Sam Jones vs. Duncan Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Duncan Robinson 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, 5 more than Duncan Robinson, who played 7. Sam Jones had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while Duncan Robinson had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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.

Season 2
	Sam Jones	Duncan Robinson
Season	1958-59	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+2	+9.1	+2.8			+2.8					-1.2	+0.1	+0.5	+.036				+1.2	+1.8	+.161
Duncan Robinson	73	29.7	13.5	0.1	3.0	3.2	1.4	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.6	4.4	9.4	.470	3.7	8.3	.446	0.9	1.0	.931
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:	+10	+11.1	+1.4			+2.9	+0.3				-1.8		+1.4	+.056				+1.4	+1.7	+.022
Duncan Robinson	21	28.6	11.7	0.2	2.5	2.8	1.8	0.7	0.3	0.8	3.1	3.6	8.4	.426	3.0	7.4	.397	1.6	1.8	.868

Season 3
	Sam Jones	Duncan Robinson
Season	1959-60	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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3rd 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	74	20.4	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.4	4.8	10.6	.454	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.764
difference:	+2	+11.0	+1.2			+1.6	+0.1				-1.1	+0.4	+0.6	+.015				+1.4	+2.0	+.063
Duncan Robinson	72	31.4	13.1	0.1	3.4	3.5	1.8	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.5	4.4	10.0	.439	3.5	8.5	.408	0.9	1.0	.827
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
difference:	+9	+9.8	+2.1			+0.4	+0.6				-2.1	+0.7	+1.7	+.006				+1.0	+0.9	+.090
Duncan Robinson	4	25.0	10.3	0.0	2.8	2.8	0.8	0.8	0.0	1.0	3.3	2.8	7.3	.379	2.5	6.8	.370	2.3	2.5	.900

Season 4
	Sam Jones	Duncan Robinson
Season	1960-61	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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4th 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	78	26.0	15.0	-	-	5.4	2.8	-	-	-	1.9	6.2	13.7	.449	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787
difference:	+1	+0.1	+4.1			+2.8	+1.2				-0.6	+2.5	+4.5	+.050				+2.1	+2.6	+.049
Duncan Robinson	79	25.9	10.9	0.3	2.3	2.6	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.5	3.7	9.2	.399	2.9	7.9	.372	0.6	0.8	.836
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
difference:	+3	+13.6	+7.5			+3.6	+1.8				-0.5	+3.1	+6.8	+.007				+2.7	+3.0	+.053
Duncan Robinson	13	12.2	5.6	0.2	1.6	1.8	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.7	1.9	4.4	.439	1.4	3.6	.383	0.4	0.5	.833

Season 5
	Sam Jones	Duncan Robinson
Season	1961-62	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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5th 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	78	30.6	18.4	-	-	5.9	3.0	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	16.5	.464	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.818
difference:	+36	+14.2	+12.0			+4.3	+1.9				-0.1	+5.5	+10.9	+.093				+2.4	+3.0	+.088
Duncan Robinson	42	16.4	6.4	0.2	1.5	1.6	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.8	2.1	5.6	.371	1.5	4.6	.328	0.7	0.8	.906
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
difference:	+9	+17.8	+11.6			+5.6	+1.4				-0.5	+5.5	+12.9	+.031				+2.7	+4.0	+.175
Duncan Robinson	23	18.2	9.0	0.0	1.4	1.5	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.6	3.3	6.9	.475	2.2	4.9	.442	0.3	0.3	.875

Season 6
	Sam Jones	Duncan Robinson
Season	1962-63	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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6th 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	76	30.6	19.7	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	8.2	17.2	.476	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.793
difference:	+8	+2.6	+6.8			+2.7	+0.4				-0.3	+3.7	+7.3	+.026				+2.2	+3.0	+.096
Duncan Robinson	68	28.0	12.9	0.2	2.3	2.5	2.8	0.7	0.2	1.4	2.4	4.5	9.9	.450	2.8	7.0	.395	1.2	1.3	.889
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
difference:	+8	+22.6	+21.2			+5.2	+1.3				-2.0	+8.2	+15.9	+.171				+5.3	+6.4
Duncan Robinson	5	12.0	2.6	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.2	1.0	3.2	.313	0.6	2.6	.231	0.0	0.0	-

Season 7
	Sam Jones	Duncan Robinson
Season	1963-64	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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7th 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	76	31.3	19.4	-	-	4.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.1	17.9	.450	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.783
difference:	+2	+7.2	+8.4			+2.3	+0.3				-0.7	+4.2	+8.9	+.013				+2.7	+3.5	+.104
Duncan Robinson	74	24.1	11.0	0.2	2.0	2.3	2.4	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.8	3.9	9.0	.437	2.6	6.5	.393	0.6	0.7	.887
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
difference:	+6	+20.8	+18.9			+3.7	+2.0				-0.9	+7.8	+14.5	+.149				+4.2	+5.8	+.015
Duncan Robinson	4	14.8	4.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.3	3.5	.357	1.0	3.0	.333	0.8	1.0	.750

Additional Years
* Sam Jones played 5 seasons more than Duncan Robinson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 12, from 1965 to 1969—Sam Jones played in 5 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships. In those 5 extra years over Duncan Robinson, Sam Jones got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game