Bronny James vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and Bronny James, 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.

Bronny James played 2 years in the NBA, 10 less than Sam Jones, who played 12. Bronny James had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, 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 achievements, 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
	Bronny James	Sam Jones
Season	2025-26	1958-59
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bronny James	12	9.8	1.8	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.0	0.7	2.3	.286	0.3	1.0	.250	0.2	0.2	1.000
difference:	+59	+10.8	+8.9			+5.2	+0.3				-0.4	+3.6	+7.6	+.148				+1.9	+2.6	+.230
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		%
Bronny James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	11	17.5	10.3	-	-	5.7	1.5	-	-	-	1.3	3.6	9.8	.370	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.846

Additional Years
* Sam Jones played 10 seasons more than Bronny James in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 12, from 1960 to 1969—Sam Jones played in 10 Playoffs and won 9 NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over Bronny James, Sam Jones got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 5 All-Star Game