Jay Humphries vs. Jeremy Lin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeremy Lin and Jay Humphries, 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.

Jay Humphries played 11 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jeremy Lin, who played 9. Jay Humphries had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Jeremy Lin had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Jay Humphries	11	7	1984-85 to 1994-95
Jeremy Lin	9	4	2010-11 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jay Humphries	Jeremy Lin
Season	1984-85	2010-11
Team	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jay Humphries	80	25.8	8.8	0.4	1.7	2.1	4.4	1.3	0.1	2.1	2.6	3.5	7.8	.446	0.1	0.3	.200	1.8	2.1	.829
Jeremy Lin	29	9.8	2.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.4	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.0	2.5	.389	0.0	0.2	.200	0.7	0.9	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	3	30.0	16.3	0.3	1.3	1.7	5.3	0.7	0.0	2.7	4.0	6.7	10.3	.645	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jay Humphries	Jeremy Lin
Season	1985-86	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
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		%
Jay Humphries	82	33.3	11.0	0.7	2.5	3.2	6.4	1.6	0.1	2.3	2.7	4.3	9.0	.479	0.0	0.4	.138	2.4	3.1	.767
Jeremy Lin	35	26.9	14.6	0.5	2.5	3.1	6.2	1.6	0.3	3.6	2.2	4.9	10.9	.446	0.7	2.1	.320	4.2	5.2	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jay Humphries	Jeremy Lin
Season	1986-87	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	82	31.5	11.3	0.8	2.4	3.2	7.7	1.4	0.1	2.4	2.9	4.4	9.2	.477	0.1	0.3	.185	2.4	3.2	.769
Jeremy Lin	82	32.2	13.4	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.5	4.8	10.9	.441	1.1	3.1	.339	2.6	3.4	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	4	21.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.5	6.0	.250	0.5	3.0	.167	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 4
	Jay Humphries	Jeremy Lin
Season	1987-88	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	68	26.6	10.0	0.7	1.8	2.6	5.8	1.2	0.1	1.9	2.6	4.2	7.9	.528	0.0	0.3	.167	1.6	2.3	.732
Jeremy Lin	71	28.9	12.5	0.5	2.2	2.6	4.1	1.0	0.4	2.5	2.3	4.2	9.3	.446	1.2	3.2	.358	3.1	3.7	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	2	9.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	3.0	0.0	2.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jeremy Lin	6	29.5	11.3	1.2	2.5	3.7	4.3	0.5	0.2	2.2	2.5	4.2	10.2	.410	0.8	3.8	.217	2.2	2.7	.813


Season 5
	Jay Humphries	Jeremy Lin
Season	1988-89	2014-15
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Jay Humphries	73	30.4	11.6	1.0	1.6	2.6	5.5	1.9	0.1	2.2	2.6	4.7	9.8	.483	0.3	1.3	.266	1.8	2.2	.816
Jeremy Lin	74	25.8	11.2	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.6	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.7	8.8	.424	0.9	2.4	.369	2.9	3.6	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	9	35.9	14.6	0.9	2.1	3.0	7.8	0.9	0.0	1.3	3.2	5.4	11.0	.495	0.3	2.0	.167	3.3	3.8	.882
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jay Humphries	Jeremy Lin
Season	1989-90	2015-16
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	81	34.8	15.3	1.0	2.3	3.3	5.8	1.9	0.1	1.9	3.1	6.1	12.4	.494	0.3	0.9	.300	2.8	3.5	.786
Jeremy Lin	78	26.3	11.7	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.0	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.1	3.8	9.3	.412	1.0	2.9	.336	3.1	3.7	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	3	26.3	9.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	6.3	1.0	0.0	2.7	2.0	2.7	5.0	.533	0.3	1.0	.333	3.3	4.3	.769
Jeremy Lin	7	27.0	12.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	0.0	1.6	3.0	3.7	9.0	.413	0.4	2.0	.214	4.6	5.6	.821


Season 7
	Jay Humphries	Jeremy Lin
Season	1990-91	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jay Humphries	80	34.1	15.2	0.7	2.0	2.8	6.7	1.6	0.1	1.9	3.0	6.0	12.0	.502	0.8	2.0	.373	2.4	3.0	.799
Jeremy Lin	36	24.5	14.5	0.3	3.4	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.4	2.4	2.2	4.9	11.1	.438	1.6	4.3	.372	3.2	3.9	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	3	41.0	15.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	8.3	0.7	0.0	2.0	5.7	5.7	10.7	.531	0.7	1.7	.400	3.0	3.3	.900
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Jay Humphries	Jeremy Lin
Season	1991-92	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Jay Humphries	71	31.8	14.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	6.6	1.7	0.2	2.1	3.0	5.3	11.3	.469	0.6	2.0	.292	2.7	3.5	.783
Jeremy Lin	1	25.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	0	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	5.0	12.0	.417	1.0	2.0	.500	7.0	7.0	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jay Humphries	Jeremy Lin
Season	1992-93	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Jay Humphries	78	26.1	8.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	4.1	1.3	0.1	1.7	3.0	3.7	8.4	.436	0.2	1.0	.200	1.3	1.7	.777
Jeremy Lin	74	19.4	9.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	3.2	7.3	.440	0.7	2.5	.294	2.4	2.8	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	5	23.0	5.2	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.4	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.6	2.2	6.6	.333	0.4	1.6	.250	0.4	0.8	.500
Jeremy Lin	8	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	1.1	.222	0.1	0.3	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 10
	Jay Humphries	Jeremy Lin
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Jay Humphries	75	21.6	7.5	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.9	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.2	3.1	7.1	.436	0.5	1.3	.396	0.8	1.0	.750
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	16	22.3	7.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	2.4	0.8	0.1	1.0	2.8	2.9	6.8	.426	0.4	1.4	.318	1.2	1.8	.679
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jay Humphries	Jeremy Lin
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Utah Jazz, Boston Celtics	-
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		%
Jay Humphries	18	11.2	1.1	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.9	1.9	0.4	1.9	.235	0.1	0.2	.500	0.1	0.2	.500
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jay Humphries vs. Jeremy Lin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeremy Lin and Jay Humphries, 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