Sam Jones vs. Terry Porter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Terry Porter and Sam 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.

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.

Sam Jones played 12 years in the NBA, 5 less than Terry Porter, who played 17. Sam Jones had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while Terry Porter had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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.

Season 2
	Sam Jones	Terry Porter
Season	1958-59	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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		%
Sam Jones	71	20.6	10.7	-	-	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.4	4.3	9.9	.434	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.770
Terry Porter	80	33.9	13.1	0.9	3.3	4.2	8.9	2.0	0.1	3.2	2.4	4.7	9.6	.488	0.2	0.8	.217	3.5	4.2	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	11	17.5	10.3	-	-	5.7	1.5	-	-	-	1.3	3.6	9.8	.370	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.846
Terry Porter	4	37.5	17.0	0.3	4.5	4.8	10.0	2.5	0.5	3.3	3.5	6.0	12.5	.480	0.5	1.3	.400	4.5	5.0	.900

Season 3
	Sam Jones	Terry Porter
Season	1959-60	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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		%
Sam Jones	74	20.4	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.4	4.8	10.6	.454	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.764
Terry Porter	82	36.5	14.9	0.8	3.8	4.6	10.1	1.8	0.2	3.0	2.5	5.6	10.9	.519	0.3	0.8	.348	3.3	4.0	.846
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	13	15.2	8.2	-	-	3.2	1.4	-	-	-	1.2	3.5	9.0	.385	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.810
Terry Porter	4	37.3	17.0	1.0	2.5	3.5	7.0	2.5	0.0	3.3	3.3	7.3	13.0	.558	0.3	0.8	.333	2.3	3.3	.692

Season 4
	Sam Jones	Terry Porter
Season	1960-61	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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		%
Sam Jones	78	26.0	15.0	-	-	5.4	2.8	-	-	-	1.9	6.2	13.7	.449	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787
Terry Porter	81	38.3	17.7	1.0	3.5	4.5	9.5	1.8	0.1	3.1	2.3	6.7	14.1	.471	1.0	2.7	.361	3.4	4.0	.840
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	10	25.8	13.1	-	-	5.4	2.2	-	-	-	2.2	5.0	11.2	.446	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	.886
Terry Porter	3	41.3	22.0	2.0	3.3	5.3	8.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	2.7	8.7	17.3	.500	1.3	3.7	.364	3.3	4.0	.833

Season 5
	Sam Jones	Terry Porter
Season	1961-62	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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		%
Sam Jones	78	30.6	18.4	-	-	5.9	3.0	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	16.5	.464	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.818
Terry Porter	80	34.8	17.6	0.7	2.7	3.4	9.1	1.9	0.1	3.1	1.9	5.6	12.1	.462	1.1	3.0	.374	5.3	5.9	.892
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	14	36.0	20.6	-	-	7.1	3.1	-	-	-	2.1	8.8	19.8	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.700
Terry Porter	21	38.8	20.6	0.4	2.5	2.9	7.4	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.4	6.0	13.0	.464	1.9	4.9	.392	6.6	7.9	.842

Season 6
	Sam Jones	Terry Porter
Season	1962-63	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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		%
Sam Jones	76	30.6	19.7	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	8.2	17.2	.476	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.793
Terry Porter	81	32.9	17.0	0.6	2.8	3.5	8.0	2.0	0.1	2.3	1.9	6.0	11.7	.515	1.6	3.9	.415	3.4	4.2	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	13	34.6	23.8	-	-	6.2	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	9.2	19.1	.484	-	-	-	5.3	6.4	.831
Terry Porter	16	37.2	18.1	0.5	2.3	2.8	6.6	1.5	0.1	2.0	2.0	6.4	12.8	.500	1.1	2.9	.362	4.3	4.9	.861

Season 7
	Sam Jones	Terry Porter
Season	1963-64	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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		%
Sam Jones	76	31.3	19.4	-	-	4.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.1	17.9	.450	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.783
Terry Porter	82	34.0	18.1	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.8	1.5	0.1	2.3	1.9	6.4	13.8	.461	1.6	4.0	.395	3.8	4.5	.856
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	10	35.6	23.2	-	-	4.7	2.3	-	-	-	2.4	9.1	18.0	.506	-	-	-	5.0	6.8	.735
Terry Porter	21	41.4	21.4	1.2	3.4	4.6	6.7	1.0	0.1	2.2	2.3	7.0	13.6	.516	1.8	3.7	.474	5.7	6.8	.832

Season 8
	Sam Jones	Terry Porter
Season	1964-65	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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		%
Sam Jones	80	36.1	25.9	-	-	5.1	2.8	-	-	-	2.2	10.3	22.7	.452	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.820
Terry Porter	81	35.6	18.2	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.2	1.2	0.1	2.5	1.5	6.2	13.7	.454	1.8	4.3	.414	4.0	4.8	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	12	41.3	28.6	-	-	4.6	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	11.3	24.5	.459	-	-	-	6.1	7.0	.869
Terry Porter	4	38.0	16.5	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	2.5	6.8	17.0	.397	0.8	4.8	.158	2.3	2.8	.818

Season 9
	Sam Jones	Terry Porter
Season	1965-66	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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		%
Sam Jones	67	32.2	23.5	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.5	9.3	19.9	.469	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.799
Terry Porter	77	26.9	13.1	0.6	2.2	2.8	5.2	1.0	0.2	2.2	1.7	4.5	10.9	.416	1.4	3.7	.390	2.6	3.0	.872
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	17	35.4	24.8	-	-	5.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.1	20.2	.449	-	-	-	6.7	8.0	.838
Terry Porter	4	19.0	10.3	0.3	2.8	3.0	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	3.0	8.8	.343	1.5	3.5	.429	2.8	3.5	.786

Season 10
	Sam Jones	Terry Porter
Season	1966-67	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Sam Jones	72	32.3	22.1	-	-	4.7	3.0	-	-	-	2.7	8.9	19.5	.454	-	-	-	4.4	5.2	.857
Terry Porter	35	22.0	8.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.8	0.9	0.1	1.7	1.7	3.0	7.6	.393	1.3	3.3	.386	1.7	2.3	.707
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	9	36.2	26.7	-	-	5.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.3	10.6	23.0	.459	-	-	-	5.6	6.4	.862
Terry Porter	3	7.0	6.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.3	.538	0.7	1.7	.400	1.0	1.7	.600

Season 11
	Sam Jones	Terry Porter
Season	1967-68	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
Sam Jones	73	33.0	21.3	-	-	4.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.5	18.5	.461	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.827
Terry Porter	82	25.3	9.4	0.4	2.1	2.6	5.5	1.1	0.2	2.1	1.9	3.3	7.4	.442	0.9	2.8	.314	2.0	2.5	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	19	36.1	20.5	-	-	3.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	8.5	19.3	.441	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.786
Terry Porter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Sam Jones	Terry Porter
Season	1968-69	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Timberwolves 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		%
Sam Jones	70	26.0	16.3	-	-	3.8	2.6	-	-	-	1.7	7.1	15.8	.450	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.783
Terry Porter	82	19.1	6.9	0.4	1.8	2.1	3.6	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.3	2.3	5.5	.416	0.8	2.4	.335	1.5	2.0	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	18	28.6	16.8	-	-	3.2	2.1	-	-	-	2.5	6.9	16.4	.419	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.797
Terry Porter	3	15.3	5.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	3.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	1.7	4.3	.385	1.0	3.0	.333	1.0	1.3	.750