Sam Jones vs. DeShawn Stevenson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeShawn Stevenson 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, 1 less than DeShawn Stevenson, who played 13. Sam Jones had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while DeShawn Stevenson 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.

Season 2
	Sam Jones	DeShawn Stevenson
Season	1958-59	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
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	71	20.6	10.7	-	-	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.4	4.3	9.9	.434	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.770
DeShawn Stevenson	67	16.9	4.9	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.7	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.2	2.1	5.5	.385	0.0	0.4	.080	0.6	0.8	.698
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
DeShawn Stevenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Sam Jones	DeShawn Stevenson
Season	1959-60	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz 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
DeShawn Stevenson	61	12.5	4.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.9	4.7	.401	0.1	0.2	.333	0.8	1.1	.691
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
DeShawn Stevenson	4	9.0	4.5	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.5	3.8	.400	0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	1.5	1.000

Season 4
	Sam Jones	DeShawn Stevenson
Season	1960-61	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz, Orlando Magic
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
DeShawn Stevenson	80	30.6	11.4	1.0	2.7	3.7	2.0	0.7	0.2	1.5	1.8	4.7	10.9	.432	0.2	0.9	.268	1.7	2.6	.676
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
DeShawn Stevenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Sam Jones	DeShawn Stevenson
Season	1961-62	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
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
DeShawn Stevenson	55	19.8	7.8	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.3	0.3	0.2	1.0	1.3	3.2	7.7	.408	0.5	1.2	.373	1.0	1.8	.554
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
DeShawn Stevenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Sam Jones	DeShawn Stevenson
Season	1962-63	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
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	76	30.6	19.7	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	8.2	17.2	.476	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.793
DeShawn Stevenson	82	32.3	11.0	0.7	2.2	2.9	2.0	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.2	4.4	9.5	.460	0.0	0.2	.133	2.2	3.0	.744
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
DeShawn Stevenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Sam Jones	DeShawn Stevenson
Season	1963-64	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Wizards 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
DeShawn Stevenson	82	29.5	11.2	0.7	2.0	2.6	2.7	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.9	4.2	9.2	.461	0.9	2.2	.404	1.9	2.6	.704
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
DeShawn Stevenson	4	30.5	6.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.8	0.5	0.8	0.8	1.0	2.3	11.5	.196	0.8	4.8	.158	0.8	1.8	.429

Season 8
	Sam Jones	DeShawn Stevenson
Season	1964-65	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Wizards 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	80	36.1	25.9	-	-	5.1	2.8	-	-	-	2.2	10.3	22.7	.452	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.820
DeShawn Stevenson	82	31.3	11.2	0.5	2.4	2.9	3.1	0.8	0.2	1.2	1.3	3.7	9.5	.386	1.9	5.0	.383	1.9	2.4	.797
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
DeShawn Stevenson	6	32.7	12.3	0.3	1.8	2.2	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	1.8	3.7	10.0	.367	2.3	6.0	.389	2.7	3.0	.889

Season 9
	Sam Jones	DeShawn Stevenson
Season	1965-66	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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
DeShawn Stevenson	32	27.7	6.6	0.3	2.0	2.4	3.1	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.3	2.3	7.2	.312	1.1	4.0	.271	1.0	1.9	.533
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
DeShawn Stevenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Sam Jones	DeShawn Stevenson
Season	1966-67	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Mavericks 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
DeShawn Stevenson	64	13.8	2.1	0.2	1.3	1.4	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.2	0.7	2.5	.282	0.3	1.4	.218	0.4	0.5	.714
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
DeShawn Stevenson	2	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 11
	Sam Jones	DeShawn Stevenson
Season	1967-68	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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	73	33.0	21.3	-	-	4.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.5	18.5	.461	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.827
DeShawn Stevenson	72	16.1	5.3	0.3	1.2	1.5	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.8	4.6	.388	1.3	3.5	.378	0.5	0.6	.767
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
DeShawn Stevenson	21	15.8	4.5	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.9	1.4	4.0	.349	1.3	3.2	.397	0.4	0.6	.750

Season 12
	Sam Jones	DeShawn Stevenson
Season	1968-69	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	New Jersey Nets
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	70	26.0	16.3	-	-	3.8	2.6	-	-	-	1.7	7.1	15.8	.450	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.783
DeShawn Stevenson	51	18.8	2.9	0.1	1.8	2.0	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.2	1.0	3.4	.285	0.8	2.8	.283	0.2	0.3	.563
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
DeShawn Stevenson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-