Billy Ray Bates vs. Jason Terry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Terry and Billy Ray Bates, 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.

Billy Ray Bates played 4 years in the NBA, 15 less than Jason Terry, who played 19. Billy Ray Bates had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Jason Terry had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
Billy Ray Bates	4	2	1979-80 to 1982-83
Jason Terry	19	13	1999-00 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19


Rookie Season
	Billy Ray Bates	Jason Terry
Season	1979-80	1999-00
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Billy Ray Bates	16	14.7	11.3	0.8	1.0	1.8	1.9	0.9	0.1	1.3	1.6	4.5	9.1	.493	0.5	1.2	.421	1.8	2.4	.718
Jason Terry	81	23.3	8.1	0.3	1.8	2.0	4.3	1.1	0.1	1.9	1.6	3.1	7.4	.415	0.6	1.9	.293	1.4	1.7	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Ray Bates	3	34.7	25.0	0.7	2.7	3.3	4.0	1.7	0.3	5.0	4.3	10.3	19.7	.525	0.7	2.3	.286	3.7	4.7	.786
Jason Terry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Billy Ray Bates	Jason Terry
Season	1980-81	2000-01
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Billy Ray Bates	77	20.3	13.8	0.9	1.1	2.0	2.5	1.1	0.1	1.9	1.6	5.7	11.7	.487	0.2	0.7	.259	2.2	2.6	.854
Jason Terry	82	37.7	19.7	0.5	2.8	3.3	4.9	1.3	0.1	2.9	2.5	7.3	16.7	.436	1.5	3.8	.395	3.7	4.4	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Ray Bates	3	38.3	28.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.3	1.7	0.3	3.7	3.7	11.7	20.7	.565	0.3	0.3	1.000	4.7	5.7	.824
Jason Terry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Billy Ray Bates	Jason Terry
Season	1981-82	2001-02
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
Billy Ray Bates	75	16.4	11.1	0.7	0.7	1.4	1.5	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.3	4.4	9.2	.473	0.2	0.5	.293	2.2	2.8	.787
Jason Terry	78	38.0	19.3	0.5	2.9	3.5	5.7	1.8	0.2	2.3	2.0	6.7	15.6	.430	2.2	5.7	.387	3.6	4.4	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Billy Ray Bates	Jason Terry
Season	1982-83	2002-03
Team	Washington Bullets, Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
Billy Ray Bates	19	16.0	6.5	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.0	2.9	7.6	.379	0.1	0.3	.400	0.6	1.2	.500
Jason Terry	81	38.0	17.2	0.5	3.0	3.4	7.4	1.6	0.2	3.1	2.2	6.0	14.1	.428	2.0	5.3	.371	3.2	3.6	.887

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Billy Ray Bates	Jason Terry
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	81	37.3	16.8	0.6	3.5	4.1	5.4	1.5	0.2	2.8	2.4	6.2	14.8	.417	1.8	5.2	.347	2.7	3.2	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Billy Ray Bates	Jason Terry
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks 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		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	80	30.0	12.4	0.5	1.9	2.4	5.4	1.4	0.2	1.8	2.2	4.7	9.3	.501	1.3	3.1	.420	1.8	2.2	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	13	38.5	17.5	0.7	3.5	4.2	4.6	1.3	0.5	2.3	2.2	6.2	12.3	.506	2.1	4.2	.491	2.9	3.3	.884


Season 7
	Billy Ray Bates	Jason Terry
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks 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		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	80	35.0	17.1	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.8	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.5	6.5	13.7	.470	2.1	5.2	.411	2.1	2.6	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	22	38.4	18.9	0.5	2.4	2.9	3.8	1.2	0.0	2.0	2.5	7.4	16.8	.442	1.4	4.6	.307	2.7	3.2	.831


Season 8
	Billy Ray Bates	Jason Terry
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks 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		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	81	35.1	16.7	0.5	2.3	2.9	5.2	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.1	6.3	13.1	.484	2.0	4.6	.438	2.0	2.5	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	6	38.2	17.0	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.7	0.8	0.3	2.8	2.0	6.5	15.3	.424	1.5	5.3	.281	2.5	3.0	.833


Season 9
	Billy Ray Bates	Jason Terry
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks 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		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	82	31.5	15.5	0.4	2.2	2.5	3.2	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.1	5.7	12.3	.467	1.7	4.4	.375	2.3	2.7	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	5	36.0	15.8	0.2	1.4	1.6	4.8	0.4	0.2	1.0	3.0	5.2	12.0	.433	2.8	6.4	.438	2.6	3.0	.867


Season 10
	Billy Ray Bates	Jason Terry
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	-	Mavericks 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		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	74	33.7	19.6	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.4	1.3	0.3	1.6	1.9	7.3	15.8	.463	2.3	6.2	.366	2.7	3.0	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	10	32.5	14.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.9	0.6	0.3	1.6	1.8	4.9	12.6	.389	2.2	5.9	.373	2.3	3.0	.767


Season 11
	Billy Ray Bates	Jason Terry
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks 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		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	77	33.0	16.6	0.2	1.6	1.8	3.8	1.2	0.2	1.4	1.8	5.9	13.5	.438	1.8	4.8	.365	3.0	3.5	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	6	29.0	12.7	0.3	2.2	2.5	2.0	0.7	0.2	1.0	2.7	4.3	11.5	.377	2.0	5.0	.400	2.0	2.7	.750


Season 12
	Billy Ray Bates	Jason Terry
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	82	31.3	15.8	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.1	1.1	0.2	2.0	1.7	6.0	13.3	.451	1.5	4.3	.362	2.2	2.6	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	21	32.6	17.5	0.3	1.6	1.9	3.2	1.2	0.1	1.5	2.1	6.1	12.8	.478	2.0	4.5	.442	3.3	4.0	.843


Season 13
	Billy Ray Bates	Jason Terry
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks 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		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	63	31.7	15.1	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.6	1.2	0.2	2.0	1.1	5.7	13.2	.430	2.2	5.8	.378	1.6	1.8	.883

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	4	34.8	13.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.8	0.3	0.0	2.0	2.8	5.0	11.0	.455	2.5	5.0	.500	1.3	2.0	.625


Season 14
	Billy Ray Bates	Jason Terry
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics 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		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	79	26.9	10.1	0.2	1.8	2.0	2.5	0.8	0.1	1.3	1.4	3.6	8.2	.434	1.6	4.2	.372	1.4	1.7	.870

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	6	31.5	12.0	0.0	2.2	2.2	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.5	4.0	9.0	.444	2.5	5.7	.441	1.5	1.8	.818


Season 15
	Billy Ray Bates	Jason Terry
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Brooklyn Nets
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		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	35	16.3	4.5	0.1	0.9	1.1	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.4	1.6	4.3	.362	1.1	2.9	.379	0.3	0.4	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Billy Ray Bates	Jason Terry
Season	-	2014-15
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		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	77	21.3	7.0	0.2	1.4	1.6	1.9	0.9	0.2	1.0	1.5	2.4	5.8	.422	1.6	4.2	.390	0.5	0.6	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	17	28.6	9.2	0.4	1.9	2.2	2.8	0.9	0.1	1.2	2.7	3.4	7.9	.425	1.7	4.8	.354	0.8	0.9	.813


Season 17
	Billy Ray Bates	Jason Terry
Season	-	2015-16
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		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	72	17.5	5.9	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.3	2.1	5.2	.402	1.3	3.6	.356	0.4	0.5	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	5	24.8	7.0	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.6	2.6	2.6	7.6	.342	1.2	3.8	.316	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 18
	Billy Ray Bates	Jason Terry
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	74	18.4	4.1	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.3	0.6	0.3	0.5	1.3	1.4	3.3	.432	1.0	2.3	.427	0.3	0.4	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	6	11.3	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.2	1.0	3.0	.333	0.3	1.7	.200	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 19
	Billy Ray Bates	Jason Terry
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	51	16.0	3.3	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.2	3.0	.383	0.8	2.3	.348	0.2	0.2	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Ray Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Terry	3	14.7	2.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.7	1.7	.400	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-

Billy Ray Bates vs. Jason Terry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Terry and Billy Ray Bates, 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

Season 19