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Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

PG · VAL group G

Oscar Robertson

1961–1974 · 14 seasons

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Michael Jordan

1985–2003 · 15 seasons

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At a glance

Oscar Robertson and Michael Jordan: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Oscar Robertson	Stat	Michael Jordan
14	Seasons	15
259.6	Career VAL	232.9
26.9 (1964)	Peak-season VAL	26.8 (1988)
Inducted 1980	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2009

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NBA VAL board).

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Oscar Robertson and Michael Jordan have
Oscar Robertson	Stat	Michael Jordan
Career
1,040	Games	1,072
Per game
25.7	Points / game	30.1
7.5	Rebounds / game	6.2
9.5	Assists / game	5.3

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Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, 3-pointers made, FG %, 3P %, FT %, True shooting %, PER, Win shares — Michael Jordan's career line covers 2002–2003 only (the table behind it does not cover 13 early-career seasons).

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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View data (17 rows)

VAL by age
Age	Oscar Robertson	Michael Jordan
21	—	18.1
22	20.5	1.7
23	24.2	18.8
24	25	26.8
25	26.9	26.8
26	25.2	23.3
27	22.4	23.1
28	24.2	19.7
29	18.5	17.1
30	18.2	—
31	14.4	1.2
32	15.1	17.1
33	9.6	16.1
34	9.3	11.4
35	6.1	—
38	—	4.6
39	—	7.1