Paul Seymour vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Paul Seymour, 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.

Paul Seymour and James Worthy both played 12 years in the NBA. Paul Seymour had the first of his seasons in 1947-48, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
	Paul Seymour	James Worthy
Season	1947-48	1982-83
Team	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Paul Seymour	22	-	3.5	-	-	-	0.3	-	-	-	1.5	1.2	4.6	.267	-	-	-	1.0	1.7	.595
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Seymour	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Paul Seymour didn't play in 1948-49.

Season 3
	Paul Seymour	James Worthy
Season	1950-51	1984-85
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Paul Seymour	51	-	7.2	-	-	3.8	3.7	-	-	-	2.7	2.5	7.5	.325	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.736
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Seymour	7	-	4.9	-	-	3.7	3.6	-	-	-	3.1	1.4	6.9	.208	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676

Season 4
	Paul Seymour	James Worthy
Season	1951-52	1985-86
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Lakers 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		%
Paul Seymour	66	33.5	9.1	-	-	3.4	3.3	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	9.3	.335	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	.759
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Seymour	7	38.6	12.1	-	-	3.7	3.6	-	-	-	4.7	3.6	8.6	.417	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.814
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681

Season 5
	Paul Seymour	James Worthy
Season	1952-53	1986-87
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Paul Seymour	67	40.1	14.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	11.9	.383	-	-	-	5.1	6.2	.817
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Seymour	2	56.0	18.0	-	-	5.0	4.0	-	-	-	5.5	4.5	12.0	.375	-	-	-	9.0	9.5	.947
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753

Season 6
	Paul Seymour	James Worthy
Season	1953-54	1987-88
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost NBA 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		%
Paul Seymour	71	38.4	13.1	-	-	4.1	5.1	-	-	-	2.6	4.5	11.8	.377	-	-	-	4.2	5.2	.813
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Seymour	13	43.0	14.9	-	-	2.6	4.6	-	-	-	3.0	4.5	11.0	.413	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.809
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758

Season 7
	Paul Seymour	James Worthy
Season	1954-55	1988-89
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers 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		%
Paul Seymour	72	41.0	14.6	-	-	4.3	6.7	-	-	-	1.9	5.2	14.4	.362	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.811
James Worthy	81	36.5	20.5	2.1	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	2.2	2.2	8.7	15.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.087	3.1	4.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Seymour	11	37.3	12.5	-	-	3.9	6.8	-	-	-	1.9	4.2	13.5	.309	-	-	-	4.1	4.5	.900
James Worthy	15	40.0	24.8	2.5	4.3	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	2.2	2.4	10.2	18.0	.567	0.2	0.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.788

Season 8
	Paul Seymour	James Worthy
Season	1955-56	1989-90
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Lakers 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		%
Paul Seymour	57	32.0	11.3	-	-	2.7	4.8	-	-	-	2.3	4.0	11.8	.339	-	-	-	3.3	4.1	.807
James Worthy	80	37.0	21.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	8.9	16.2	.548	0.2	0.6	.306	3.1	4.0	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Seymour	7	21.9	6.7	-	-	1.6	2.6	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	7.9	.291	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.750
James Worthy	9	40.7	24.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.0	10.0	20.1	.497	0.2	0.9	.250	4.0	4.8	.837

Season 9
	Paul Seymour	James Worthy
Season	1956-57	1990-91
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Lakers 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		%
Paul Seymour	65	19.0	6.0	-	-	2.0	3.0	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	6.8	.324	-	-	-	1.6	1.9	.821
James Worthy	78	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.6	1.5	9.2	18.7	.492	0.3	1.2	.289	2.7	3.4	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Seymour	5	19.6	4.2	-	-	2.0	1.6	-	-	-	2.2	1.6	7.4	.216	-	-	-	1.0	1.2	.833
James Worthy	18	40.7	21.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.9	8.9	19.2	.465	0.2	1.3	.167	2.9	4.0	.736

Season 10
	Paul Seymour	James Worthy
Season	1957-58	1991-92
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East 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		%
Paul Seymour	64	11.9	4.2	-	-	1.7	1.5	-	-	-	1.4	1.7	4.9	.340	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.841
James Worthy	54	39.0	19.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	4.7	1.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	8.3	18.6	.447	0.2	0.8	.209	3.1	3.8	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Seymour	3	16.7	6.0	-	-	1.3	1.3	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	7.7	.348	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.667
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-