Richard Jefferson vs. Tree Rollins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tree Rollins and Richard Jefferson, 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.

Richard Jefferson played 17 years in the NBA, 1 less than Tree Rollins, who played 18. Richard Jefferson had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Tree Rollins had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
	Richard Jefferson	Tree Rollins
Season	2001-02	1977-78
Team	New Jersey Nets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Richard Jefferson	79	24.3	9.4	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.7	3.4	7.5	.457	0.2	0.7	.232	2.4	3.4	.713
Tree Rollins	80	22.4	7.6	2.2	4.7	6.9	1.0	0.7	2.7	1.5	4.1	3.2	6.5	.487	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	20	22.1	7.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.0	2.7	5.7	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	3.0	.550
Tree Rollins	2	25.5	8.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	1.5	4.0	3.5	6.0	.583	-	-	-	1.0	4.0	.250

Season 6
	Richard Jefferson	Tree Rollins
Season	2006-07	1982-83
Team	New Jersey Nets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Richard Jefferson	55	35.6	16.3	0.9	3.5	4.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	2.2	2.2	5.5	12.1	.456	0.9	2.6	.359	4.3	5.9	.733
Tree Rollins	80	30.9	7.8	2.6	6.7	9.3	0.9	0.6	4.3	1.2	3.7	3.3	6.4	.510	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.726
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	12	40.8	19.7	0.3	5.3	5.6	2.3	0.8	0.4	2.3	2.0	6.8	14.0	.482	1.1	3.3	.325	5.1	5.5	.924
Tree Rollins	3	39.3	9.7	3.3	6.7	10.0	1.0	0.3	3.3	2.0	4.0	4.3	9.0	.481	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	3.0	.333

Season 7
	Richard Jefferson	Tree Rollins
Season	2007-08	1983-84
Team	New Jersey Nets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Richard Jefferson	82	39.0	22.6	1.1	3.0	4.2	3.1	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.7	7.5	16.2	.466	0.9	2.6	.362	6.6	8.3	.798
Tree Rollins	77	30.5	8.6	2.6	5.1	7.7	0.8	0.5	3.6	1.3	3.9	3.6	6.9	.518	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.621
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tree Rollins	5	30.4	5.0	2.0	4.8	6.8	0.2	0.4	2.0	2.2	4.6	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.625

Season 15
	Richard Jefferson	Tree Rollins
Season	2015-16	1991-92
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Richard Jefferson	74	17.9	5.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.7	1.9	4.2	.458	0.9	2.3	.382	0.8	1.2	.667
Tree Rollins	59	11.8	2.0	1.0	1.9	2.9	0.3	0.2	1.1	0.3	1.4	0.8	1.5	.535	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.867
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	21	18.1	5.4	0.8	2.8	3.5	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.6	2.1	4.0	.524	0.5	1.3	.393	0.7	1.0	.750
Tree Rollins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-