Charles Jones vs. Jeremy Lin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeremy Lin and Charles 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.

Charles Jones played 15 years in the NBA, 6 more than Jeremy Lin, who played 9. Charles Jones had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Jeremy Lin had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Charles Jones	15	8	1983-84 to 1997-98
Jeremy Lin	9	4	2010-11 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Charles Jones	Jeremy Lin
Season	1983-84	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Charles Jones	1	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	4.0	.250
Jeremy Lin	29	9.8	2.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.4	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.0	2.5	.389	0.0	0.2	.200	0.7	0.9	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Charles Jones	Jeremy Lin
Season	1984-85	2011-12
Team	Chicago Bulls, Washington Bullets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Charles Jones	31	21.5	5.6	2.3	3.6	5.9	0.8	0.7	2.5	0.8	3.5	2.2	4.1	.528	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.690
Jeremy Lin	35	26.9	14.6	0.5	2.5	3.1	6.2	1.6	0.3	3.6	2.2	4.9	10.9	.446	0.7	2.1	.320	4.2	5.2	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Jones	4	27.5	7.3	2.8	3.8	6.5	0.8	0.8	2.5	1.5	4.0	2.5	4.8	.526	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	4.0	.563
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Charles Jones	Jeremy Lin
Season	1985-86	2012-13
Team	Washington Bullets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Charles Jones	81	19.9	3.9	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.9	0.7	1.6	0.9	2.9	1.6	3.1	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.1	.628
Jeremy Lin	82	32.2	13.4	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.5	4.8	10.9	.441	1.1	3.1	.339	2.6	3.4	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Jones	5	14.4	2.4	1.2	0.6	1.8	0.6	0.4	0.4	1.0	2.6	0.8	2.2	.364	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000
Jeremy Lin	4	21.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.5	6.0	.250	0.5	3.0	.167	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 4
	Charles Jones	Jeremy Lin
Season	1986-87	2013-14
Team	Washington Bullets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Charles Jones	79	20.4	3.6	1.8	2.7	4.5	1.0	0.8	2.1	1.0	3.2	1.5	3.2	.474	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.0	.632
Jeremy Lin	71	28.9	12.5	0.5	2.2	2.6	4.1	1.0	0.4	2.5	2.3	4.2	9.3	.446	1.2	3.2	.358	3.1	3.7	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Jones	3	18.7	2.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.3	3.0	1.0	1.7	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jeremy Lin	6	29.5	11.3	1.2	2.5	3.7	4.3	0.5	0.2	2.2	2.5	4.2	10.2	.410	0.8	3.8	.217	2.2	2.7	.813


Season 5
	Charles Jones	Jeremy Lin
Season	1987-88	2014-15
Team	Washington Bullets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Charles Jones	69	19.0	2.9	1.5	3.2	4.7	0.9	0.8	1.6	0.8	3.3	1.0	2.6	.407	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.1	.707
Jeremy Lin	74	25.8	11.2	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.6	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.7	8.8	.424	0.9	2.4	.369	2.9	3.6	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Jones	5	19.0	0.6	1.0	2.4	3.4	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.0	3.6	0.2	1.0	.200	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Charles Jones	Jeremy Lin
Season	1988-89	2015-16
Team	Washington Bullets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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		%
Charles Jones	53	21.8	2.6	1.5	3.4	4.8	0.8	0.7	1.4	0.7	3.5	1.1	2.4	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.5	.640
Jeremy Lin	78	26.3	11.7	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.0	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.1	3.8	9.3	.412	1.0	2.9	.336	3.1	3.7	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	7	27.0	12.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	0.0	1.6	3.0	3.7	9.0	.413	0.4	2.0	.214	4.6	5.6	.821


Season 7
	Charles Jones	Jeremy Lin
Season	1989-90	2016-17
Team	Washington Bullets	Brooklyn Nets
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		%
Charles Jones	81	27.7	3.2	1.8	4.4	6.2	1.7	0.6	2.4	0.9	3.7	1.2	2.3	.508	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.648
Jeremy Lin	36	24.5	14.5	0.3	3.4	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.4	2.4	2.2	4.9	11.1	.438	1.6	4.3	.372	3.2	3.9	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Charles Jones	Jeremy Lin
Season	1990-91	2017-18
Team	Washington Bullets	Brooklyn Nets
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		%
Charles Jones	62	24.2	2.6	1.9	3.9	5.8	0.8	0.8	2.0	0.7	3.2	1.1	2.0	.540	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.580
Jeremy Lin	1	25.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	0	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	5.0	12.0	.417	1.0	2.0	.500	7.0	7.0	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Charles Jones	Jeremy Lin
Season	1991-92	2018-19
Team	Washington Bullets	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors
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		%
Charles Jones	75	18.2	1.1	1.4	2.8	4.2	0.8	0.6	1.2	0.5	2.9	0.4	1.2	.367	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Jeremy Lin	74	19.4	9.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	3.2	7.3	.440	0.7	2.5	.294	2.4	2.8	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	8	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	1.1	.222	0.1	0.3	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 10
	Charles Jones	Jeremy Lin
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Washington Bullets	-
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		%
Charles Jones	67	18.0	1.3	1.3	2.8	4.1	0.6	0.6	1.1	0.6	2.1	0.5	0.9	.524	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.6	.579
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Charles Jones	Jeremy Lin
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
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		%
Charles Jones	42	20.9	2.2	2.1	3.5	5.6	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.3	3.2	0.9	1.9	.462	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.8	.559
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Charles Jones	Jeremy Lin
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
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		%
Charles Jones	3	12.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.7	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Jones	19	12.5	0.7	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.3	2.9	0.3	0.7	.385	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.6	.333
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Charles Jones	Jeremy Lin
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Charles Jones	46	6.5	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.1	1.0	0.1	0.4	.316	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.308
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Jones	3	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Charles Jones	Jeremy Lin
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Charles Jones	12	7.8	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.4	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Jones	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Charles Jones	Jeremy Lin
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Charles Jones	24	5.3	0.6	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.9	0.3	0.4	.700	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.1	.500
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Jones	4	2.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Charles Jones vs. Jeremy Lin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeremy Lin and Charles 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

Season 15