Tom Chambers vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and Tom Chambers, 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.

Tom Chambers played 16 years in the NBA, 4 more than Sam Jones, who played 12. Tom Chambers had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Tom Chambers	16	10	1981-82 to 1997-98
Sam Jones	12	12	1957-58 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Tom Chambers	Sam Jones
Season	1981-82	1957-58
Team	San Diego Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tom Chambers	81	33.1	17.2	2.6	4.3	6.9	1.8	0.7	0.6	2.7	4.2	6.8	13.0	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	5.7	.620
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		%
Tom Chambers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tom Chambers	Sam Jones
Season	1982-83	1958-59
Team	San Diego Clippers	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		%
Tom Chambers	79	33.7	17.6	2.8	3.8	6.6	2.4	1.0	0.7	3.0	4.2	6.6	13.9	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.2	.723
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		%
Tom Chambers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tom Chambers	Sam Jones
Season	1983-84	1959-60
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Tom Chambers	82	31.3	18.1	2.7	3.8	6.5	1.6	0.6	0.6	2.3	3.8	6.8	13.5	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	5.7	.800
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		%
Tom Chambers	5	38.2	13.6	0.8	5.8	6.6	1.6	1.0	0.6	1.8	4.6	5.6	11.8	.475	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	3.6	.667
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
	Tom Chambers	Sam Jones
Season	1984-85	1960-61
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Tom Chambers	81	36.1	21.5	2.0	5.1	7.1	2.6	0.9	0.7	3.2	3.9	7.8	16.1	.483	0.1	0.3	.273	5.9	7.0	.832
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		%
Tom Chambers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tom Chambers	Sam Jones
Season	1985-86	1961-62
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Tom Chambers	66	30.6	18.5	1.9	4.6	6.5	2.0	0.8	0.6	2.9	3.8	6.5	14.1	.466	0.2	0.7	.271	5.2	6.3	.836
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		%
Tom Chambers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tom Chambers	Sam Jones
Season	1986-87	1962-63
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Tom Chambers	82	36.8	23.3	2.0	4.7	6.6	3.0	1.0	0.6	3.3	3.7	8.0	17.6	.456	0.7	1.8	.372	6.5	7.7	.849
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		%
Tom Chambers	14	35.6	23.0	2.3	4.1	6.4	2.3	0.9	0.9	2.4	3.6	8.4	18.8	.449	0.4	1.3	.333	5.7	7.1	.808
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
	Tom Chambers	Sam Jones
Season	1987-88	1963-64
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Tom Chambers	82	32.7	20.4	1.6	4.3	6.0	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.5	3.6	7.5	16.6	.448	0.4	1.3	.303	5.1	6.3	.807
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		%
Tom Chambers	5	33.6	25.8	1.6	4.6	6.2	2.2	0.6	0.2	2.6	4.8	10.0	18.2	.549	0.0	0.4	.000	5.8	7.0	.829
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
	Tom Chambers	Sam Jones
Season	1988-89	1964-65
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Tom Chambers	81	37.1	25.7	1.8	6.7	8.4	2.9	1.1	0.7	2.9	3.3	9.6	20.3	.471	0.3	1.1	.326	6.3	7.4	.851
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		%
Tom Chambers	12	41.3	26.0	1.8	9.1	10.9	3.8	1.1	1.3	3.3	3.7	9.8	21.4	.459	0.8	1.8	.409	5.6	6.5	.859
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
	Tom Chambers	Sam Jones
Season	1989-90	1965-66
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Tom Chambers	81	37.6	27.2	1.5	5.6	7.0	2.3	1.1	0.6	2.7	3.2	10.0	20.0	.501	0.3	1.1	.279	6.9	8.0	.861
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		%
Tom Chambers	16	38.3	22.2	1.3	5.4	6.7	1.9	0.4	0.4	3.1	3.4	7.3	17.2	.425	0.3	1.2	.263	7.3	8.3	.879
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
	Tom Chambers	Sam Jones
Season	1990-91	1966-67
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tom Chambers	76	32.6	19.9	1.4	5.1	6.4	2.6	0.9	0.7	2.3	3.1	7.3	16.7	.437	0.3	1.0	.274	5.0	6.0	.826
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		%
Tom Chambers	4	35.5	17.0	0.5	5.3	5.8	2.5	1.8	1.3	3.0	3.0	6.8	16.5	.409	0.0	1.3	.000	3.5	4.8	.737
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
	Tom Chambers	Sam Jones
Season	1991-92	1967-68
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Tom Chambers	69	28.2	16.3	1.2	4.6	5.8	2.1	0.8	0.5	1.5	2.8	6.2	14.3	.431	0.3	0.7	.367	3.7	4.5	.830
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		%
Tom Chambers	7	27.7	15.6	1.1	3.3	4.4	2.7	0.3	0.7	2.1	3.6	5.6	12.1	.459	0.6	1.0	.571	3.9	4.6	.844
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
	Tom Chambers	Sam Jones
Season	1992-93	1968-69
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA 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		%
Tom Chambers	73	23.6	12.2	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.4	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.9	4.4	9.8	.447	0.2	0.4	.393	3.3	3.9	.837
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		%
Tom Chambers	24	15.7	7.3	1.0	1.8	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.1	2.4	2.7	6.9	.388	0.1	0.2	.400	1.8	2.3	.815
Sam Jones	18	28.6	16.8	-	-	3.2	2.1	-	-	-	2.5	6.9	16.4	.419	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.797


Season 13
	Tom Chambers	Sam Jones
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Tom Chambers	80	23.0	11.2	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.9	4.1	9.4	.440	0.2	0.6	.311	2.8	3.5	.786
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Chambers	16	20.3	5.8	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.6	0.5	3.1	2.2	6.1	.361	0.0	0.4	.000	1.4	1.8	.793
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Tom Chambers	Sam Jones
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Tom Chambers	81	15.3	6.2	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.6	2.1	2.4	5.3	.457	0.0	0.3	.167	1.3	1.7	.807
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Chambers	5	12.0	6.4	0.6	2.0	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.6	3.6	2.2	4.4	.500	0.2	0.6	.333	1.8	2.6	.692
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Tom Chambers didn't play in 1995-96.


Season 15
	Tom Chambers	Sam Jones
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Tom Chambers	12	6.9	1.6	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	.226	0.2	0.3	.667	0.3	0.3	.750
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Chambers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Tom Chambers	Sam Jones
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Tom Chambers	1	10.0	6.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Chambers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tom Chambers vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and Tom Chambers, 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

Season 15

Season 16