Junior Bridgeman vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and Junior Bridgeman, 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.

Junior Bridgeman and Sam Jones both played 12 years in the NBA. Junior Bridgeman had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, 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 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
Junior Bridgeman	12	6	1975-76 to 1986-87
Sam Jones	12	12	1957-58 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Junior Bridgeman	Sam Jones
Season	1975-76	1957-58
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Junior Bridgeman	81	20.3	8.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	1.9	0.6	0.3	-	2.9	3.5	8.0	.439	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	.795
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	3	22.3	8.3	1.3	2.3	3.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	-	3.3	3.0	6.7	.450	-	-	-	2.3	3.7	.636
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
	Junior Bridgeman	Sam Jones
Season	1976-77	1958-59
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	82	29.4	14.4	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.5	1.0	0.3	-	2.7	6.0	13.3	.449	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	.864
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Junior Bridgeman	Sam Jones
Season	1977-78	1959-60
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West 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		%
Junior Bridgeman	82	22.9	13.6	1.4	2.1	3.5	2.1	0.9	0.4	2.1	2.5	5.8	11.5	.503	-	-	-	2.0	2.5	.810
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	9	19.8	10.4	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.2	1.0	0.2	0.9	3.4	4.9	10.1	.484	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.750
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
	Junior Bridgeman	Sam Jones
Season	1978-79	1960-61
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	82	23.9	15.5	1.4	2.2	3.6	2.0	1.1	0.5	1.7	2.2	6.6	13.0	.506	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.829
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Junior Bridgeman	Sam Jones
Season	1979-80	1961-62
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West 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		%
Junior Bridgeman	81	28.6	17.6	1.3	2.4	3.7	2.9	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.7	7.3	15.3	.478	0.1	0.3	.185	2.8	3.3	.865
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	5	24.8	10.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	3.4	1.0	0.4	2.8	3.4	4.0	11.2	.357	0.0	0.2	.000	2.2	3.0	.733
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
	Junior Bridgeman	Sam Jones
Season	1980-81	1962-63
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Junior Bridgeman	77	28.8	16.8	1.0	2.7	3.8	3.0	1.1	0.4	1.9	2.4	7.0	14.3	.487	0.0	0.3	.143	2.8	3.1	.884
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	7	26.1	14.0	0.9	1.3	2.1	3.3	0.9	0.0	1.6	3.9	6.0	13.0	.462	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.9	2.3	.813
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
	Junior Bridgeman	Sam Jones
Season	1981-82	1963-64
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Junior Bridgeman	41	22.5	12.5	0.9	2.1	3.0	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.6	2.2	5.1	10.6	.483	0.1	0.2	.444	2.2	2.5	.864
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Junior Bridgeman	Sam Jones
Season	1982-83	1964-65
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 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		%
Junior Bridgeman	70	26.5	14.4	0.6	2.9	3.5	3.0	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.2	6.0	12.2	.492	0.0	0.2	.077	2.3	2.8	.837
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	9	34.2	16.9	2.3	2.7	5.0	3.1	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.9	6.8	14.4	.469	0.2	0.6	.400	3.1	3.3	.933
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
	Junior Bridgeman	Sam Jones
Season	1983-84	1965-66
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 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		%
Junior Bridgeman	81	30.0	15.1	1.0	3.1	4.1	3.3	0.7	0.2	1.8	2.8	6.3	13.5	.465	0.1	0.4	.194	2.4	3.0	.807
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	16	31.2	14.4	0.8	3.3	4.0	2.8	0.4	0.3	1.4	2.3	5.5	12.1	.456	0.1	0.6	.111	3.3	4.1	.815
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
	Junior Bridgeman	Sam Jones
Season	1984-85	1966-67
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Junior Bridgeman	80	25.5	13.9	0.7	2.2	2.9	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.5	1.6	5.8	12.4	.465	0.2	0.5	.359	2.3	2.6	.879
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Junior Bridgeman	Sam Jones
Season	1985-86	1967-68
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Junior Bridgeman	58	20.0	8.8	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.9	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.4	3.4	7.8	.441	0.1	0.3	.333	1.8	2.1	.891
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Junior Bridgeman	Sam Jones
Season	1986-87	1968-69
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	34	12.3	5.1	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.5	2.3	5.0	.462	0.0	0.2	.167	0.5	0.6	.800
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	18	28.6	16.8	-	-	3.2	2.1	-	-	-	2.5	6.9	16.4	.419	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.797

Junior Bridgeman vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and Junior Bridgeman, 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