Sam Jones vs. Victor Oladipo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Oladipo 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, 2 more than Victor Oladipo, who played 10. Sam Jones had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while Victor Oladipo had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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	Victor Oladipo
Season	1957-58	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
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:	+24	+20.5	+9.2			+1.2	+3.4				-1.8	+3.1	+7.5	+.010				+2.0	+2.5	+.066
Victor Oladipo	80	31.1	13.8	0.5	3.6	4.1	4.1	1.6	0.5	3.2	2.6	4.9	11.7	.419	0.9	2.8	.327	3.1	4.0	.780
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
Victor Oladipo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Sam Jones	Victor Oladipo
Season	1958-59	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+1	+15.1	+7.2			+1.8	+2.7				-1.2	+2.3	+5.2	+.002				+1.5	+1.6	+.049
Victor Oladipo	72	35.7	17.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	4.1	1.7	0.3	2.8	2.6	6.6	15.1	.436	1.2	3.4	.339	3.6	4.4	.819
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
Victor Oladipo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Sam Jones	Victor Oladipo
Season	1959-60	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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	+12.6	+4.1			+0.3	+2.2				-1.0	+1.1	+2.9	+.016				+0.5	+0.4	+.066
Victor Oladipo	72	33.0	16.0	0.7	4.1	4.8	3.9	1.6	0.8	2.1	2.4	5.9	13.5	.438	1.4	3.9	.348	2.8	3.4	.830
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
Victor Oladipo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Sam Jones	Victor Oladipo
Season	1960-61	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+11	+7.2	+0.9			+1.1	+0.2				-0.4	+0.1	+0.2	+.007				+1.0	+1.1	+.034
Victor Oladipo	67	33.2	15.9	0.6	3.8	4.3	2.6	1.2	0.3	1.8	2.3	6.1	13.9	.442	1.9	5.3	.361	1.7	2.3	.753
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:	+5	+10.4	+2.3			+0.2	+0.2				-1.2	+0.8	+1.0	+.102				+1.9	+2.3	+.114
Victor Oladipo	5	36.2	10.8	0.4	5.2	5.6	2.0	1.4	0.6	1.2	3.4	4.2	12.2	.344	1.2	5.0	.240	1.2	1.2	1.000

Season 5
	Sam Jones	Victor Oladipo
Season	1961-62	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+3	+3.4	+4.7			+0.7	+1.3				-0.4	+0.9	+1.4	+.013				+0.8	+1.1	+.019
Victor Oladipo	75	34.0	23.1	0.6	4.6	5.2	4.3	2.4	0.8	2.9	2.3	8.5	17.9	.477	2.1	5.8	.371	3.9	4.9	.799
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:	+7	+1.3	+2.1			+1.2	+2.9				-0.5	+1.2	+1.7	+.027				+1.3	+1.6	+.032
Victor Oladipo	7	37.3	22.7	0.4	7.9	8.3	6.0	2.4	0.4	3.4	1.6	7.6	18.1	.417	3.3	8.1	.404	4.3	5.9	.732

Season 6
	Sam Jones	Victor Oladipo
Season	1962-63	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+40	+1.3	+0.9			+0.4	+2.0				-0.1	+1.3	+0.9	+.053				+0.5	+0.4	+.063
Victor Oladipo	36	31.9	18.8	0.6	5.0	5.6	5.2	1.7	0.3	2.3	2.0	6.9	16.3	.423	2.1	6.0	.343	2.9	3.9	.730
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
Victor Oladipo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Sam Jones	Victor Oladipo
Season	1963-64	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers 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:	+57	+3.5	+4.9			+0.7	+0.2				-0.6	+3.0	+5.0	+.056				+0.8	+1.1	+.031
Victor Oladipo	19	27.8	14.5	0.5	3.5	3.9	2.9	0.9	0.2	2.5	1.9	5.1	12.9	.394	1.7	5.5	.317	2.5	3.1	.814
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	+4.8	+5.4			+1.4	+0.2				-1.1	+3.6	+4.0	+.113				+1.2	+2.8	+.203
Victor Oladipo	4	30.8	17.8	0.0	3.3	3.3	2.5	2.3	0.0	3.5	3.5	5.5	14.0	.393	3.0	8.3	.364	3.8	4.0	.938

Season 8
	Sam Jones	Victor Oladipo
Season	1964-65	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers, Houston Rockets, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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8th 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	80	36.1	25.9	-	-	5.1	2.8	-	-	-	2.2	10.3	22.7	.452	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.820
difference:	+47	+3.4	+6.1			+0.3	+1.8				-0.3	+3.2	+5.2	+.044				+2.2	+2.3	+.066
Victor Oladipo	33	32.7	19.8	0.4	4.5	4.8	4.6	1.4	0.4	2.5	2.5	7.1	17.5	.408	2.4	7.2	.326	3.2	4.2	.754
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
Victor Oladipo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Sam Jones	Victor Oladipo
Season	1965-66	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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9th 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	67	32.2	23.5	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.5	9.3	19.9	.469	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.799
difference:	+59	+10.6	+11.1			+2.3	+0.3				-0.9	+4.9	+10.8	+.010				+3.1	+3.7	+.062
Victor Oladipo	8	21.6	12.4	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.5	0.6	0.1	2.0	1.6	4.4	9.1	.479	1.9	4.5	.417	1.8	2.4	.737
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
difference:	+2	+10.9	+14.2			+1.7	+1.0				-1.9	+5.8	+11.1	+.081				+3.9	+4.5	+.046
Victor Oladipo	15	24.5	10.6	0.3	3.1	3.4	2.1	1.3	0.3	1.7	1.9	3.3	9.1	.368	1.1	4.1	.274	2.8	3.5	.792

Season 10
	Sam Jones	Victor Oladipo
Season	1966-67	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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10th 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	72	32.3	22.1	-	-	4.7	3.0	-	-	-	2.7	8.9	19.5	.454	-	-	-	4.4	5.2	.857
difference:	+30	+6.0	+11.4			+1.7	+0.5				-0.3	+5.1	+9.9	+.057				+3.0	+3.3	+.110
Victor Oladipo	42	26.3	10.7	0.4	2.7	3.0	3.5	1.4	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.8	9.6	.397	1.7	5.0	.330	1.4	1.9	.747
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
difference:	+7	+13.7	+15.2			+1.6	+2.1				-0.8	+5.6	+13.5	+.067				+5.1	+4.9	+.529
Victor Oladipo	2	22.5	11.5	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	5.0	9.5	.526	1.0	2.5	.400	0.5	1.5	.333

Additional Years
* Sam Jones played 2 seasons more than Victor Oladipo in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 12, from 1968 to 1969—Sam Jones played in two Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 2 extra years over Victor Oladipo, Sam Jones got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game