Mike Conley vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and Mike Conley, 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.

Mike Conley played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than Sam Jones, who played 12. Mike Conley had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while Sam Jones had his rookie season in 1957-58. 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
Mike Conley 17 11 2007-08 to 2023-24
Sam Jones 12 12 1957-58 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Mike Conley Sam Jones
Season 2007-081957-58
Team Memphis GrizzliesBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics 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 %
Mike Conley 53 26.1 9.4 0.4 2.2 2.6 4.2 0.8 0.0 1.7 1.6 3.6 8.3 .428 0.6 1.7 .330 1.7 2.3 .732
Sam Jones 56 10.6 4.6 - - 2.9 0.7 - - - 0.8 1.8 4.2 .429 - - - 1.1 1.5 .714
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mike Conley ------- --- ----------
Sam Jones 8 9.4 3.9 - - 3.0 0.5 - - - 0.9 1.3 2.8 .455 - - - 1.4 2.0 .688

Season 2

Mike Conley Sam Jones
Season 2008-091958-59
Team Memphis GrizzliesBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayNBA 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 %
Mike Conley 82 30.6 10.9 0.3 3.1 3.4 4.3 1.1 0.1 1.7 1.8 3.9 8.9 .442 1.1 2.6 .406 2.0 2.4 .817
Sam Jones 71 20.6 10.7 - - 6.0 1.4 - - - 1.4 4.3 9.9 .434 - - - 2.1 2.8 .770
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mike Conley ------- --- ----------
Sam Jones 11 17.5 10.3 - - 5.7 1.5 - - - 1.3 3.6 9.8 .370 - - - 3.0 3.5 .846

Season 3

Mike Conley Sam Jones
Season 2009-101959-60
Team Memphis GrizzliesBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayNBA 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 %
Mike Conley 80 32.1 12.0 0.4 2.0 2.4 5.3 1.4 0.2 2.1 2.2 4.6 10.4 .445 1.0 2.7 .387 1.7 2.3 .743
Sam Jones 74 20.4 11.9 - - 5.1 1.7 - - - 1.4 4.8 10.6 .454 - - - 2.3 3.0 .764
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mike Conley ------- --- ----------
Sam Jones 13 15.2 8.2 - - 3.2 1.4 - - - 1.2 3.5 9.0 .385 - - - 1.3 1.6 .810

Season 4

Mike Conley Sam Jones
Season 2010-111960-61
Team Memphis GrizzliesBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Grizzlies Lost West Conf SemisNBA 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 %
Mike Conley 81 35.5 13.7 0.4 2.7 3.0 6.5 1.8 0.2 2.2 2.2 5.2 11.8 .444 1.0 2.7 .369 2.2 3.0 .733
Sam Jones 78 26.0 15.0 - - 5.4 2.8 - - - 1.9 6.2 13.7 .449 - - - 2.7 3.4 .787
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mike Conley 13 39.0 15.2 0.5 3.3 3.8 6.4 1.1 0.2 2.3 3.0 5.5 14.1 .388 0.8 2.8 .297 3.4 4.1 .830
Sam Jones 10 25.8 13.1 - - 5.4 2.2 - - - 2.2 5.0 11.2 .446 - - - 3.1 3.5 .886

Season 5

Mike Conley Sam Jones
Season 2011-121961-62
Team Memphis GrizzliesBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st RdNBA 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 %
Mike Conley 62 35.1 12.7 0.4 2.2 2.5 6.5 2.2 0.2 2.0 2.1 4.8 11.0 .433 1.0 2.6 .377 2.2 2.5 .861
Sam Jones 78 30.6 18.4 - - 5.9 3.0 - - - 1.9 7.6 16.5 .464 - - - 3.1 3.8 .818
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mike Conley 7 39.6 14.1 0.6 2.7 3.3 7.1 0.9 0.0 2.3 2.7 4.6 10.9 .421 1.6 3.1 .500 3.4 4.6 .750
Sam Jones 14 36.0 20.6 - - 7.1 3.1 - - - 2.1 8.8 19.8 .444 - - - 3.0 4.3 .700

Season 6

Mike Conley Sam Jones
Season 2012-131962-63
Team Memphis GrizzliesBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Playoffs Grizzlies Lost West Conf FinalsNBA 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 %
Mike Conley 80 34.5 14.6 0.5 2.3 2.8 6.1 2.2 0.3 2.4 2.1 5.2 11.8 .440 1.3 3.7 .362 2.9 3.5 .830
Sam Jones 76 30.6 19.7 - - 5.2 3.2 - - - 2.1 8.2 17.2 .476 - - - 3.4 4.3 .793
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mike Conley 15 38.3 17.0 0.8 3.9 4.7 7.1 1.7 0.3 2.3 2.3 5.5 14.4 .384 1.2 4.3 .281 4.7 6.2 .763
Sam Jones 13 34.6 23.8 - - 6.2 2.5 - - - 3.2 9.2 19.1 .484 - - - 5.3 6.4 .831

Season 7

Mike Conley Sam Jones
Season 2013-141963-64
Team Memphis GrizzliesBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st RdNBA 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 %
Mike Conley 73 33.5 17.2 0.6 2.4 2.9 6.0 1.5 0.2 2.1 1.9 6.3 14.1 .450 1.4 4.0 .361 3.1 3.8 .815
Sam Jones 76 31.3 19.4 - - 4.6 2.7 - - - 2.5 8.1 17.9 .450 - - - 3.3 4.2 .783
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mike Conley 7 38.1 15.9 0.7 3.9 4.6 7.9 2.0 0.1 2.1 2.0 6.3 14.6 .431 0.4 3.9 .111 2.9 3.7 .769
Sam Jones 10 35.6 23.2 - - 4.7 2.3 - - - 2.4 9.1 18.0 .506 - - - 5.0 6.8 .735

Season 8

Mike Conley Sam Jones
Season 2014-151964-65
Team Memphis GrizzliesBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Second Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Grizzlies Lost West Conf SemisNBA 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 %
Mike Conley 70 31.8 15.8 0.4 2.6 3.0 5.4 1.3 0.2 2.2 2.0 5.6 12.6 .446 1.5 4.0 .386 3.1 3.6 .859
Sam Jones 80 36.1 25.9 - - 5.1 2.8 - - - 2.2 10.3 22.7 .452 - - - 5.4 6.5 .820
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mike Conley 8 30.4 14.4 0.0 1.1 1.1 5.0 1.4 0.0 1.5 1.3 5.1 12.0 .427 1.3 4.1 .303 2.9 3.5 .821
Sam Jones 12 41.3 28.6 - - 4.6 2.5 - - - 3.3 11.3 24.5 .459 - - - 6.1 7.0 .869

Season 9

Mike Conley Sam Jones
Season 2015-161965-66
Team Memphis GrizzliesBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Second Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayNBA Champion NBA Champion
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mike Conley 56 31.4 15.3 0.5 2.5 2.9 6.1 1.2 0.3 1.5 1.8 5.3 12.4 .422 1.4 3.8 .363 3.4 4.1 .834
Sam Jones 67 32.2 23.5 - - 5.2 3.2 - - - 2.5 9.3 19.9 .469 - - - 4.9 6.1 .799
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mike Conley ------- --- ----------
Sam Jones 17 35.4 24.8 - - 5.1 3.1 - - - 3.8 9.1 20.2 .449 - - - 6.7 8.0 .838

Season 10

Mike Conley Sam Jones
Season 2016-171966-67
Team Memphis GrizzliesBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st RdCeltics Lost East Div 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 %
Mike Conley 69 33.2 20.5 0.4 3.0 3.5 6.3 1.3 0.3 2.3 1.8 6.7 14.6 .460 2.5 6.1 .408 4.6 5.3 .859
Sam Jones 72 32.3 22.1 - - 4.7 3.0 - - - 2.7 8.9 19.5 .454 - - - 4.4 5.2 .857
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mike Conley 6 37.3 24.7 0.2 3.2 3.3 7.0 1.7 0.5 2.0 1.8 8.3 17.2 .485 2.8 6.3 .447 5.2 6.2 .838
Sam Jones 9 36.2 26.7 - - 5.1 3.1 - - - 3.3 10.6 23.0 .459 - - - 5.6 6.4 .862

Season 11

Mike Conley Sam Jones
Season 2017-181967-68
Team Memphis GrizzliesBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayNBA 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 %
Mike Conley 12 31.1 17.1 0.0 2.3 2.3 4.1 1.0 0.3 1.5 2.0 5.3 14.0 .381 2.0 6.4 .312 4.4 5.5 .803
Sam Jones 73 33.0 21.3 - - 4.9 3.0 - - - 2.5 8.5 18.5 .461 - - - 4.3 5.2 .827
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mike Conley ------- --- ----------
Sam Jones 19 36.1 20.5 - - 3.4 2.6 - - - 3.1 8.5 19.3 .441 - - - 3.5 4.4 .786

Season 12

Mike Conley Sam Jones
Season 2018-191968-69
Team Memphis GrizzliesBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayNBA 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 %
Mike Conley 70 33.5 21.1 0.6 2.8 3.4 6.4 1.3 0.3 1.9 1.8 7.0 16.0 .438 2.2 6.1 .364 4.9 5.8 .845
Sam Jones 70 26.0 16.3 - - 3.8 2.6 - - - 1.7 7.1 15.8 .450 - - - 2.1 2.7 .783
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mike Conley ------- --- ----------
Sam Jones 18 28.6 16.8 - - 3.2 2.1 - - - 2.5 6.9 16.4 .419 - - - 3.1 3.8 .797

Season 13

Mike Conley Sam Jones
Season 2019-20-
Team Utah Jazz-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Jazz 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 %
Mike Conley 47 29.0 14.4 0.7 2.5 3.2 4.4 0.8 0.1 2.0 2.2 4.9 12.1 .409 2.0 5.4 .375 2.4 3.0 .827
Sam Jones ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mike Conley 5 33.0 19.8 0.6 2.2 2.8 5.2 1.6 0.2 1.0 2.0 6.2 12.8 .484 3.6 6.8 .529 3.8 4.4 .864
Sam Jones ------- --- ----------

Season 14

Mike Conley Sam Jones
Season 2020-21-
Team Utah Jazz-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Jazz 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 %
Mike Conley 51 29.4 16.2 0.7 2.8 3.5 6.0 1.4 0.2 1.9 1.9 5.6 12.5 .444 2.7 6.6 .412 2.4 2.8 .852
Sam Jones ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mike Conley 6 29.3 15.3 0.5 3.0 3.5 7.7 0.2 0.5 2.3 2.5 4.8 11.3 .426 3.0 6.2 .486 2.7 2.7 1.000
Sam Jones ------- --- ----------

Season 15

Mike Conley Sam Jones
Season 2021-22-
Team Utah Jazz-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Jazz 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 %
Mike Conley 72 28.6 13.7 0.7 2.4 3.0 5.3 1.3 0.3 1.7 2.0 4.8 11.0 .435 2.3 5.8 .408 1.8 2.3 .796
Sam Jones ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mike Conley 6 29.0 9.2 0.3 2.8 3.2 4.8 0.8 0.3 2.2 3.2 3.2 9.5 .333 0.8 4.2 .200 2.0 2.5 .800
Sam Jones ------- --- ----------

Season 16

Mike Conley Sam Jones
Season 2022-23-
Team Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs 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 %
Mike Conley 67 30.3 11.9 0.5 2.2 2.7 6.7 1.1 0.2 1.5 2.1 3.9 9.1 .428 2.0 5.2 .385 2.1 2.5 .834
Sam Jones ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mike Conley 5 36.6 12.0 0.4 2.2 2.6 6.4 0.6 0.0 1.4 2.2 4.0 8.4 .476 2.0 4.4 .455 2.0 2.2 .909
Sam Jones ------- --- ----------

Season 17

Mike Conley Sam Jones
Season 2023-24-
Team Minnesota Timberwolves-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Timberwolves 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 %
Mike Conley 76 28.9 11.4 0.5 2.4 2.9 5.9 1.2 0.2 1.3 1.7 3.9 8.5 .457 2.4 5.3 .442 1.3 1.5 .911
Sam Jones ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Mike Conley 15 31.6 11.6 0.7 3.2 3.9 5.7 1.4 0.2 1.3 2.5 4.1 9.7 .428 2.0 5.1 .395 1.3 1.9 .714
Sam Jones ------- --- ----------