Sam Jones vs. George Lynch Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Lynch 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 and George Lynch both played 12 years in the NBA. Sam Jones had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while George Lynch had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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
George Lynch	12	8	1993-94 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Sam Jones	George Lynch
Season	1957-58	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
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
George Lynch	71	24.8	9.6	3.1	2.7	5.8	1.4	1.4	0.4	1.2	2.5	4.1	8.1	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.3	.596

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
George Lynch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Sam Jones	George Lynch
Season	1958-59	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers 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	71	20.6	10.7	-	-	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.4	4.3	9.9	.434	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.770
George Lynch	56	17.0	6.1	1.3	1.9	3.3	1.1	0.9	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.5	5.3	.468	0.1	0.4	.143	1.1	1.5	.721

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
George Lynch	10	13.6	4.4	1.3	1.7	3.0	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.9	2.2	1.5	3.2	.469	0.1	0.5	.200	1.3	2.0	.650


Season 3
	Sam Jones	George Lynch
Season	1959-60	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers 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
George Lynch	76	13.3	3.8	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.4	1.5	3.6	.430	0.1	0.2	.308	0.7	1.1	.663

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
George Lynch	2	7.5	2.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Sam Jones	George Lynch
Season	1960-61	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Vancouver Grizzlies
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
George Lynch	41	25.8	8.3	2.4	4.0	6.4	1.9	1.5	0.4	1.6	2.4	3.3	7.1	.471	0.2	0.8	.258	1.5	2.4	.619

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
George Lynch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Sam Jones	George Lynch
Season	1961-62	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Vancouver Grizzlies
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
George Lynch	82	18.2	7.5	1.8	2.6	4.4	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.3	2.0	3.0	6.3	.481	0.1	0.4	.300	1.4	1.9	.703

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
George Lynch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Sam Jones	George Lynch
Season	1962-63	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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	76	30.6	19.7	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	8.2	17.2	.476	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.793
George Lynch	43	30.6	8.3	2.6	3.9	6.5	1.8	2.0	0.5	1.8	3.3	3.4	8.1	.421	0.2	0.5	.391	1.2	2.0	.631

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
George Lynch	8	31.1	9.0	3.5	3.1	6.6	2.0	2.3	0.3	1.6	3.8	3.6	8.1	.446	0.3	0.8	.333	1.5	2.1	.706


Season 7
	Sam Jones	George Lynch
Season	1963-64	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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	76	31.3	19.4	-	-	4.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.1	17.9	.450	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.783
George Lynch	75	32.2	9.6	2.9	4.9	7.8	1.8	1.6	0.5	1.6	3.1	4.0	8.6	.461	0.2	0.5	.417	1.5	2.4	.617

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
George Lynch	10	29.4	5.9	2.6	4.5	7.1	1.4	0.9	0.5	0.8	3.3	2.2	6.5	.338	0.1	0.7	.143	1.4	1.8	.778


Season 8
	Sam Jones	George Lynch
Season	1964-65	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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	80	36.1	25.9	-	-	5.1	2.8	-	-	-	2.2	10.3	22.7	.452	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.820
George Lynch	82	32.3	8.4	2.4	4.8	7.2	1.7	1.2	0.4	1.3	2.7	3.3	7.5	.445	0.2	0.7	.263	1.5	2.1	.719

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
George Lynch	10	22.1	5.7	2.0	3.1	5.1	1.2	1.3	0.2	1.3	3.0	2.4	5.0	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.643


Season 9
	Sam Jones	George Lynch
Season	1965-66	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hornets 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	67	32.2	23.5	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.5	9.3	19.9	.469	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.799
George Lynch	45	19.8	3.8	1.6	2.6	4.1	1.2	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.7	1.6	4.4	.369	0.0	0.1	.167	0.6	0.9	.625

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
George Lynch	9	31.9	7.7	3.6	4.9	8.4	1.6	1.1	0.7	1.1	2.9	3.2	6.6	.492	0.2	0.7	.333	1.0	1.4	.692


Season 10
	Sam Jones	George Lynch
Season	1966-67	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Hornets 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	72	32.3	22.1	-	-	4.7	3.0	-	-	-	2.7	8.9	19.5	.454	-	-	-	4.4	5.2	.857
George Lynch	81	18.5	4.5	1.7	2.6	4.4	1.3	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.7	1.8	4.4	.409	0.3	1.0	.354	0.5	0.9	.554

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
George Lynch	6	27.0	7.0	1.7	4.5	6.2	1.7	1.0	0.8	1.3	2.3	3.0	7.0	.429	0.8	3.0	.278	0.2	0.7	.250


Season 11
	Sam Jones	George Lynch
Season	1967-68	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hornets 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	73	33.0	21.3	-	-	4.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.5	18.5	.461	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.827
George Lynch	78	21.8	4.8	1.2	2.8	4.0	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.0	1.9	4.8	.397	0.6	1.8	.309	0.4	0.7	.667

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
George Lynch	7	21.1	8.3	1.9	3.4	5.3	1.7	0.4	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.6	8.1	.439	0.4	1.7	.250	0.7	1.1	.625


Season 12
	Sam Jones	George Lynch
Season	1968-69	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Hornets
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
George Lynch	44	21.2	3.7	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.9	1.5	4.3	.360	0.3	0.8	.297	0.4	0.5	.739

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
George Lynch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sam Jones vs. George Lynch Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Lynch 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