Luther Head vs. Jerry Sloan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Sloan and Luther Head, 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.

Luther Head played 6 years in the NBA, 5 less than Jerry Sloan, who played 11. Luther Head had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while Jerry Sloan had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Luther Head	Jerry Sloan
Season	2005-06	1965-66
Team	Houston Rockets	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost West Div 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		%
Luther Head	80	28.9	8.8	0.4	2.9	3.3	2.7	1.1	0.1	1.5	2.1	3.2	7.9	.403	1.4	3.9	.361	1.1	1.5	.699
Jerry Sloan	59	16.1	5.7	-	-	3.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.0	2.0	4.9	.415	-	-	-	1.7	2.4	.705
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luther Head	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sloan	2	17.0	6.5	-	-	8.0	3.0	-	-	-	3.0	2.5	6.0	.417	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.750

Season 2
	Luther Head	Jerry Sloan
Season	2006-07	1966-67
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost West Div 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		%
Luther Head	80	27.6	10.9	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.4	1.0	0.1	1.7	1.7	3.8	8.8	.437	2.2	5.0	.441	1.0	1.3	.790
Jerry Sloan	80	36.8	17.4	-	-	9.1	2.1	-	-	-	3.7	6.6	15.2	.432	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luther Head	7	20.1	4.6	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.1	0.4	0.3	1.0	2.3	1.6	5.1	.306	0.9	3.3	.261	0.6	1.1	.500
Jerry Sloan	3	23.7	10.0	-	-	3.3	0.3	-	-	-	2.3	4.0	10.3	.387	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 4
	Luther Head	Jerry Sloan
Season	2008-09	1968-69
Team	Houston Rockets, Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Luther Head	32	15.6	4.7	0.2	1.4	1.6	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.2	1.7	4.5	.382	0.6	1.7	.370	0.6	0.8	.792
Jerry Sloan	78	37.7	16.8	-	-	7.9	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	6.3	15.0	.417	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.745
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luther Head	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sloan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Luther Head	Jerry Sloan
Season	2009-10	1969-70
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost West Div 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		%
Luther Head	47	17.3	7.6	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.5	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.1	2.9	6.6	.437	0.8	2.2	.352	1.0	1.2	.828
Jerry Sloan	53	34.4	15.6	-	-	7.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.4	5.8	13.9	.421	-	-	-	3.9	6.0	.651
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luther Head	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sloan	5	38.0	14.8	-	-	7.8	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	5.8	14.8	.392	-	-	-	3.2	5.0	.640

Season 6
	Luther Head	Jerry Sloan
Season	2010-11	1970-71
Team	Sacramento Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost West 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		%
Luther Head	36	16.3	5.6	0.4	1.2	1.7	1.9	0.3	0.3	0.9	1.2	1.9	4.6	.415	0.7	1.8	.391	1.1	1.4	.780
Jerry Sloan	80	39.3	18.3	-	-	8.8	3.5	-	-	-	3.6	7.4	16.8	.441	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	.715
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luther Head	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sloan	7	40.6	17.0	-	-	9.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.6	7.3	16.7	.436	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.739

Season 7
	Luther Head	Jerry Sloan
Season	-	1971-72
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost West 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		%
Luther Head	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sloan	82	37.0	16.2	-	-	8.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	6.5	14.7	.444	-	-	-	3.1	4.8	.660
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luther Head	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sloan	4	42.5	15.8	-	-	8.8	2.5	-	-	-	4.5	6.5	16.0	.406	-	-	-	2.8	4.8	.579

Season 9
	Luther Head	Jerry Sloan
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		%
Luther Head	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luther Head	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 10
	Luther Head	Jerry Sloan
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		%
Luther Head	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luther Head	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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