Sam Jones vs. Evan Mobley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Evan Mobley 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, 8 more than Evan Mobley, who played 4. Sam Jones had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while Evan Mobley had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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	Evan Mobley
Season	1957-58	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
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:	+13	+23.2	+10.4			+5.4	+1.8				-1.3	+4.3	+7.8	+.079				+1.3	+2.2	+.051
Evan Mobley	69	33.8	15.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	2.5	0.8	1.7	1.9	2.1	6.1	12.0	.508	0.3	1.3	.250	2.4	3.7	.663
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
Evan Mobley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Sam Jones	Evan Mobley
Season	1958-59	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+8	+13.8	+5.5			+3.0	+1.4				-1.4	+2.3	+2.1	+.120				+0.5	+1.0	+.096
Evan Mobley	79	34.4	16.2	2.4	6.6	9.0	2.8	0.8	1.5	1.8	2.8	6.6	12.0	.554	0.3	1.3	.216	2.6	3.8	.674
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:	+6	+20.1	+0.5			+4.3	+0.5				-1.3	+0.8	+0.2	+.088				+2.0	+1.9	+.221
Evan Mobley	5	37.6	9.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.4	2.6	4.4	9.6	.458	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.6	.625

Season 3
	Sam Jones	Evan Mobley
Season	1959-60	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+24	+10.2	+3.8			+4.3	+1.5				-1.3	+1.6	+0.4	+.126				+0.2	+0.4	+.045
Evan Mobley	50	30.6	15.7	2.2	7.1	9.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	1.8	2.7	6.4	11.0	.580	0.4	1.2	.373	2.5	3.4	.719
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:	+1	+20.0	+7.8			+6.1	+0.9				-1.6	+3.3	+3.2	+.170				+0.8	+1.4	+.116
Evan Mobley	12	35.2	16.0	2.5	6.8	9.3	2.3	0.8	2.2	1.8	2.8	6.8	12.2	.555	0.4	1.5	.278	2.1	3.0	.694

Season 4
	Sam Jones	Evan Mobley
Season	1960-61	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+7	+4.5	+3.5			+3.9	+0.4				-0.1	+0.9	+0.9	+.108				+0.4	+0.9	+.062
Evan Mobley	71	30.5	18.5	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	0.9	1.6	2.0	2.0	7.1	12.8	.557	1.2	3.2	.370	3.1	4.3	.725
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:	+2	+6.3	+4.0			+2.7	+0.6				-0.9	+1.4	+0.3	+.140				+0.5	+0.4	+.046
Evan Mobley	8	32.1	17.1	2.6	5.5	8.1	1.6	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.3	6.4	10.9	.586	1.8	3.9	.452	2.6	3.1	.840

Additional Years
* Sam Jones played 8 seasons more than Evan Mobley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 12, from 1962 to 1969—Sam Jones played in 8 Playoffs and won 7 NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Evan Mobley, Sam Jones got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 5 All-Star Game