M.L. Carr vs. Jo Jo White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jo Jo White and M.L. Carr, 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.

M.L. Carr played 9 years in the NBA, 3 less than Jo Jo White, who played 12. M.L. Carr had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Jo Jo White had his rookie season in 1969-70. 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
	M.L. Carr	Jo Jo White
Season	1976-77	1969-70
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
M.L. Carr	82	32.2	13.3	2.6	5.1	7.7	2.2	2.0	0.7	-	3.5	5.4	11.4	.476	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.735
Jo Jo White	60	22.1	12.2	-	-	2.8	2.4	-	-	-	2.2	5.2	11.4	.452	-	-	-	1.9	2.3	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
M.L. Carr	3	37.3	9.3	3.0	2.7	5.7	2.0	0.3	1.0	-	3.0	4.0	10.3	.387	-	-	-	1.3	2.3	.571
Jo Jo White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	M.L. Carr	Jo Jo White
Season	1977-78	1970-71
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
M.L. Carr	79	32.4	12.4	2.6	4.5	7.1	2.3	1.9	0.3	2.7	3.1	4.9	10.8	.455	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.738
Jo Jo White	75	37.2	21.3	-	-	5.0	4.8	-	-	-	3.4	9.2	19.9	.464	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.799
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
M.L. Carr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jo Jo White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	M.L. Carr	Jo Jo White
Season	1978-79	1971-72
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	-	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		%
M.L. Carr	80	40.1	18.7	2.7	4.6	7.4	3.3	2.5	0.6	3.2	3.5	7.3	14.3	.514	-	-	-	4.0	5.4	.743
Jo Jo White	79	41.3	23.1	-	-	5.6	5.3	-	-	-	2.9	9.7	22.6	.431	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.831
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
M.L. Carr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jo Jo White	11	39.3	23.5	-	-	5.4	5.3	-	-	-	2.8	9.9	20.0	.495	-	-	-	3.6	4.4	.833

Season 4
	M.L. Carr	Jo Jo White
Season	1979-80	1972-73
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
M.L. Carr	82	24.3	11.1	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.9	1.5	0.4	1.7	2.6	4.4	9.3	.474	0.1	0.5	.293	2.2	2.9	.739
Jo Jo White	82	39.6	19.7	-	-	5.0	6.1	-	-	-	2.3	8.7	20.3	.431	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
M.L. Carr	9	19.1	9.1	1.6	2.1	3.7	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.8	2.2	3.6	8.9	.400	0.2	0.6	.400	1.8	2.7	.667
Jo Jo White	13	44.8	24.5	-	-	4.2	6.4	-	-	-	3.4	10.4	23.1	.450	-	-	-	3.8	4.2	.907

Season 5
	M.L. Carr	Jo Jo White
Season	1980-81	1973-74
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
M.L. Carr	41	16.0	6.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	1.4	0.7	0.4	1.1	1.8	2.4	5.3	.449	0.0	0.3	.071	1.3	1.6	.791
Jo Jo White	82	39.5	18.1	1.2	3.1	4.3	5.5	1.3	0.3	-	2.3	7.9	17.6	.449	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.837
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
M.L. Carr	17	16.9	6.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.5	1.9	2.5	5.9	.416	0.0	0.2	.000	1.1	1.4	.750
Jo Jo White	18	42.5	16.6	0.9	3.2	4.2	5.4	0.8	0.1	-	3.1	7.3	17.2	.426	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	.739

Season 6
	M.L. Carr	Jo Jo White
Season	1981-82	1974-75
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
M.L. Carr	56	23.1	8.1	1.0	1.7	2.7	2.3	1.2	0.4	1.1	2.4	3.3	7.3	.450	0.1	0.3	.294	1.5	2.1	.707
Jo Jo White	82	39.3	18.3	1.0	2.8	3.8	5.6	1.6	0.2	-	2.5	8.0	17.6	.457	-	-	-	2.3	2.7	.834
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
M.L. Carr	12	25.4	7.4	1.8	1.8	3.6	2.3	0.9	0.0	1.8	2.5	3.1	8.8	.352	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	1.9	.652
Jo Jo White	11	42.0	20.6	1.6	2.9	4.5	5.7	1.0	0.4	-	2.9	9.1	20.6	.441	-	-	-	2.5	3.0	.818

Season 7
	M.L. Carr	Jo Jo White
Season	1982-83	1975-76
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
M.L. Carr	77	11.5	4.3	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.9	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	1.8	4.1	.429	0.0	0.2	.158	0.8	1.1	.741
Jo Jo White	82	39.7	18.9	0.7	3.1	3.8	5.4	1.3	0.2	-	2.2	8.2	18.2	.449	-	-	-	2.6	3.1	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
M.L. Carr	3	7.3	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.7	2.7	.250	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000
Jo Jo White	18	43.9	22.7	0.7	3.3	3.9	5.4	1.3	0.1	-	2.8	9.2	20.6	.445	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.821

Season 8
	M.L. Carr	Jo Jo White
Season	1983-84	1976-77
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
M.L. Carr	60	9.8	3.1	0.4	0.8	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.1	1.2	2.9	.409	0.1	0.3	.200	0.7	0.8	.875
Jo Jo White	82	40.6	19.6	1.1	3.6	4.7	6.0	1.4	0.3	-	2.4	7.8	18.1	.429	-	-	-	4.1	4.7	.869
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
M.L. Carr	16	5.1	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.8	2.0	.406	0.1	0.4	.333	0.6	0.7	.909
Jo Jo White	9	43.9	23.3	1.1	3.2	4.3	5.8	1.6	0.0	-	3.0	10.1	22.3	.453	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	.848