Spencer Haywood vs. James Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Jones and Spencer Haywood, 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.

Spencer Haywood played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than James Jones, who played 14. Spencer Haywood had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while James Jones had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
	Spencer Haywood	James Jones
Season	1971-72	2004-05
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Spencer Haywood	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
James Jones	75	17.7	4.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.6	1.7	4.2	.396	0.9	2.2	.398	0.7	0.8	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Jones	13	16.1	4.0	0.4	1.7	2.1	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.3	1.4	1.5	3.5	.413	0.8	1.9	.400	0.3	0.7	.444

Season 3
	Spencer Haywood	James Jones
Season	1972-73	2005-06
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
Spencer Haywood	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
James Jones	75	23.6	9.3	0.6	2.8	3.4	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.5	1.9	3.2	7.7	.418	1.5	3.8	.386	1.4	1.6	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Jones	20	17.7	4.3	0.8	2.8	3.6	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.5	1.3	1.4	4.1	.341	0.4	1.3	.308	1.1	1.3	.846

Season 4
	Spencer Haywood	James Jones
Season	1973-74	2006-07
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Spencer Haywood	75	40.5	23.5	4.2	9.2	13.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	-	2.6	9.3	20.3	.457	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.814
James Jones	76	18.1	6.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.4	1.5	2.1	5.8	.368	1.2	3.1	.378	0.9	1.1	.877
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Jones	11	15.5	5.0	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.0	1.7	3.3	.528	0.7	1.6	.444	0.8	1.0	.818

Season 5
	Spencer Haywood	James Jones
Season	1974-75	2007-08
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Spencer Haywood	68	37.2	22.4	2.9	6.4	9.3	2.0	0.8	1.6	-	2.5	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.811
James Jones	58	22.0	8.0	0.7	2.0	2.8	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.7	2.5	5.6	.437	1.6	3.5	.444	1.5	1.7	.878
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	9	37.4	15.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	2.0	0.8	1.2	-	3.2	5.2	14.6	.359	-	-	-	5.2	6.8	.770
James Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Spencer Haywood	James Jones
Season	1978-79	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Spencer Haywood	68	34.7	20.9	2.5	5.3	7.8	1.9	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.5	8.8	17.7	.494	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.791
James Jones	51	13.1	3.6	0.1	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	2.9	.380	0.9	2.2	.404	0.5	0.6	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Jones	20	8.7	2.6	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.8	2.2	.372	0.5	1.5	.300	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 10
	Spencer Haywood	James Jones
Season	1979-80	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
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		%
Spencer Haywood	76	20.3	9.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.7	.772
James Jones	38	5.8	1.6	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.6	.344	0.4	1.4	.302	0.1	0.1	.500
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	11	13.2	5.7	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	2.3	4.8	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.5	.813
James Jones	9	3.7	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.8	.429	0.3	0.4	.750	0.0	0.0	-

Note: Spencer Haywood didn't play in 1980-81.

Season 13
	Spencer Haywood	James Jones
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Jones	48	9.6	3.7	0.2	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.0	1.2	3.0	.408	0.9	2.2	.394	0.4	0.5	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Jones	12	4.6	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.8	.200	0.1	0.6	.143	0.1	0.3	.250