Sam Jones vs. Brandin Podziemski Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandin Podziemski 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.

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, 10 more than Brandin Podziemski, who played 2. Sam Jones had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while Brandin Podziemski had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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.

Rookie Season
	Sam Jones	Brandin Podziemski
Season	1957-58	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+18	+16.0	+4.6			+2.9	+3.0				-0.8	+1.9	+3.9	+.025				+0.4	+0.4	+.081
Brandin Podziemski	74	26.6	9.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	3.7	0.8	0.2	1.2	1.6	3.7	8.1	.454	1.2	3.2	.385	0.7	1.1	.633
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
Brandin Podziemski	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Sam Jones	Brandin Podziemski
Season	1958-59	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Sam Jones	71	20.6	10.7	-	-	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.4	4.3	9.9	.434	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.770
difference:	+7	+6.2	+1.0			+0.9	+2.0				-0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+.011				+1.0	+1.3	+.012
Brandin Podziemski	64	26.8	11.7	1.0	4.1	5.1	3.4	1.1	0.2	1.2	1.5	4.4	9.8	.445	1.8	4.8	.372	1.1	1.5	.758
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
difference:	+1	+14.6	+1.0			+0.7	+1.6				-0.2	+0.4	+1.2	+.006				+1.6	+1.5	+.138
Brandin Podziemski	12	32.1	11.3	1.3	3.7	5.0	3.1	1.3	0.2	1.5	1.5	4.0	11.0	.364	1.8	5.6	.328	1.4	2.0	.708

Additional Years
* Sam Jones played 10 seasons more than Brandin Podziemski in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 12, from 1960 to 1969—Sam Jones played in 10 Playoffs and won 9 NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over Brandin Podziemski, Sam Jones got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 5 All-Star Game