Jerry Sloan vs. Bill Willoughby Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Willoughby and Jerry Sloan, 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.

Jerry Sloan played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than Bill Willoughby, who played 8. Jerry Sloan had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Bill Willoughby had his rookie season in 1975-76. 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
	Jerry Sloan	Bill Willoughby
Season	1966-67	1976-77
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Div 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		%
Jerry Sloan	80	36.8	17.4	-	-	9.1	2.1	-	-	-	3.7	6.6	15.2	.432	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.796
Bill Willoughby	39	14.1	4.9	1.7	2.7	4.4	0.3	0.5	0.6	-	1.6	1.9	4.3	.444	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.683
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Sloan	3	23.7	10.0	-	-	3.3	0.3	-	-	-	2.3	4.0	10.3	.387	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Bill Willoughby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bill Willoughby didn't play in 1978-79.

Season 4
	Jerry Sloan	Bill Willoughby
Season	1968-69	1979-80
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First 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		%
Jerry Sloan	78	37.7	16.8	-	-	7.9	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	6.3	15.0	.417	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.745
Bill Willoughby	78	18.6	6.9	1.6	2.7	4.2	0.9	0.4	0.8	0.9	2.4	2.8	5.9	.479	0.0	0.1	.111	1.2	1.6	.756
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Sloan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Willoughby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jerry Sloan	Bill Willoughby
Season	1969-70	1980-81
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Div Semis	Rockets Lost NBA 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		%
Jerry Sloan	53	34.4	15.6	-	-	7.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.4	5.8	13.9	.421	-	-	-	3.9	6.0	.651
Bill Willoughby	55	20.8	6.3	1.3	2.8	4.1	1.2	0.3	0.6	1.3	1.9	2.7	5.2	.523	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.2	.766
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Sloan	5	38.0	14.8	-	-	7.8	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	5.8	14.8	.392	-	-	-	3.2	5.0	.640
Bill Willoughby	19	21.9	6.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.2	0.7	1.0	1.2	2.2	2.2	6.1	.362	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.1	.750

Season 6
	Jerry Sloan	Bill Willoughby
Season	1970-71	1981-82
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Jerry Sloan	80	39.3	18.3	-	-	8.8	3.5	-	-	-	3.6	7.4	16.8	.441	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	.715
Bill Willoughby	69	21.4	7.8	1.6	2.3	3.8	1.1	0.4	0.9	1.1	2.1	3.5	6.7	.517	0.0	0.1	.429	0.8	1.1	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Sloan	7	40.6	17.0	-	-	9.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.6	7.3	16.7	.436	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.739
Bill Willoughby	2	8.5	2.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 7
	Jerry Sloan	Bill Willoughby
Season	1971-72	1982-83
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West 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		%
Jerry Sloan	82	37.0	16.2	-	-	8.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	6.5	14.7	.444	-	-	-	3.1	4.8	.660
Bill Willoughby	62	18.5	5.5	1.0	2.2	3.2	1.0	0.4	0.3	1.0	2.2	2.4	5.2	.454	0.1	0.2	.429	0.7	0.9	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Sloan	4	42.5	15.8	-	-	8.8	2.5	-	-	-	4.5	6.5	16.0	.406	-	-	-	2.8	4.8	.579
Bill Willoughby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Jerry Sloan	Bill Willoughby
Season	1973-74	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Jerry Sloan	77	37.1	13.2	1.9	5.3	7.2	1.9	2.4	0.1	-	3.5	5.4	12.0	.447	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.711
Bill Willoughby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Sloan	6	40.0	16.7	3.0	7.3	10.3	2.0	1.2	0.2	-	2.8	6.5	14.7	.443	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759
Bill Willoughby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Jerry Sloan	Bill Willoughby
Season	1974-75	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Jerry Sloan	78	33.0	12.2	2.3	4.6	6.9	2.1	2.2	0.2	-	3.4	4.9	11.1	.439	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.748
Bill Willoughby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry Sloan	13	36.2	13.1	1.8	5.5	7.4	2.0	1.5	0.0	-	3.5	5.8	12.5	.460	-	-	-	1.5	2.8	.556
Bill Willoughby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-