Damon Jones vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Damon Jones, 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.

Damon Jones played 11 years in the NBA, 1 less than James Worthy, who played 12. Damon Jones had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, 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 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
Damon Jones	11	6	1998-99 to 2008-09
James Worthy	12	9	1982-83 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Damon Jones	James Worthy
Season	1998-99	1982-83
Team	New Jersey Nets, Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damon Jones	24	14.3	5.2	0.3	1.6	1.8	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.8	5.0	.361	1.0	2.6	.403	0.6	0.7	.824
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damon Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Damon Jones	James Worthy
Season	1999-00	1983-84
Team	Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damon Jones	55	11.1	4.2	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.6	1.5	3.8	.385	0.7	2.1	.360	0.6	0.9	.667
James Worthy	82	29.5	14.5	1.9	4.4	6.3	2.5	0.9	0.9	2.2	3.0	6.0	10.9	.556	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damon Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	21	33.7	17.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.9	2.7	7.8	13.0	.599	0.0	0.1	.500	2.0	3.3	.609


Season 3
	Damon Jones	James Worthy
Season	2000-01	1984-85
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damon Jones	71	19.9	6.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	3.2	0.5	0.0	1.1	0.8	2.4	5.9	.409	1.2	3.3	.364	0.5	0.7	.712
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		%
Damon Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Damon Jones	James Worthy
Season	2001-02	1985-86
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damon Jones	67	16.2	5.1	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.1	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.2	1.7	4.2	.401	1.0	2.8	.371	0.6	0.9	.729
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		%
Damon Jones	10	18.1	4.3	0.1	2.0	2.1	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.4	1.6	4.2	.381	0.8	2.7	.296	0.3	0.4	.750
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
	Damon Jones	James Worthy
Season	2002-03	1986-87
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damon Jones	49	14.5	4.6	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.6	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.9	1.6	4.3	.381	0.9	2.5	.364	0.4	0.6	.741
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		%
Damon Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Damon Jones	James Worthy
Season	2003-04	1987-88
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damon Jones	82	24.6	7.0	0.2	1.9	2.1	5.8	0.4	0.0	1.3	1.1	2.6	6.4	.401	1.2	3.3	.359	0.7	0.9	.764
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		%
Damon Jones	5	29.0	10.0	0.4	3.6	4.0	7.4	1.0	0.0	1.8	2.8	3.6	6.8	.529	2.0	4.2	.476	0.8	1.2	.667
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
	Damon Jones	James Worthy
Season	2004-05	1988-89
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damon Jones	82	31.4	11.6	0.2	2.6	2.8	4.3	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.5	4.0	8.9	.456	2.7	6.4	.432	0.8	1.0	.791
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		%
Damon Jones	15	33.5	12.1	0.2	2.5	2.7	4.0	0.5	0.0	1.1	1.6	4.1	8.6	.481	2.6	6.1	.429	1.2	2.0	.600
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
	Damon Jones	James Worthy
Season	2005-06	1989-90
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damon Jones	82	25.5	6.7	0.2	1.5	1.6	2.1	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.4	2.3	6.0	.387	1.7	4.5	.377	0.4	0.6	.640
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		%
Damon Jones	13	13.9	1.8	0.2	1.1	1.2	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.3	0.6	2.0	.308	0.4	1.4	.278	0.2	0.3	.750
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
	Damon Jones	James Worthy
Season	2006-07	1990-91
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damon Jones	60	19.6	6.6	0.2	1.0	1.1	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.9	2.3	5.9	.386	1.5	3.9	.385	0.5	0.7	.682
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		%
Damon Jones	11	12.6	2.4	0.1	0.7	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.7	2.4	.308	0.6	2.0	.318	0.3	0.3	1.000
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
	Damon Jones	James Worthy
Season	2007-08	1991-92
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damon Jones	67	19.9	6.5	0.1	1.0	1.1	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.3	5.4	.416	1.7	4.1	.417	0.3	0.4	.714
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		%
Damon Jones	5	5.2	1.2	0.0	0.0	0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	2.0	.200	0.4	1.4	.286	0.0	0.0	-
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Damon Jones	James Worthy
Season	2008-09	1992-93
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damon Jones	18	6.0	1.8	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.9	.324	0.6	1.6	.393	0.0	0.0	-
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		%
Damon Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Damon Jones	James Worthy
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damon Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Damon Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Damon Jones vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Damon Jones, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

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