Jason Collins vs. John Havlicek Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Havlicek and Jason Collins, 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.

Jason Collins played 13 years in the NBA, 3 less than John Havlicek, who played 16. Jason Collins had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, 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 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
Jason Collins	13	9	2001-02 to 2013-14
John Havlicek	16	13	1962-63 to 1977-78

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Jason Collins	John Havlicek
Season	2001-02	1962-63
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Jason Collins	77	18.3	4.5	1.7	2.2	3.9	1.1	0.4	0.6	0.9	2.2	1.5	3.6	.421	0.0	0.0	.500	1.5	2.1	.701
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		%
Jason Collins	17	13.5	2.9	1.4	1.0	2.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.7	2.8	0.7	1.9	.364	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.2	.658
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
	Jason Collins	John Havlicek
Season	2002-03	1963-64
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Jason Collins	81	23.5	5.7	1.7	2.9	4.5	1.1	0.6	0.5	1.0	3.1	1.7	4.2	.414	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.9	.763
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		%
Jason Collins	20	26.5	5.9	2.6	3.7	6.3	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.9	3.7	1.7	4.6	.363	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.1	.836
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
	Jason Collins	John Havlicek
Season	2003-04	1964-65
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Jason Collins	78	28.5	5.9	1.8	3.3	5.1	2.0	0.9	0.7	1.2	3.2	2.1	4.9	.424	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.4	.739
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		%
Jason Collins	11	24.0	3.6	1.6	2.4	4.0	1.5	0.3	0.9	1.4	4.5	1.3	3.5	.368	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.750
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
	Jason Collins	John Havlicek
Season	2004-05	1965-66
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
Jason Collins	80	31.8	6.4	1.9	4.2	6.1	1.3	0.9	0.9	1.1	4.0	2.3	5.6	.412	0.0	0.1	.333	1.7	2.6	.656
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		%
Jason Collins	4	32.0	2.8	2.3	4.3	6.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	1.3	4.8	1.0	4.3	.235	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.0	.375
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
	Jason Collins	John Havlicek
Season	2005-06	1966-67
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jason Collins	71	26.7	3.6	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.0	0.6	0.6	0.9	3.5	1.5	3.7	.397	0.0	0.2	.250	0.6	1.2	.512
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		%
Jason Collins	11	27.5	2.8	1.8	3.2	5.0	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.8	5.0	0.8	2.3	.360	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.0	.591
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
	Jason Collins	John Havlicek
Season	2006-07	1967-68
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Jason Collins	80	23.1	2.1	1.1	2.8	4.0	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.9	3.4	0.7	1.9	.364	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.6	.465
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		%
Jason Collins	12	27.4	2.3	1.3	2.0	3.3	0.2	0.6	0.3	1.3	3.8	1.0	1.8	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.9	.364
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
	Jason Collins	John Havlicek
Season	2007-08	1968-69
Team	New Jersey Nets, Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	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		%
Jason Collins	74	15.8	1.9	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	2.6	0.7	1.5	.469	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.0	.459
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		%
Jason Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jason Collins	John Havlicek
Season	2008-09	1969-70
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jason Collins	31	13.6	1.8	0.9	1.4	2.3	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	2.4	0.7	2.3	.314	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.9	.464
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		%
Jason Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Havlicek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jason Collins	John Havlicek
Season	2009-10	1970-71
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jason Collins	24	4.8	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.9	0.3	1.0	.348	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.1	.000
John Havlicek	81	45.4	28.9	-	-	9.0	7.5	-	-	-	2.5	11.0	24.5	.450	-	-	-	6.8	8.4	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Collins	3	3.3	2.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.3	1.0	1.7	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
John Havlicek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Jason Collins	John Havlicek
Season	2010-11	1971-72
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Jason Collins	49	12.1	2.0	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.5	2.0	0.7	1.4	.479	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.6	0.8	.659
John Havlicek	82	45.1	27.5	-	-	8.2	7.5	-	-	-	2.2	10.9	23.9	.458	-	-	-	5.6	6.7	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Collins	12	13.2	1.8	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.4	2.6	0.8	1.2	.643	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.375
John Havlicek	11	47.0	27.4	-	-	8.4	6.4	-	-	-	3.2	9.8	21.4	.460	-	-	-	7.7	9.0	.859


Season 11
	Jason Collins	John Havlicek
Season	2011-12	1972-73
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Jason Collins	30	10.3	1.3	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.1	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.5	.467
John Havlicek	80	42.1	23.8	-	-	7.1	6.6	-	-	-	2.4	9.6	21.3	.450	-	-	-	4.6	5.4	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Collins	5	17.0	2.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.0	3.2	1.2	2.2	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
John Havlicek	12	39.9	23.8	-	-	5.2	5.4	-	-	-	2.0	9.3	19.6	.477	-	-	-	5.1	6.2	.824


Season 12
	Jason Collins	John Havlicek
Season	2012-13	1973-74
Team	Boston Celtics, Washington Wizards	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	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		%
Jason Collins	38	10.1	1.1	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.5	2.2	0.2	0.8	.310	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.719
John Havlicek	76	40.7	22.6	1.8	4.6	6.4	5.9	1.3	0.4	-	2.6	9.0	19.8	.456	-	-	-	4.6	5.5	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Havlicek	18	45.1	27.1	1.6	4.9	6.4	6.0	1.3	0.3	-	2.4	11.1	22.8	.484	-	-	-	4.9	5.6	.881


Season 13
	Jason Collins	John Havlicek
Season	2013-14	1974-75
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Jason Collins	22	7.8	1.1	0.3	0.5	0.9	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.4	0.5	1.1	.458	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.2	.750
John Havlicek	82	38.2	19.2	1.9	4.0	5.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	-	2.8	7.8	17.2	.455	-	-	-	3.5	4.0	.870

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Havlicek	11	42.2	21.1	1.6	3.5	5.2	4.6	1.5	0.1	-	3.5	7.5	17.5	.432	-	-	-	6.0	6.9	.868


Season 14
	Jason Collins	John Havlicek
Season	-	1975-76
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Jason Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Havlicek	76	34.2	17.0	1.5	2.6	4.1	3.7	1.3	0.4	-	2.7	6.6	14.8	.450	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Havlicek	15	33.7	13.2	1.2	2.5	3.7	3.4	0.8	0.3	-	2.1	5.3	12.0	.444	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.809


Season 15
	Jason Collins	John Havlicek
Season	-	1976-77
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Havlicek	79	36.9	17.7	1.4	3.5	4.8	5.1	1.1	0.2	-	2.6	7.3	16.2	.452	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Havlicek	9	41.7	18.3	1.7	3.8	5.4	6.9	0.9	0.4	-	3.7	6.9	18.6	.371	-	-	-	4.6	5.6	.820


Season 16
	Jason Collins	John Havlicek
Season	-	1977-78
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Jason Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Havlicek	82	34.1	16.1	1.1	2.9	4.0	4.0	1.1	0.3	2.5	2.3	6.7	14.8	.449	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Collins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Havlicek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jason Collins vs. John Havlicek Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Havlicek and Jason Collins, 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

Season 16