Sam Jones vs. Charlie Ward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Charlie Ward 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, 1 more than Charlie Ward, who played 11. Sam Jones had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while Charlie Ward had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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
Charlie Ward	11	7	1994-95 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Sam Jones	Charlie Ward
Season	1957-58	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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	56	10.6	4.6	-	-	2.9	0.7	-	-	-	0.8	1.8	4.2	.429	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.714
Charlie Ward	10	4.4	1.6	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.7	0.4	1.9	.211	0.1	1.0	.100	0.7	1.0	.700

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
Charlie Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Sam Jones	Charlie Ward
Season	1958-59	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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	71	20.6	10.7	-	-	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.4	4.3	9.9	.434	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.770
Charlie Ward	62	12.7	3.9	0.5	1.2	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.1	1.3	1.6	1.4	3.5	.399	0.5	1.6	.333	0.6	0.9	.685

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
Charlie Ward	7	13.1	4.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.4	1.6	0.0	0.9	1.3	1.9	3.9	.481	0.4	1.7	.250	0.4	1.0	.429


Season 3
	Sam Jones	Charlie Ward
Season	1959-60	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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	74	20.4	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.4	4.8	10.6	.454	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.764
Charlie Ward	79	22.3	5.2	0.6	2.2	2.8	4.1	1.1	0.2	1.9	2.4	1.7	4.3	.395	0.6	1.9	.312	1.2	1.6	.760

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
Charlie Ward	9	20.3	2.2	0.3	2.4	2.8	4.3	1.4	0.0	1.7	2.0	0.9	3.0	.296	0.1	1.0	.111	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 4
	Sam Jones	Charlie Ward
Season	1960-61	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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	78	26.0	15.0	-	-	5.4	2.8	-	-	-	1.9	6.2	13.7	.449	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787
Charlie Ward	82	28.3	7.8	0.4	3.0	3.3	5.7	1.8	0.5	2.1	2.4	2.9	6.3	.455	1.0	2.6	.377	1.1	1.4	.805

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
Charlie Ward	10	26.2	6.6	0.3	2.5	2.8	6.0	2.0	0.2	1.7	2.4	2.3	5.5	.418	0.9	2.1	.429	1.1	1.6	.688


Season 5
	Sam Jones	Charlie Ward
Season	1961-62	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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	78	30.6	18.4	-	-	5.9	3.0	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	16.5	.464	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.818
Charlie Ward	50	31.1	7.6	0.5	3.0	3.4	5.4	2.1	0.2	2.6	2.1	2.7	6.7	.404	1.1	3.0	.356	1.1	1.6	.705

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
Charlie Ward	20	24.7	4.6	0.6	1.7	2.3	3.8	1.8	0.2	1.2	2.3	1.7	4.7	.366	0.9	2.8	.321	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 6
	Sam Jones	Charlie Ward
Season	1962-63	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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		%
Sam Jones	76	30.6	19.7	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	8.2	17.2	.476	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.793
Charlie Ward	72	27.6	7.3	0.3	2.9	3.2	4.2	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.4	2.6	6.2	.423	1.4	3.7	.386	0.7	0.8	.828

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
Charlie Ward	16	27.4	9.4	0.7	3.6	4.3	4.1	1.4	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.6	7.1	.504	1.3	3.3	.396	0.9	1.3	.714


Season 7
	Sam Jones	Charlie Ward
Season	1963-64	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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		%
Sam Jones	76	31.3	19.4	-	-	4.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.1	17.9	.450	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.783
Charlie Ward	61	24.5	7.1	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.5	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.2	2.5	6.1	.416	1.1	2.9	.383	0.9	1.1	.800

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
Charlie Ward	5	17.2	5.0	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.4	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.6	5.4	.296	0.6	2.4	.250	1.2	1.2	1.000


Season 8
	Sam Jones	Charlie Ward
Season	1964-65	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
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	80	36.1	25.9	-	-	5.1	2.8	-	-	-	2.2	10.3	22.7	.452	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.820
Charlie Ward	63	16.8	5.2	0.2	1.8	2.0	3.2	1.1	0.2	1.2	1.6	1.8	4.8	.373	0.8	2.6	.323	0.7	0.9	.810

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
Charlie Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Sam Jones	Charlie Ward
Season	1965-66	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
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	67	32.2	23.5	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.5	9.3	19.9	.469	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.799
Charlie Ward	66	22.2	7.2	0.4	2.3	2.7	4.6	1.2	0.2	1.4	2.2	2.5	6.3	.399	1.5	4.0	.378	0.6	0.8	.774

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
Charlie Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Sam Jones	Charlie Ward
Season	1966-67	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Sam Jones	72	32.3	22.1	-	-	4.7	3.0	-	-	-	2.7	8.9	19.5	.454	-	-	-	4.4	5.2	.857
Charlie Ward	71	17.6	6.0	0.2	1.9	2.0	3.0	0.9	0.2	1.4	1.5	2.3	5.5	.410	1.2	2.9	.408	0.3	0.4	.741

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
Charlie Ward	5	2.6	2.2	0.0	0.0	0	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.2	.667	0.6	0.6	1.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Sam Jones	Charlie Ward
Season	1967-68	2004-05
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	73	33.0	21.3	-	-	4.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.5	18.5	.461	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.827
Charlie Ward	14	25.7	5.4	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.1	1.1	0.0	1.3	1.6	1.7	5.5	.312	1.1	3.6	.314	0.8	0.9	.846

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
Charlie Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Sam Jones	Charlie Ward
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
Charlie Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Charlie Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sam Jones vs. Charlie Ward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Charlie Ward 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