Chris Bosh vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Chris Bosh, 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.

Chris Bosh played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than James Worthy, who played 12. Chris Bosh had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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.

Rookie Season
	Chris Bosh	James Worthy
Season	2003-04	1982-83
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	75	33.5	11.5	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.0	0.8	1.4	1.4	2.9	4.4	9.5	.459	0.1	0.2	.357	2.7	3.8	.701
difference:	+2	+7.9	+1.9	+0.5	+1.8	+2.2	+0.7	+0.4	+0.6	-0.9		+1.4	+0.5	+.120	+0.1	+0.1	+.107	+0.9	+0.9	+.077
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Chris Bosh nor James Worthy played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Chris Bosh	James Worthy
Season	2005-06	1984-85
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	70	39.3	22.5	2.9	6.3	9.2	2.6	0.7	1.1	2.2	3.0	7.8	15.5	.505	0.0	0.2	.000	6.8	8.3	.816
difference:	+10	+5.6	+4.9	+0.8	+2.0	+2.8	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	-0.3	-0.5	+0.2	+2.2	+.067		+0.1		+4.4	+5.2	+.040
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676

Season 4
	Chris Bosh	James Worthy
Season	2006-07	1985-86
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	69	38.5	22.6	2.7	8.0	10.7	2.5	0.6	1.3	2.6	2.4	7.9	15.9	.496	0.2	0.5	.343	6.7	8.6	.785
difference:	+6	+5.8	+2.6	+0.9	+4.7	+5.5	+0.2	+0.5	+0.3	-0.6	-0.2	+0.5	+1.4	+.083	+0.2	+0.3	+.343	+3.5	+4.4	+.014
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	6	37.0	17.5	1.2	7.8	9.0	2.5	0.8	1.8	2.0	3.2	6.0	15.2	.396	0.2	0.8	.200	5.3	6.3	.842
difference:	+8	+1.5	+2.1	+0.4	+4.7	+4.4	+0.7	+0.3	+1.1	-0.6	-0.1	+2.6	+0.3	+.162	+0.2	+0.5	+.200	+3.0	+2.9	+.161
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681

Season 5
	Chris Bosh	James Worthy
Season	2007-08	1986-87
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	67	36.2	22.3	2.6	6.1	8.7	2.6	0.9	1.0	2.3	2.3	7.6	15.3	.494	0.1	0.4	.400	7.0	8.3	.844
difference:	+15	+1.8	+2.9	+0.7	+2.3	+3.0	+0.2	+0.4		-0.3	-0.2	+0.3	+0.6	+.045	+0.1	+0.2	+.400	+3.4	+3.6	+.093
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	5	39.8	24.0	4.0	5.0	9.0	3.6	1.6	0.4	2.6	3.8	8.4	17.8	.472	0.2	1.4	.143	7.0	8.4	.833
difference:	+13	+2.0	+0.4	+2.3	+1.1	+3.4	+0.1		+0.8	-0.4	-1.5	+1.4	+1.2	+.119	+0.2	+1.3	+.143	+2.9	+3.0	+.080
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753

Season 6
	Chris Bosh	James Worthy
Season	2008-09	1987-88
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	77	38.0	22.7	2.8	7.2	10.0	2.5	0.9	1.0	2.3	2.5	8.0	16.4	.487	0.2	0.6	.245	6.5	8.0	.817
difference:	+2	+2.6	+3.0	+1.1	+3.9	+5.0	+1.4	+0.1	+0.3	-0.2	-0.2	+0.2	+0.9	+.044	+0.2	+0.4	+.120	+3.3	+3.9	+.021
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758

Season 7
	Chris Bosh	James Worthy
Season	2009-10	1988-89
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	70	36.1	24.0	2.9	7.9	10.8	2.4	0.6	1.0	2.4	2.4	8.6	16.5	.518	0.1	0.3	.364	6.7	8.4	.797
difference:	+11	+0.4	+3.5	+0.8	+3.9	+4.8	+1.2	+0.7	+0.3	-0.2	-0.2	+0.1	+0.7	+.030	+0.1		+.277	+3.6	+4.4	+.015
James Worthy	81	36.5	20.5	2.1	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	2.2	2.2	8.7	15.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.087	3.1	4.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	15	40.0	24.8	2.5	4.3	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	2.2	2.4	10.2	18.0	.567	0.2	0.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.788

Season 8
	Chris Bosh	James Worthy
Season	2010-11	1989-90
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	77	36.3	18.7	1.8	6.5	8.3	1.9	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.2	6.8	13.7	.496	0.1	0.3	.240	5.0	6.1	.815
difference:	+3	+0.7	+2.4	+0.2	+2.5	+2.3	+1.7	+0.4		-0.2	-0.2	+2.1	+2.5	+.052	+0.1	+0.3	+.066	+1.9	+2.1	+.033
James Worthy	80	37.0	21.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	8.9	16.2	.548	0.2	0.6	.306	3.1	4.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	21	39.7	18.6	2.2	6.2	8.5	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.9	2.3	6.6	13.9	.474	0.0	0.2	.000	5.4	6.7	.814
difference:	+12	+1.0	+5.6	+1.0	+1.9	+2.9	+1.9	+0.9	+0.6	-0.5	-0.3	+3.4	+6.2	+.023	+0.2	+0.7	+.250	+1.4	+1.9	+.023
James Worthy	9	40.7	24.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.0	10.0	20.1	.497	0.2	0.9	.250	4.0	4.8	.837

Season 9
	Chris Bosh	James Worthy
Season	2011-12	1990-91
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	57	35.2	18.0	1.6	6.3	7.9	1.8	0.9	0.8	2.1	2.2	6.9	14.2	.487	0.2	0.6	.286	4.0	4.9	.821
difference:	+21	+3.4	+3.4	+0.2	+3.1	+3.3	+1.7	+0.4	+0.4	-0.5	-0.7	+2.3	+4.5	+.005	+0.1	+0.6	+.003	+1.3	+1.5	+.024
James Worthy	78	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.6	1.5	9.2	18.7	.492	0.3	1.2	.289	2.7	3.4	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	14	31.4	14.0	2.6	5.2	7.8	0.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.4	5.2	10.6	.493	0.5	0.9	.538	3.1	3.7	.827
difference:	+4	+9.3	+7.1	+1.2	+2.5	+3.7	+3.3	+0.7	+0.9	-0.8	-0.5	+3.7	+8.6	+.028	+0.3	+0.4	+.371	+0.2	+0.3	+.091
James Worthy	18	40.7	21.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.9	8.9	19.2	.465	0.2	1.3	.167	2.9	4.0	.736

Season 10
	Chris Bosh	James Worthy
Season	2012-13	1991-92
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	74	33.2	16.6	1.8	5.0	6.8	1.7	0.9	1.4	1.7	2.3	6.6	12.3	.535	0.3	1.0	.284	3.3	4.1	.798
difference:	+20	+5.8	+3.3		+1.2	+1.2	+3.0	+0.5	+1.0	-0.7	-0.7	+1.7	+6.3	+.088	+0.1	+0.2	+.075	+0.2	+0.3	+.016
James Worthy	54	39.0	19.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	4.7	1.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	8.3	18.6	.447	0.2	0.8	.209	3.1	3.8	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	23	32.7	12.1	1.7	5.6	7.3	1.5	1.0	1.6	1.2	2.9	4.8	10.4	.458	0.7	1.6	.405	1.9	2.6	.733
James Worthy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Chris Bosh	James Worthy
Season	2013-14	1992-93
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	79	32.0	16.2	1.2	5.4	6.6	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.6	2.4	6.2	12.1	.516	0.9	2.8	.339	2.8	3.4	.820
difference:	+3	+3.2	+1.3	+0.3	+3.3	+3.6	+2.3	+0.1	+0.7	-0.1	-1.3		+1.8	+.069	+0.5	+1.4	+.069	+0.7	+0.8	+.010
James Worthy	82	28.8	14.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	3.4	1.1	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.2	13.9	.447	0.4	1.4	.270	2.1	2.6	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	20	34.3	14.9	1.2	4.4	5.6	1.1	0.9	1.0	0.7	2.6	5.8	11.5	.507	1.5	3.7	.405	1.8	2.4	.750
difference:	+15	+4.7	+1.1	+0.2	+2.4	+2.2	+1.5	+0.1	+1.0	-0.7	-0.4	+0.6	+5.7	+.135	+1.1	+2.1	+.155	+1.2	+1.4	+.150
James Worthy	5	29.6	13.8	1.4	2.0	3.4	2.6	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.2	6.4	17.2	.372	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.0	.600

Season 12
	Chris Bosh	James Worthy
Season	2014-15	1993-94
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	44	35.4	21.1	1.0	6.0	7.0	2.2	0.9	0.6	2.2	1.6	7.8	16.9	.460	1.4	3.8	.375	4.1	5.3	.772
difference:	+36	+15.4	+10.9	+0.4	+4.3	+4.7	+0.3	+0.3	+0.4	-1.0	-0.6	+3.5	+6.4	+.054	+1.0	+2.4	+.087	+2.8	+3.6	+.031
James Worthy	80	20.0	10.2	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.0	4.3	10.5	.406	0.4	1.4	.288	1.3	1.7	.741
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Chris Bosh nor James Worthy played in the postseason in their season 12

Additional Years
* Chris Bosh played 1 season more than James Worthy in the NBA. In that period—his season 13 in 2016—Chris Bosh didn't play in the postseason. In that extra year over James Worthy, Chris Bosh got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game