dahntay Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Spencer Haywood	Dahntay Jones
Season	1977-78	2010-11
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Spencer Haywood	67	26.3	13.7	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.9	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.8	6.1	12.7	.484	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.711
Dahntay Jones	45	13.1	6.3	0.1	1.4	1.4	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.6	2.2	4.8	.467	0.3	0.9	.359	1.5	2.0	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	6	29.5	16.2	3.2	3.8	7.0	2.0	0.3	0.8	1.7	4.0	7.2	14.2	.506	-	-	-	1.8	1.8	1.000
Dahntay Jones	3	16.7	8.7	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	3.0	6.7	.450	0.0	1.0	.000	2.7	3.0	.889


Season 9
	Spencer Haywood	Dahntay Jones
Season	1978-79	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Spencer Haywood	68	34.7	20.9	2.5	5.3	7.8	1.9	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.5	8.8	17.7	.494	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.791
Dahntay Jones	65	16.2	5.3	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.8	1.8	4.3	.409	0.5	1.2	.429	1.3	1.5	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dahntay Jones	7	8.3	2.4	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.6	0.6	2.6	.222	0.3	1.3	.222	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	Dahntay Jones
Season	1979-80	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
Spencer Haywood	76	20.3	9.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.7	.772
Dahntay Jones	78	13.0	3.4	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.5	1.1	2.8	.369	0.1	0.6	.224	1.1	1.4	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	11	13.2	5.7	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	2.3	4.8	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.5	.813
Dahntay Jones	5	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000

Note: Spencer Haywood didn't play in 1980-81.

Note: Dahntay Jones didn't play in 2013-14.


Season 11
	Spencer Haywood	Dahntay Jones
Season	1981-82	2014-15
Team	Washington Bullets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers 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		%
Spencer Haywood	76	27.4	13.3	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.3	3.3	5.2	10.9	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.4	.842
Dahntay Jones	33	3.7	0.6	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.6	.286	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.3	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	7	33.0	20.0	2.3	3.3	5.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.1	4.0	8.1	16.4	.496	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.0	.743
Dahntay Jones	11	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Spencer Haywood	Dahntay Jones
Season	1982-83	2015-16
Team	Washington Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Spencer Haywood	38	20.4	8.2	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.3	8.2	.401	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.3	.724
Dahntay Jones	1	42.0	13.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	14.0	.429	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dahntay Jones	15	3.3	1.1	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.9	.462	0.1	0.2	.333	0.3	0.3	.800


Season 13
	Spencer Haywood	Dahntay Jones
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers 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		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dahntay Jones	1	12.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	8.0	.375	0.0	2.0	.000	3.0	4.0	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dahntay Jones	10	3.3	1.6	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.5	1.0	.500	0.1	0.2	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000

Spencer Haywood vs. Dahntay Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dahntay Jones and Spencer Haywood, 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