Elden Campbell vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and Elden Campbell, 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.

Elden Campbell played 15 years in the NBA, 3 more than Sam Jones, who played 12. Elden Campbell had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, 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 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
Elden Campbell	15	12	1990-91 to 2004-05
Sam Jones	12	12	1957-58 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Elden Campbell	Sam Jones
Season	1990-91	1957-58
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Elden Campbell	52	7.3	2.8	0.8	1.1	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.1	2.4	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.653
Sam Jones	56	10.6	4.6	-	-	2.9	0.7	-	-	-	0.8	1.8	4.2	.429	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	14	9.9	4.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.4	1.6	1.8	2.7	.658	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.1	.467
Sam Jones	8	9.4	3.9	-	-	3.0	0.5	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	2.8	.455	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.688


Season 2
	Elden Campbell	Sam Jones
Season	1991-92	1958-59
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Elden Campbell	81	23.2	7.1	1.9	3.3	5.2	0.7	0.7	2.0	0.9	2.5	2.7	6.1	.448	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.8	.619
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		%
Elden Campbell	4	29.3	10.0	2.3	4.0	6.3	1.5	0.8	1.5	1.0	3.5	3.5	9.3	.378	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.5	.667
Sam Jones	11	17.5	10.3	-	-	5.7	1.5	-	-	-	1.3	3.6	9.8	.370	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.846


Season 3
	Elden Campbell	Sam Jones
Season	1992-93	1959-60
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Elden Campbell	79	19.6	7.7	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.9	2.1	3.0	6.6	.458	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.6	.637
Sam Jones	74	20.4	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.4	4.8	10.6	.454	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.764

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	5	35.6	14.0	3.4	5.0	8.4	1.4	1.2	2.4	2.4	3.0	5.8	13.8	.420	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.8	.500
Sam Jones	13	15.2	8.2	-	-	3.2	1.4	-	-	-	1.2	3.5	9.0	.385	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.810


Season 4
	Elden Campbell	Sam Jones
Season	1993-94	1960-61
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Elden Campbell	76	29.6	12.3	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.1	0.8	1.9	1.3	3.2	4.9	10.6	.462	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.6	.689
Sam Jones	78	26.0	15.0	-	-	5.4	2.8	-	-	-	1.9	6.2	13.7	.449	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	10	25.8	13.1	-	-	5.4	2.2	-	-	-	2.2	5.0	11.2	.446	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	.886


Season 5
	Elden Campbell	Sam Jones
Season	1994-95	1961-62
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Elden Campbell	73	28.4	12.5	2.3	3.8	6.1	1.3	0.9	1.8	1.3	3.4	4.9	10.8	.459	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	4.0	.666
Sam Jones	78	30.6	18.4	-	-	5.9	3.0	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	16.5	.464	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	10	37.6	15.7	2.6	4.7	7.3	1.6	0.4	3.0	1.5	4.4	6.4	13.2	.485	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.4	.659
Sam Jones	14	36.0	20.6	-	-	7.1	3.1	-	-	-	2.1	8.8	19.8	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.700


Season 6
	Elden Campbell	Sam Jones
Season	1995-96	1962-63
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Elden Campbell	82	32.9	13.9	2.0	5.6	7.6	2.2	1.1	2.6	1.7	3.7	5.5	10.8	.503	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.3	.713
Sam Jones	76	30.6	19.7	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	8.2	17.2	.476	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	4	32.3	12.0	0.8	7.3	8.0	2.0	0.3	2.3	2.5	4.3	5.0	9.8	.513	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	4.0	.500
Sam Jones	13	34.6	23.8	-	-	6.2	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	9.2	19.1	.484	-	-	-	5.3	6.4	.831


Season 7
	Elden Campbell	Sam Jones
Season	1996-97	1963-64
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Elden Campbell	77	32.7	14.9	2.7	5.3	8.0	1.6	0.6	1.5	1.7	3.6	5.7	12.2	.469	0.0	0.1	.250	3.4	4.8	.711
Sam Jones	76	31.3	19.4	-	-	4.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.1	17.9	.450	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	9	31.0	11.8	1.6	2.8	4.3	1.0	0.8	1.4	1.6	3.3	4.1	10.3	.398	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	4.2	.816
Sam Jones	10	35.6	23.2	-	-	4.7	2.3	-	-	-	2.4	9.1	18.0	.506	-	-	-	5.0	6.8	.735


Season 8
	Elden Campbell	Sam Jones
Season	1997-98	1964-65
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Elden Campbell	81	22.0	10.1	1.8	3.9	5.6	1.0	0.4	1.3	1.4	2.6	3.6	7.7	.463	0.0	0.0	.500	2.9	4.2	.693
Sam Jones	80	36.1	25.9	-	-	5.1	2.8	-	-	-	2.2	10.3	22.7	.452	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	13	13.8	5.2	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.0	2.1	1.8	3.9	.451	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.6	.647
Sam Jones	12	41.3	28.6	-	-	4.6	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	11.3	24.5	.459	-	-	-	6.1	7.0	.869


Season 9
	Elden Campbell	Sam Jones
Season	1998-99	1965-66
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Elden Campbell	49	29.8	12.6	2.6	5.5	8.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	1.6	3.2	4.5	9.5	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	5.5	.639
Sam Jones	67	32.2	23.5	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.5	9.3	19.9	.469	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	17	35.4	24.8	-	-	5.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.1	20.2	.449	-	-	-	6.7	8.0	.838


Season 10
	Elden Campbell	Sam Jones
Season	1999-00	1966-67
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Elden Campbell	78	32.5	12.7	2.2	5.4	7.6	1.7	0.7	1.9	1.6	3.4	4.7	10.6	.446	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	4.6	.690
Sam Jones	72	32.3	22.1	-	-	4.7	3.0	-	-	-	2.7	8.9	19.5	.454	-	-	-	4.4	5.2	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	4	37.5	14.3	2.3	6.0	8.3	1.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	4.0	5.5	11.8	.468	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	3.5	.929
Sam Jones	9	36.2	26.7	-	-	5.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.3	10.6	23.0	.459	-	-	-	5.6	6.4	.862


Season 11
	Elden Campbell	Sam Jones
Season	2000-01	1967-68
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Elden Campbell	78	30.0	13.1	2.0	5.8	7.8	1.3	0.8	1.8	1.8	3.6	4.7	10.7	.440	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.2	.709
Sam Jones	73	33.0	21.3	-	-	4.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.5	18.5	.461	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	10	28.8	12.1	2.7	5.2	7.9	0.7	0.5	1.1	1.7	3.7	4.2	10.6	.396	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	4.9	.755
Sam Jones	19	36.1	20.5	-	-	3.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	8.5	19.3	.441	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.786


Season 12
	Elden Campbell	Sam Jones
Season	2001-02	1968-69
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Elden Campbell	77	28.0	13.9	1.7	5.2	6.9	1.3	0.8	1.8	1.8	3.4	5.0	10.3	.484	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	5.0	.797
Sam Jones	70	26.0	16.3	-	-	3.8	2.6	-	-	-	1.7	7.1	15.8	.450	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	9	28.1	13.6	1.6	5.1	6.7	1.8	0.7	2.6	1.9	3.8	5.4	12.2	.445	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.8	.706
Sam Jones	18	28.6	16.8	-	-	3.2	2.1	-	-	-	2.5	6.9	16.4	.419	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.797


Season 13
	Elden Campbell	Sam Jones
Season	2002-03	-
Team	New Orleans Hornets, Seattle Supersonics	-
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		%
Elden Campbell	56	15.5	6.1	0.8	2.4	3.2	0.9	0.6	0.7	0.9	2.3	2.1	5.3	.397	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.4	.801
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Elden Campbell	Sam Jones
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
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		%
Elden Campbell	65	13.7	5.6	0.8	2.4	3.2	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.1	2.1	4.8	.439	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.685
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	14	9.0	2.1	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.6	2.0	0.7	2.5	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.556
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Elden Campbell	Sam Jones
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Detroit Pistons, New Jersey Nets, Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Elden Campbell	40	9.8	3.0	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.4	1.0	3.1	.317	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.4	.764
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	10	5.8	1.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.3	0.4	1.3	.308	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Elden Campbell vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and Elden Campbell, 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

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15