Ron Harper vs. Caldwell Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Caldwell Jones and Ron Harper, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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.

Ron Harper played 15 years in the NBA, 1 more than Caldwell Jones, who played 14. Ron Harper had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while Caldwell Jones had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Ron Harper	15	10	1986-87 to 2000-01
Caldwell Jones	14	12	1976-77 to 1989-90

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Ron Harper	Caldwell Jones
Season	1986-87	1976-77
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Ron Harper	82	37.4	22.9	2.1	2.7	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	4.2	3.0	9.0	19.7	.455	0.2	1.1	.213	4.7	6.9	.684
Caldwell Jones	82	24.7	6.0	2.3	5.8	8.1	1.1	0.5	2.4	-	3.7	2.6	5.2	.507	-	-	-	0.8	1.4	.552

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	19	27.0	4.8	2.0	5.9	7.9	1.1	0.5	2.1	-	4.3	1.9	3.8	.507	-	-	-	0.9	1.6	.600


Season 2
	Ron Harper	Caldwell Jones
Season	1987-88	1977-78
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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		%
Ron Harper	57	32.1	15.4	1.1	2.8	3.9	4.9	2.1	0.9	2.8	2.8	6.0	12.8	.464	0.1	0.4	.150	3.4	4.9	.705
Caldwell Jones	80	20.5	5.4	2.1	5.1	7.1	1.2	0.3	1.6	1.6	3.5	2.1	4.5	.471	-	-	-	1.2	1.9	.627

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	4	33.5	17.8	1.0	4.0	5.0	3.8	2.8	1.0	2.8	2.3	7.5	15.8	.476	0.0	0.5	.000	2.8	4.0	.688
Caldwell Jones	10	30.1	6.4	2.2	8.4	10.6	1.4	0.5	3.0	1.9	3.6	2.8	5.6	.500	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 3
	Ron Harper	Caldwell Jones
Season	1988-89	1978-79
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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		%
Ron Harper	82	34.8	18.6	1.5	3.5	5.0	5.3	2.3	0.9	2.8	2.7	7.2	14.0	.511	0.4	1.4	.250	3.9	5.2	.751
Caldwell Jones	78	27.8	9.3	2.3	7.3	9.6	1.9	0.5	2.0	2.0	3.9	3.9	8.2	.474	-	-	-	1.6	2.1	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	5	37.8	19.6	1.4	2.8	4.2	4.0	2.2	0.8	1.4	4.0	7.8	13.8	.565	0.0	0.4	.000	4.0	5.2	.769
Caldwell Jones	9	35.6	12.7	4.1	9.3	13.4	2.3	0.4	2.4	2.3	4.0	4.8	9.9	.483	-	-	-	3.1	4.0	.778


Season 4
	Ron Harper	Caldwell Jones
Season	1989-90	1979-80
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Ron Harper	35	39.1	22.8	2.1	3.8	5.9	5.2	2.3	1.2	2.9	3.0	8.6	18.2	.473	0.4	1.5	.275	5.2	6.6	.788
Caldwell Jones	80	34.6	7.4	2.7	9.1	11.9	2.1	0.5	2.0	2.7	3.7	2.9	6.7	.436	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.2	.697

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	18	35.5	8.8	2.8	7.5	10.3	1.9	0.7	2.1	2.1	4.2	3.2	7.2	.450	0.0	0.2	.000	2.3	2.9	.808


Season 5
	Ron Harper	Caldwell Jones
Season	1990-91	1980-81
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Ron Harper	39	35.5	19.6	1.5	3.3	4.8	5.4	1.7	0.9	3.3	2.8	7.3	18.7	.391	1.2	3.8	.324	3.7	5.6	.668
Caldwell Jones	81	32.6	7.2	2.5	7.6	10.0	1.5	0.7	1.7	2.1	3.3	2.7	6.0	.449	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	16	36.3	8.7	2.3	7.4	9.7	1.7	0.4	1.9	2.1	3.3	3.4	5.9	.568	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.6	.738


Season 6
	Ron Harper	Caldwell Jones
Season	1991-92	1981-82
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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		%
Ron Harper	82	38.3	18.2	1.5	4.0	5.5	5.1	1.9	0.9	3.1	2.4	6.9	15.8	.440	0.8	2.6	.303	3.6	4.9	.736
Caldwell Jones	81	30.2	7.9	2.0	6.7	8.7	1.2	0.5	1.8	1.9	3.7	2.9	5.7	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.7	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	5	41.2	18.0	2.0	4.4	6.4	4.6	1.0	0.8	3.0	2.6	7.8	17.4	.448	0.2	1.8	.111	2.2	2.8	.786
Caldwell Jones	21	32.3	8.7	2.5	6.5	9.0	0.9	0.5	1.9	1.4	3.7	3.5	7.6	.463	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.0	.854


Season 7
	Ron Harper	Caldwell Jones
Season	1992-93	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Ron Harper	80	37.1	18.0	1.5	3.9	5.3	4.5	2.2	0.9	2.8	2.7	6.8	15.0	.451	0.7	2.3	.280	3.8	5.0	.769
Caldwell Jones	82	29.8	9.5	2.7	5.4	8.1	1.7	0.6	1.6	2.1	3.4	3.7	8.3	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.5	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	5	34.8	18.0	0.8	3.2	4.0	3.2	3.0	2.0	2.2	1.4	7.4	15.6	.474	1.0	2.0	.500	2.2	3.4	.647
Caldwell Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Ron Harper	Caldwell Jones
Season	1993-94	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Ron Harper	75	38.1	20.1	1.7	4.4	6.1	4.6	1.9	0.7	3.2	2.2	7.6	17.8	.426	0.9	3.1	.301	4.0	5.6	.715
Caldwell Jones	81	30.9	9.9	2.1	5.1	7.2	1.9	0.6	1.0	2.0	4.1	3.9	7.8	.502	0.0	0.0	.333	2.0	2.4	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Ron Harper	Caldwell Jones
Season	1994-95	1984-85
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls 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		%
Ron Harper	77	19.9	6.9	0.7	1.7	2.3	2.0	1.3	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.7	6.4	.426	0.4	1.4	.282	1.1	1.7	.618
Caldwell Jones	42	21.1	3.4	1.2	3.9	5.0	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.0	3.0	1.3	2.7	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.1	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	6	6.7	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.0	1.0	2.3	.429	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Caldwell Jones	2	9.0	5.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	3.5	2.5	3.0	.833	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Ron Harper	Caldwell Jones
Season	1995-96	1985-86
Team	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Ron Harper	80	23.6	7.4	0.9	1.7	2.7	2.6	1.3	0.4	0.9	1.7	2.9	6.3	.467	0.4	1.3	.269	1.2	1.7	.705
Caldwell Jones	80	18.0	4.7	1.3	3.1	4.4	0.9	0.5	0.8	1.3	3.1	1.6	3.2	.496	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	1.9	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	18	27.4	8.8	1.4	2.3	3.7	2.5	1.4	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.2	7.4	.425	0.8	2.6	.319	1.6	2.3	.690
Caldwell Jones	4	18.3	3.5	2.3	2.5	4.8	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.3	1.5	4.3	.353	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 11
	Ron Harper	Caldwell Jones
Season	1996-97	1986-87
Team	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Ron Harper	76	22.9	6.3	0.6	1.9	2.5	2.5	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.8	2.3	5.3	.436	0.9	2.5	.362	0.8	1.1	.707
Caldwell Jones	78	20.2	4.1	1.5	4.4	5.8	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.1	2.9	1.4	2.9	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.6	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	19	27.1	7.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	3.0	1.3	0.7	0.6	2.3	2.6	6.6	.400	1.1	3.2	.344	1.1	1.5	.750
Caldwell Jones	4	32.3	3.8	2.3	5.5	7.8	1.5	0.0	1.5	1.3	3.8	1.3	3.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.5	.833


Season 12
	Ron Harper	Caldwell Jones
Season	1997-98	1987-88
Team	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Ron Harper	82	27.9	9.3	1.3	2.2	3.5	2.9	1.3	0.6	1.1	2.2	3.6	8.1	.441	0.2	1.0	.190	2.0	2.6	.750
Caldwell Jones	79	22.5	4.2	1.3	3.8	5.2	1.0	0.4	1.3	1.0	3.2	1.6	3.3	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.3	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	21	26.9	6.7	1.0	2.6	3.7	2.3	1.0	0.9	0.9	2.0	2.7	5.8	.459	0.2	0.9	.263	1.1	1.9	.615
Caldwell Jones	4	24.5	3.3	1.0	3.3	4.3	0.3	0.5	2.0	0.5	4.3	1.5	4.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 13
	Ron Harper	Caldwell Jones
Season	1998-99	1988-89
Team	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Ron Harper	35	31.6	11.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.3	1.7	1.0	1.9	2.3	4.2	11.1	.377	0.8	2.4	.318	2.0	2.9	.703
Caldwell Jones	72	17.8	2.8	1.2	2.9	4.2	0.8	0.3	1.2	1.2	2.3	1.1	2.5	.421	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.8	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caldwell Jones	3	16.7	1.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	Ron Harper	Caldwell Jones
Season	1999-00	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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		%
Ron Harper	80	25.5	7.0	1.2	3.0	4.2	3.4	1.1	0.5	1.7	2.1	2.7	6.6	.399	0.4	1.3	.311	1.3	1.8	.680
Caldwell Jones	72	12.3	2.4	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.7	2.0	0.9	2.0	.465	0.0	0.1	.200	0.5	0.8	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	23	28.0	8.6	1.3	2.4	3.7	3.2	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.7	3.4	7.9	.431	0.4	1.7	.231	1.4	2.0	.702
Caldwell Jones	9	7.3	0.9	0.7	0.8	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.1	0.4	1.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.1	.000


Season 15
	Ron Harper	Caldwell Jones
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Ron Harper	47	24.2	6.5	1.0	2.6	3.5	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.5	2.7	5.8	.469	0.4	1.5	.264	0.7	1.0	.708
Caldwell Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	6	7.3	2.2	0.2	1.2	1.3	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.8	1.7	.500	0.2	0.7	.250	0.3	0.5	.667
Caldwell Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Ron Harper vs. Caldwell Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Caldwell Jones and Ron Harper, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15