Von Wafer vs. Jo Jo White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jo Jo White and Von Wafer, 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.

Von Wafer played 6 years in the NBA, 6 less than Jo Jo White, who played 12. Von Wafer had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while Jo Jo White had his rookie season in 1969-70. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12
Rookie Season
	Von Wafer	Jo Jo White
Season	2005-06	1969-70
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Von Wafer	16	4.6	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.4	2.4	.158	0.1	1.1	.118	0.4	0.5	.750
Jo Jo White	60	22.1	12.2	-	-	2.8	2.4	-	-	-	2.2	5.2	11.4	.452	-	-	-	1.9	2.3	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Von Wafer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jo Jo White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Von Wafer	Jo Jo White
Season	2006-07	1970-71
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
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		%
Von Wafer	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Jo Jo White	75	37.2	21.3	-	-	5.0	4.8	-	-	-	3.4	9.2	19.9	.464	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.799
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Von Wafer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jo Jo White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Von Wafer	Jo Jo White
Season	2007-08	1971-72
Team	Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Von Wafer	29	5.3	1.6	0.0	0.6	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.6	2.1	.279	0.1	0.9	.154	0.3	0.4	.667
Jo Jo White	79	41.3	23.1	-	-	5.6	5.3	-	-	-	2.9	9.7	22.6	.431	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.831
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Von Wafer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jo Jo White	11	39.3	23.5	-	-	5.4	5.3	-	-	-	2.8	9.9	20.0	.495	-	-	-	3.6	4.4	.833

Season 4
	Von Wafer	Jo Jo White
Season	2008-09	1972-73
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Von Wafer	63	19.4	9.7	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.1	3.6	8.1	.447	1.0	2.6	.390	1.4	1.9	.752
Jo Jo White	82	39.6	19.7	-	-	5.0	6.1	-	-	-	2.3	8.7	20.3	.431	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Von Wafer	13	13.9	8.2	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.8	0.8	3.0	7.1	.424	0.7	1.7	.409	1.5	1.7	.864
Jo Jo White	13	44.8	24.5	-	-	4.2	6.4	-	-	-	3.4	10.4	23.1	.450	-	-	-	3.8	4.2	.907

Note: Von Wafer didn't play in 2009-10.

Season 5
	Von Wafer	Jo Jo White
Season	2010-11	1973-74
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Von Wafer	58	9.5	3.2	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.7	1.2	2.7	.421	0.3	1.2	.269	0.6	0.7	.842
Jo Jo White	82	39.5	18.1	1.2	3.1	4.3	5.5	1.3	0.3	-	2.3	7.9	17.6	.449	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.837
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Von Wafer	3	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Jo Jo White	18	42.5	16.6	0.9	3.2	4.2	5.4	0.8	0.1	-	3.1	7.3	17.2	.426	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	.739

Season 6
	Von Wafer	Jo Jo White
Season	2011-12	1974-75
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Von Wafer	33	14.2	5.9	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.9	0.3	0.1	1.1	0.8	2.2	4.8	.452	0.4	1.2	.359	1.2	1.6	.704
Jo Jo White	82	39.3	18.3	1.0	2.8	3.8	5.6	1.6	0.2	-	2.5	8.0	17.6	.457	-	-	-	2.3	2.7	.834
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Von Wafer	1	6.0	6.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	5.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jo Jo White	11	42.0	20.6	1.6	2.9	4.5	5.7	1.0	0.4	-	2.9	9.1	20.6	.441	-	-	-	2.5	3.0	.818

Season 7
	Von Wafer	Jo Jo White
Season	-	1975-76
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Von Wafer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jo Jo White	82	39.7	18.9	0.7	3.1	3.8	5.4	1.3	0.2	-	2.2	8.2	18.2	.449	-	-	-	2.6	3.1	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Von Wafer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jo Jo White	18	43.9	22.7	0.7	3.3	3.9	5.4	1.3	0.1	-	2.8	9.2	20.6	.445	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.821

Season 8
	Von Wafer	Jo Jo White
Season	-	1976-77
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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		%
Von Wafer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jo Jo White	82	40.6	19.6	1.1	3.6	4.7	6.0	1.4	0.3	-	2.4	7.8	18.1	.429	-	-	-	4.1	4.7	.869
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Von Wafer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jo Jo White	9	43.9	23.3	1.1	3.2	4.3	5.8	1.6	0.0	-	3.0	10.1	22.3	.453	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	.848