Sam Jones vs. Allen Leavell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allen Leavell and Sam Jones, 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

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.

Sam Jones played 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than Allen Leavell, who played 10. Sam Jones had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while Allen Leavell had his rookie season in 1979-80. 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
Sam Jones	12	12	1957-58 to 1968-69
Allen Leavell	10	8	1979-80 to 1988-89

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Sam Jones	Allen Leavell
Season	1957-58	1979-80
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Rockets 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		%
Sam Jones	56	10.6	4.6	-	-	2.9	0.7	-	-	-	0.8	1.8	4.2	.429	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.714
Allen Leavell	77	27.6	10.9	0.7	1.6	2.4	5.4	1.6	0.4	2.7	2.6	4.3	8.5	.503	0.0	0.2	.158	2.3	2.9	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	8	9.4	3.9	-	-	3.0	0.5	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	2.8	.455	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.688
Allen Leavell	7	21.3	5.6	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.4	0.9	0.0	0.9	1.7	1.4	5.4	.263	0.0	0.6	.000	2.7	3.0	.905


Season 2
	Sam Jones	Allen Leavell
Season	1958-59	1980-81
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets 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		%
Sam Jones	71	20.6	10.7	-	-	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.4	4.3	9.9	.434	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.770
Allen Leavell	79	21.3	8.1	0.4	1.3	1.7	4.9	1.2	0.2	2.4	2.0	3.3	6.9	.471	0.0	0.2	.118	1.6	1.9	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	11	17.5	10.3	-	-	5.7	1.5	-	-	-	1.3	3.6	9.8	.370	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.846
Allen Leavell	17	12.8	4.4	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.6	1.1	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.8	4.5	.390	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.0	.882


Season 3
	Sam Jones	Allen Leavell
Season	1959-60	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets 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		%
Sam Jones	74	20.4	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.4	4.8	10.6	.454	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.764
Allen Leavell	79	27.2	10.9	0.6	1.5	2.1	5.8	1.9	0.2	1.9	2.3	4.7	10.0	.467	0.1	0.4	.290	1.5	1.7	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	13	15.2	8.2	-	-	3.2	1.4	-	-	-	1.2	3.5	9.0	.385	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.810
Allen Leavell	3	31.0	14.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	3.3	1.3	0.3	1.7	3.0	6.7	15.7	.426	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 4
	Sam Jones	Allen Leavell
Season	1960-61	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Sam Jones	78	26.0	15.0	-	-	5.4	2.8	-	-	-	1.9	6.2	13.7	.449	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787
Allen Leavell	79	32.9	14.8	0.8	1.7	2.5	6.7	2.1	0.2	2.5	2.7	5.6	13.4	.415	0.5	2.2	.240	3.1	3.8	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	10	25.8	13.1	-	-	5.4	2.2	-	-	-	2.2	5.0	11.2	.446	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	.886
Allen Leavell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Sam Jones	Allen Leavell
Season	1961-62	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Sam Jones	78	30.6	18.4	-	-	5.9	3.0	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	16.5	.464	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.818
Allen Leavell	82	24.5	11.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	5.6	1.3	0.1	2.2	2.4	4.3	8.9	.477	0.1	0.9	.155	2.9	3.5	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	14	36.0	20.6	-	-	7.1	3.1	-	-	-	2.1	8.8	19.8	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.700
Allen Leavell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Sam Jones	Allen Leavell
Season	1962-63	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets 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		%
Sam Jones	76	30.6	19.7	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	8.2	17.2	.476	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.793
Allen Leavell	42	12.8	5.4	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.4	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.5	2.1	5.0	.421	0.2	0.9	.216	1.0	1.4	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	13	34.6	23.8	-	-	6.2	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	9.2	19.1	.484	-	-	-	5.3	6.4	.831
Allen Leavell	5	3.2	1.2	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.2	.333	0.0	0.4	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 7
	Sam Jones	Allen Leavell
Season	1963-64	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets 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		%
Sam Jones	76	31.3	19.4	-	-	4.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.1	17.9	.450	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.783
Allen Leavell	74	16.1	7.9	0.1	0.8	0.9	3.2	0.8	0.1	1.2	1.7	2.9	6.2	.463	0.3	0.9	.358	1.8	2.1	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	10	35.6	23.2	-	-	4.7	2.3	-	-	-	2.4	9.1	18.0	.506	-	-	-	5.0	6.8	.735
Allen Leavell	15	11.3	5.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.7	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.6	5.3	.300	0.5	1.0	.467	1.3	1.5	.870


Season 8
	Sam Jones	Allen Leavell
Season	1964-65	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets 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		%
Sam Jones	80	36.1	25.9	-	-	5.1	2.8	-	-	-	2.2	10.3	22.7	.452	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.820
Allen Leavell	53	22.2	7.8	0.3	0.9	1.2	4.2	1.0	0.2	1.2	2.4	2.8	6.8	.411	0.3	1.1	.316	1.9	2.2	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	12	41.3	28.6	-	-	4.6	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	11.3	24.5	.459	-	-	-	6.1	7.0	.869
Allen Leavell	10	38.4	14.1	0.6	1.9	2.5	7.2	1.9	0.3	2.8	4.2	4.4	10.7	.411	0.4	1.6	.250	4.9	6.0	.817


Season 9
	Sam Jones	Allen Leavell
Season	1965-66	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets 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		%
Sam Jones	67	32.2	23.5	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.5	9.3	19.9	.469	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.799
Allen Leavell	80	26.9	10.2	0.3	1.6	1.9	5.1	1.6	0.1	1.6	2.0	3.6	8.3	.437	0.2	1.1	.216	2.7	3.1	.869

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	17	35.4	24.8	-	-	5.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.1	20.2	.449	-	-	-	6.7	8.0	.838
Allen Leavell	4	9.5	5.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	2.3	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.8	4.8	.368	0.5	1.5	.333	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 10
	Sam Jones	Allen Leavell
Season	1966-67	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Rockets 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		%
Sam Jones	72	32.3	22.1	-	-	4.7	3.0	-	-	-	2.7	8.9	19.5	.454	-	-	-	4.4	5.2	.857
Allen Leavell	55	11.4	3.3	0.2	0.7	1.0	2.3	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	3.4	.346	0.1	0.7	.122	0.8	1.1	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	9	36.2	26.7	-	-	5.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.3	10.6	23.0	.459	-	-	-	5.6	6.4	.862
Allen Leavell	2	2.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 11
	Sam Jones	Allen Leavell
Season	1967-68	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Sam Jones	73	33.0	21.3	-	-	4.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.5	18.5	.461	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.827
Allen Leavell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	19	36.1	20.5	-	-	3.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	8.5	19.3	.441	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.786
Allen Leavell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Sam Jones	Allen Leavell
Season	1968-69	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
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		%
Sam Jones	70	26.0	16.3	-	-	3.8	2.6	-	-	-	1.7	7.1	15.8	.450	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.783
Allen Leavell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	18	28.6	16.8	-	-	3.2	2.1	-	-	-	2.5	6.9	16.4	.419	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.797
Allen Leavell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sam Jones vs. Allen Leavell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allen Leavell and Sam Jones, 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