Fred Brown vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and Fred Brown, 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.

Fred Brown played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Sam Jones, who played 12. Fred Brown had the first of his seasons in 1971-72, 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.

Season 2
	Fred Brown	Sam Jones
Season	1972-73	1958-59
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Fred Brown	79	29.4	13.5	-	-	4.0	5.5	-	-	-	2.9	6.0	13.1	.455	-	-	-	1.5	1.9	.818
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		%
Fred Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Fred Brown	Sam Jones
Season	1973-74	1959-60
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Fred Brown	82	30.5	16.5	1.4	3.5	4.9	5.0	1.7	0.2	-	3.4	7.0	15.0	.471	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	.863
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		%
Fred Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Fred Brown	Sam Jones
Season	1974-75	1960-61
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Fred Brown	81	33.0	21.0	1.4	2.8	4.2	3.5	2.3	0.2	-	2.8	9.1	19.0	.480	-	-	-	2.8	3.4	.831
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		%
Fred Brown	8	30.0	20.6	1.5	3.0	4.5	2.9	2.1	0.1	-	2.4	8.6	17.4	.496	-	-	-	3.4	4.0	.844
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
	Fred Brown	Sam Jones
Season	1975-76	1961-62
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Fred Brown	76	33.1	23.1	1.5	2.7	4.2	2.7	1.9	0.2	-	2.4	9.8	20.0	.488	-	-	-	3.6	4.1	.869
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		%
Fred Brown	6	39.3	28.5	2.0	2.7	4.7	2.8	2.2	0.0	-	3.3	11.3	22.2	.511	-	-	-	5.8	7.3	.795
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
	Fred Brown	Sam Jones
Season	1976-77	1962-63
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Fred Brown	72	29.1	17.2	0.9	2.3	3.2	2.4	1.7	0.3	-	1.9	7.4	15.5	.479	-	-	-	2.3	2.6	.884
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		%
Fred Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Fred Brown	Sam Jones
Season	1977-78	1963-64
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA 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		%
Fred Brown	72	27.3	16.6	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.3	1.5	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.1	14.5	.488	-	-	-	2.4	2.7	.898
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		%
Fred Brown	22	26.1	17.3	0.7	1.4	2.1	2.4	1.0	0.1	1.4	2.1	7.0	15.5	.449	-	-	-	3.4	4.1	.833
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
	Fred Brown	Sam Jones
Season	1978-79	1964-65
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Fred Brown	77	25.5	14.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.4	1.5	0.3	2.1	1.8	5.8	12.4	.469	-	-	-	2.4	2.7	.888
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		%
Fred Brown	17	15.3	8.4	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.5	0.2	0.9	1.4	3.8	8.4	.451	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.824
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
	Fred Brown	Sam Jones
Season	1979-80	1965-66
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Fred Brown	80	21.3	12.0	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.2	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	5.1	10.5	.479	0.5	1.1	.443	1.4	1.7	.837
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		%
Fred Brown	15	20.9	12.5	1.1	1.5	2.5	2.1	0.1	0.1	1.5	1.5	5.3	12.1	.440	0.7	2.3	.294	1.2	1.4	.857
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
	Fred Brown	Sam Jones
Season	1980-81	1966-67
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Fred Brown	78	25.5	15.5	0.7	1.6	2.2	3.0	1.1	0.2	1.7	1.8	6.5	13.3	.488	0.3	0.8	.359	2.2	2.7	.832
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		%
Fred Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Fred Brown	Sam Jones
Season	1981-82	1967-68
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Fred Brown	82	21.8	11.2	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.9	0.8	0.0	1.2	1.4	4.8	10.5	.455	0.3	0.9	.325	1.4	1.6	.860
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		%
Fred Brown	8	19.8	11.9	0.8	1.1	1.9	2.3	0.6	0.0	1.1	0.6	5.4	11.1	.483	0.3	0.6	.400	0.9	1.3	.700
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
	Fred Brown	Sam Jones
Season	1982-83	1968-69
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Fred Brown	80	17.9	10.2	0.4	0.8	1.2	3.0	0.7	0.2	1.4	1.2	4.6	8.9	.520	0.2	0.4	.438	0.7	0.9	.806
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		%
Fred Brown	2	15.0	3.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.0	4.5	.222	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Sam Jones	18	28.6	16.8	-	-	3.2	2.1	-	-	-	2.5	6.9	16.4	.419	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.797