Jarrett Allen vs. John Havlicek Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Havlicek and Jarrett Allen, 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.

Jarrett Allen played 8 years in the NBA, 8 less than John Havlicek, who played 16. Jarrett Allen had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while John Havlicek had his rookie season in 1962-63. 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
	Jarrett Allen	John Havlicek
Season	2017-18	1962-63
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Jarrett Allen	72	20.0	8.2	2.0	3.4	5.4	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.1	2.0	3.3	5.5	.589	0.1	0.2	.333	1.6	2.0	.776
difference:	+8	+7.5	+6.1			+1.3	+1.5				-0.4	+2.7	+8.1	+.144				+0.6	+1.0	+.048
John Havlicek	80	27.5	14.3	-	-	6.7	2.2	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	13.6	.445	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	.728
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Havlicek	11	23.1	11.8	-	-	4.8	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	5.1	11.4	.448	-	-	-	1.6	2.5	.667

Season 2
	Jarrett Allen	John Havlicek
Season	2018-19	1963-64
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jarrett Allen	80	26.2	10.9	2.4	6.0	8.4	1.4	0.5	1.5	1.3	2.3	4.2	7.1	.590	0.1	0.6	.133	2.5	3.5	.709
difference:		+6.1	+9.0			+3.0	+1.6				-0.5	+3.8	+12.1	+.173				+1.4	+1.8	+.037
John Havlicek	80	32.3	19.9	-	-	5.4	3.0	-	-	-	2.8	8.0	19.2	.417	-	-	-	3.9	5.3	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	5	22.0	11.0	3.0	3.8	6.8	2.2	0.6	0.6	1.6	2.6	3.8	6.4	.594	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.0	.850
difference:	+5	+6.9	+4.7			+2.5	+1.0					+2.3	+9.5	+.210				+0.1	+0.4	+.055
John Havlicek	10	28.9	15.7	-	-	4.3	3.2	-	-	-	2.6	6.1	15.9	.384	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.795

Season 3
	Jarrett Allen	John Havlicek
Season	2019-20	1964-65
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jarrett Allen	70	26.5	11.1	3.1	6.5	9.6	1.6	0.6	1.3	1.1	2.3	4.3	6.6	.649	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.9	.633
difference:	+5	+2.4	+7.2			+4.7	+1.1				-0.4	+3.3	+12.3	+.248				+0.7	+0.3	+.111
John Havlicek	75	28.9	18.3	-	-	4.9	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	7.6	18.9	.401	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.744
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	4	33.0	10.3	4.3	10.5	14.8	2.3	0.5	1.8	2.8	1.8	3.5	6.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.0	.813
difference:	+8	+0.8	+8.2			+7.5	+0.1				-1.9	+3.8	+14.8	+.231				+0.5	+0.6	+.023
John Havlicek	12	33.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	7.3	20.8	.352	-	-	-	3.8	4.6	.836

Season 4
	Jarrett Allen	John Havlicek
Season	2020-21	1965-66
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	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		%
Jarrett Allen	63	29.6	12.8	3.1	6.9	10.0	1.7	0.5	1.4	1.6	1.5	4.7	7.7	.618	0.1	0.3	.316	3.2	4.6	.703
difference:	+8	+1.0	+6.0			+4.0	+1.3				-0.7	+2.8	+11.0	+.219				+0.7	+0.3	+.082
John Havlicek	71	30.6	18.8	-	-	6.0	3.0	-	-	-	2.2	7.5	18.7	.399	-	-	-	3.9	4.9	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Havlicek	17	42.3	23.6	-	-	9.1	4.1	-	-	-	4.1	9.0	22.0	.409	-	-	-	5.6	6.6	.841

Season 5
	Jarrett Allen	John Havlicek
Season	2021-22	1966-67
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div Finals

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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		%
Jarrett Allen	56	32.3	16.1	3.4	7.3	10.8	1.6	0.8	1.3	1.7	1.7	6.6	9.7	.677	0.0	0.2	.100	2.9	4.2	.708
difference:	+25	+0.2	+5.3			+4.2	+1.8				-0.9	+1.8	+9.3	+.233				+1.6	+1.2	+.120
John Havlicek	81	32.1	21.4	-	-	6.6	3.4	-	-	-	2.6	8.4	19.0	.444	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Havlicek	9	36.7	27.4	-	-	8.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.3	10.6	23.6	.448	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.803

Season 6
	Jarrett Allen	John Havlicek
Season	2022-23	1967-68
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jarrett Allen	68	32.6	14.3	3.3	6.5	9.8	1.7	0.8	1.2	1.4	2.3	5.9	9.2	.644	0.0	0.1	.100	2.4	3.3	.733
difference:	+14	+3.0	+6.4			+3.1	+3.0				-0.6	+2.2	+9.7	+.215				+2.1	+2.2	+.079
John Havlicek	82	35.6	20.7	-	-	6.7	4.7	-	-	-	2.9	8.1	18.9	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	5	38.2	9.4	3.0	4.4	7.4	2.4	0.8	1.0	0.6	2.0	4.4	7.2	.611	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.2	.500
difference:	+14	+7.2	+16.5			+1.2	+5.1				-1.5	+5.3	+14.2	+.159				+6.0	+6.7	+.328
John Havlicek	19	45.4	25.9	-	-	8.6	7.5	-	-	-	3.5	9.7	21.4	.452	-	-	-	6.6	7.9	.828

Season 7
	Jarrett Allen	John Havlicek
Season	2023-24	1968-69
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jarrett Allen	77	31.7	16.5	3.2	7.4	10.5	2.7	0.7	1.1	1.6	1.9	6.7	10.6	.634	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.1	.742
difference:	+5	+7.0	+5.1			+3.5	+2.7				-1.1	+1.7	+10.2	+.229				+1.7	+1.9	+.038
John Havlicek	82	38.7	21.6	-	-	7.0	5.4	-	-	-	3.0	8.4	20.8	.405	-	-	-	4.7	6.0	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	4	31.8	17.0	3.8	10.0	13.8	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	6.3	9.3	.676	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.5	.692
difference:	+14	+15.4	+8.4			+3.9	+4.3				-1.2	+3.1	+11.9	+.231				+2.1	+1.2	+.163
John Havlicek	18	47.2	25.4	-	-	9.9	5.6	-	-	-	3.2	9.4	21.2	.445	-	-	-	6.6	7.7	.855

Season 8
	Jarrett Allen	John Havlicek
Season	2024-25	1969-70
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Jarrett Allen	82	28.0	13.5	2.6	7.1	9.7	1.9	0.9	0.9	1.2	1.5	5.5	7.8	.706	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.4	.718
difference:	+1	+13.6	+10.7			+1.9	+4.9				-1.1	+3.6	+11.8	+.242				+3.6	+3.7	+.126
John Havlicek	81	41.6	24.2	-	-	7.8	6.8	-	-	-	2.6	9.1	19.6	.464	-	-	-	6.0	7.1	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	9	29.0	13.4	2.3	6.1	8.4	1.3	1.4	0.9	1.9	1.7	4.9	6.8	.721	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	3.9	.943
John Havlicek	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* John Havlicek played 8 seasons more than Jarrett Allen in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 16, from 1971 to 1978—John Havlicek played in 6 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Jarrett Allen, John Havlicek got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 8 All-Star Game