John Collins vs. Allen Iverson: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Allen Iverson and John Collins to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

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Allen Iverson is among the NBA's all-time leaders in points and also has one of the highest career averages in league history, and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by John Collins.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Allen Iverson has better scoring stats than John Collins in averages and totals, both in the regular season and Playoffs. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

On this page we compare:

Who has better scoring stats? Career Numbers
Games of 30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc
Shooting Stats
Points Year by Year

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 14 NBA regular seasons played, Allen Iverson averages 10.7 points more than John Collins in his 8 seasons (26.7 points against 16.0), and he also scored a total of 16,815 points more (24,368 vs. 7,553).

Points Per Game

Seasons
John Collins 16.0
8
Allen Iverson 26.7
+10.7
14

Total Points

Seasons
John Collins 7,553
8
Allen Iverson 24,368
+16,815
14

Scoring Titles

John Collins 0
Allen Iverson 4
Scoring leaderScoring leaderScoring leaderScoring leader
+4

Points in the Playoffs

Similar to what happens in the regular season, in the NBA postseason Allen Iverson has a better career point average than John Collins (+17.1 points per game) and he also scored more points (+1,746).

Points Per Game

Playoffs
John Collins 12.6
3
Allen Iverson 29.7
+17.1
8

Total Points

Playoffs
John Collins 365
3
Allen Iverson 2,111
+1,746
8

Points by Thresholds

Regular Season

60+ Point Games

John Collins 0
Allen Iverson 1
+1

50+ Point Games

John Collins 0
Allen Iverson 11
+11

40+ Point Games

John Collins 0
Allen Iverson 79
+79

30+ Point Games

John Collins 22
Allen Iverson 345
+323

20+ Point Games

John Collins 137
Allen Iverson 700
+563

10+ Point Games

John Collins 384
Allen Iverson 883
+499

1+ Point Games (games with points)

John Collins 472
Allen Iverson 914
+442

0 Point Games (games without points)

John Collins 0
Allen Iverson 0

Playoffs

50+ Point Games

John Collins 0
Allen Iverson 3
+3

40+ Point Games

John Collins 0
Allen Iverson 10
+10

30+ Point Games

John Collins 0
Allen Iverson 36
+36

20+ Point Games

John Collins 5
Allen Iverson 61
+56

10+ Point Games

John Collins 20
Allen Iverson 71
+51

1+ Point Games (games with points)

John Collins 28
Allen Iverson 71
+43

0 Point Games (games without points)

John Collins 1
+1
Allen Iverson 0

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

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Regular Season

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
John Collins 16.0 6.2 11.4 54.6 1.0 2.9 36.3 2.5 3.2 79.2 8 472
difference:+10.7+3.1+10.4+12.0+0.2+0.8+5.0+4.5+5.7+1.2+6+442
Allen Iverson 26.7 9.3 21.8 42.5 1.2 3.7 31.3 7.0 8.9 78.0 14 914

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
John Collins 7,553 2,936 5,380 54.6 492 1,356 36.3 1,189 1,502 79.2 8 472
difference:+16,815+5,531+14,526+12.0+567+2,027+5.0+5,186+6,666+1.2+6+442
Allen Iverson 24,368 8,467 19,906 42.5 1,059 3,383 31.3 6,375 8,168 78.0 14 914

Playoffs

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
John Collins 12.6 5.0 9.7 51.6 1.2 3.4 35.4 1.4 1.8 76.9 3 29
difference:+17.1+5.6+16.8+11.5+0.5+1.9+2.7+5.3+7.0+0.5+5+42
Allen Iverson 29.7 10.6 26.5 40.1 1.7 5.3 32.7 6.7 8.8 76.4 8 71

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
John Collins 365 145 281 51.6 35 99 35.4 40 52 76.9 3 29
difference:+1,746+610+1,601+11.5+88+277+2.7+438+574+0.5+5+42
Allen Iverson 2,111 755 1,882 40.1 123 376 32.7 478 626 76.4 8 71

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

Scoring leader= NBA Scoring Leader

Regular Season

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 10.5
201874
Allen Iverson 23.5
+13.0
199776

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 19.5
201961
Allen Iverson 22.0
+2.5
199880

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 21.6
202041
Allen Iverson Scoring leader26.8
+5.2
199948

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 17.6
202163
Allen Iverson 28.4
+10.8
200070

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 16.2
202254
Allen Iverson Scoring leader31.1
+14.9
200171

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 13.1
202371
Allen Iverson Scoring leader31.4
+18.3
200260

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 15.1
202468
Allen Iverson 27.6
+12.5
200382

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 19.0
202540
Allen Iverson 26.4
+7.4
200448

Allen Iverson's additional seasons:

* Allen Iverson played 8 seasons more than John Collins in the NBA.

In those years—his seasons 9 to 16, from 2005 to 2010—he averaged 24.2 points in a total of 493 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 33 ppg and his lowest 13.8.

In those 8 extra years over John Collins, Allen Iverson won 1 scoring title.

Playoffs

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins -
DNP
20180
Allen Iverson -
DNP
19970

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins -
DNP
20190
Allen Iverson -
DNP
19980

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins -
DNP
20200
Allen Iverson 28.5
+28.5
19998

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 13.9
202118
Allen Iverson 26.2
+12.3
200010

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 9.4
20225
Allen Iverson 32.9
+23.5
200122

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins 11.3
20236
Allen Iverson 30.0
+18.7
20025

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins -
DNP
20240
Allen Iverson 31.7
+31.7
200312

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
John Collins -
DNP
20250
Allen Iverson -
DNP
20040

Allen Iverson's additional Playoffs:

* During his 8 additional NBA seasons, Allen Iverson played in 3 Playoffs. In those postseasons he averaged 26.3 points in a total of 14 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 31.2 ppg and his lowest 22.8.

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