Oscar Robertson vs. Jo Jo White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jo Jo White and Oscar Robertson, 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.

Oscar Robertson played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jo Jo White, who played 12. Oscar Robertson had the first of his seasons in 1960-61, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Oscar Robertson	14	10	1960-61 to 1973-74
Jo Jo White	12	6	1969-70 to 1980-81

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Oscar Robertson	Jo Jo White
Season	1960-61	1969-70
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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		%
Oscar Robertson	71	42.7	30.5	-	-	10.1	9.7	-	-	-	3.1	10.6	22.5	.473	-	-	-	9.2	11.2	.822
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		%
Oscar Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jo Jo White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Oscar Robertson	Jo Jo White
Season	1961-62	1970-71
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
Oscar Robertson	79	44.3	30.8	-	-	12.5	11.4	-	-	-	3.3	11.0	22.9	.478	-	-	-	8.9	11.0	.803
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		%
Oscar Robertson	4	46.3	28.8	-	-	11.0	11.0	-	-	-	4.5	10.5	20.3	.519	-	-	-	7.8	9.8	.795
Jo Jo White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Oscar Robertson	Jo Jo White
Season	1962-63	1971-72
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Oscar Robertson	80	44.0	28.3	-	-	10.4	9.5	-	-	-	3.7	10.3	19.9	.518	-	-	-	7.7	9.5	.810
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		%
Oscar Robertson	12	47.5	31.8	-	-	13.0	9.0	-	-	-	3.4	10.3	22.0	.470	-	-	-	11.1	12.8	.864
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
	Oscar Robertson	Jo Jo White
Season	1963-64	1972-73
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Oscar Robertson	79	45.1	31.4	-	-	9.9	11.0	-	-	-	3.5	10.6	22.0	.483	-	-	-	10.1	11.9	.853
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		%
Oscar Robertson	10	47.1	29.3	-	-	8.9	8.4	-	-	-	3.0	9.2	20.2	.455	-	-	-	10.9	12.7	.858
Jo Jo White	13	44.8	24.5	-	-	4.2	6.4	-	-	-	3.4	10.4	23.1	.450	-	-	-	3.8	4.2	.907


Season 5
	Oscar Robertson	Jo Jo White
Season	1964-65	1973-74
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Oscar Robertson	75	45.6	30.4	-	-	9.0	11.5	-	-	-	2.7	10.8	22.4	.480	-	-	-	8.9	10.6	.839
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		%
Oscar Robertson	4	48.8	28.0	-	-	4.8	12.0	-	-	-	3.5	9.5	22.3	.427	-	-	-	9.0	9.8	.923
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
	Oscar Robertson	Jo Jo White
Season	1965-66	1974-75
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Oscar Robertson	76	46.0	31.3	-	-	7.7	11.1	-	-	-	3.0	10.8	22.7	.475	-	-	-	9.8	11.6	.842
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		%
Oscar Robertson	5	44.8	31.8	-	-	7.6	7.8	-	-	-	4.0	9.8	24.0	.408	-	-	-	12.2	13.6	.897
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
	Oscar Robertson	Jo Jo White
Season	1966-67	1975-76
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Oscar Robertson	79	43.9	30.5	-	-	6.2	10.7	-	-	-	2.9	10.6	21.5	.493	-	-	-	9.3	10.7	.873
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		%
Oscar Robertson	4	45.8	24.8	-	-	4.0	11.3	-	-	-	2.3	8.3	16.0	.516	-	-	-	8.3	9.3	.892
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
	Oscar Robertson	Jo Jo White
Season	1967-68	1976-77
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Oscar Robertson	65	42.5	29.2	-	-	6.0	9.7	-	-	-	3.1	10.2	20.3	.500	-	-	-	8.9	10.2	.873
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		%
Oscar Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 9
	Oscar Robertson	Jo Jo White
Season	1968-69	1977-78
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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		%
Oscar Robertson	79	43.8	24.7	-	-	6.4	9.8	-	-	-	2.9	8.3	17.1	.486	-	-	-	8.1	9.7	.838
Jo Jo White	46	35.7	14.8	1.2	2.8	3.9	4.5	1.1	0.2	2.5	2.4	6.3	15.0	.419	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jo Jo White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Oscar Robertson	Jo Jo White
Season	1969-70	1978-79
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors
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		%
Oscar Robertson	69	41.5	25.3	-	-	6.1	8.1	-	-	-	2.5	9.4	18.4	.511	-	-	-	6.6	8.1	.809
Jo Jo White	76	30.8	12.5	0.6	2.1	2.6	4.6	1.1	0.1	2.8	2.3	5.3	12.0	.444	-	-	-	1.8	2.1	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jo Jo White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Oscar Robertson	Jo Jo White
Season	1970-71	1979-80
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Oscar Robertson	81	39.4	19.4	-	-	5.7	8.2	-	-	-	2.5	7.3	14.7	.496	-	-	-	4.8	5.6	.850
Jo Jo White	78	26.3	9.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.1	1.1	0.2	2.0	2.4	4.3	9.1	.476	0.0	0.1	.167	1.2	1.5	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	14	37.1	18.3	-	-	5.0	8.9	-	-	-	2.8	7.3	15.0	.486	-	-	-	3.7	4.9	.754
Jo Jo White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Oscar Robertson	Jo Jo White
Season	1971-72	1980-81
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Oscar Robertson	64	37.3	17.4	-	-	5.0	7.7	-	-	-	1.8	6.5	13.9	.472	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.836
Jo Jo White	13	18.2	6.4	0.2	1.4	1.6	2.8	0.8	0.1	1.4	1.6	2.8	6.3	.439	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.611

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	11	34.5	13.1	-	-	5.8	7.5	-	-	-	2.6	5.2	12.7	.407	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.833
Jo Jo White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Oscar Robertson	Jo Jo White
Season	1972-73	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Oscar Robertson	73	37.5	15.5	-	-	4.9	7.5	-	-	-	2.3	6.1	13.5	.454	-	-	-	3.3	3.8	.847
Jo Jo White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	6	42.7	21.2	-	-	4.7	7.5	-	-	-	3.5	8.0	16.0	.500	-	-	-	5.2	5.7	.912
Jo Jo White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Oscar Robertson	Jo Jo White
Season	1973-74	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Oscar Robertson	70	35.4	12.7	1.0	3.0	4.0	6.4	1.1	0.1	-	1.9	4.8	11.0	.438	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	.835
Jo Jo White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	16	43.1	14.0	0.9	2.4	3.4	9.3	0.9	0.3	-	2.9	5.6	12.5	.450	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.846
Jo Jo White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Oscar Robertson vs. Jo Jo White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jo Jo White and Oscar Robertson, 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