Sam Jones vs. Tony Parker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tony Parker 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.

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.

Sam Jones played 12 years in the NBA, 6 less than Tony Parker, who played 18. Sam Jones had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while Tony Parker had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
Sam Jones	12	12	1957-58 to 1968-69
Tony Parker	18	17	2001-02 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Sam Jones	Tony Parker
Season	1957-58	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Spurs 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		%
Sam Jones	56	10.6	4.6	-	-	2.9	0.7	-	-	-	0.8	1.8	4.2	.429	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.714
Tony Parker	77	29.4	9.2	0.4	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.2	0.1	2.0	2.2	3.5	8.3	.419	0.8	2.5	.323	1.4	2.1	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	8	9.4	3.9	-	-	3.0	0.5	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	2.8	.455	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.688
Tony Parker	10	34.1	15.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.2	6.2	13.6	.456	1.0	2.7	.370	2.1	2.8	.750


Season 2
	Sam Jones	Tony Parker
Season	1958-59	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Sam Jones	71	20.6	10.7	-	-	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.4	4.3	9.9	.434	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.770
Tony Parker	82	33.8	15.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	5.3	0.9	0.0	2.4	2.1	5.9	12.7	.464	1.0	3.0	.337	2.7	3.5	.755

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
Tony Parker	24	33.9	14.7	0.3	2.4	2.8	3.5	0.9	0.1	2.0	2.1	5.6	14.0	.403	0.6	2.3	.268	2.8	3.9	.713


Season 3
	Sam Jones	Tony Parker
Season	1959-60	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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		%
Sam Jones	74	20.4	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.4	4.8	10.6	.454	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.764
Tony Parker	75	34.4	14.7	0.6	2.6	3.2	5.5	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.0	5.6	12.6	.447	0.8	2.7	.312	2.5	3.6	.702

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
Tony Parker	10	38.6	18.4	0.5	1.6	2.1	7.0	1.3	0.1	3.1	1.5	7.2	16.8	.429	1.7	4.3	.395	2.3	3.5	.657


Season 4
	Sam Jones	Tony Parker
Season	1960-61	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Sam Jones	78	26.0	15.0	-	-	5.4	2.8	-	-	-	1.9	6.2	13.7	.449	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787
Tony Parker	80	34.2	16.6	0.6	3.1	3.7	6.1	1.2	0.1	2.7	2.1	6.7	14.0	.482	0.5	2.0	.276	2.6	4.0	.650

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
Tony Parker	23	37.2	17.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.3	0.7	0.1	3.1	3.0	7.2	15.9	.454	0.4	2.1	.188	2.4	3.8	.632


Season 5
	Sam Jones	Tony Parker
Season	1961-62	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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		%
Sam Jones	78	30.6	18.4	-	-	5.9	3.0	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	16.5	.464	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.818
Tony Parker	80	33.9	18.9	0.5	2.8	3.3	5.8	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.0	7.8	14.2	.548	0.1	0.5	.306	3.2	4.5	.707

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
Tony Parker	13	36.5	21.1	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.8	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.4	8.0	17.4	.460	0.2	0.7	.222	4.9	6.1	.810


Season 6
	Sam Jones	Tony Parker
Season	1962-63	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Sam Jones	76	30.6	19.7	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	8.2	17.2	.476	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.793
Tony Parker	77	32.5	18.6	0.4	2.8	3.2	5.5	1.1	0.1	2.5	1.8	7.4	14.2	.520	0.2	0.5	.395	3.6	4.5	.783

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
Tony Parker	20	37.6	20.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	5.8	1.1	0.0	3.3	1.7	8.4	17.5	.480	0.4	1.1	.333	3.6	5.3	.679


Season 7
	Sam Jones	Tony Parker
Season	1963-64	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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	31.3	19.4	-	-	4.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.1	17.9	.450	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.783
Tony Parker	69	33.5	18.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	6.0	0.8	0.1	2.4	1.3	7.5	15.1	.494	0.2	1.0	.258	3.6	5.0	.715

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
Tony Parker	17	38.5	22.4	0.6	3.1	3.7	6.1	0.9	0.1	2.9	2.2	8.9	18.0	.497	0.4	1.2	.350	4.1	5.5	.753


Season 8
	Sam Jones	Tony Parker
Season	1964-65	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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
Tony Parker	72	34.1	22.0	0.4	2.7	3.1	6.9	0.9	0.1	2.6	1.5	8.9	17.5	.506	0.3	0.9	.292	3.9	5.0	.782

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
Tony Parker	5	36.2	28.6	0.2	4.0	4.2	6.8	1.2	0.2	4.2	2.6	11.8	21.6	.546	0.6	2.8	.214	4.4	6.2	.710


Season 9
	Sam Jones	Tony Parker
Season	1965-66	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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		%
Sam Jones	67	32.2	23.5	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.5	9.3	19.9	.469	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.799
Tony Parker	56	30.9	16.0	0.1	2.3	2.4	5.7	0.5	0.1	2.7	1.7	6.2	12.8	.487	0.2	0.6	.294	3.3	4.4	.756

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
Tony Parker	10	33.5	17.3	0.9	2.9	3.8	5.4	0.6	0.0	2.2	2.0	7.3	15.4	.474	0.2	0.3	.667	2.5	4.2	.595


Season 10
	Sam Jones	Tony Parker
Season	1966-67	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Spurs 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
Tony Parker	78	32.4	17.5	0.4	2.7	3.1	6.6	1.2	0.0	2.6	1.7	7.1	13.7	.519	0.3	0.9	.357	3.0	3.9	.769

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
Tony Parker	6	36.8	19.7	0.2	2.5	2.7	5.2	1.3	0.3	3.3	1.7	7.2	15.5	.462	0.2	1.3	.125	5.2	6.8	.756


Season 11
	Sam Jones	Tony Parker
Season	1967-68	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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	73	33.0	21.3	-	-	4.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.5	18.5	.461	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.827
Tony Parker	60	32.1	18.3	0.4	2.5	2.9	7.7	1.0	0.1	2.6	1.3	7.1	14.8	.480	0.2	1.0	.230	3.8	4.7	.799

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
Tony Parker	14	36.1	20.1	0.6	3.0	3.6	6.8	0.9	0.0	3.1	1.6	7.3	16.1	.453	0.5	1.5	.333	5.1	6.3	.807


Season 12
	Sam Jones	Tony Parker
Season	1968-69	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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	70	26.0	16.3	-	-	3.8	2.6	-	-	-	1.7	7.1	15.8	.450	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.783
Tony Parker	66	32.9	20.3	0.3	2.7	3.0	7.6	0.8	0.1	2.6	1.4	7.9	15.1	.522	0.4	1.0	.353	4.2	5.0	.845

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
Tony Parker	21	36.4	20.6	0.7	2.6	3.2	7.0	1.1	0.1	2.5	1.2	8.0	17.4	.458	0.5	1.5	.355	4.1	5.3	.777


Season 13
	Sam Jones	Tony Parker
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	68	29.4	16.7	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.7	0.5	0.1	2.2	1.3	6.7	13.4	.499	0.4	1.0	.373	2.9	3.6	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	23	31.3	17.4	0.2	1.7	2.0	4.8	0.7	0.1	2.7	1.6	7.3	15.0	.486	0.6	1.5	.371	2.2	3.0	.729


Season 14
	Sam Jones	Tony Parker
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	68	28.7	14.4	0.2	1.7	1.9	4.9	0.6	0.0	2.1	1.6	5.9	12.2	.486	0.6	1.3	.427	1.9	2.4	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	7	30.0	10.9	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.6	0.3	0.0	1.6	2.0	4.7	13.0	.363	0.0	1.3	.000	1.4	2.4	.588


Season 15
	Sam Jones	Tony Parker
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	72	27.5	11.9	0.2	2.2	2.4	5.3	0.8	0.2	1.8	1.6	4.9	9.9	.493	0.4	0.9	.415	1.8	2.4	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	10	26.4	10.4	0.1	2.1	2.2	5.3	0.6	0.2	1.8	1.5	4.4	9.8	.449	0.4	1.6	.250	1.2	1.4	.857


Season 16
	Sam Jones	Tony Parker
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	63	25.2	10.1	0.1	1.7	1.8	4.5	0.5	0.0	1.4	1.5	4.2	9.0	.466	0.4	1.1	.333	1.3	1.9	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	8	26.4	15.9	0.3	2.3	2.5	3.1	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.3	6.4	12.1	.526	1.4	2.4	.579	1.8	1.8	1.000


Season 17
	Sam Jones	Tony Parker
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	55	19.5	7.7	0.1	1.6	1.7	3.5	0.5	0.0	1.2	0.9	3.2	7.1	.459	0.2	0.7	.270	1.0	1.4	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	5	13.4	6.6	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.4	2.8	7.4	.378	0.0	1.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.714


Season 18
	Sam Jones	Tony Parker
Season	-	2018-19
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		%
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	56	17.9	9.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.7	0.4	0.1	1.3	0.9	3.8	8.3	.460	0.2	0.9	.255	1.6	2.2	.734

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

Sam Jones vs. Tony Parker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tony Parker 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.

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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

Season 17

Season 18