RJ Barrett vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and RJ Barrett, 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.

RJ Barrett played 6 years in the NBA, 6 less than Sam Jones, who played 12. RJ Barrett had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Season 2
	RJ Barrett	Sam Jones
Season	2020-21	1958-59
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	72	34.9	17.6	0.9	4.8	5.8	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.9	2.6	6.5	14.7	.441	1.7	4.3	.401	2.9	3.8	.746
difference:	+1	+14.3	+6.9			+0.2	+1.6				-1.2	+2.2	+4.8	+.007				+0.8	+1.0	+.024
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		%
RJ Barrett	5	32.4	14.4	0.8	6.4	7.2	3.0	0.8	0.4	0.4	2.2	5.2	13.4	.388	1.6	5.6	.286	2.4	3.0	.800
difference:	+6	+14.9	+4.1			+1.5	+1.5				-0.9	+1.6	+3.6	+.018				+0.6	+0.5	+.046
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
	RJ Barrett	Sam Jones
Season	2021-22	1959-60
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	70	34.5	20.0	0.9	4.9	5.8	3.0	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.0	7.0	17.1	.408	2.0	5.8	.342	4.1	5.8	.714
difference:	+4	+14.1	+8.1			+0.7	+1.3				-0.6	+2.2	+6.5	+.046				+1.8	+2.8	+.050
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		%
RJ Barrett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	RJ Barrett	Sam Jones
Season	2022-23	1960-61
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	73	33.9	19.6	0.8	4.2	5.0	2.8	0.4	0.2	2.2	2.5	7.0	16.1	.434	1.7	5.3	.310	4.0	5.4	.740
difference:	+5	+7.9	+4.6			+0.4					-0.6	+0.8	+2.4	+.015				+1.3	+2.0	+.047
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		%
RJ Barrett	11	34.3	19.3	0.5	4.0	4.5	2.8	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.3	6.5	14.9	.433	1.8	5.5	.328	4.5	5.9	.769
difference:	+1	+8.5	+6.2			+0.9	+0.6				-0.1	+1.5	+3.7	+.013				+1.4	+2.4	+.117
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
	RJ Barrett	Sam Jones
Season	2023-24	1961-62
Team	New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	58	31.7	20.2	0.9	4.5	5.4	3.3	0.5	0.4	2.2	2.2	7.5	15.2	.495	1.6	4.3	.360	3.6	5.0	.715
difference:	+20	+1.1	+1.8			+0.5	+0.3				-0.3	+0.1	+1.3	+.031				+0.5	+1.2	+.103
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		%
RJ Barrett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	RJ Barrett	Sam Jones
Season	2024-25	1962-63
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	58	32.2	21.1	1.1	5.3	6.3	5.4	0.8	0.3	2.8	2.4	7.9	16.9	.468	1.8	5.3	.350	3.4	5.4	.630
difference:	+18	+1.6	+1.4			+1.1	+2.2				-0.3	+0.3	+0.3	+.008					+1.1	+.163
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		%
RJ Barrett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	13	34.6	23.8	-	-	6.2	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	9.2	19.1	.484	-	-	-	5.3	6.4	.831

Additional Years
* Sam Jones played 6 seasons more than RJ Barrett in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 12, from 1964 to 1969—Sam Jones played in 6 Playoffs and won 5 NBA Championships. In those 6 extra years over RJ Barrett, Sam Jones got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Star Game