Wes Matthews vs. Jerry Sloan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Sloan and Wes Matthews, 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.

Wes Matthews played 9 years in the NBA, 2 less than Jerry Sloan, who played 11. Wes Matthews had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, while Jerry Sloan had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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
Wes Matthews	9	7	1980-81 to 1989-90
Jerry Sloan	11	9	1965-66 to 1975-76

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Wes Matthews	Jerry Sloan
Season	1980-81	1965-66
Team	Washington Bullets, Atlanta Hawks	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost West Div 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		%
Wes Matthews	79	28.7	12.4	0.6	1.2	1.8	5.2	1.4	0.2	3.3	3.1	4.9	9.9	.494	0.1	0.3	.238	2.6	3.2	.802
Jerry Sloan	59	16.1	5.7	-	-	3.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.0	2.0	4.9	.415	-	-	-	1.7	2.4	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sloan	2	17.0	6.5	-	-	8.0	3.0	-	-	-	3.0	2.5	6.0	.417	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.750


Season 2
	Wes Matthews	Jerry Sloan
Season	1981-82	1966-67
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost West Div 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		%
Wes Matthews	47	17.8	6.9	0.4	0.8	1.2	3.0	1.1	0.0	1.3	2.7	2.8	6.3	.440	0.0	0.2	.250	1.3	1.7	.759
Jerry Sloan	80	36.8	17.4	-	-	9.1	2.1	-	-	-	3.7	6.6	15.2	.432	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wes Matthews	2	14.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	.200	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000
Jerry Sloan	3	23.7	10.0	-	-	3.3	0.3	-	-	-	2.3	4.0	10.3	.387	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 3
	Wes Matthews	Jerry Sloan
Season	1982-83	1967-68
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost West Div 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		%
Wes Matthews	64	18.5	6.9	0.4	1.0	1.4	3.9	0.9	0.1	1.9	2.0	2.7	6.6	.403	0.2	0.8	.292	1.3	1.8	.768
Jerry Sloan	77	31.9	13.3	-	-	7.7	3.0	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	12.5	.385	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wes Matthews	3	12.7	3.3	0.0	0.0	0	3.7	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.7	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	1.7	.800
Jerry Sloan	5	27.4	8.6	-	-	6.4	2.4	-	-	-	3.8	2.4	7.4	.324	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.760


Season 4
	Wes Matthews	Jerry Sloan
Season	1983-84	1968-69
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Wes Matthews	20	19.4	7.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.0	2.3	3.1	6.6	.466	0.1	0.4	.125	1.4	1.8	.750
Jerry Sloan	78	37.7	16.8	-	-	7.9	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	6.3	15.0	.417	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wes Matthews	4	5.8	2.5	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	0.5	.500
Jerry Sloan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Wes Matthews	Jerry Sloan
Season	1984-85	1969-70
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost West Div 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		%
Wes Matthews	78	19.5	5.7	0.2	0.7	0.9	4.5	0.9	0.2	1.6	1.7	2.4	4.9	.495	0.0	0.2	.125	0.8	1.1	.694
Jerry Sloan	53	34.4	15.6	-	-	7.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.4	5.8	13.9	.421	-	-	-	3.9	6.0	.651

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wes Matthews	4	22.8	7.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	3.0	1.3	0.0	1.8	2.5	2.8	8.0	.344	0.0	0.8	.000	1.8	2.3	.778
Jerry Sloan	5	38.0	14.8	-	-	7.8	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	5.8	14.8	.392	-	-	-	3.2	5.0	.640


Season 6
	Wes Matthews	Jerry Sloan
Season	1985-86	1970-71
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
Wes Matthews	75	24.7	10.9	0.4	1.3	1.7	6.3	1.2	0.4	3.1	2.2	4.3	8.0	.531	0.1	0.3	.160	2.3	2.8	.820
Jerry Sloan	80	39.3	18.3	-	-	8.8	3.5	-	-	-	3.6	7.4	16.8	.441	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	.715

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wes Matthews	3	38.7	25.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	8.0	2.0	0.0	3.7	2.3	11.7	18.0	.648	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.7	.750
Jerry Sloan	7	40.6	17.0	-	-	9.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.6	7.3	16.7	.436	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.739


Season 7
	Wes Matthews	Jerry Sloan
Season	1986-87	1971-72
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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		%
Wes Matthews	50	10.6	4.2	0.3	0.7	0.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.1	1.8	3.7	.476	0.0	0.1	.333	0.6	0.7	.806
Jerry Sloan	82	37.0	16.2	-	-	8.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	6.5	14.7	.444	-	-	-	3.1	4.8	.660

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wes Matthews	12	5.1	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.9	.478	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.6	.857
Jerry Sloan	4	42.5	15.8	-	-	8.8	2.5	-	-	-	4.5	6.5	16.0	.406	-	-	-	2.8	4.8	.579


Season 8
	Wes Matthews	Jerry Sloan
Season	1987-88	1972-73
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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		%
Wes Matthews	51	13.8	5.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.7	0.5	0.1	1.4	1.3	2.2	4.9	.460	0.1	0.6	.233	1.1	1.3	.831
Jerry Sloan	69	35.0	10.1	-	-	6.9	2.2	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	10.6	.411	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wes Matthews	10	2.7	1.2	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.5	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.0	.800
Jerry Sloan	7	41.7	14.9	-	-	8.4	2.0	-	-	-	4.4	6.4	14.7	.437	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.737

Note: Wes Matthews didn't play in 1988-89.


Season 9
	Wes Matthews	Jerry Sloan
Season	1989-90	1973-74
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Wes Matthews	1	13.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	1.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
Jerry Sloan	77	37.1	13.2	1.9	5.3	7.2	1.9	2.4	0.1	-	3.5	5.4	12.0	.447	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sloan	6	40.0	16.7	3.0	7.3	10.3	2.0	1.2	0.2	-	2.8	6.5	14.7	.443	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759


Season 10
	Wes Matthews	Jerry Sloan
Season	-	1974-75
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	-	Bulls 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		%
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sloan	78	33.0	12.2	2.3	4.6	6.9	2.1	2.2	0.2	-	3.4	4.9	11.1	.439	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sloan	13	36.2	13.1	1.8	5.5	7.4	2.0	1.5	0.0	-	3.5	5.8	12.5	.460	-	-	-	1.5	2.8	.556


Season 11
	Wes Matthews	Jerry Sloan
Season	-	1975-76
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sloan	22	28.0	10.1	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.0	1.2	0.2	-	3.5	3.8	9.5	.400	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wes Matthews	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sloan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Wes Matthews vs. Jerry Sloan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Sloan and Wes Matthews, 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