Gail Goodrich vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and Gail Goodrich, 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.

Gail Goodrich played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Sam Jones, who played 12. Gail Goodrich had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Gail Goodrich	14	8	1965-66 to 1978-79
Sam Jones	12	12	1957-58 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Gail Goodrich	Sam Jones
Season	1965-66	1957-58
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Gail Goodrich	65	15.5	7.8	-	-	2.0	1.6	-	-	-	1.6	3.1	7.7	.404	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.691
difference:	+9	+4.9	+3.2			+0.9	+0.9				-0.8	+1.3	+3.5	+.025				+0.5	+0.8	+.023
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		%
Gail Goodrich	11	26.4	10.5	-	-	3.8	3.0	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	8.4	.467	-	-	-	2.6	3.9	.674
difference:	+3	+17.0	+6.6			+0.8	+2.5				-2.3	+2.6	+5.6	+.012				+1.2	+1.9	+.014
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
	Gail Goodrich	Sam Jones
Season	1966-67	1958-59
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Gail Goodrich	77	23.1	12.4	-	-	3.3	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	4.6	10.1	.454	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.751
difference:	+6	+2.5	+1.7			+2.7	+1.3				-1.1	+0.3	+0.2	+.020				+1.2	+1.6	+.019
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		%
Gail Goodrich	3	27.0	11.0	-	-	3.0	3.3	-	-	-	1.7	3.7	10.3	.355	-	-	-	3.7	6.0	.611
difference:	+8	+9.5	+0.7			+2.7	+1.8				-0.4	+0.1	+0.5	+.015				+0.7	+2.5	+.235
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
	Gail Goodrich	Sam Jones
Season	1967-68	1959-60
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Gail Goodrich	79	26.0	13.8	-	-	2.5	2.6	-	-	-	2.9	5.0	10.3	.486	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.770
difference:	+5	+5.6	+1.9			+2.6	+0.9				-1.5	+0.2	+0.3	+.032				+1.5	+2.0	+.006
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		%
Gail Goodrich	10	10.0	6.0	-	-	1.4	1.4	-	-	-	1.0	2.3	4.7	.489	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.778
difference:	+3	+5.2	+2.2			+1.8					-0.2	+1.2	+4.3	+.104				+0.1	+0.2	+.032
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
	Gail Goodrich	Sam Jones
Season	1968-69	1960-61
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Gail Goodrich	81	40.0	23.8	-	-	5.4	6.4	-	-	-	3.1	8.9	21.6	.411	-	-	-	6.1	8.2	.747
difference:	+3	+14.0	+8.8				+3.6				-1.2	+2.7	+7.9	+.038				+3.4	+4.8	+.040
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		%
Gail Goodrich	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Gail Goodrich	Sam Jones
Season	1969-70	1961-62
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Gail Goodrich	81	39.9	20.0	-	-	4.2	7.5	-	-	-	3.1	7.0	15.4	.454	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.808
difference:	+3	+9.3	+1.6			+1.7	+4.5				-1.2	+0.6	+1.1	+.010				+2.9	+3.7	+.010
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		%
Gail Goodrich	7	37.9	20.3	-	-	4.6	5.4	-	-	-	3.0	8.0	16.9	.475	-	-	-	4.3	5.0	.857
difference:	+7	+1.9	+0.3			+2.5	+2.3				-0.9	+0.8	+2.9	+.031				+1.3	+0.7	+.157
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
	Gail Goodrich	Sam Jones
Season	1970-71	1962-63
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Gail Goodrich	79	35.5	17.5	-	-	3.3	4.8	-	-	-	3.3	7.1	14.9	.475	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.770
difference:	+3	+4.9	+2.2			+1.9	+1.6				-1.2	+1.1	+2.3	+.001				+0.1		+.023
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		%
Gail Goodrich	12	43.2	25.4	-	-	3.2	7.6	-	-	-	3.2	8.8	20.6	.425	-	-	-	7.9	9.4	.841
difference:	+1	+8.6	+1.6			+3.0	+5.1					+0.4	+1.5	+.059				+2.6	+3.0	+.010
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
	Gail Goodrich	Sam Jones
Season	1971-72	1963-64
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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		%
Gail Goodrich	82	37.1	25.9	-	-	3.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.6	10.1	20.7	.487	-	-	-	5.8	6.8	.850
difference:	+6	+5.8	+6.5			+1.0	+1.8				-0.1	+2.0	+2.8	+.037				+2.5	+2.6	+.067
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		%
Gail Goodrich	15	38.3	23.8	-	-	2.5	3.3	-	-	-	3.3	8.7	19.5	.445	-	-	-	6.5	7.2	.898
difference:	+5	+2.7	+0.6			+2.2	+1.0				-0.9	+0.4	+1.5	+.061				+1.5	+0.4	+.163
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
	Gail Goodrich	Sam Jones
Season	1972-73	1964-65
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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		%
Gail Goodrich	76	35.5	23.9	-	-	3.5	4.4	-	-	-	2.5	9.9	21.3	.464	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	.840
difference:	+4	+0.6	+2.0			+1.6	+1.6				-0.3	+0.4	+1.4	+.012				+1.3	+1.6	+.020
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		%
Gail Goodrich	17	35.5	20.0	-	-	3.6	3.9	-	-	-	3.1	8.2	18.2	.448	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.785
difference:	+5	+5.8	+8.6			+1.0	+1.4				-0.2	+3.1	+6.3	+.011				+2.5	+2.4	+.084
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
	Gail Goodrich	Sam Jones
Season	1973-74	1965-66
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
Gail Goodrich	82	37.3	25.3	1.2	1.9	3.0	5.2	1.5	0.1	-	2.8	9.6	21.6	.442	-	-	-	6.2	7.2	.864
difference:	+15	+5.1	+1.8			+2.2	+2.0				-0.3	+0.3	+1.7	+.027				+1.3	+1.1	+.065
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		%
Gail Goodrich	5	37.8	19.6	1.4	1.8	3.2	6.0	1.4	0.2	-	1.4	7.0	18.0	.389	-	-	-	5.6	6.6	.848
difference:	+12	+2.4	+5.2			+1.9	+2.9				-2.4	+2.1	+2.2	+.060				+1.1	+1.4	+.010
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
	Gail Goodrich	Sam Jones
Season	1974-75	1966-67
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div Finals

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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		%
Gail Goodrich	72	37.1	22.6	1.3	1.7	3.0	5.8	1.4	0.1	-	3.0	9.1	19.8	.459	-	-	-	4.4	5.3	.841
difference:		+4.8	+0.5			+1.7	+2.8				-0.3	+0.2	+0.3	+.005					+0.1	+.016
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		%
Gail Goodrich	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Gail Goodrich	Sam Jones
Season	1975-76	1967-68
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Gail Goodrich	75	35.3	19.5	1.3	1.6	2.9	5.6	1.6	0.2	-	3.2	7.8	17.6	.441	-	-	-	3.9	4.6	.847
difference:	+2	+2.3	+1.8			+2.0	+2.6				-0.7	+0.7	+0.9	+.020				+0.4	+0.6	+.020
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		%
Gail Goodrich	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Gail Goodrich	Sam Jones
Season	1976-77	1968-69
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Gail Goodrich	27	22.6	12.6	0.9	1.3	2.3	2.7	0.8	0.1	-	1.6	5.0	11.3	.446	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.800
difference:	+43	+3.4	+3.7			+1.5	+0.1				-0.1	+2.1	+4.5	+.004				+0.4	+0.4	+.017
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		%
Gail Goodrich	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	18	28.6	16.8	-	-	3.2	2.1	-	-	-	2.5	6.9	16.4	.419	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.797

Additional Years

* Gail Goodrich played 2 seasons more than Sam Jones in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 14, from 1978 to 1979—Gail Goodrich didn't play in the postseason.

Gail Goodrich vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and Gail Goodrich, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years