Sam Jones vs. Chris Mihm Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Mihm 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, 4 more than Chris Mihm, who played 8. Sam Jones had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while Chris Mihm had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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
Chris Mihm 8 2 2000-01 to 2008-09

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Sam Jones Chris Mihm
Season 1957-582000-01
Team Boston CelticsCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs Celtics Lost NBA FinalsDid 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
Chris Mihm 59 19.8 7.6 1.8 2.9 4.7 0.3 0.3 0.9 1.4 2.6 2.9 6.6 .442 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.1 .794
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
Chris Mihm ------- --- ----------

Season 2

Sam Jones Chris Mihm
Season 1958-592001-02
Team Boston CelticsCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionDid 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 71 20.6 10.7 - - 6.0 1.4 - - - 1.4 4.3 9.9 .434 - - - 2.1 2.8 .770
Chris Mihm 74 22.4 7.7 1.8 3.5 5.3 0.3 0.2 1.2 1.3 3.5 3.0 7.1 .420 0.0 0.1 .429 1.7 2.4 .693
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
Chris Mihm ------- --- ----------

Season 3

Sam Jones Chris Mihm
Season 1959-602002-03
Team Boston CelticsCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionDid 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 74 20.4 11.9 - - 5.1 1.7 - - - 1.4 4.8 10.6 .454 - - - 2.3 3.0 .764
Chris Mihm 52 15.6 5.9 1.8 2.7 4.4 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.9 2.4 2.2 5.5 .404 0.0 0.1 .000 1.5 2.0 .724
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
Chris Mihm ------- --- ----------

Season 4

Sam Jones Chris Mihm
Season 1960-612003-04
Team Boston CelticsCleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionCeltics 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 78 26.0 15.0 - - 5.4 2.8 - - - 1.9 6.2 13.7 .449 - - - 2.7 3.4 .787
Chris Mihm 76 17.5 6.3 2.1 3.4 5.4 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.2 2.7 2.4 5.0 .488 0.0 0.0 - 1.4 2.2 .663
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
Chris Mihm 4 16.3 5.0 2.0 2.5 4.5 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 3.0 1.8 5.5 .318 0.0 0.0 - 1.5 2.5 .600

Season 5

Sam Jones Chris Mihm
Season 1961-622004-05
Team Boston CelticsLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionDid 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
Chris Mihm 75 24.9 9.8 2.6 4.1 6.7 0.7 0.2 1.4 1.5 3.2 3.7 7.4 .507 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.4 .678
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
Chris Mihm ------- --- ----------

Season 6

Sam Jones Chris Mihm
Season 1962-632005-06
Team Boston CelticsLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionDid 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 76 30.6 19.7 - - 5.2 3.2 - - - 2.1 8.2 17.2 .476 - - - 3.4 4.3 .793
Chris Mihm 59 26.1 10.2 2.3 4.0 6.3 1.0 0.3 1.2 1.4 3.6 3.9 7.8 .501 0.0 0.0 - 2.4 3.4 .716
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
Chris Mihm ------- --- ----------

Note: Chris Mihm didn't play in 2006-07.

Season 7

Sam Jones Chris Mihm
Season 1963-642007-08
Team Boston CelticsLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionLakers 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
Chris Mihm 23 12.1 3.6 1.2 2.1 3.3 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.7 1.8 1.4 4.1 .337 0.0 0.0 - 0.8 1.2 .667
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
Chris Mihm 1 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 -

Season 8

Sam Jones Chris Mihm
Season 1964-652008-09
Team Boston CelticsLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionDid Not Play
more >>
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
Chris Mihm 18 5.8 2.0 0.8 1.1 1.9 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.3 0.8 2.2 .375 0.0 0.0 - 0.3 0.4 .857
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
Chris Mihm ------- --- ----------

Season 9

Sam Jones Chris Mihm
Season 1965-66-
Team Boston Celtics-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA Champion-
more >>
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
Chris Mihm ------- --- ----------
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
Chris Mihm ------- --- ----------

Season 10

Sam Jones Chris Mihm
Season 1966-67-
Team Boston Celtics-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Playoffs Celtics Lost East Div 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 72 32.3 22.1 - - 4.7 3.0 - - - 2.7 8.9 19.5 .454 - - - 4.4 5.2 .857
Chris Mihm ------- --- ----------
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
Chris Mihm ------- --- ----------

Season 11

Sam Jones Chris Mihm
Season 1967-68-
Team Boston Celtics-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA Champion-
more >>
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
Chris Mihm ------- --- ----------
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
Chris Mihm ------- --- ----------

Season 12

Sam Jones Chris Mihm
Season 1968-69-
Team Boston Celtics-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs NBA Champion 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
Chris Mihm ------- --- ----------
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
Chris Mihm ------- --- ----------