Blake Griffin vs. Jack Nichols Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jack Nichols and Blake Griffin, 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.

Blake Griffin played 13 years in the NBA, 4 more than Jack Nichols, who played 9. Blake Griffin had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Jack Nichols had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Blake Griffin	Jack Nichols
Season	2010-11	1948-49
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Capitols 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		%
Blake Griffin	82	38.0	22.5	3.3	8.8	12.1	3.8	0.8	0.5	2.7	3.1	8.5	16.8	.506	0.1	0.3	.292	5.4	8.5	.642
Jack Nichols	34	-	11.7	-	-	-	1.6	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	11.5	.390	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.730
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Nichols	11	-	14.4	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	4.0	5.6	13.8	.408	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	.667

Season 2
	Blake Griffin	Jack Nichols
Season	2011-12	1949-50
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Washington Capitols, Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Blackhawks Lost West Div 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		%
Blake Griffin	66	36.2	20.7	3.3	7.6	10.9	3.2	0.8	0.7	2.3	3.3	8.5	15.5	.549	0.0	0.2	.125	3.7	7.1	.521
Jack Nichols	67	-	13.1	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	2.7	4.6	12.7	.366	-	-	-	3.9	5.1	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	11	35.7	19.1	1.7	5.2	6.9	2.5	1.8	0.9	2.3	3.7	7.6	15.3	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	6.0	.636
Jack Nichols	3	-	19.7	-	-	-	3.7	-	-	-	3.7	6.0	20.0	.300	-	-	-	7.7	10.3	.742

Season 3
	Blake Griffin	Jack Nichols
Season	2012-13	1950-51
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Blake Griffin	80	32.5	18.0	2.3	6.0	8.3	3.7	1.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	7.2	13.4	.538	0.1	0.4	.179	3.5	5.3	.660
Jack Nichols	6	-	11.7	-	-	10.5	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	4.5	13.2	.342	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	6	26.3	13.2	1.3	4.2	5.5	2.5	0.0	0.8	2.2	4.0	4.8	10.7	.453	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.3	.808
Jack Nichols	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jack Nichols didn't play in 1951-52.

Season 4
	Blake Griffin	Jack Nichols
Season	2013-14	1952-53
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 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		%
Blake Griffin	80	35.8	24.1	2.4	7.1	9.5	3.9	1.2	0.6	2.8	3.3	9.0	17.0	.528	0.2	0.6	.273	6.0	8.4	.715
Jack Nichols	69	38.1	15.8	-	-	7.7	2.8	-	-	-	3.4	6.2	17.0	.363	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	.708
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	13	36.8	23.5	2.7	4.7	7.4	3.8	1.2	1.1	2.4	4.2	9.0	18.0	.500	0.1	0.5	.143	5.5	7.4	.740
Jack Nichols	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Blake Griffin	Jack Nichols
Season	2014-15	1953-54
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Milwaukee Hawks, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Blake Griffin	67	35.2	21.9	1.9	5.7	7.6	5.3	0.9	0.5	2.3	2.9	8.6	17.1	.502	0.1	0.4	.400	4.6	6.4	.728
Jack Nichols	75	21.4	5.9	-	-	4.8	1.4	-	-	-	2.5	2.2	7.0	.309	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.743
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	14	39.8	25.5	2.7	10.0	12.7	6.1	1.0	1.0	3.2	3.1	10.0	19.6	.511	0.1	0.5	.143	5.4	7.6	.717
Jack Nichols	6	35.2	16.7	-	-	10.3	5.2	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	12.0	.486	-	-	-	5.0	6.3	.789

Season 8
	Blake Griffin	Jack Nichols
Season	2017-18	1956-57
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Blake Griffin	58	34.0	21.4	1.3	6.1	7.4	5.8	0.7	0.3	2.8	2.4	7.5	17.2	.438	1.9	5.6	.345	4.5	5.7	.785
Jack Nichols	61	22.5	8.2	-	-	6.1	1.4	-	-	-	3.0	3.2	8.8	.363	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Nichols	10	11.7	3.5	-	-	1.7	0.7	-	-	-	2.3	1.6	4.0	.400	-	-	-	0.3	0.5	.600

Season 9
	Blake Griffin	Jack Nichols
Season	2018-19	1957-58
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Blake Griffin	75	35.0	24.5	1.3	6.2	7.5	5.4	0.7	0.4	3.4	2.7	8.3	17.9	.462	2.5	7.0	.362	5.5	7.3	.753
Jack Nichols	69	17.7	5.8	-	-	4.4	0.9	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	7.0	.351	-	-	-	0.9	1.2	.738
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Blake Griffin	2	29.0	24.5	2.0	4.0	6.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	4.5	9.0	19.5	.462	3.0	6.5	.462	3.5	3.5	1.000
Jack Nichols	11	13.5	4.8	-	-	4.1	0.7	-	-	-	1.9	2.1	6.0	.348	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.700